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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (12 Jul 2022)

Barry Cowen: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting a psychology appointment in primary care in each LHO area in CHO8; the number of these waiting for over a year; the way that this compares to the end of 2021 in each LHO area and each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37470/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (12 Jul 2022)

Barry Cowen: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours being provided in each LHO area in CHO8 in 2022; the way that this compares for each of the LHO areas in 2019; the number of persons currently awaiting home care in each LHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37469/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Jul 2022)

Barry Cowen: 458. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a case (details supplied) and when the person concerned can expect an appointment at the ENT Department, Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [38144/22]

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Barry Cowen: Many years ago tribunals were put in place by the State to root out many malpractices associated with land zoning and consequently planning. Thankfully, new procedures, obligations and processes were put in place, many overseen by the likes of SIPO. I know that is up for review based on recent events, notwithstanding many other events also. The Dáil will take up that challenge in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (20 Sep 2022)

Barry Cowen: 534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a case (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment for admission to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin. [45769/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Sep 2022)

Barry Cowen: 448. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) and when they can expect an appointment with a surgeon.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46657/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: 559. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment with a medical professional at St. James's Hospital, Dublin. [47872/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: I will be brief given the level and detail of many of the questions so far. The commission report was a commitment in the programme for Government. We should not be shy about acknowledging that the commitment has been honoured. Like all reports and recommendations, it is now about the implementation. I hear what the Minister has said about the 130 recommendations and I support the Chair's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Chair for the opportunity to come in on this issue. I am only a part-time visitor to this committee. There was a time when I thought I would be here much more regularly. The issue here is antiparasitics. The issue of fertiliser usage and the registration of fertiliser usage is understandable in the context of water quality and so forth. We will have to live with that. I was...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [49712/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (11 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: 621. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for admission to Limerick University Hospital. [49471/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: I thank our guests. There is acceptance by the committee, by the industry and by all stakeholders in it that we can proceed with the dispensing duties of antimicrobials by vets exclusively. The issue here is antiparasitics. The background to this is our commitment to an all-Ireland economy, our commitment to the Good Friday Agreement, striving to ensure that the protocol is in place and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: I just asked a question about whether the responsible person will not play a role in the dispensing of that system as it is presently constituted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: In relation to parasitics.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: Can they dispense a medicine, including parasitics?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: Where is the problem, then?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: They cannot prescribe it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: They will have no role in prescribing it. It will go back to the vets who will not only have exclusivity in relation to the antimicrobials, which nobody disputes, but they will be exclusive in relation to parasitics. Is that correct? The Department is proceeding with the system on 1 December.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: Okay, that is what I was getting at.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Barry Cowen: Is it the case that the Department needs legislation in the meantime and that it would hope to have it rather than depending on a voluntary system that it wants to implement? It would rather have legislation to enforce it. Is that correct?