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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Message to Dáil (23 May 2017)

Mary Butler: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has completed its consideration of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016 and has made no amendments thereto.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Mary Butler: On page 41 of A Programme for a Partnership Government, there is a reference to leadership on jobs and rural development and it states that the ultimate goal of the new Government will be to deliver sustainable, full employment. Unfortunately, this morning we heard the extremely disappointing news that manufacturing will cease at Waterford Stanley in October with the loss of 33 jobs. There...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (24 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 232. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person who resides in County Waterford and has type one diabetes cannot access a life-changing course (details supplied) being held in County Kilkenny rather than having to attend the course in County Dublin which is too costly and inconvenient for the person. [24915/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (24 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 234. To ask the Minister for Health when the consultant post for the Waterford centre of excellence will be filled under the model of care for children and young persons with type one diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24917/17]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Mary Butler: The collapse of the longest running criminal trial in history, involving charges against the former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank, represents a damning indictment of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. Today, as chair of the Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, I have written to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement asking that he appear before the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (25 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the situation regarding a residential home (details supplied) as a result of issues identified relating to safeguarding and governance by HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25228/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (25 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the situation regarding the 19 adults resident at a residential home (details supplied) as a result of an official closure notice with a two-week stay issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25229/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Inspections (25 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will obtain an extension on the closure order to allow staff of an organisation (details supplied) sufficient time to ensure all requirements are met as a result of issues identified relating to safeguarding and governance by HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25230/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (25 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the environment in which persons with profound disabilities and very challenging behaviours are able to live, based on community living in a non-medical type setting, in view of the fact they can struggle with the more regimented HIQA requirements based on nursing home criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25231/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (25 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 196. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the financial situation in a rest home (details supplied) with 37 persons in Lismore, County Waterford, with a view to allaying the fears of the voluntary board of management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25234/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (25 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 197. To ask the Minister for Health if funds will be provided for the relocation of a laundry room in a rest home (details supplied) with 37 persons in Lismore, County Waterford, as requested by HIQA request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25235/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (25 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 198. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the situation whereby persons who were receiving Respreeza for alpha 1 on a monthly basis will now only receive it on a weekly basis; and the status of his negotiations with the pharmaceutical companies to bring clarity and hope to these persons. [25237/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (25 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek funding from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to invest in Waterford Airport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25224/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (25 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with the board of management of Waterford airport to date in 2017; if he has had recent discussions with the board in relation to securing routes and negotiating deals with a suitable carrier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25225/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (30 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 448. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a cataract operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25537/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Support Services (31 May 2017)

Mary Butler: I am also very concerned about the situation at the Camphill community at Ballytobin, near Callan, County Kilkenny. I thank my colleague, Deputy Bobby Aylward, for giving me an opportunity to speak about the matter. As he said, this unique community which is located in a wonderful non-medical environment provides community-based services for residents with challenging behaviours who are in...

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Support Services (31 May 2017)

Mary Butler: I thank the Minister of State.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Mary Butler: Thankfully we are all living longer and most of us will live independently for the rest of our lives. Fewer than 5% of all the elderly require care late on in life and all parties agree that every effort should be made to facilitate this. The nursing homes support scheme, the fair deal scheme, was introduced in 2009 and provides financial support towards the cost of long-term nursing home...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 210. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports that some persons that receive the HPV Gardasil vaccine are reporting serious side effects; his further views on the number of girls withdrawing from the vaccine programme; and if he will commission a study into these reported cases [26109/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance (1 Jun 2017)

Mary Butler: 115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the waiting list for domiciliary care allowance applicants is 14 weeks or more; his plans to improve this waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26337/17]