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Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Industry (14 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 391. To ask the Minister for Health if Irish farmers and producers of cold pressed cannabidiol food supplements made from hemp would continue to have access to EU markets for their products in the event that the European Commission would require those specific products to be authorised by European Food Safety Authority in accordance with EU Novel Food regulation 2015/2283; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Industry (14 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 392. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Irish authorities require Irish hemp farmers and processors to submit EU novel food authorisation applications for agricultural foods based solely on the extraction solvents used in their production when those solvents are already specifically pre-authorised by European authorities within the EU novel good regulatory framework given that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Industry (14 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 393. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the clarifications by the European Commission (details supplied) regarding the novel food authorisation applications of Irish hemp farms and businesses in which the Commission again explains specifically for Ireland that cannabidiol food and food supplements produced from any part of the EU hemp crop including the flowers...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Industry (14 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 394. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Products Regulatory Authority is requiring Irish hemp farmers and producers to formally confirm that they will destroy the flowers and leaves of their 2021 hemp crops considering that these farmers and producers are at present progressing EU novel food authorisation applications at the insistence of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Industry (14 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 395. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that hemp derived cannabidiol food supplements cannot be made from the seeds, fibres and stalks of the hemp plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31318/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 423. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date on establishing an enquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; when an enquiry will be fully established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31492/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the establishment of a sodium valproate stakeholder group that would review the measures that are currently in place and make recommendations as to the way they could be strengthened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31495/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 424. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that a product which meets his Department's own clinical guidelines on the use of medical cannabis in epilepsy is added to the medical cannabis access programme before it is launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31493/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 425. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date in the recruitment of six epilepsy nurse specialists which was agreed as part of the HSE Valproate Response Project in 2018; if all these posts have not been filled, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31494/21]

Long-Term Residential Care: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: We in this State commend ourselves on actions we have taken to curtail the spread of the Covid-19 virus. However, the stark truth is that we have failed as a nation to protect the residents of nursing homes who are the most vulnerable people in our society. Residents of nursing homes have accounted for over 40% of all Covid-related deaths. The fact that over 2,000 people in nursing homes...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (13 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 35. To ask the Minister for Health when the disability capacity review report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28331/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (13 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: When will the Department of Health's capacity review of disability services be published?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (13 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: I am delighted to hear that. This report was completed last November. Many parliamentary questions on the matter have been tabled to the Minister of State by members of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters and other Deputies. The committee itself, various organisations, including the Irish Wheelchair Association, and the Oireachtas disability group and the organisations it represents...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (13 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: I welcome and acknowledge the work that has been done. There have been significant moves towards a social model of care and away from the health model of care, which is the right way to go. The Minister of State is doing tremendous work in that field. There are, however, some very stark statistics regarding disability. We have the lowest employment rate for people with disabilities in the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (13 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 309. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that has been allocated for wheelchair accessibility on walking trails in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37606/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special schools and schools with special classes in the State, respectively; the number of students who attend special schools and schools with special classes, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37244/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: My question is about the vaccine roll-out through the pharmacies. While it is welcome and the interest in uptake by young people aged between 18 and 34 is encouraging, no pharmacies in west Cavan are administering the vaccine. This is not because they are not interested; it is because they have been told by the HSE that it will not facilitate them joining the scheme. I would love to know...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken to ensure that the voice of persons with disabilities are heard in further and higher educational institutions by ensuring representation on university and college boards of management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36832/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to the LocalLink bus service in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37011/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 Jul 2021)

Pauline Tully: 166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that was allocated to making public transport accessible for people with disabilities in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37013/21]