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Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Hospital overcrowding has become an endemic part of our health service, not least at Letterkenny University Hospital. This is despite the hard work of the staff there, who at all times are putting the interests of patients first. Last year, over 7,000 patients went without a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital, the worst year for overcrowding at the hospital on record. It should come as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 206. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment; if they are on the urgent or routine list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23269/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 207. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for inpatient and outpatient neurology appointments at each hospital across the seven hospital groups, in tabular form; if he will provide this information specifically regarding those waiting for three months, six months, nine months, 12 months or more than 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23270/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children in County Donegal on the waiting list for HSE dental and orthodontic services at the end of each quarter 1 of each year 2019 to 2023, broken down by standard waiting times, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23271/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 209. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all necessary equipment required for orthodontic assessments, including x-ray equipment, is available and in working order at the dental department, St. Conal’s Hospital, Letterkenny, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23272/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 210. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for surgery in Beaumont Hospital; if they are on the urgent or routine waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23273/23]

Other Questions (Resumed): Special Educational Needs (16 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be granted an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit on its premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22667/23]

Other Questions (Resumed): Special Educational Needs (16 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I know the parents and board of management of St. Eunan's National School in the town of Raphoe have written to the Minister of State. A number of children who have a full diagnosis need an ASD classroom. There is a spare classroom in the school, and the board of management want to have an ASD classroom. This year, we have seen the terrible situation of a child having to leave the school...

Other Questions (Resumed): Special Educational Needs (16 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The problem with the NCSE saying "Not right now" is that a child had to leave that school and must now go outside the catchment area. Their siblings are still at the school. In September, another child, who has a full diagnosis of ASD and two siblings in the school, will have to separate from his or her brothers and sisters. Next year, in September 2024, the same will happen again with a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered the correspondence sent to her by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22728/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the need for an ASD room in a school (details supplied); if she has considered the suitability for such an addition to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22498/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (16 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that two passports will be processed on time for the date of travel for siblings (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22432/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (16 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person applies for the additional needs payment to purchase a household appliance such as a cooker, fridge or washing machine, if the store refuses to supply an invoice if the community welfare officer will accept an online quote from a store; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22766/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to Gaeltacht regions; how many assigned to each Garda station; how many are fluent in Irish; how many vacancies there are, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22392/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 605. To ask the Minister for Health if any plans are being made to address the fact that staff in an organisation (details supplied) have not had a pay rise for fourteen years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22394/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (16 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 609. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the overcrowding at Letterkenny University Hospital last week; if any plans are in place to deal with this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22422/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Tá sé fíorthábhachtach d'fhorbairt eacnamaíoch san iarthuaisceart go ndéanfar uasghrádú ar bhóthar an A5 ó Dhoire go dtí Achadh na Cloiche agus chun saolta a shábháil fosta. Tá moill i bhfad ró-fhada ar an mbóthar seo mar gheall ar chásanna cúirte agus tá sé in am anois fosta ag Rialtas na...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister. As somebody who travels on that road every single week, I recognise the importance of the potential of that road but also the heartbreak that communities felt. Two weeks ago we were not able to go home via the A5 because of the tragic accident in which three people were left dead. When myself and my colleague, Deputy Mac Lochlainn, along with our delegation, left St....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passports will issue on time for children (details supplied) in County Donegal travelling abroad to a family wedding; if photographs submitted meet the guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22233/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason school transport was refused for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22262/23]