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Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (14 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 572. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a procedure in a hospital may be eligible to avail of the procedure under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44808/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (14 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 573. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a procedure in a hospital maybe eligible to avail of the procedure under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44809/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State. It was probably unfair of me to throw in the CDNT issue on top, but I thought to myself that I did not ask, I would not get so I said I would try. It is great that the HSE is aware of the issues relating to access for children. The Minister of State indicated this is a new school established by the NCSE and the Department of Education but that was the case a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for taking the graveyard shift. I appreciate him being here. Week after week we come into the House to raise matters. On tonight's schedule of Topical Issues, as on many occasions, we are talking about services, be it issues related to Irish Water, as Deputy Michael Moynihan has just alluded to, or in my case, the last three of my Topical Issues have in one...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: This week, early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme providers were again protesting outside Leinster House. They have committed to protesting again in the future if needs be. They have consistently highlighted the plight of smaller providers with regard to the funding received by all childcare providers. They do not dispute the overall Government package provided for this sector...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that his Department has put in place to encourage the installation of solar panels on farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38191/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of equine welfare and urban horse projects funded by his Department each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38192/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the uses for which exceptional needs payments may be applied given that some applications may not qualify under the heading they might have indicated; the number that have been received and approved in 2022 to date; if discretion or flexibility is provided regarding the 30 hour rule bearing in mind those who work 30-hours...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Food Poverty (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress of the food poverty working group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37779/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 175. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there will be any grants or supports offered to businesses that are struggling with inflation costs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38871/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 193. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any supports will be provided to food retailers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39566/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to introducing a commercial rates waiver for businesses struggling with soaring inflation costs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39567/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the instruction that is given to local community welfare officers regarding the exceptional needs' payment (details supplied); the number of applications that have been received; the number of applications that have been approved; the overall amount of payouts that were approved in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is giving consideration to or is requesting her Government colleagues to consider allowing persons on various back-to-work schemes, employment schemes and other schemes to work a greater number of hours to entice them to remain in the workforce and provide for the economy; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 480. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has completed the review of a report (details supplied) in respect of the drug reimbursement process; when this report and the key recommendations are expected to be published; the reason for the continued delay in publishing this report given that Covid-19 is no longer as large a public health risk as it once was; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 481. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a report (details supplied) submitted to him in January 2020 at a cost of €86,000, has still not been published; if he will commit to prioritising its review and publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38263/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 482. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the key actions outlined in the National Rare Disease Plan 2014-2018; the timeline for the implementation of remaining actions; when a successor plan is to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38264/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 483. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department intends to follow through on the Programme for Government’s clear commitment to publish a successor plan to the National Rare Disease Plan 2014–2018; the reason for the delay in prioritising all remaining actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38265/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 484. To ask the Minister for Health the work that has been carried out to prioritise the remaining actions in the National Rare Disease Plan 2014-2018; the deadlines for implementing these actions; the progress that has been made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38266/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 485. To ask the Minister for Health if a new liaison person within his Department has been appointed to oversee implementation of the National Rare Disease Plan; if a review conducted by the former liaison person will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38267/22]