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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (22 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: 747. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commence an independent review into the quality and management of disability services in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9355/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (22 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: 748. To ask the Minister for Health if he is confident that HIQA as a regulator is receiving adequate and timely notifications from disability health service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9356/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: 836. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual spend on BreastCheck in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9876/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: 837. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual spend on CervicalCheck in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9877/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: 838. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the BreastCheck screening age to 40; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9878/22]

Mobility and Transport Supports for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (16 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: Like the previous speakers, the Labour Party welcomes the motion, which focuses on people with disabilities and support for them in the area of transport. As the previous speaker, an Teachta O'Rourke, stated, this has been an area of focus for us on the transport committee in the past 18 months. As was mentioned, representatives of the Irish Wheelchair Association and the National Council...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Coastal Protection (16 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: 101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times the National Coastal Change Management Strategy steering group met; when the group will report on its initial findings and recommendations given that it was due to report within six months of its foundation in September 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8464/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: 209. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital in Portrane will be fully operational; the overall cost of the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8465/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: I thank the Minister. I am glad there is an ambitious plan and a good plan and that he has met with the three main hospitals in the past week. However, what was reported at the weekend in the Business Postgives all these questions a different complexion. Obviously, all these questions were submitted in advance of that. I heard the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, and indeed the Minister...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: On the targets, I am aware the Minister probably cannot give full details. What I am getting from his response is we would be looking at theatres being open at off-peak hours and maybe on Saturdays and Sundays. Is that something he could confirm to the House this evening as part of this ambitious plan? That would be an encouraging sign that there is going to be real energy put towards...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: Will that include the off-peak hours for the theatres?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: 59. To ask the Minister for Health the detailed breakdown of child and adolescent orthopaedic and related surgeries waiting lists; his plans to tackle those waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7729/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: Continuing on the theme of waiting lists, my question relates to the waiting lists for child and adolescent orthopaedic surgeries. These are very complex surgeries which require complex follow-on care and recovery pathways. It is not a case of scheduling X amount of hours in a theatre to get a surgery through. The issue is more complex than that. I want to hear the Minister's plan for the...

Tackling the Cost of Living - Institutional Investors in the Residential Property Market: Motion (15 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: What happens to the amendment from the Labour Party?

Tackling the Cost of Living - Institutional Investors in the Residential Property Market: Motion (15 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: When will that happen?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: I ask why the short debate on the citizens' assembly has been removed at late notice from today's schedule.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (15 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: 71. To ask the Minister for Health his interaction with an association (details supplied) to date; and the steps that he plans to take to address the particular healthcare needs of those affected by the failure to withdraw thalidomide from the Irish market in a timely manner. [7728/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (15 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: 97. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reinstatement of a national director for the Mental Health Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7726/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: 145. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the appointment of a chief social care officer for social care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7727/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (15 Feb 2022)

Duncan Smith: 176. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the ongoing trolley crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7725/22]