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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 93. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to enable those who have signed a grandfathering declaration to continue as childcare workers beyond September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40535/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has legislative plans to remove the Edward's principle, which allows a party causing a nuisance to refuse compensation to the suffering part due to the land outside their railings, trestles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40545/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 138. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alleviate the waiting list of 4 to 8 months for urgent paediatric scans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40531/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 139. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will update Covid-19 advice for pregnant women to include the findings of The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and The Royal College of Midwives and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine that women who are 28 weeks pregnant and beyond are at an increased risk of becoming severely ill upon contraction of the virus; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated for respite services for children with special needs in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40534/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 141. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for a decision on the approval of duodopa by the HSE; if any of the €50 million allocation for the approval of new medicines is being used for this consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40540/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 142. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the funding allocated to early intervention and school age disability services in County Mayo in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40541/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 143. To ask the Minister for Health the occupational therapy and speech therapy staff resources allocated to disability services in County Mayo in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40542/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 144. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fully reinstate the provision of early intervention and school age disability services [40543/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 145. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase staffing resources to disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40544/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 212. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to address the imbalance in ferry subsidies on islands (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40533/20]

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Tourism Sector: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: I welcome our guests. I concur with Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan and acknowledge Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland's teams, as well as the Department officials who work extremely hard to promote Ireland. The tourism sector makes a vital contribution to the local economy in the constituency I represent in Mayo. It supports over 5,500 jobs and generates something in the region of...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Tourism Sector: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

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Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Tourism Sector: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: That is where the real issue is. An awful lot of restaurants that were not in a position to have an alcohol licence closed during level 5 restrictions and found it extremely difficult to be viable if they reopened. That is the real challenge that we had to listen to as public representatives. Many of these restaurants were sole restaurateurs and not gastropubs, which could afford to do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assessments of Needs for Children with Disabilities: Engagement with Ombudsman for Children (1 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the witnesses. I thank Dr. Muldoon for the publication of his excellent report. I wish to touch briefly on special educational needs. An area that is not talked about much is the lack of autism units at both primary and secondary level. Parents find it extremely difficult to get places for their children. The places are at a premium. Children remain in the ASD unit until their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assessments of Needs for Children with Disabilities: Engagement with Ombudsman for Children (1 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: Yes. Distance to services is a significant challenge. Many people are travelling from Mayo to Galway just to access a special needs school. The challenge down the road will be deciding where these kids will go after primary school. Is there a possibility of building extensions to secondary schools to not only accommodate them in a special setting, but also integrate them in the overall...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the witnesses. I will focus on the Department's funding stream for rural water investment under the multiannual rural water programme. It is a significant issue in Mayo. Can the witnesses tell me how much was allocated last year or through the accounts in 2019 for the multiannual rural water programme and the number of projects that were completed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Alan Dillon: With regard to the different measures and allocation of funding based on the local authorities' needs within specific regional areas, Mayo really concerns connection for domestic water use. I know the supports that are in place under improvements, refurbishment of private wells, etc., but it is critical that we start identifying the group water schemes that need to be connected to the public...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Alan Dillon: It is really disappointing to see an underspend when there is significant demand out there. Local authorities do a tremendous job trying to get as many projects as possible across the line. People see TV ads where people are looking to donate €2 per week to supply a family with fresh water abroad but we have that challenge in Ireland. These people do not have domestic water that is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (26 Nov 2020)

Alan Dillon: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance when the HSE will be in a position to resume issuing primary medical certificates in the context of the disabled drivers tax concession scheme, which was halted in 2020 as a result of a Supreme Court ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38317/20]