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Written Answers — Department of Health: Blind Welfare Allowance (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider lowering the 100% taper rate of the blind welfare allowance in view of the fact it is regarded as too steep and creates an income plateau for some persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4567/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blind Welfare Allowance Data (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 607. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will digitalise its records in order that it can easily retrieve statistics on the number of blind and vision impaired persons that have received its supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4571/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 613. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will resource local authorities in order that they can subsequently ensure that the accessibility needs of persons that are blind and vision impaired can be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4587/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 614. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that each local authority puts an access officer in place in line with the Disability Act 2005; if the necessary resources and training will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4589/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 615. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will ring-fence adequate funding to facilitate a project (details supplied) and its associated costs in continuing to better support the evolving access needs of students with print disability in further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4592/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 616. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will seek to officially recognise and support an organisation (details supplied) as a complementary service provider to support and strengthen the structures to become more individualised, equipped and responsive to the needs of children with impaired vision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4593/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 792. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board since it made its decision to pursue legal action against a company (details supplied); his views on the action being taken by the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5251/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Bodies (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 793. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Immunisation Advisory Committee has no representative from a society (details supplied); the length of time the position has been vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5252/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 794. To ask the Minister for Health the work being carried out with respect to revising the model of care applied to terminations of pregnancy; the person or body he has assigned to revise the model of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5254/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 801. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 13 November 2019, if an independent external facilitator to engage in a consultative process in respect of Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise has been appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5330/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 901. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions taken to date to resolve the ongoing issue relating to delays in the processing of felling licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4050/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Medicines (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 935. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will re-examine regulations that would prohibit merchants from selling and administering animal preventative remedies without a prescription from a veterinary surgeon in view of the present significant challenges that the Covid-19 crisis is generating in the agriculture sector and in further view of the fact that the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 936. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tree felling licences granted to farmers since January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5130/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Meetings (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 937. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with a company (details supplied) with a view to ensuring that financial and supply arrangements with Irish farmers are maintained going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5131/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 938. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if emergency intervention measures for beef farmers will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5132/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 942. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with the European Commission on the need to introduce a private storage aid scheme for the dairy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5242/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 943. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which veterinary medicinal products and medicated feed adopted by the European Council on 26 November 2018 and due to come into effect from 28 January 2022 will impact the points of sale of dosing products for animals and the points of sale to obtain such products by farmers; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Expenditure (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 944. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to disburse or use the approximately €25 million underspend from the BEAM scheme; if a further BEAM scheme will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5264/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Meetings (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 945. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had engagements with the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development from 1 March 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5265/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (13 May 2020)

Carol Nolan: 946. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications made under the young farmer scheme since it was introduced by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5266/20]