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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (21 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 681. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered providing for improved weight management resources for healthcare workers who have an obesity problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24334/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Training (21 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 683. To ask the Minister for Health if he considers it best practice that in all specialist postgraduate exams, obesity and relevant training in behavioural change therapy become essential components, thus enhancing the knowledge and skills of physicians and other professions related to medicine in this important area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24336/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (21 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 684. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has any statistics on the volume of banned slimming pills that are being imported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24337/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the expert witnesses. I refer to Dr. Anthony McCarthy's contribution earlier. We heard he was the president of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland and that he was also an assessor on the confidential inquiry into maternal deaths in Ireland. I find it difficult. The witnesses are the experts and we are here genuinely trying to go through the information. Dr. Ó Domhnaill...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank Dr. Maeve Doyle very much for raising serious issues around the legislation. We must examine specifically what she has raised today. I thank those witnesses who mentioned compassion. As a woman and a mother I really appreciate that. Dr. McCarthy stated that all assessments must be individual, comprehensive, compassionate and not prejudged. He stated that he is the president of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: This is relevant because we received information on the survey by e-mail. Dr. McCarthy asked a question which I would like to echo on whether psychiatrists have ever signed a form for involuntary detention of a patient due to the risk of them being a danger to themselves? Could they ever foresee that they might have to do that for a pregnant woman? I will leave it at that. Perhaps the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The master of Holles Street hospital has answered my question very comprehensively.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I want to address head 4. Members of the public fear that this head will open up the floodgates to abortion or will be the first step in opening up the floodgates. Could Dr. Holohan tell me how many women he expects to seek and be granted terminations of pregnancy under head 4? He gave details of likely processes in other areas today. Could he tell us whether the number will be less than...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive the funding they require for much needed upgrading and refurbishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23171/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (9 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 228. To ask the Minister for Health his views on research, carried out by the National Coalition for Vision Health in Ireland, which indicates that the 220,000 already suffering sight loss could rise to 272,000 by 2020; if he is confident that he will be able to honour the commitment to the World Health Organisation guidelines to eradicate avoidable blindness by 2020; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (8 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is receiving the unqualified teachers rate of pay when they qualified in June 2012; when will they be receipt of the qualified rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21725/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (7 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has been refused a reader for the Leaving Certificate Examination, having been assigned a reader for the Junior Certificate, and having successfully passed the educational psychologists needs assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21527/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (7 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that all students who have appealed their application for a reader for the Leaving Certificate, will receive a decision early to mid May; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21528/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (7 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that all students who have appealed their application for a reader for the Junior Certificate, will receive a decision early to mid May; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21529/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (7 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of comments made by individual teachers and schools that the number of successful applications for the appointment of a reader has been reduced, he will confirm the number of applications for readers, for the Junior Certificate, that were rejected in 2013, as a percentage of the number of students who applied; the way this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (7 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of comments made by individual teachers and schools that the number of successful applications for the appointment of a reader has been reduced, he will confirm the number of applications for readers, for the Leaving Certificate, that were rejected in 2013, as a percentage of the number of students who applied; the way this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (7 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 409. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is no longer eligible to provide chiropody services to public patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21521/13]

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Some sex workers are trafficked while others are not; some are coerced while others are not; some are minors and children but thankfully, most are not. A small group of women report that they entered the sex trade willingly and for them it was a lifestyle choice. I do not judge but I do find it hard to fathom. We have to acknowledge that some women, although a minority, actively choose to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Respite Care Grant Payments (1 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the respite care grant will be re-instated to 2012 entitlements in Budget 2014 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20645/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Childhood Obesity (1 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 234. To ask the Minister for Health the budget his Department allocated for childhood obesity treatment in 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20636/13]