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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: 625. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 31 January 2024, if the National Gender Service will clarify which definition of gender affirming it meant with "promoting a gender affirming model of care" in a newspaper article in September 2023 (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20794/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: That is fair. I thank all of the witnesses for appearing. First, I acknowledge what we have heard in the opening statements about how responsive and flexible transport companies have been in meeting the recruitment challenges that exist in this sector. We have heard that terms and conditions have been improved, as have wages. There have been positively aggressive recruitment campaigns,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: I refer to an interesting point made at the meeting a couple of weeks ago. Some Luas workers were saying that the security service on the Luas is not having a deterrent effect any more. We have repeat offenders who might jump onto a Dublin Bus, a Go-Ahead bus and then onto a Luas tram and be involved in three different incidents in the course of an hour. It can be the same person or group...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: Thank you. I must say that all of the service providers have been very responsive, outside of this committee, on a week-to-week basis. The demand for, and use of, the overnight services by workers, commuters and people out socialising in the major cities is striking. Those services have been really successful. There is a huge appetite for public transport here and I fully support...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: This would not be a minor adjustment, though. It would be a big shift in terms of an early morning service.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (2 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: 32. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the appointment of a social worker for the Swords area, which is being hindered by the ongoing recruitment freeze in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19400/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (2 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: 34. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to funding the National Cancer strategy in full in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19397/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (2 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: 45. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase statutory funding for an organisation (details supplied) due to data that shows that stroke incidence in Ireland could increase by 60% by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19399/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (2 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: 50. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a chief pharmaceutical officer has yet to be appointed; if he will support such an appointment considering the consistent shortage in various medicines worldwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19398/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (2 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: 52. To ask the Minister for Health to detail his plan to solve the ongoing accident and emergency crisis in UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19401/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (1 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to instruct her Department to engage with Fingal County Council to provide a long-time parking solution for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19602/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (1 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: 225. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline his plans for the development of respite services in CHO6 for persons with disabilities and their families including the increasing of staffing levels; and the facilities that are planned or where works have commenced. [19643/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: 247. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a timeline for the appointment of an occupational therapist in CAMHS at Nenagh health centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19585/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (1 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: 266. To ask the Minister for Health the amount collected in public car parking charges at University Hospital Limerick in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [19638/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (1 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: 267. To ask the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rate at Sligo University Hospital for each week in 2023 and to-date in 2024; and the number of beds available during this period, in tabular form. [19639/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (1 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: 268. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists working in Louth County Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [19640/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (1 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: 269. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric ophthalmologist registrars at CHI Tallaght in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [19641/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (1 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: 270. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse managers 1 based in Monaghan General Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [19642/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (1 May 2024)

Duncan Smith: 271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of safe talk programmes that were delivered in County Mayo in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [19644/24]