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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2019)

Denis Naughten: Maintaining a strong and viable suckler beef herd is a commitment in the programme for Government. The climate action plan, as we know, was published this week. It sets a target for reducing agricultural emissions by 10% between 2017 and 2030. Based on calf registrations, we had suckler cow emission reductions of 5% in 2018 alone and if the 2019 trend continues, we will have achieved the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (20 Jun 2019)

Denis Naughten: 135. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the meeting between the Minister of State with special responsibility for mental health and older people and HSE CHO managers on the delivery of home help hours; if the €18.3 million home support hours committed to in the service plan will be delivered in 2019; the cost of compliance with a decision (details supplied); and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Data (19 Jun 2019)

Denis Naughten: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the pharmacies with a GMS contract in Dublin 5; the payments received under categories (details supplied) in each month from December 2018 to May 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25798/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Programme for Government Implementation (19 Jun 2019)

Denis Naughten: 213. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on a programme for partnership Government commitment (details supplied); his views on the model of care; when it will be rolled out nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25852/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Jun 2019)

Denis Naughten: 214. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for surgery (details supplied) in the Saolta area; his plans to tackle such waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25853/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists (18 Jun 2019)

Denis Naughten: 295. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for paediatric occupational therapists in the Saolta area; the number of paediatric occupational therapists employed in the Saolta area; the locations of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24853/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (18 Jun 2019)

Denis Naughten: 447. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add motor neurone disease to the list of illnesses covered by the long-term illness scheme; when the long-term illness scheme was last updated; his plans to add additional conditions to the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25372/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Jun 2019)

Denis Naughten: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the role of the new post of CHO network manager; the job specification, grade and rate of pay of same; the role to be replaced by this post; if positions vacated by appointment to the post will be back filled; the persons or bodies that will report to this management role; the person or body the network manager will report to; and if he will make a...

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The maths do not add up when it comes to the HSE home help cuts. Government funding in the budget and the HSE's service plan commit to 50,000 home help hours every day in 2019. However, the decision by the HSE to suspend the allocation of home help hours to older people and their carers for the next five months contradicts this and the all-party...

Defence Forces: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2019)

Denis Naughten: I believe our Defence Forces are a vital safety net that protect the democratic institutions of the State. In many instances, they have had to step into the breach to provide vital services when industrial action was being taken elsewhere. None of us knows the extent of the challenges that Brexit will bring to security on this island. The Defence Forces must be on hand in such...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jun 2019)

Denis Naughten: Dr. Gabriel Scally was very critical of the current remedies in place for screening misdiagnosis and the fact that women and families are forced down the legal route. There is a specific reference to this in A Programme for a Partnership Government. As the Taoiseach will be aware, there is a second misdiagnosis issue, namely, the hearing impairment misdiagnosis of 49 children in counties...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (12 Jun 2019)

Denis Naughten: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the campaign by a union (details supplied) with regard to school secretaries; if a meeting has taken place between his Department and the union; if so, the outcome of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24402/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Denis Naughten: I object to the schedule for today's business if it does not include provision to discuss the HSE decision to suspend the allocation of new home help hours for the next five months. The action taken by the HSE is contrary to the programme for Government and the HSE's own service plan and needs to be reversed immediately. It will have a serious impact on the health service and a devastating...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Jun 2019)

Denis Naughten: 294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the unique grounds for the retention of a third mainstream teacher further to previous correspondence with regard to teaching posts at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24273/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (11 Jun 2019)

Denis Naughten: 481. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive funding; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23483/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (11 Jun 2019)

Denis Naughten: 712. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to deliver the full complement of home help and support hours committed to in budget 2019; the number of hours allocated to and drawn down by each CHO in 2018; the number of hours allocated to each CHO for 2019; the reduction based on the new agreement on travel time in each CHO; the allocation and drawdown of hours to date in 2019...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (11 Jun 2019)

Denis Naughten: 747. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the beef grading technology trial has included a new carcase grading equation; the reason this was included; the basis for this equation; the research to support this equation; when it was published; when the grading report will be published; if both sides of the carcase were analysed as part of the trial; the tolerance levels...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (28 May 2019)

Denis Naughten: 273. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an outpatient appointment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22617/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (28 May 2019)

Denis Naughten: 404. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if capital funding will be approved for a childcare facility (details supplied); when she will be in a position to approve same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22321/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Staff (28 May 2019)

Denis Naughten: 405. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to assist with improvements in the pay and conditions of childcare staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22322/19]