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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 576. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on a suspended inpatient list for scoliosis surgery across all hospitals; the time suspended; the number of children waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60261/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 577. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to outsource scoliosis surgery for children; if there are plans to increase funding for hospitals to carry out this procedure; his views on the waiting times for scoliosis surgery; the number of children waiting; the plans to ensure children's safety and their right to access the best attainable healthcare; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 615. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has received a recommendation from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee for a 2022 start-date for the rollout of a National Immunisation Programme for varicella under the Programme for Government commitment; if funding has been secured for such an implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60418/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I totally agree with the Minister. Access, whether online or through one's local authority or the HSE or whatever, is important. The message we have to send to survivors is that we are here to help them access their records if needed. Does the Minister have a timescale for this? I welcome the funding allocated but timing is very important here in the context of all the work the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 8. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made towards the establishment of a national memorial and records centre under point 7 of An Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59448/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister for giving me the opportunity to ask him about the progress made in establishing a national memorial and records centre under point 7 of An Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. I note it is an area the Minister is working on and is very committed to.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am delighted to hear that. It is important that the survivors play an important role in this. We have all learned from our meetings with survivors the importance of access to records and that there are no barriers. That is our commitment from this Government, that we will make sure no survivor who wants to access his or her records encounters barrier after barrier. I am delighted that...

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: In October the mandatory hotel quarantine system was no longer considered necessary and was wound down and mandatory home quarantine requirements were removed. Now, we need them again. Omicron is among us and we have to do what we can to protect the whole of society. When the power to make regulations was introduced it was not expected that the Covid-19 pandemic would last for so long,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UNCRPD and Considering Future Innovation and Service Provision: Discussion ^ (2 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank all the witnesses. I will address this to Ms Rogers. I fully support the implementation of the strategy. On the steering strategy, it seems that from 2019 to 2021 the group has met only twice and there has been no meeting this year. That is a concern. I ask that as a committee we write to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy Roderic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UNCRPD and Considering Future Innovation and Service Provision: Discussion ^ (2 Dec 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Does Mr. Hennessy find that when families are applying to the local authority for housing, that autism is a criterion that is put to the top of the list? Whether a person has a medical issue, a disability or autism, does Mr. Hennessy find, from working through the different housing groups, that people are being prioritised?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am delighted that counties Carlow and Kilkenny will get walk-in booster clinics from the end of next week in the Woodford Dolmen Hotel, Carlow and the Cillín Hill Conference Centre, Kilkenny. However, there is some confusion and people have been ringing me. My understanding is that there must be a five-month interval following vaccination before someone can get the booster. I ask...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (30 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the integration of Carlow College, St. Patrick's, into the higher education system in the south-east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58621/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (30 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made regarding the Framework for Consent in Higher Education Institutions: Safe, Respectful, Supportive and Positive: Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment in Irish Higher Education Institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58622/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (30 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of plans to carry out remedial works to the railings at Carlow courthouse which is being managed by the Office of Public Works on behalf of the Courts Service; if there is an update to tender documentation for the repair of ten sections of the railings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58279/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Schools Building Projects (30 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 492. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new school build for a school (details supplied) given that capital funding has been allocated to progress the design; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58280/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (30 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 508. To ask the Minister for Health when primary care services and a new primary care facility will be established in Tullow, County Carlow; the location of same; the timescale for this service to be established; the planned location of the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58295/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (30 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 631. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to prioritise the publication of the national stroke strategy along with a fully funded implementation plan; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58788/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (30 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 654. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of additional space the Carlow Children's Disability Network Team is gaining by keeping the Bluebell Disability Outreach project in St. Dympna's Hospital, Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58842/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (30 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 763. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the system for the manual submission of documentation currently in place for farmers who are receiving pig slurry is to be extended beyond the 31 December 2021 deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58843/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (30 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 773. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding allocated through the LEADER programme in 2020 and to date in 2021, by county; her plans to increase the funding allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58787/21]