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Written Answers — Department of Health: Civil Registration Service (18 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 164. To ask the Minister for Health if arrangements will be made to reopen the Civil Registration Office in Dundalk, County Louth; his views on whether it is unacceptable for persons in the north of the county to have to travel over 60 km to access this service now located in Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16936/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (18 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 169. To ask the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre reimbursement scheme will be extended to all persons with type 1 diabetes; if not, the reason for excluding older persons from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16958/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (18 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if arrangements have been made to find alternative accommodation in Dunleer, County Louth for the community welfare clinic in view of the recent closure of the social welfare office in Dunleer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16929/18]

Other Questions: Hospital Services (19 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 6. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reconfigure cardiovascular services in County Louth and the north-east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17085/18]

Other Questions: Hospital Services (19 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: The question raises the proposed reconfiguration of cardiovascular services in County Louth and the north-east region but could equally be applied to the 33 units providing cardiovascular services across the country. It is my understanding the advisory group was convened to devise a new clinical model of care for the provision of cardiovascular rehabilitation settings in Ireland, and that...

Other Questions: Hospital Services (19 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: It is almost 20 years since the Building Healthier Hearts cardiovascular strategy was adopted by the Department of Health to deliver a standard of care to patients of cardiovascular disease in terms of both prevention and treatment. The strategy clearly states that every hospital treating heart disease should provide cardiac rehabilitation, which was one of the six strands of care identified...

Other Questions: Hospital Services (19 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Will the Minister categorically state to the House that any proposed changes that may be in the pipeline will not impact on the stated outcomes of any previous strategy? We committed to a reduction in mortality of up to 30%, a reduction in cardiac events, to cut cardiac readmissions by almost one third and, of course, most importantly, to improve the health and quality of life of our...

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I refer to the commitment in the programme for Government to review the school curriculum at primary and second level and the promised legislation on a parents and students charter. There was an interesting debate in the House yesterday evening on relationships and sexuality education, RSE. The Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Richard Bruton, gave a commitment that the National...

Plastic and Packaging Pollution: Statements (19 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: A sperm whale washed up off the coast of Spain in February this year. Biologists who recently carried out an autopsy discovered plastic bags, a jerrycan, several pieces of rope and net, and even a 5 litre drum. The volume of human trash in the whale weighed 30 kg or 66 lb. The experts confirmed that the plastic killed the whale. It could not digest it and died due to a blockage. The case...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I do.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: My question is about the lack of services in my county over the past fortnight. Many community services have been taken away. In Dundalk, the births, deaths and marriages service has been withdrawn in the town, which is one of the largest in Ireland, and the Dunleer social welfare office has closed. The Minister who is sitting beside the Taoiseach indicated on local radio that this was...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Yes. It relates to a community being denuded of its services. In the programme for Government, we and the Taoiseach committed to providing both economic and social services as the economy improved, but the Government is taking services away from people who require them. The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Doherty, clearly said on local radio that it was a...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Not true.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: The Minister should say what she said on local radio. I will give her the transcript.

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Like Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan and many others in this House, I am around long enough to remember AnCO and I have been involved in both CE and FÁS schemes for many years. I want to clearly put on record that the purpose of setting up limited companies by FÁS at the time was to shift responsibility for the disbursement and accountability of moneys on foot of a "Prime Time"...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (24 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda retirements from each Garda station in County Louth in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18087/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Offices (25 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I welcome the Minister. I have brought this issue of the closure of the social protection office in Dunleer to the floor of the Chamber in order to seek definitive information in respect of the future of the Dunleer clinic. We have heard the words "no ambiguity" and "no misinformation" and, in that context, I want to put forward my understanding of the situation and ask the Minister to...

Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Offices (25 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I sure will.

Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Offices (25 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: The Minister referred to the tone I am using. I am using that tone because there is frustration out there in regard to the massaging of closures, not just in this instance but, as I noted earlier, in regard to the closure of other offices, with the suggestion that this is due to shortage of staff. The reality is that I and other Deputies sought clarification from the Minister. The Minister...

Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Offices (25 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: It is one or the other. They are the Minister's staff.