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Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Mar 2018)

Michael Harty: On the same issue, the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 presents a unique procedural issue. The health committee scrutinised the Bill and issued a report which was debated in the Dáil. For reasons best known to the political parties involved, the report was not accepted and was returned to the committee for consideration. However, the committee cannot consider the Bill...

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: I will make a few points in the two minutes I have. The Minister should be proactive and behave in an anticipatory fashion in future. He should set up a national farm emergency group that would include the Minister, Teagasc, Met Éireann and the major farming organisations and co-operatives in order to anticipate problems such as this as they come down the line. It is too late for this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: 776. To ask the Minister for Health the reason pharmacists are obliged to ask patients to return weekly to collect regular medication when it is deemed necessary for safety and compliance reasons to have their medication blisters packed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15586/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: 1051. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is realistic to expect that a shortfall from Brexit in the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, 2020 will be made up in full by European Union member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15237/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Eligibility (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: 1411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to abolish the six-year rule for participants in the rural social scheme over 55 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15231/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Eligibility (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: 1412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to revise the rural social scheme eligibility rules to allow extended members of farming families, such as nephews and nieces of the herd owner, to participate on the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15232/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tús Programme (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: 1413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reverse proposed cuts to the Tús scheme which would reduce the current national quota of 8,500 to 6,500 participants and reduce 388 supervisors to 325; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15233/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tús Programme (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: 1414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the referral of names from her Department to participate on Tús will be accelerated in order that implementing bodies can fill their quotas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15234/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: 1415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether feedback to implementing bodies on the experience and effectiveness of JobPath is largely negative; her further views on whether the Tús community work placement scheme is more effective and represents better value for money; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15235/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee to give their evidence. I am a GP as well as a TD, so I have an understanding of the difficulties in the child and adolescent mental health services. Are many referrals inappropriate to CAMHS? It seems to be the default referral option because there are a lack of counselling and psychological services in the community. The default...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: Is there a view among the delegates that, because there is not an adequate service provided, medication is overprescribed at the expense of talk therapy and psychological services?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Admissions (19 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: 4. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to reduce the number of persons waiting on trolleys, chairs and temporary beds for hospital admission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17263/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Admissions (19 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: What actions has the Minister taken to reduce the number of patients waiting on trolleys, chairs and temporary beds for admission to hospital? The trolley queue is a reflection of the problems in our health service. It brings up health and safety issues for patients and staff, such as with the transmission of infections and diseases when waiting for admission. This has a detrimental effect...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Admissions (19 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank the Minister. Many of the actions he has outlined deal with the problems of lay discharges after they have happened. It is poor excuse to talk about the weather as being a problem where our hospital trolley count is concerned. It is not about the weather. The Taoiseach has said that we should not dwell on trolley numbers or waiting lists because they do not reflect the excellent...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Admissions (19 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank the Minister. He mentioned University Hospital Limerick. I note that University Hospital Limerick consistently has the highest number of people waiting on trolleys. The average number waiting on trolleys for this month alone is 56. It is double the number for the next worst hospital in the country on a daily basis. I get representations, I am sure like every other Deputy,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Admissions (19 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: In Limerick, beds were taken out of our small peripheral hospitals, but they were not put into Limerick. It was a cart-before-the-horse reconfiguration, and it is a salutary lesson for any other areas where there may be reconfiguration. If services are not put in place in the central hospital before they are removed from the peripheral hospital, we will have what happened in Limerick. It...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: 380. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for orthopaedic surgery at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17604/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: 382. To ask the Minister for Health if University Hospital Limerick is running out of trolleys to cater for waiting patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17623/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: 440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if inspections on farms in County Clare will be suspended for the duration of the fodder crisis as a contribution to ameliorating the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17619/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: 443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a marked increase in the number of cattle dying in County Clare, mainly of diseases related to being housed too long due to the fodder crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17628/18]