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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: 369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes aged 18 years and over that are waiting on a first appointment to the outpatients diabetes clinic in any of the University of Limerick hospital group hospitals; and the number waiting 6 to 12, 12 to 18, 18 to 24 months, 2 to 4 and over 5 years, respectively, in tabular form. [47389/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (30 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: 370. To ask the Minister for Health if the University of Limerick hospitals group is included in the remaining six diabetes centres to become DAFNE licensed in 2022 (details supplied); and if a centre in the mid-west such as Limerick is included in the remaining six centres to become DAFNE licensed in 2022. [47390/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (30 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: 371. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding in budget 2022 to provide a minimum of one whole-time equivalent diabetes specialist pump nurse for each adult diabetes clinic in the University Limerick Hospitals Group to enable insulin pump therapy initiation for persons who are clinically suited to this treatment. [47391/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (30 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: 372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes over 18 years of age attending the University Limerick Hospitals Group's adult diabetes service who are using insulin pump therapy to manage their condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47392/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (30 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: 373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funding applications for persons with diabetes over 21 years of age that were rejected by the long-term illness scheme and the primary care reimbursement service for the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system; and the number of those rejections that are now being funded for devices (details supplied) through the PCRS in each of the years...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (30 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: 374. To ask the Minister for Health when the current application process for the HSE insulin pumps tendering contract will be completed; when the new list of insulin pumps will be sent to the community drug schemes; the locations patients will have access to it; the estimated timeline of the process from product review to inclusion on the PCRS; the expert group that reviews the insulin pumps;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Semi-State Bodies (30 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: 388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a matter (details supplied) regarding governance of semi-State organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47364/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance if help and advice can be provided in relation to a facility (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47076/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (29 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science’s Vote, Vote 45, came into effect following the Further Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020. Accordingly, the information requested is not available for this Department for the periods outlined.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (29 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: Ireland has an advanced system of skills provision, across Further and Higher Education, lifelong learning and human capital development, which is agile and responsive to changes in the world of work, in order to address evolving skills needs. The National Skills Council (NSC) and nine Regional Skills Fora (RSF), created under the National Skills Strategy, foster engagement and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (29 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: Claims for incremental credit pertaining to the personal salary of an employee is a matter for the employee concerned and their employer, Louth Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB). The criteria required to have incremental credit awarded to primary and post-primary school teachers is set out in the Department of Education and Skills Circulars 10/2001, 29/2007 and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (29 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: The principal support provided by my Department in financial terms is the Student Grant Scheme. Under the terms of the Scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students attending an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. The scheme is demand led and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (29 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: I am acutely aware of the challenges facing students with regard to securing accommodation. A number of factors are exacerbating the problem this year including houses previously rented to students being rented to year-round tenants, a reluctance by people to rent rooms in their houses to students due to Covid concerns, and higher education institutions in general not offering shared...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pension Provisions (28 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: 238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which a person (details supplied) can obtain their records for pension purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46718/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (28 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: 493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is planning to make changes to the community employment programme; if so, the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45967/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 541 and 544 together. Craft apprenticeships account for 25 of the 62 existing available apprenticeship programmes. They comprise of a standard seven phase programme of alternating on-the-job and off-the-job phases. The off-the-job training for these programmes is delivered in Training Centres, Institutes of Technology and Technological Universities. Given the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (28 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 542, 549 and 556 together. I am acutely aware of the challenges facing students with regard to securing accommodation. The National Student Accommodation Strategy is designed to ensure that there is an increased level of supply of purpose built student accommodation. Several of the actions in this strategy centre around ensuring that HEIs have access...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 543 and 546 together. A total of 33,481 apprentices were registered from 1Jan 2015 to 31 August 2021. 3,801 apprentices withdrew from apprenticeships between 2015 and 2020. Apprentices end their registration for a variety of reasons including failed assessments, pursuing another career or educational programme or personal reasons such as serious illness etc....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (28 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: The complex nature of the student grant scheme means that there is a risk that some students receive grant payments for which they are not eligible, including for reasons beyond the direct control of SUSI. To mitigate the risk of overpayments, SUSI implements procedural and system-based controls within its application assessment and grant payment operations. A highly developed quality...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (28 Sep 2021)

Niall Collins: The course provider in question was offering programmes which bring emerging leaders together from a variety of sectors in an experiential format and, as such, was meeting training needs identified for staff in my Department. The scale of the expenditure involved meant that it was not necessary to carry out a procurement involving advertisement on etenders for this work. OneLearning,...