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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: 210. To ask the Minister for Health when a procedure will take place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59623/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (2 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: 247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine If a forestry licence application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [59616/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (3 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: 100. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on progress to provide a network of primary healthcare centres in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59225/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (3 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: I seek an update on the provision of a network of primary care health centres in County Clare.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (3 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: I thank the Minister. The previous Fine Gael-led Government laid the foundations for these primary health care centres in County Clare and I thank the Minister and the HSE for continuing that work. The Ennis site on Station Road is a really striking building and is a state-of-the-art facility. I have been in touch with the Minister, his officials and the HSE throughout its development....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (3 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: Sixmilebridge is a really important project. It has met with some hitches and has been re-advertised. Can the Minister give a detailed explanation of the next steps and when we can expect movement on that site? Will he give more detail on the sites that are planned for Ennistymon and Kilrush? Kilrush has experienced a number of glitches over the years. I would appreciate an explanation...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (3 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: 104. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on efforts to address severe overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59224/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (3 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: I seek an update on the ongoing overcrowding at the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick and on the efforts by the Minister and the HSE to address the situation, particularly as we face into a very difficult winter period.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (3 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: I thank the Minister. I join him in complimenting our frontline staff at UHL. They are under extreme pressure. We are unfortunately a permanent fixture at the top of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's Trolley Watch figures. Today there are 47 people on trolleys in the accident and emergency department of UHL. It is a frightening figure. The next highest figure is in Cork...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (3 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: I thank the Minister, including for his commitment to the 96-bed unit. It is a really important project. However, with respect to the short and medium term, will the Minister explain what efforts are being made to deal with this in the coming weeks to avoid the really chaotic scenes we have seen in recent times, when there were 98 people on trolleys at UHL? What measures are going to be...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (7 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: 57. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of hubs identified by her Department as part of the mapping exercise for the Connected Hubs Programme; and the steps taken to encourage hubs to join the programme. [60016/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (7 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: 81. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of support provided to remote working, innovation or shared working hubs since the start of the 33rd Dáil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60017/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (7 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: 664. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the road and afforestation applications received by the Forestry Service between 1 January 2018 and January 2021; the dates for acknowledgement of the applications by his Department; the date a letter was issued granting or refusing the applications; if each contract number had an accompanying ecology report; if not, if his...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: I strongly support the Taoiseach's comments in the House encouraging people to take up the third dose or booster vaccine. Initially, when the vaccine programme was being rolled out, a number of issues arose in regard to getting the vaccine to housebound people. I am getting those same complaints now in terms of the third dose. The family of a 99-year-old person from east Clare has been in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Joe Carey: I confirm I am in my office in LH2000 in the precincts of Leinster House. I thank the Minister for his continued engagement with the committee. I will raise a number of issues and projects with him in the context of the national development plan. If he does not have the information to hand, perhaps he will organise a written response to be issued to me via his office. I will return to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Joe Carey: Absolutely. I thank the Minister for his commitment in that regard but some Department needs to take the lead. Given his interest in rail and the western rail corridor, and this is a particular area of it where there is a problem, I ask that he keeps me fully briefed on progress between his Department and the OPW to bring about a solution to this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Joe Carey: The rail spur to Shannon Airport identified in the national development plan is very welcome. I believe it is an idea that was first floated in 1999 by the late Councillor Sean Hillery. I would like to see a roadmap developed and produced in respect of that spur because it is of major importance. It will ensure our mid-west region is attractive to inward investment and will provide...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Joe Carey: The Minister has committed to producing a rail map as opposed to a roadmap for that project, which I welcome. He might correspond with me on that. Since I am talking about Shannon, there is a need for a new national aviation policy. Reference is made in the national development plan to it. Work on it has been delayed because of the Covid pandemic. Will the Minister please outline what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Joe Carey: I am working with an individual in the mid-west who is developing a smart green aviation ecosystem for Ireland which will be based in Shannon, hopefully. She has done a lot of work in this regard. I have engaged with the Tánaiste and his office on this and would like if the Minister would meet with this individual and further explore the issues he has spoken about and the opportunities...