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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish patients who have been commenced on continuous positive airway pressure therapy in each of the years 2017 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35678/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 746. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund have given specific recognition to safety implications in the staffing of sleep services and in particular in relation to prior, current and future HSE and NTPF initiatives to reduce waiting times and waiting lists for sleep disorders given its public health and road safety implications; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 747. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish patients who currently have their continuous positive airway pressure device rental covered under the medical card scheme; the current expenditure on respiratory sleep therapy services through this scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35680/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 748. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish patients who currently have their continuous positive airway pressure device rental covered under the drugs payment scheme; the current expenditure on respiratory sleep therapy services through this scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35681/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 749. To ask the Minister for Health the governance structure of the two separate schemes being used by the HSE to fund the same respiratory sleep therapy services including continuous positive airway pressure therapy including procurement controls, comparative value-for-money and policy reviews, comparative cost-benefit analyses or comparative cost-effectiveness analyses which have been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 750. To ask the Minister for Health if he will specifically confirm that the maximum cost to the public purse of the same device funded by each scheme is largely comparable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35683/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 751. To ask the Minister for Health if a value-for-money and policy review has been performed of the continuous positive airway pressure therapy funding schemes with particular focus on the impact of treatment non-compliance in Ireland given the potential for substantial cost savings through the rolling costs of device rental schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35684/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 777. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider classifying Covid-19 as an occupational injury for healthcare workers in line with the decision of the European Union Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35811/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will follow up on the point about whether, if it were to be passed, a referendum would create an expectation of change and give rise to a rights-based approach. In previous referendums, especially very controversial ones, much work was done on the implementation. It was not just about the wording but about how the detail of a change would be implemented. Some of that was provided to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: In previous referendums, it has been felt that this is very important work, rather than debating the wording, with people having no indication of how it might pan out. Does Home For Good have a view on that work? Does it need to be done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is a very important piece of work because it would give the referendum meaning. Cynical people who are cynical might say this will not mean anything but we could then say A, B or C will happen if this referendum is passed and say how things will progress. From the limited engagement Home for Good has had with it, is there any indication that the Housing Commission is doing that piece...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Is it the case that to date, the witnesses have not had any direct feedback on that wording from the Minister, the Department or the Housing Commission?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is important for us as a committee to try to get some of this information from the Housing Commission. We need to know if it is looking to do that as a piece of work. I propose we write to the commission. I know we invited its representatives to this meeting but it would be useful to get that information because that is an important part of this process.

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage and a member of the Business Committee. My understanding from the discussion at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage is that the members of the committee are more than happy to meet next week for six, seven, eight or nine hours, or however long it takes to go through...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (30 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 283. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the National HSE disability office group that is being set up to develop a revised approach to assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35072/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (30 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 284. To ask the Minister for Health the updated timeline for the resumption of preliminary team assessments given the March 2022 High Court judgment stating that the assessment of need standard operating procedure failed to comply with the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35073/22]

Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I take my responsibility in terms of scrutinising the Bill and the amendments very seriously. While the overall thrust of the amendments is welcome, as are most of the measures, there is a flaw in what is being put forward in terms of the provision of a seven-day limit rather than 21 days. That will be unworkable for many people. It may be an unintended flaw in these amendments. I do not...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I was just finishing my contribution.

Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: That will be my last word on it if the Acting Chairman lets me sit down.

Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Not at all. That will be my last word on the matter if I am allowed to sit down.