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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (13 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will examine a case regarding a passport application by a person (details supplied); when a passport will be issued to the applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50070/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (13 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 462 of 9 September 2021, the status of a passport application for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50077/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (13 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will examine a case regarding a passport application by a person (details supplied); when a passport will be issued to the applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50071/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (13 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will respond to correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); if she will ensure that senior representatives of her Department, the organisation and other key stakeholders can have further engagements in relation to the most pragmatic and collaborative way forward and ensure constructive discussions...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (13 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50075/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (13 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 225. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has finalised a draft general scheme to amend the Mental Health Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50065/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (13 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 226. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the increase in applications for involuntary admission from An Garda Síochána as outlined in the Mental Health Commission Annual Report 2020; his views on the same; if he plans to amend the Mental Health Act 2001 in respect of involuntary detention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50066/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: This week most people were deeply disturbed and moved to learn about the plight of Adam Terry, a ten-year-old little boy who is living in agony because he has been waiting for more than four years for scoliosis surgery. Adam is not the only child who is suffering. This week I was contacted by the mother of a six-year-old girl, Rosie. She is desperately trying to get treatment for her...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Four years ago the Tánaiste's Government gave a commitment that no child would have to wait more than four months for scoliosis surgery. Four years later, what is that target now? I take it the Tánaiste is not in a position to recommit to his earlier target, which was never met. What now is the target for children with scoliosis, who are in agony? How many theatres are available...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (14 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that section 83 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 has not been commenced; the timeline for the commencement of each section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50244/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (14 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to the points raised in a correspondence (details supplied); if the programme will be restored given its education benefits for younger adults with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50439/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (19 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 89. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the shortage of general practitioners; and the specific timescale to which he is working. [51198/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (19 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister will be aware that over recent years there has been a growing shortage of GPs, to the point where it can only be described as a crisis. The Irish College of General Practitioners, ICGP, has found that 700 GPs will retire in the next five years. An ICGP poll this month shows that 60% of approximately 900 GPs surveyed were full to capacity or beyond. What precise steps is the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (19 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister. I wonder if he is listening to what graduates and trainees are saying because a huge proportion of them intend to emigrate. We do not have to guess at the reasons for that. We know from the regular ICGP survey that issues such as too many clinical sessions, onerous workload, management responsibilities and traditional responsibilities are unattractive. GPs are no...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (19 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: The figures mentioned by the Minister are fine but the HSE claims that we need to have 250 training places every year for new GPs. I asked the Minister if he has any proposals with regard to the career structure. References to salaried GPs and the type of flexibility so many new GPs are looking for were seen as a threat to existing GPs. This does not have to be a threat. There is no...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (20 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide further primary and post-primary schools in addition to increased provision within existing schools in an area given the increasing population (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51689/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [51470/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy by CHO and age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [51471/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (20 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 233. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for homecare packages; the number of persons experiencing delayed discharge from hospital due to a delay accessing home care; and the waiting lists for home care packages by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [51472/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (20 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for assessment for home care packages by CHO, age, category and time waiting, in tabular form. [51473/21]