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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Draft Regulations on the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005: Motion (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Just one second. I have issues with audiologists and people who fit hearing aids. Hearing aids-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Draft Regulations on the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005: Motion (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I just want to make this quick point. Hearing aids are being advertised in newspapers from €2,000 up to €4,000 and it seems to me that anyone can sell or fit hearing aids. People are shelling out money, especially older people who are on pensions and have difficulties. I ask the Minister to look at this. Between audiologists and whoever else, there seem to be a lot of people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Draft Regulations on the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005: Motion (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: And will you be the Minister for Health?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Draft Regulations on the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005: Motion (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: No, I am not. I am very focused on this issue and I have brought it up a number of times at this committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Draft Regulations on the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005: Motion (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am sorry, but I have one last thing to say on the topic of opticians and optometrists. We had a group at the committee wanting the National Vision Coalition to be recognised in the next Dáil term, and I ask the Minister to see to that. At the moment, they are a wide spread of different people. They have been to the House and I think the Minister has met them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Draft Regulations on the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005: Motion (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: They are a collection of different groups who wish to come together because they are all involved with eyesight, the protection of eyesight and vision.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Draft Regulations on the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005: Motion (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I think they do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Draft Regulations on the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005: Motion (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: We had them here at the committee and the Chairman was pushing the matter as well. I believe the group wrote to the Minister about it.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (26 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 378. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has been refused extra home care hours, given that physical support is very necessary for that person's quality of family life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3155/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (26 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to previous parliamentary questions to set out the course of action open to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin to have an incremental form signed by a school in Libya as there has been no progress to date, given that the precedence has been set by fellow colleagues who have received their increments; to assist this person in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when Ballyowen Meadows new school building will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3221/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (26 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will move into its promised building, given that in 2005 it was promised a premises formerly known as Archbishop McQuaid school but which another school moved into at the end of 2005; if she is aware that in 2010 this school was at the advanced stage of her Department's building programme and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Products Regulatory Authority: Chairman Designate (21 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank Ms Horan very much and wish her the very best in her new post. John Lynch, who was the director of compliance in the HPRA, talked about the dangers of slimming pills. I ask that Ms Horan please look into this in her post, because the lists of ingredients for these pills seem to be falsified. Some people taking these tablets seem to think that they are simply herbal treatments or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Wellness, Well-being and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Would Senator Thomas Byrne like to ask a question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Wellness, Well-being and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I wish to ask a question of Mr. Breslin and Dr. D'Alton. Mr. Breslin stated that he was lucky to have a family that was there for him and that offered scaffolding, as he called it, during his difficult childhood. In response to Dr. D'Alton, we had an expert witness, an American psychologist from Harvard University, before the committee five or six weeks ago who spoke about how the child's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Wellness, Well-being and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I just received an e-mail from a young constituent of mine who had tried to take his life saying that Bressie has given him a lot of hope.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements (21 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why Irish citizens who have emigrated with their family are classed as overseas students when they return to study at third level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2552/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 135. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for the National Rehabilitation Hospital before a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2502/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Widow's Pension Applications (19 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person is not receiving the increase in the widow's pension as per budget 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1843/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (19 Jan 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Dublin was refused a jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2039/16]