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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (8 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: As my colleague said, these questions focus on when we can see a review. Does the Minister have any idea when the draft review will be done? When will the review be completed? Shannon Airport is one of the regional airports we will be championing. As the Minister knows, Shannon Airport is the gateway to the Wild Atlantic Way. It serves the mid-west region. As we have said in the past,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (8 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: Nobody is asking the Minister to rush the review or to do a review that would not be comprehensive, but as he knows, the last review was done ten years ago. People in the mid-west region and in Mayo and Galway are waiting for what the outcome of that review will be. Shannon Airport, as I said, has the capacity to handle 5 million passengers per year. In 2024, it serviced 2.1 million...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (8 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the review of the Government aviation policy to be completed; his plans for airports outside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22420/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for an improvement of bus infrastructure in Limerick city, appreciating the lack of such infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22419/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (8 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 386. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a child (details supplied) will be examined who having been referred three and a half years ago by their GP to the early intervention team has yet to receive a speech and language or occupational therapy appointment [23095/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (8 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 446. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the ongoing cancellation of elective and emergency surgeries at University Hospital Limerick, the reason for these cancellations; the steps being taken to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23081/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (8 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 447. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgeries cancelled on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis at University Hospital Limerick since January 2024, by type of procedure and reason for cancellation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23082/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (8 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 448. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of emergency versus elective surgery cancellations at University Hospital Limerick and how these figures compare with other model 4 hospitals across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23083/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (8 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 449. To ask the Minister for Health if any formal risk assessments or patient safety audits have been conducted at University Hospital Limerick in relation to the cancellation of surgeries; if so, if she will publish their findings and detail the impact this is having on patient safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23084/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (8 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 451. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has set performance targets or issued intervention plans to the UL Hospitals Group in response to persistent surgical cancellations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23086/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (8 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 450. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been introduced to mitigate risks to patient safety resulting from repeated surgery cancellations at University Hospital Limerick; the plans that are in place to improve the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23085/25]

Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: Early years education and the need for movement to a public childcare model were huge issues during the recent general election campaign. The Tánaiste referenced them multiple times as a key priority should Fine Gael be returned to government. More than 100 days after the formation of the Government, we have seen little to no movement on this key priority that was mentioned so many...

Report of the Farrelly Commission: Statements (Resumed) (7 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Farrelly report left an awful lot of unanswered questions. The report did not deliver for Grace or her mother. Grace was not heard. At a cost of €13.6 million, we expected clarity and demanded more answers. In a short and precise seven-sentence press release, the General Solicitor, Ms Marie-Claire Butler, whom I know the Minister recently met, said that after examining the...

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: I welcome the motion, which focuses on the challenges that thousands of parents and children throughout the State face all the time. Children with additional needs and their parents have plenty of obstacles to overcome but, in this day and age, access to education should not be one of them, although, unfortunately, it is for many people. I deal with them, as do my colleagues. Education is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (30 Apr 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 177. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied) who, having been referred to CAMHS Limerick, has yet to receive an appointment and due to behavioural issues has had their school hours cut; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21306/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Appointments Status (29 Apr 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 2013. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the case of a person (details supplied) that, having been referred in early 2024 to University Hospital Limerick for a hip operation, has yet to receive an appointment date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18753/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (29 Apr 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 2357. To ask the Minister for Health when the expansion of State-funded IVF treatment, as announced in Budget 2025, will be introduced; if couples who had a child previously through IFV will be included in the criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20471/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Appointments Status (29 Apr 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 2360. To ask the Minister for Health if she will assist in the case of a person (details supplied) that was referred to the dermatology department at University of Limerick for treatment of a facial skin condition and has yet to receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20475/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mental Health Services (29 Apr 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 2362. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied) who having been referred 24 months ago to CAMHS, Limerick following autism and intellectual disability and has yet to receive an appointment despite requests from children's disability network team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20481/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Apr 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: The programme for Government states the Government will "Conduct a review of National Aviation Policy to maximise use of our airports". When can we expect this review to take place and conclude? Some 86% of people who fly from this State do so from Dublin Airport and for transport flights it might be even higher than that. Several weeks ago the management of Shannon Airport called for the...