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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Michael Moynihan: Thank you very much. I call Deputy Holly Cairns.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Michael Moynihan: We will take Mr. Macey and then Ms Farrell if she too would like to come back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the members and, more importantly, Ms Bardon, Mr. Macey and Ms Farrell for their contributions this morning. I thank Ms Bardon and Ms Farrell for their personal stories about their situations and, as Deputy Canney said, for baring all to the committee and in Ms Farrell's case on the "Six One News". It takes courage, determination and commitment, which you have shown in abundance....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (25 Nov 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 38. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures announced in budget 2022 to improve employment opportunities for persons with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58015/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (25 Nov 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 56. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the next steps and timeline regarding the Report of the Commission on Pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58016/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his strategy to improve access to further and higher education and training learners with disabilities including the measures announced as part of Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58631/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date under the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58632/21]

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill and I also welcome the Bill. The bureaucratic system surrounding planning is fundamental in blocking or stopping development. That bureaucratic system has been allowed to develop because local authorities, An Bord Pleanála or others are unwilling to take decisions. We need to strip it back if we are serious about proper planning. We have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Dec 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to raise the retirement age for gardaí from 60; if she has had discussions with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59403/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (2 Dec 2021)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Acting Chairman and the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this issue. In the past year or so in particular, many of my constituents who have a medical card have contacted me regarding their inability to access dental care. It seems that dentists have moved away from medical card patients. Obviously, dentists are overwhelmed by the volume of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (2 Dec 2021)

Michael Moynihan: The issue here is that dentists have withdrawn from the scheme. I gather from the Minister of State's reply, for which I thank her, that an engagement was held in June. That is almost six months ago. This is a crisis. What has happened during those six months? Extra funding has been made available in the budget. What is the commitment? I fear the words "early in the new year". There...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Dec 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will meet next. [60022/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (7 Dec 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 589. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that can be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Cork who is unable to access the medication they require through the HSE hardship scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60307/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (9 Dec 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 133. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the remote working strategy. [60661/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (9 Dec 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the South-West Regional Enterprise Plan. [60662/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Dec 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 663. To ask the Minister for Health his estimate of the number of Covid-19 patients in intensive or critical care, if 100% of the population eligible for a vaccine was vaccinated. [61727/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Dec 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 664. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vaccinated Covid-19 patients who were in hospital on 3 December 2021; and the number that were in intensive or critical care on the same date. [61728/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Dec 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 665. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unvaccinated Covid-19 patients that were in hospital on 3 December 2021; and the number that were in intensive or critical care on the same date. [61729/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (14 Dec 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 669. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each LHO area as of 1 December 2021 or the latest date available; the number of persons currently on the waiting list for same in each LHO area; and the number waiting 0 to 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months in tabular form. [61758/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (14 Dec 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 670. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of personal assistance hours in each LHO area as of 1 December 2021 or the latest date available; the number of persons currently on the waiting list for same in each LHO area; and the number waiting 0 to 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12 and more than 12 months in tabular form. [61759/21]