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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (15 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a HEAR application initially submitted with the incorrect year of income can be further reviewed following an unsuccessful application and appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43851/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (15 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 695. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is in a position to avail of the National Treatment Purchase Fund for a knee replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43853/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (15 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 696. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days the medical assessment unit in Nenagh General Hospital has been closed in 2021 as a result of staff shortages; if he will provide dates of closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43854/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (15 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 697. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days the medical assessment unit in Nenagh General Hospital did not take patients when it was scheduled to do so to date in 2021 but did not officially announce it was closed; if he will provide details of these dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43856/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (15 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days the medical assessment unit in Nenagh General Hospital rescheduled or cancelled an entire day’s appointments due to an inability to see patients as a result of staff shortages; if he will provide details of these dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43857/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (15 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 699. To ask the Minister for Health if there was a day in 2021 when the medical assessment unit in Nenagh General Hospital did not see patients or take referrals due to staff shortages, resulting in an effective closure of the unit and no official announcement was made that the unit would be closed that day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43859/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (15 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 700. To ask the Minister for Health if there is funding available to cover the cost of a person with special needs travelling by taxi to attend the Cashel day centre, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43860/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 701. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has attempted to fill the vacant addiction counsellor position in Drummin House, Nenagh, County Tipperary; when this position will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43861/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 702. To ask the Minister for Health when the consultant psychiatrist position in Drummin House, Nenagh, County Tipperary, will be filled on a full-time basis given that it is constantly being filled by a locum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43862/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (15 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 703. To ask the Minister for Health when respite services will return for service users of adult day care services in Thurles, County Tipperary, who attended a facility (details supplied) prior to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43863/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (15 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 704. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria that must be met for a medical card to cover the cost of dentures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43864/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (15 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 705. To ask the Minister for Health if additional supports will be provided for early intervention services for children with a disability in north County Tipperary in the HSE mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43865/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (15 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 706. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a temporary replacement for a speech and language therapist who is currently on maternity leave and who works in early intervention services for children with a disability in Nenagh, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43866/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (15 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 707. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that parents of children born with disabilities are being advised to remain in the care of hospital services often in Dublin for as long as possible rather than changing to local early intervention services in Nenagh, County Tipperary, due to short staffing in early intervention services in Nenagh; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (15 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 708. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there are adequate staffing levels in early intervention services in Nenagh, County Tipperary, for children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43868/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (15 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will appoint a person to oversee all early intervention services that are supposed to be made available to children with disabilities in the north County Tipperary area of the mid-west region in order that services are co-ordinated appropriately and parents receive proper communications; if so, if a person will be appointed to the role who has an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (15 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 710. To ask the Minister for Health if there is adequate funding of early intervention services for children with disabilities in north County Tipperary considering some physiotherapists are operating client lists of up to 500 children locally and many children cannot access the services they desperately need at an early age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43870/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (15 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: 711. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a full-time consultant to the medical assessment unit of Nenagh General Hospital as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43871/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (14 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: Apologies have been received from Deputy Fitzmaurice and Senator Paul Daly. I remind members that, in the context of the current Covid-19 restrictions, only the Chair and staff are present in the committee room and all members must join remotely from elsewhere in the parliamentary precincts. The secretariat can issue invitations to join the meeting on Microsoft Teams. Members may not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (14 Sep 2021)

Jackie Cahill: The agenda for this morning’s meeting is the new nitrates action programme. The public consultation for this programme is ongoing and the deadline for submissions is Monday, 20 September. That is why we felt it was appropriate to give farming organisations an opportunity to put their views before the committee this morning. I welcome the following witnesses to the committee: Mr....