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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 175. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of fully funding the remaining recommendations in the national maternity strategy. [43302/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 176. To ask the Minister for Health to detail any action outstanding in the women’s health action plan; and the cost associated with implementation of all outstanding actions, in tabular form. [43303/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 177. To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost of delivering the 3,000 additional hospital beds, as outlined in a report (details supplied). [43304/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of each of the elective hospitals that has been proposed. [43305/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 179. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of opening (both capital and current) each of the six surgical hubs that are being progressed. [43306/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 180. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the existing clinical recommendations in respect of bowel screening, that is, what ages should we be screening and what age groups we are screening; and the cost of extending the bowel screen programme to meet the existing clinical guidance. [43307/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 181. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the current lung cancer screening pilot; the patients being screened; when the pilot will be complete; and the purpose of the pilot. [43308/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 182. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the existing clinical guidance for BreastCheck screening. [43309/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 183. To ask the Minister for Health to list the name and location of all primary care clinics that have opened since this Government took office; and the capital and current costs associated with each. [43310/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending free GP care to all those aged 12 years and under, and to all those aged 15 years and under. [43311/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Insurance Coverage (23 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance, by age group (details supplied). [43416/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. I would have thought the most significant cost-of-living challenge that their members face is the cost of rent for those who are not living at home. To what extent does that vary based on USI membership around the country? Is it exclusively a Dublin and Cork issue or does it go farther than that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: The solution is obviously that we need to produce more accommodation so that hopefully, the increase in supply will reduce prices. Is it the USI’s view that further efforts should be made by Government to establish more student accommodation on campus?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: UCC Students’ Union was here last week and presented a very well put together cost-of-living report. It was academically reviewed and done very professionally. One thing that struck me is there was an academic – I apologise as I forget his name – who was from the business department who talked about the numbers of students now who must work in order to meet the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Department of further education is a new Department. It just came into existence during the course of this Dáil term. What is USI’s experience of engagement with the Department? Is it good? Should USI have more engagement with it? Is it listening to USI’s concerns?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: One of the issues this committee has frequently looked at is the difficulty of PhD students and the limited resources available to them. There was an announcement in the budget that the annual stipend available to PhD students would be €25,000. I presume the witnesses welcome that. What is their assessment of how that is going to help PhD students? Do they think it is insufficient?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Rent has been identified as the biggest cost-of-living challenge. What are the other cost-of-living challenges that we might not be aware of. Obviously, we are aware of cost-of-living issues as they affect the general population, but what are the other ones Mr. Clifford thinks we should be informed about that affect USI members?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: In terms of the hidden costs for certain degrees, is it the creative courses that have more costs than one would expect or do they affect other disciplines also?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses.