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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 472. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking regarding the provision of a dedicated diabetes care unit at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4962/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 473. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dedicated whole-time equivalents of consultant endocrinologists, dietitians, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, staff nurses, podiatrists and administrative support posts currently dedicated to the outpatient adult diabetes clinic in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4963/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 474. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking regarding the recruitment of a dedicated diabetes physiologist for people with Type 1 diabetes in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4969/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 475. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to ensure that the HSE has the necessary funding to recruit and support the minimum number of staff, at University Hospital Waterford, required to manage the diabetes unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4971/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 476. To ask the Minister for Health if University Hospital Waterford, as a model 4 hospital, has contingency plans in place for the staffing of the diabetes unit to ensure adequate cover in the event of staff illness or leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4973/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults attending UHW with type 1 diabetes who have requested insulin pump therapy, and when those patients can expect to avail of this diabetes technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4974/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 478. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are awaiting an appointment to see an endocrinologist over the last five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4975/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have started the new insulin pump, in all hospitals within the RCSI Hospital Group, aged between 0-17 years and those aged 18 years or older, for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4982/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 482. To ask the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare project on the development of a national diabetes register will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4983/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (7 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 483. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions that occurred through the University Hospital Waterford accident and emergency or the acute medical assessment units due to diabetic ketoacidosis in people aged between 0-17 years and those aged 18 years or older in each of the years 2017 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4985/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Construction Industry (8 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Minister has highlighted developing policy to approve new modular construction design technologies that could be deployed in Ireland; if he will outline progress in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5749/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (8 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment position regarding the continuing decline in Irish overall exports over the past two years; what evaluation his Department is doing to understand any and what may be the main drivers of this export drop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5745/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (8 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is aware of the significant pressures facing business in the restaurant and hospitality sector; the steps his Department is taking to address the challenges now being experienced in these sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5747/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Wage-setting Mechanisms (8 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the recent round of collective bargaining has agreed a significant increase in wages across the public service sector which will guide private sector remuneration also; the reason the relative difference in average pay disparity between public sector remuneration versus SME sector remuneration in Ireland is now among the widest in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (8 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide his Department’s approved budget figures for the purposes of road maintenance and new road developments infrastructure outlined by individual region totals over the past four years of Government; if he will clarify how regional equity is demonstrated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5918/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (8 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 31 January 2024, to outline the research and research processes that underpin this reply, particularly the general sentiment that recruitment, rather than applications in the TU sector is positive since their individual inception and the specific explanatory rationale for the recent decline...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (8 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 31 January 2024, and the technological sector advancement fund referenced therein which is purported to provide €50 million to continue to assist new technological universities in their post-establishment phase; the amount of disbursed monies from this fund; the precise total funds amount...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: The Minister of State will be glad to hear that I will not be taking the full allocation of speaking time because a lot of this has been covered already but I welcome that I am able to contribute something to this debate. At the outset, I recognise the terrible loss that has been suffered by families over many years and decades, but particularly in the last three to five years. Since...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (13 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 17 October 2023, if Transport Infrastructure Ireland has responded to the initial information request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6579/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Industry (13 Feb 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is familiar with the practice of fraudulently registering vehicles within the state in order to reclaim monies under the VRT repayment scheme (details supplied); the number of vehicles fraudulently registered within the State in this way; what advances have been made in detecting these fraudulent registrations; how many prosecutions have taken place...