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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (8 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 287. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for hip and knee replacement surgery in each hospital in which such surgery takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29483/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (8 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 288. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for initial orthopaedic appointments following general practitioner referral within each hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29484/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 304. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 633 of 5 March 2020, if he will provide an update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29511/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (8 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 306. To ask the Minister for Health when health staff, such as speech and language therapists and occupational therapists currently carrying out contact tracing, will return to their pre-Covid-19 roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29524/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (8 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 307. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time to access a service (details supplied); the number of children on the waiting list; his plans to tackle the waiting list; when the service expects to have a full complement of staff; the alternatives available to those on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29525/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (8 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the accuracy rate of the bovine TB skin test; the number of false negatives and false positives, respectively; the role methodology plays in the accuracy of the test; if consideration has been given to the use of an alternative more accurate test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29441/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (8 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 438 of 16 April 2019, when he plans to introduce a voluntary farm building relocation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29481/20]

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Budget Statement 2021 (13 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: While budget 2021 looks to the combined challenges of Brexit, Covid and housing, it fails to bring about structural change to our economy to make it more sustainable for all sectors of our economy. We are spending €3,600 for every man, woman and child in Ireland but I do not get the impression that this money is being spent any differently from the money spent last year or the years...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: I am opposed to this carbon tax structure because it fails to differentiate between those who can avoid paying this tax and those who do not have any choice but to pay it. Carbon taxes must be about driving change to a more sustainable country which is far less dependent on imported fossil fuels. It is not supposed to be about increasing Government income. It is about getting people out of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Attendance (13 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 343. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the truancy rate for children with a disability at primary and post-primary level; the engagement by school attendance officers with schools and parents in such instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30033/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (13 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 372. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of persons in the direct provision system for less than six and between six and 12 months; the numbers in excess of one, two, three, four, five, six and seven years, respectively; the corresponding figures for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29964/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (13 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 516. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for primary medical certificates that were approved in 2019 and for the first six months of 2020, by county or CHO basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30104/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (14 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to cater for the increasing numbers of special needs pupils at primary level; if she has assessed the impact of the curtailment of supports for such children as a result of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29741/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (14 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: Over the past three weeks, I have brought to the attention of the Taoiseach, the Minister for Health, the chief executive of the HSE and the Minister for Defence the scandal whereby existing front-line therapy staff, including occupational therapists, physical therapists and speech therapists, whose intervention can make a real difference to children's progression in our education system, are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (14 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: I welcome this and it is a very positive development to be commended. However, for James who started school in September 2018 and who was referred by the early intervention team to the Galway and Roscommon autism spectrum disorder service in Athenry and placed on a four-year waiting list for occupational therapy and speech and language therapy, the announcement will not have an impact. His...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (14 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the reply from the Minister of State. The difficulty is that she is correct, as her remit is about the education system and the Minister of State with responsibility for disability is in charge of another aspect of it. What is happening is this issue is being passed from Billy to Jack. We took Defence Force personnel away from contact tracing and we left speech and language...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (14 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: That is much different.

Other Questions: State Examinations (14 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the steps she will take to ensure that there is a leaving certificate examination in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29740/20]

Other Questions: State Examinations (14 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: Leaving certificate 2020 was a difficult time for every student. Standardisation caused major concern. Some 6,000 students had their results upgraded. Almost one in 20 students have now applied to sit the examination in November. The students of the leaving certificate class of 2021 are now afraid that they will be messed around. Will there be a leaving certificate examination next June?

Other Questions: State Examinations (14 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: A tremendous amount of work has been done by the Minister, her officials, teachers, support staff in schools, pupils and parents to ensure that schools opened in September and remained open. Under our projections, even if we go up to level 5, the modelling is that we will keep our schools open. I am concerned by the caveat in relation to public health advice. We will need to adapt and...