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Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (23 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: 282. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Laois currently awaiting dental intervention in each priority group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26084/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (23 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: 283. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE dental surgeon positions and the details of vacancies in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26085/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Yazidi Community in Iraq: Yazda UK and Ireland (15 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I will take questions from a number of members before reverting to the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Yazidi Community in Iraq: Yazda UK and Ireland (15 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I thank Ms Navrouzov. I would also like to acknowledge the contribution and ongoing work of Mr. John Gallagher of Yazda UK and Ireland. I thank our witnesses, Mr. Khudida Burjus, Ms Navrouzov and, in particular, Ms Nazreen for her very moving testimony. I propose that the committee take up some of the issues that have been part of the discussion this afternoon and that we engage further on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Yazidi Community in Iraq: Yazda UK and Ireland (15 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I thank Mr. Khudida Burjus. Would Ms Navrouzov like to make any concluding comments?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: 431. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects a national approach to the easing of restrictions in maternity hospitals will be applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26368/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: 479. To ask the Minister for Health when a dietician will be appointed to the Laois CAMHS team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26740/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: First Annual Report of the Oversight Group on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: The main business today is a meeting with representatives of the Oversight Group on Women, Peace and Security. We very much welcome Ms Nora Owen who is no stranger to these Houses or this committee. She appears in her capacity as independent chair of the oversight group for Ireland's third national action plan on women, peace and security. Ms Owen is joined by a number of members of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: First Annual Report of the Oversight Group on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: That included a number of answers to Deputy Clarke's questions. I will move on to Senator Craughwell followed by Senator Joe O'Reilly and they will be grouped together. I am anxious to let Senator Brady in later in the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: First Annual Report of the Oversight Group on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I intend to take a contribution from Senator Joe O'Reilly before reverting back to Ms Owen and her team, because he has been waiting for some time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: First Annual Report of the Oversight Group on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: Before we go to FGM, I will add to what previous speakers have said about it. FGM is not something that we speak about in this country. It is a most unacceptable practice. I would have thought that through our agencies and in particular the HSE, we might have some targets to ensure the elimination of FGM in Ireland. In the context of the work being undertaken by the HSE, given that it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: First Annual Report of the Oversight Group on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I thank our guests for their comprehensive replies to Senators and Deputies. I am not sure it is our role and function to get into any regional conflict in great detail but I am pleased that the committee made reference to the situation in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, having regard to the reports on the level of violence being perpetrated there against women and girls. In the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: First Annual Report of the Oversight Group on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I will revert to Ms Owen and her team, however, I am conscious of the clock and that members of the panel may not get another opportunity to contribute. As well as addressing Deputy Brady’s questions, perhaps Ms Owen will provide us with some final comments. For my part, I note that reference was made earlier to human trafficking. I ask members of the oversight group and Chief...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: First Annual Report of the Oversight Group on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: On behalf of the committee, I thank you for meeting with us and for dealing in such a comprehensive manner with many of our questions. Indeed, you will have seen our priorities. I also acknowledge the lodging earlier in the year of the first annual report of Ireland's third National Action Plan on UN Security Council Resolution 1325. No doubt we will have some future engagement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: First Annual Report of the Oversight Group on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: We will now revert to committee members. With the assent of Ms Owen, she might be best placed to distribute members' questions to the other members of the oversight committee who are with her. I will leave it at her discretion, unless there is a question aimed at a particular colleague of Ms Owen.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (8 Jul 2021)

Charles Flanagan: 192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider putting a mechanism in place to allow local authorities to exercise discretion in approving housing adaptation grants for persons with a disability particularly for those with severe medical conditions which would allow for expenses to be factored into circumstances in which the income threshold is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Jul 2021)

Charles Flanagan: 438. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances surrounding the relocation of the adult audiology service from St. Fintan’s, Portlaoise, County Laois to Tullamore, County Offaly; when the service will resume in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31589/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recruitment and Retention in the Defence Forces: RACO (29 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I have received apologies from Deputy Stanton. Today we are meeting with the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers, more commonly known as RACO. I am very pleased that this meeting is taking place and in particular that we will have this engagement before the summer recess. I am also very pleased to welcome Commandant Conor King, general secretary, Lieutenant Colonel Derek...