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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Are they going to nursing homes?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (9 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the support systems in place to assist a person (details supplied). [44305/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cards: Health Service Executive (9 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: On page 2 of the presentation there is a reference to 86% of applicants being successful and not needing help. People coming to my office need help. The most common complaint I get is that the application is sent back and they have to start all over again within three months, getting bank statements and so on. They find that very difficult. It always surprises me to read that 1.729...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (10 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 159. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has been informed that there is a two-year waiting time to access the Health Service Executive's support services, by which time the person will be in mainstream school and will fall to the end of the executive's waiting list and will not have access to the vital supports needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Fair play.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: He is wasting time for Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The reformed and consolidated domestic violence Bill is due to be published in 2016. Could the Bill please be introduced early in January because Women's Aid is receiving 13,000 telephone calls from women in particular for help? I chaired a meeting recently on migrant women and domestic violence. I call on the Bill to be introduced as quickly as possible to assist all persons suffering...

Access to Public Services and Banking other than by Electronic Means Bill 2015: First Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Good.

Topical Issue Debate: National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation (15 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Time and time again, we hear in the media about a crisis coming down the tracks for which we must prepare. This crisis will require our health service to be adequately resourced and equipped to deal with an influx of patients requiring timely and accessible treatment. Furthermore, we also hear about the detonation of a time bomb, which is sure to have catastrophic consequences. While one...

Topical Issue Debate: National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation (15 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I welcome the Minister's comment that the Government is in the early stages of implementation but I am looking for the strategy to be prioritised. The root of the problem is that there is no co-ordination and overall responsibility for its implementation. The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation is charged with leading on the development of age-friendly workplaces while the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (15 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 199. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the legislation to give effect to Directive 2014/56/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council will be finalised, if it will require public interest entities to rotate their auditors or to re-tender for audit services every ten years, as provided for in the directive; if a very strict interpretation of the directive will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (15 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 446. To ask the Minister for Health why the flight cost for only one parent and not for two is covered under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45157/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (15 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 447. To ask the Minister for Health why transportation fees other than airfare, for example, trains and taxis required to get to and from Kings College Hospital in London in England are not included in the reimbursement policy under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45158/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (15 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 448. To ask the Minister for Health if the lengthy process of reimbursement for flights by the treatment abroad scheme will be substituted with a policy that would allow the Health Service Executive to make the initial payment for qualified flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45159/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (15 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 449. To ask the Minister for Health why the referring consultant here cannot provide proof of attendance at Kings College Hospital in London in England for an expedited reimbursement system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45160/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (15 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 450. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that reimbursement for families under the Treatment Abroad Scheme will be completed in a timely manner, that is, not up to nine months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45161/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (15 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive the correct level of increment, given that other colleagues who the person taught with in Tripoli in Libya have received their increments according to their service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44949/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (15 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an incremental form for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin which was signed by a school in Tripoli in Libya as a result of the outbreak of political unrest there which resulted in the person having to flee that country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44950/15]

Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: This is wasting time.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: This is a waste of time.