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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (9 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 875. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for a certificate of naturalisation as they are now four years waiting on an outcome of their application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41628/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1036. To ask the Minister for Health the compensation or reward that will be paid or given to nurses and midwives in view of their efforts throughout the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41629/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Decision-Making (9 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1118. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the director of the decision support services to submit the code of practice in respect of Part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making Capacity Act 2015 to him for approval and publication in view of the inordinate delay since December 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41794/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (15 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that Irish food export companies are fully prepared for the changes proposed as part of the post-Brexit process, specifically in relation to products of animal origin, which are due to be introduced on 1 October 2021; the steps taken by him to assist Irish food export companies that will be impacted by changes; if...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (15 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I congratulate the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Troy, on his marriage to his better half during the summer. My question is to ascertain whether the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Leo Varadkar, is satisfied that Irish food export companies are fully prepared for the changes proposed as part of the post-Brexit...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (15 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Tánaiste. I am a member of the agriculture committee. In fairness to Deputy Cahill, he has brought this issue up also. It was going to be looked into at one of the meetings. If the arrangement had been implemented, especially on the food side, it is unknown how many vets would have been needed to sign off on products. My understanding from the Department of Agriculture,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (15 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the Minister's response. One thing that Enterprise Ireland or the Minister's Department needs to home in on is the storage part. My understanding from the veterinary side of this is that for eight or nine hours, a vet may be available. However, one may have a small company in this country that does not have the storage, where the lorries are going every three, four or five hours...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (15 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 637. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the budget for aids and appliances for persons with disabilities for each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43485/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (15 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 638. To ask the Minister for Health if the cost of PPE has been included in the budget for appliances for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43484/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (15 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 641. To ask the Minister for Health if the inclusion of PPE in the budget for appliances for persons with disabilities will result in patients receiving inferior care or quality of prosthetic limbs, surgical footwear, hearing aid and personal emergency response systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43489/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (15 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 639. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of the various personal emergency response systems, surgical footwear, hearing aids and prosthetic limbs provided by the HSE, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43487/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (15 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 640. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the costs incurred with the provision and care of persons with hearing aids, surgical footwear prosthetic limbs in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43488/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (15 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 642. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered having the budget for the provision of prosthetic limbs separate to the overall budget for appliances for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43486/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Decision-Making (15 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 645. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the director of decision support services to submit the code of practice in respect of Part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 to him for approval and publication in view of the inordinate delay since December 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43495/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Minister of State and Mr. Lucas for coming in. I am fully aware that at the time no Department would take it up and they and their Department were essentially lumped with it. There is a serious concern here for a simple reason. We had a person in from the Department with responsibility for climate and they were the most arrogant person ever to come before a committee. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy: Women in Agriculture Stakeholders Group (21 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: First, I welcome the witnesses. It is great to see them. I have daughters myself, and when I need a hand, sometimes they are out quicker than the lads. Ms Quinn-Mulligan talked about the CAP going forward. Regarding the mentality, I presume, and I would have looked into a bit of this, that the reason the numbers are greater for those later in life is, say, the spouse would be dead or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 642. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects an inquiry will be established to investigate the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate to pregnant women without them being made aware of the impacts it could have on their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45107/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 644. To ask the Minister for Health when the stakeholder group consisting of representatives of those involved in the treatment of women with epilepsy will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45109/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 643. To ask the Minister for Health when the six epilepsy nurse specialists will be recruited for the pregnancy prevention programme to help ensure pregnant women are fully informed of the side effects of sodium valproate given that to date only two of these nurses have been put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45108/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Sep 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 645. To ask the Minister for Health when the community operations programme will commence which was agreed in 2018 as part of a range of services that were to be put in place for families who were caring for children impacted by exposure to sodium valproate and to date no family has availed of such service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45110/21]