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Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am mindful that we are well over time on this grouping, but I am agreeable to allowing more time if Members wish to permit some leeway. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Deputy, the Minister will contribute again later.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Deputy will have a further two minutes and the Minister will have another chance to respond at the end. I call Deputy Cullinane.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We will have a second round and the Deputy will be allowed two minutes.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The speaking lengths for Report Stage are seven minutes in the first round and two minutes for the second round-----

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: -----regardless of whether the amendment is in the name of the Deputy.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am trying to following the initial order as closely as I can. Did Deputy Carthy want to contribute?

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Deputy would be next on my list, in that case. I can come back to the Deputy, if he needs a moment.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That is fine. In that case, I call Deputy Buckley.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (8 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 11. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department is taking to address the barriers to the recruitment of occupational therapists into the HSE, particularly to address the delays in the provision of handwriting assessments for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61337/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (8 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will start with a specific question and then broaden the discussion out. The specific question is on the issue of handwriting assessments, and the broader issue concerns occupational therapy. I ask the Minister the steps his Department is taking to address the barriers to the recruitment of occupational therapists into the HSE, and particularly to address the delays in the provision of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (8 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Like so many of these things, this question arises from a specific query. The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, will know the lay of the land well. It concerns the reconfiguration of services in County Waterford. A constituent in Tramore was transferred to the Dungarvan CDNT. After making an inquiry on her behalf, first of all I was told that the child's mother had waited for a number of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (8 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I have corresponded with the Minister of State, and I acknowledge that she is very proactive in this space. However, there is a persistent problem in the particular CDNT to which I have referred. It needs to be addressed and the issue needs to be resolved for the sake of the children and parents who so desperately need access to those services. In October of this year, a survey of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (6 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of county registrars serving to date; the number of vacancies that exist to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60538/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (6 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a resource issue within her Department in relation to the processing of a disability allowance and invalidity allowance, given the delay in processing times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60725/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the status of the appeals process for cases (details supplied) with regard to disability allowance and invalidity allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60726/22]

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tuarascálacha an Choimisinéara Teanga agus Cur Chun Cinn na Gaeilge sa tSeirbhís Phoiblí: Plé (30 Nov 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Gabhaim buíochas lenár n-aíonna as a gcur i láthair inniu. Téann an plé atá ar siúl againn chuig an cheist seo: an ceart go mbeadh cumhachtaí ag oifig an choimisinéara an pionóis a thabhairt agus uair nó dhó na fiacla a nochtadh? Chun na fiacla a nochtadh, chaithfí go mbeidh fiacla ag an duine ar an gcéad dul...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tuarascálacha an Choimisinéara Teanga agus Cur Chun Cinn na Gaeilge sa tSeirbhís Phoiblí: Plé (30 Nov 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: An í an fhadhb nach bhfuil na meánscoileanna againn?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 101. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the delivery of community neurorehabilitation teams across each of the CHO areas; the steps that have been taken to address barriers in recruitment of multi-disciplinary teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61338/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Timber Supply (8 Dec 2022)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned by the potential for xylella fastidiosa to spread through olive wood for sale in Ireland; the measures that are in place to mitigate against any outbreak of the disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61341/22]