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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (15 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 148. To ask the Minister for Health if updates are available for women affected by pelvic mesh implants. [16209/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I will help the committee by not taking all eight minutes available to me. I know we are under time pressure. I thank the speakers and witnesses for coming in today. I have a number of questions and many of them will be more relevant to the Department this afternoon. I want to ask the witnesses specifically about the adult day services, which were mentioned by Deputy Murnane O'Connor. Do...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: It is actually shocking to think that some people will have to wait that length of time. We seem to fail people with disabilities or additional needs continuously and consistently. We always seem to talk about the waiting lists, not even with regard to Covid-19 but in general. Everything is a battle. One always seems to have to accept a different standard. It is really frustrating and I...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: With all due respect to Dr. McCarthy, there are a lot more issues outstanding than those two. I do not think I have spoken to anyone with a disability or their families who have found the response to date acceptable. People have been totally abandoned. PA hours were cut, home helps have not been coming in and, as was clarified earlier, there are no dates for the resumption of some...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I want to ask the Irish Cancer Society about cervical screening specifically. I am one of the final speakers so I apologise if this has been raised already. Does the society have any information or figures on how many women are waiting for retests, particularly in the Carlow-Kilkenny region? These would not be initial tests but retests in cases where there were symptoms. Given the delays...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Ms Morrogh. My second question is also for the society. This was obviously a very serious situation and everyone must take all the public health advice and measures seriously. However, does the society believe that it was necessary to cut the services to the level that was done? Was there not some safe way of carrying out some of these cancer screenings? Covid is extremely...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: The only reason I ask is that many women contacted myself - I am sure other people too - about their frustration at seeing certain shops and retail outlets being allowed to open in circumstances where they new they needed a second test and were being told that it was too risky. I am conscious of the irony of that for people who are in that situation and who are worried. Maybe some of the...

Early Years Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I will take five minutes and my colleagues will follow. They know the order in which they will speak.

Early Years Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes: — the early years sector has been acutely underfunded for many years and as a result Ireland is ranked the lowest country in the European Union (EU) for investment in this vital area; — this lack of adequate and sustainable funding has ensured fees for parents are amongst the highest in the EU; — that the steep costs...

Early Years Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Can we get a copy of it now?

Early Years Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I do not have my Oireachtas email on my phone and I have to say it is the first I ever heard of the Business Committee agreeing that. I do not mean to interrupt the Minister but it is extremely unusual.

Early Years Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I did not see the Minister of State's amendment until late this evening. I should know better at this stage but I actually thought that the Government might support my motion because what is contained in it is solutions. It is all done in very serious consultation with the sector, and it was not done overnight. It was not a case of a few phone calls a few days before we decided to put down...

Early Years Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Vótáil.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (21 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 543. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing issue of the difficulty in recruiting suitably qualified support staff for early years settings; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16624/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (21 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 544. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is satisfied there is sufficient capacity in the early years and school-age childcare system in view of the impact that Covid-19 has had on settings; the details of notifications of closures issued to Tusla for early years settings since January 2020 by service type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16625/20]

Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I commend my colleague, Deputy Ó Laoghaire, not just on bringing the motion forward but also on the work he has done on education, particularly over the past few months. I hope we will see a far more proactive approach from the Minister on the issues in the education sector. It is not just Covid-19. There are serious issues throughout education and we need to see leadership from her...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Provision (28 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Deputy Munster was to take contribute to this Topical Issue matter but is unable to be here. Would Deputy Tully be able to take her time? I am open to whatever the rules are on it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Provision (28 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: How much time is available?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Provision (28 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I am delighted to have the opportunity to raise this issue. I want to briefly mention some of my colleagues who have been campaigning on it, including Deputies Paul Donnelly, Clarke, Cronin, O'Reilly, Daly, O'Rourke and Ó Laoghaire. A number of us put this in and we were the lucky names which came out. We are looking for clarity on the reopening of adult day services. It is a little...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Provision (28 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate what she said with regard to services being expected to reopen in August and September, which would be very welcome, and what she said with regard to a portal on which people can clearly see which services are reopened. This will also be welcome. On 17 July, the Covid committee was told some services may not open until December or January....