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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: The programme for Government commits to increasing access to safe and timely healthcare. In spite of that, many women in County Cork are still waiting unreasonably long times for access to gynaecological health services in Cork University Maternity Hospital. Some 354 women are currently awaiting treatment, up from 341 in August. I have raised this issue in the House on several occasions....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (23 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 92. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting lists for gynaecological procedures at Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43542/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (23 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 128. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting lists in hospitals in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43543/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (23 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 390. To ask the Minister for Health if access under the long term illness scheme will be expanded to include all persons with type 1 diabetes on that scheme for a monitoring system and associated devices (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43348/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (18 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the uptake in the various schemes her Department offers to allow businesses to prepare for Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42548/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (18 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with the level of awareness and suitability of the various schemes to prepare small and medium businesses for the effect of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42549/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Access to Higher Education (18 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure access to further education to leaving certificate students who are in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42042/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of proposed new development works at a school (details supplied). [42043/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: While I understand there is a willingness to progress the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016, its year of publication indicates that it has been around for some time at this stage. In the meantime, the general directive on data protection has been introduced and people seeking to trace parents tell me the directive is being presented as a further obstacle. They have faced enough...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyberbullying Issues (17 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: The action plan set out a range of issues but did not address the question of a digital safety commissioner. This commissioner would be a watchdog and would work with social media platforms to ensure they lived up to their expectations under the plan. Will the Minister proceed with the appointment of a digital safety commissioner as recommended by the Oireachtas committee? Is the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyberbullying Issues (17 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions he has taken to protect against cyberbullying on social media platforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42193/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyberbullying Issues (17 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: The cyberbully knows no boundaries. They can reach from the classroom to the schoolyard right up to following a person back into their bedroom. Parents are very concerned for the safety of their children but when a situation is identified and brought to the attention of gardaí, the gardaí feel they do not have the powers to pursue it and that there is no specific offence. This...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyberbullying Issues (17 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: I acknowledge the action plan from earlier in the summer, which set out a range of actions. However, the Minister did not have to wait for it because, as far back as 2016, the Law Reform Commission had identified a gap in which gardaí felt powerless to act when an issue was brought to their attention. There were recommendations to update the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reform (17 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to make An Garda Síochána a more culturally diverse organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42192/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (16 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 322. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the uptake of the various schemes to allow businesses to prepare for Brexit in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42035/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Laboratory Facilities (16 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the proposed redeployment and redevelopment of laboratories under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41749/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: On page 108 of the programme for Government, there is a range of commitments on farm incomes and supporting next-generation farmers. Not many young farmers are going into sheep farming in particular. At the recent graduation in Macroom, it was wonderful to see 18 new farmers receiving their green certificates. Only one person, who was from a very hilly area, was going into sheep farming...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sheepmeat Sector (11 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to make sheep farming a more economically viable activity. [41447/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sheepmeat Sector (11 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: The income of sheep farmers is less than half the average industrial wage. I note the age profile of sheep farmers, one third of whom are well over 65. Typically, they are older than the average farmer. People will not be farming always and there are not new entrants to farming. They do not see it as a viable enterprise. What steps is the Minister taking to make sheep farming be seen as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheepmeat Sector (11 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to encourage new persons to consider sheep farming as a viable occupation. [41448/18]