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Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: It has been a pretty grim week for our health system, particularly our mental health services, both for those who work in them and those who rely on them. One of the grimmest aspects of it is that we are here at 7.50 p.m. on a Thursday discussing this important issue. Obviously the political agenda of the week was dominated by relatively minor electoral infractions by both sides of the...

Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: I think it is important that the Minister identifies who is blocking this and removes them and the blockage. Systems should be put in place so that 140 vulnerable constituents of mine will never again be lost in a system that they rely on for help, protection and a decent healthcare system. I think it is an abomination that we are discussing this at 8 p.m. on a Thursday evening.

Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: I appreciate that the Ceann Comhairle does not set the agenda. It speaks volumes about the priority of our political system.

Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: Do we do that by ignoring a report that is completely damning?

Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: And a digital IT system.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in issuing Covid-19 recognition payments; when he expects outstanding payments to be made to frontline workers in private nursing homes, hospices and agency healthcare assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3400/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: A surgical hub is part of the proposed solution to overcrowding and long waiting lists in Limerick. Since Christmas, however, two newly equipped theatres in Ennis have not been used and the highly trained and expert staff who would normally work there are now diverted to general work around the hospital. In circumstances where we have surgical facilities in the mid-west which are not used,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: International Bodies (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount paid to the European Space Agency in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4115/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Heritage Sites (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of a funding offer made in December 2022 to Clare County Council in relation to the proposed transfer of Shannon Heritage Clare-based sites to the local authority; if any subsequent funding proposal will be forthcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4113/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the proposed new NCT centre for Shannon, County Clare, will be operational; if he will provide details of its location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4114/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the visitor numbers for each visitor attraction operated by the Office of Public Works for each month in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4116/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if submissions have been received from Clare County Council under the local authority affordable purchase scheme since July 2022; if so, if he will provide details of same; if his Department is examining any schemes for County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4112/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will meet with a person (details supplied) who is dissatisfied with the requirements for the benefit payment for 65-year-olds in that a person must have 39 reckonable contributions paid or credited in the Governing Contribution Year (GCY); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4224/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4331/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions for health professionals, in particular nurses, doctors and physiologists, created and filled, respectively, in each hospital during 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4105/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 635. To ask the Minister for Health the type and location of beds he plans to open during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4106/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 636. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new chronic disease management hub in Ennis in respect of services currently provided, the roll-out of additional services, and staffing details of the hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4107/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE ambulance dispatches that were recorded in County Clare during 2022; the number of occasions where ambulances arrived at scenes where the patient had already passed away; the hospitals which ambulances brought patients to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4108/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 638. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources and personnel that have been deployed at Ennis Hospital in light of the decision to facilitate and treat non-urgent 112 and 999 patients being transported by ambulance to the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4109/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctors who were employed in HSE-run hospitals in December 2022; the corresponding figure for December 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4110/23]