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Select Committee on Social Protection: Proposed Regional Employment Service: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Denis Naughten: Members have expressed a broad range of views and concerns regarding this tender process. I ask the Minister to encompass responses to the questions that have been raised in her contribution.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Proposed Regional Employment Service: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Denis Naughten: I will take any brief supplementary questions from colleagues.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Proposed Regional Employment Service: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Denis Naughten: I call Deputy Paul Donnelly.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Proposed Regional Employment Service: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Denis Naughten: Before the Minister responds, I have been contacted by representatives of the jobs club in Ballaghaderreen. Job clubs around the country are very concerned about this tender process. The core of this issue is that we must help people to not just get a job but to get a long-term, sustainable job. There is a fear that all we are going to see is a certain amount of churning, instead of...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Proposed Regional Employment Service: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister very much, but I think we have taken the talk from her today, judging from the state of her voice. We are all agreed that the focus must be on the individuals and on ensuring that they secure sustainable employment. We are all at one on that issue. I thank the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, and the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O’Brien, and their officials for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jun 2021)

Denis Naughten: 536. To ask the Minister for Health if he will facilitate the provision of Covid vaccine via community pharmacists to maximise the vaccine uptake; if an evaluation has been carried out as to the reason some cohorts of the population are below the national average when it comes to uptake; if availability in rural areas and travel distances is a factor; if consideration could be given to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jun 2021)

Denis Naughten: 537. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for their vaccinations; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27350/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Jun 2021)

Denis Naughten: 213. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an appointment for paediatric occupational therapy appointments in counties Roscommon and Galway; the number of children currently awaiting a first appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27716/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (30 Jun 2021)

Denis Naughten: 224. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27729/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Jun 2021)

Denis Naughten: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting hip replacement surgery at University Hospital Galway; the length of time that they have been waiting; the average waiting time for such surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27730/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (30 Jun 2021)

Denis Naughten: 229. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery; if they have been deemed as urgent; the waiting time for this surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27744/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (30 Jun 2021)

Denis Naughten: 245. To ask the Minister for Health if behavioural optometry assessments are available publicly for children with special educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27776/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Jul 2021)

Denis Naughten: 14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected capacity on buses within the school transport service in September 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35167/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services (1 Jul 2021)

Denis Naughten: 36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy on mental health support services in primary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35171/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services (1 Jul 2021)

Denis Naughten: 43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy on mental health support services in post-primary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35170/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Jul 2021)

Denis Naughten: 46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will issue a circular to schools to allow the live broadcast of lessons to leaving certificate students outside the school building who will not be able to physically return to school with their peers due to the need to cocoon due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35169/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Jul 2021)

Denis Naughten: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she plans to 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. [35168/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Bord na Móna (1 Jul 2021)

Denis Naughten: 117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 10 February 2021, the steps which she has taken to address the plight of workers as outlined in the correspondence referenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34172/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (1 Jul 2021)

Denis Naughten: 140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has read the recent NESC report on the self-employed. [34171/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (1 Jul 2021)

Denis Naughten: 178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the target processing time for schemes under her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34170/21]