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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I thank Mr. Woods for his presentation and thank all the witnesses for their attendance. I apologise for keeping them waiting. I have some questions on emergency departments in general. Is there a communication system between emergency departments and GPs and community services to pass on recommendations relating to people leaving emergency departments? Is the European directive...

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (31 Jan 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this important and very long awaited Bill. It is a crucial milestone towards creating a more inclusive society. For my part and that of my party, we are committed to creating a more inclusive society and to dismantling barriers in a range of sectors that prevent people with disabilities from fully participating in society. We need to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 86. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the 2017 target for the number of personal assistant service hours to be delivered to adults with a physical and or sensory disability is less than the projected outturn for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4663/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 143. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the HSE's one-year target for children's speech and language therapy assessments is sufficiently ambitious; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4664/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Services: Discussion (2 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I thank all of the delegates for being here. Some of the information they provided is very worrying, particularly the high percentage of trained GPs that are emigrating and the age profile of those remaining. I presume if this continues we will reach a crisis point. Now is the time to ensure that does not happen. How many practices currently have vacancies that cannot be filled? What...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I thank the Minister, Deputy Harris, for coming into the Chamber to respond to this matter. Like the whole nation, I was very moved by last night's programme. I was not, however, shocked by what I saw, because my constituency office is full of files with details of people waiting for operations. The Minister told RTE:It is principally about the management of resources. It is about the...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I note the Minister did not answer some of my questions.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I presume the Minister will do so at his next opportunity. I also humbly suggest that if smaller hospitals were funded, it would help relieve the bigger hospitals' waiting lists. There is a great hospital in my constituency, Bantry General Hospital, and when it was being properly funded it took the pressure off the bigger hospitals in Cork. It helped with endoscopies, with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tourism Data (7 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated in the Cork south west constituency in 2015 and 2016; the amount of funding allocated to tourism and hospitality skills training; the agency or Government body which has responsibility for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5436/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tourism Data (7 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated in the Cork South West constituency in 2015 and 2016; the amount of funding allocated to tourism and hospitality skills training; and the agency or Government body which has responsibility for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5432/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (7 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 397. To ask the Minister for Health the commencement date for the development of the rehabilitation unit in Bantry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5578/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (7 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 398. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients from west Cork who are and have been presenting at Cork University Hospital for dialysis over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5579/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (14 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that those who are appealing their denial of disabled driver status must travel to Dublin for a medical review when this causes undue hardship and stress for the persons, as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will examine the possibility of rural appellants attending medical reviews in HSE centres in their local regions. [6987/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: The health (transport support) Bill, which aims to give financial assistance to people with a disability who are also on a low income, to help them access transport, is currently being categorised as work under way. Can the Minister inform me when this Bill will come before the House?

Other Questions: National Disability Authority (16 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 6. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the role of the National Disability Authority; when the review will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7613/17]

Other Questions: National Disability Authority (16 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the role of the National Disability Authority, NDA. When will the review be completed, and will she make a statement on the matter?

Other Questions: National Disability Authority (16 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: As the Minister of State said, A Programme for a Partnership Government contains a commitment to review the role of the National Disability Authority. Was that included at his behest during the negotiations and, if so, why did he ask for it? I was talking to someone who works in the area of disabilities who said it would be interesting to find out the nature of this review and what it is...

Other Questions: National Disability Authority (16 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I thank the Minister of State.

Other Questions: National Disability Authority (16 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: Another question I have been trying to raise for a while is whether, in the Minister of State's opinion, the Department of Justice and Equality is the correct home for a national disability authority and disability policy in general. I accept this was a very busy week for the Department of Justice and Equality but I do not believe it is the right home for it. I know that many who advocate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan (16 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 16. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a recent assertion that the national disability strategy is abject, failing to comprehensively deliver on a single area of policy or legislative reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7614/17]