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Citizens' Assemblies Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will be brief. This is a fairly simple Bill, primarily facilitating the use of the register of electors for selection of certain Citizens' Assemblies. This is fairly straightforward but I will say a few words about the concept from the perspective of somebody who was a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. We had some doubts about the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Discipline (11 Jul 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 854. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the 2008 guidelines on reduced timetables in schools deem a reduced timetable to be a suspension; if in such circumstances it should be reported to Tusla; if she will engage with the Department of Education and Skills in order that schools can be informed of their obligations in this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when funding will be provided under the flood relief schemes to strengthen the banks of the River Shannon in the Corbally area of Limerick city to protect residents in the Mill Road and the Corbally Road from flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36270/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 221. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the changes made to the public procurement process in view of the fact that they have been in place for a number of years; if the changes that have resulted in large contractors winning tenders for services and in turn sub-contracting out much of the work to sub-contractors will be reviewed; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 with the exception of Parts 2 and 3 of the Act will be fully commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34986/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the spouse and children of a naturalised Irish citizen living in the United Kingdom and whose family joined them there through family reunification can be granted Irish citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35372/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 624. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the recent changes to the atypical working scheme will be reviewed in view of the effect it is having on the availability of locum doctors who have been playing a strong role in out-of-hours general practitioner schemes, including Shannondoc; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35834/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 710. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name and location of each IDA client company in County Meath; the number employed by each company to 31 December 2018; the level of employment grants provided by IDA to each identified client company in 2018; the number of IDA sponsored site visits to County Meath to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 711. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name and location of each IDA client company in County Louth; the number employed by each company to 31 December 2018; the level of employment grants provided by IDA to each identified client company in 2018; the number of IDA sponsored site visits to County Louth to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 775. To ask the Minister for Health when Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be fully commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34986/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 807. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for spinal fusion operations; the steps he will take to ensure there is more access to operating theatres for such children including clearer pathways to facilities in Cappagh Hospital for adolescents in need of spinal fusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34776/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 902. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to abolishing the training allowance paid to persons who have a disability and are enrolled in training programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35190/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 932. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that patients who have Parkinson’s disease can continue to receive a medication (details supplied) which is no longer available to them despite having been provided to those who have an advanced stage of the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35373/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Children's Eye Care Services (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 1258. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will extend the scheme for free eye care for primary school children to include secondary school children in view of the fact that once a child leaves the primary education system they receive no financial help for glasses or eye tests unless they hold a full medical card. [36388/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 1315. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Duodopa, which is particularly advised to patients with Parkinson’s disease who require pump therapy, is no longer available to such patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36609/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 1336. To ask the Minister for Health if the commitment he gave that all graduating nurses and midwives in 2019 would be offered positions provided in locations in which there were approved vacant posts will be fulfilled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36713/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 1345. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 10 April 2019, if the position of clinical nurse specialist for multiple sclerosis in University Hospital Limerick has been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36772/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 1359. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of the nursing home subvention scheme is planned; if the disincentives to renting out a home that is owned by a person who is in a nursing home will be examined to examine if the scheme can be altered in order to free up more of the empty homes nationwide to the private rental sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36949/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 1487. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to expand the warmth and well-being pilot scheme being operated in Dublin 8, 10, 12, 22 and 24 to other parts of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35052/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme Waiting Times (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 1488. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will facilitate the hiring of more contractors in order to reduce the waiting times for the SEAI warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35053/19]