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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to progress a school (details supplied) for Westport; if these types of school have been established in Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19296/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review proposals to establish a school bus transport service to support parents and pupils of a school (details supplied); if she will outline the guidelines to establish such a service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19302/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (25 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: 479. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a breakdown of the children's disability network teams' interdisciplinary supports and therapies provided within County Mayo's CDNTs 1-3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19297/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (25 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: 480. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline the reason children (details supplied) are waiting up to 12 months for access to interdisciplinary supports and therapies; the steps being taken to reduce this wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19298/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (25 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: 571. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of funding including all annual operational, clinical and one-off funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in partnership with the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19299/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: 616. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19549/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: 631. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19595/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: Funding of €10 million was allocated in budget 2023 for publicly funded IVF treatment for men and women experiencing fertility difficulties. Over the past six months, however, there has been a serious lack of clarity as to how the plan will be implemented. Couples to whom I have spoken are considering delaying treatment until public funding is rolled out, making the issue even more...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (20 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: 93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what plans are in place to review the sheep improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18581/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (20 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: I spoke recently in the House on the sheep sector. It is our duty to support sheep farmers. Many sheep producers are grappling with increased production costs while the price of their products has fallen. We cannot stand idly by as this unfolds. We need to ensure sheep farmers can continue to contribute to our local economy and pass their knowledge and passion for their land on to future...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (20 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Minister for his response and for his interventions to date. While they have made a difference, from my engagement with many farming representative organisations in recent weeks, I know they are really concerned about the primary sheep producers. Time is running out for many. The position is precarious and it is unsustainable for new and existing farmers. As public...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (20 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: I accept it is the first year of the new CAP programme but the feedback from many of the sheep farmers I have engaged with, and many of the hill farmers, is that the payment is insufficient to provide the support sheep farmers need to maintain their livelihoods and keep the sector alive. Certainly, we need to do more in terms of financial aid and to ensure we can enhance the direct targeted...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (20 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: I also want to raise a serious situation in my own constituency, where construction work continues to be halted on a multimillion euro primary care centre in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo. Construction work was halted in early 2022. I have written to the senior HSE management in community healthcare west. Management outlined that it remains on hold as the landlord agrees costs to completion...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (20 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: 52. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase the numbers of GPs in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18578/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (20 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: 70. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the emergency department expansion and additional bed capacity works at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18579/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: 120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the traditional farm buildings grant scheme to include all farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18580/23]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (19 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: We have received apologies from Deputy Smyth and Senators Carrigy and Warfield. This meeting has been convened with Ms Ní Raghallaigh to discuss her role and key priorities as the recently-appointed Chairperson to the board of Raidió Teilifís Éireann. I warmly welcome Ms Ní Raghallaigh to committee room 1. She is also joined by RTÉ board member Dr. P.J....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (19 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: Thank you Ms Ní Raghallaigh. We will now proceed to questions and answers. Speaking slots will be limited to six minutes. Deputy Munster is first.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (19 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: We move to Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (19 Apr 2023)

Alan Dillon: I ask that we do not name any persons not present to defend themselves.