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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Low Pay (19 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the second instalment of the Central Statistics Office’s Personal and Work-Life Balance Survey 2021 which found that nearly a quarter of people in full-time employment are struggling to make ends meet. [25347/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional resources will be provided to a school (details supplied) in order that it can increase the number of places in specific learning disability classes for the 2022-2023 school year. [25425/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (19 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional resources will be provided to a school (details supplied) in order that it can roll-out the leaving certificate applied course for students in the school. [25426/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 346. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1374 of 26 April 2022, the progress of the development of thirty integrated care specialist ambulatory care hubs in the community; the number that are functional; the number that are staffed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25428/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 347. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1374 of 26 April 2022, if the 17 whole-time equivalent acute CVD clinical nurse specialists and the 16 consultant cardiologist posts which have been funded to address acute hospital gaps have been filled; the progress that has been made to date in filling these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 348. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1374 of 26 April 2022, the number of integrated care cardiology teams that are needed; the locations in which they are needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25430/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (19 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 349. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 11 May 2022, if the specific action discussed at the Obesity Policy Implementation Oversight Group meeting of 24 March 2021 at which a breastfeeding position paper was noted as being needed was progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25431/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 350. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 11 May 2022, the status of the recruitment of the additional 24 lactation consultants as announced by his Department in 2021; the locations in which these posts have been filled; the locations in which these posts are vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25432/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (19 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 406. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on whether it is fair that for the purposes of the local improvement scheme that all of Dublin is treated as a city and therefore all local authorities are excluded, along with Cork City Council and Galway City Council, even though vast swathes of north County Dublin within Fingal County Council area are extremely rural...

Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank my colleague, an Teachta Ó Broin, for bringing forward this Bill and, as I have done previously, for all of the work that he does in the area of housing. It is a fairly simple, straightforward Bill requiring estate agents and online platforms, such as Airbnb and Daft, to advertise only those properties that are compliant with planning law. It also allows for the issuing of spot...

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Deputies who tabled this motion because it gives us a very welcome opportunity. I also welcome the medical scientists who are in the Gallery watching this and those who are tuned in. I pay tribute to them for their patience and determination. It is patience because, as we know, this issue has been going on for decades. When an industrial dispute can be characterised in terms...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: You write the cheque to the developer.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 624. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the chronic shortage of staff in a healthcare setting (details supplied) that is leading to lengthy delays in the appointment of key workers; the steps that are being taken to address this; if there is an expected date for a key worker to be assigned to a child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26010/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (24 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 640. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds that are available for adults with intellectual disabilities in the Fingal area; the number that are occupied at present; if and when additional spaces will be made available for the remainder of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26203/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (24 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 641. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to include heart failure in the medical card and the long-term illness schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26233/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (24 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 642. To ask the Minister for Health the costs of reimbursing international normalised-ratio test strips and warfarin therapy machines for those who require warfarin for long-term oral anticoagulant therapy; if his Department will fund these machines and test strips; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26234/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (24 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 705. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to expedite the receiving of tenders for buildings at a harbour (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25868/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (25 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is an update in relation to the passports of persons (details supplied); when they can expect it to be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26728/22]

Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: We can all acknowledge that, in terms of the quality of the instructors and the dedication and commitment of the apprentices, we have a world-class system, but it is held together by the apprentices and instructors. It happens in spite of rather than because of Government policy. People who complete apprenticeship programmes in the State are highly valued by employers at home and abroad,...

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: We all wish we did not have to have this debate. I am sure the Minister wishes we were not having it. I imagine his constituency office is the same as mine and is inundated. A hold needs to be taken of the information people are getting. I will use an example to illustrate what I mean because this is what is making people so frustrated. A first-time application went in originally on...