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Finance Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: This is substantial legislation. I welcome the Finance Bill, of course, which is a detailed and substantial piece of legislation. I will not get to say much about it in my allotted three minutes. I am sympathetic to the remarks made on various sides of the House about the benefit-in-kind scheme. I do not know if that has been properly thought through. I urge the Minister to look at it...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: Ireland has a very high level of unaddressed hearing loss. Almost one in ten of the adult population has significant hearing loss and needs audiology intervention. In 2021, the World Health Organization recommended that national governments in each country establish a national hearing plan for their populations and demonstrated in its report that this would represent excellent value for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (25 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the energy regulator stating that it has no function in dealing with former customers of a company (details supplied) which left the Irish energy market earlier this year, leaving many pre-paid customers, who were in credit, owed significant sums of money by the company; the steps...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (25 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the situation in which trainee educational and child psychologists are working side-by-side with clinical psychologist trainees in schools, but are unpaid for their work, unlike their clinical psychologist colleagues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53023/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (25 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the extra benefits announced in Budget 2023 for people on disability allowance will be available to those who have come off disability allowance on a temporary basis to undertake Solas training courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52886/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 636. To ask the Minister for Health when circadin will be available on the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53071/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (20 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 84. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children's disability network teams, CDNTs, in both community healthcare organisation area 3, CHO 3, and community healthcare organisation area 5, CHO 5; the locations in which each team is based; the numbers of staff in whole-time equivalent, WTE, terms approved for each team; the numbers currently assigned to each team; the number of vacant...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Reserve (20 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the development and implementation of the Garda Reserve strategy 2021-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52413/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí who have been recruited to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52412/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 117. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the additional 23 specialist nurses in adult neurology services that will be allocated to the mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52417/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to reports that in order to claim illness benefit for Covid-related illness, a PCR test is not accepted, and that an individual is expected to attain a medical certificate from a doctor at considerable cost; if she will revoke this requirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (19 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Freestyle Libre 2 application for reimbursement on the HSEs long-term illness scheme through the Community Funded AIDS and Appliances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52095/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (19 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the 2021 application to HSE to have the NovoPen 6 and the NovoPen Echo Plus Smart Insulin Pens included for reimbursement on the long-term Illness scheme; the reason this particular application still has not concluded over 12 months after the application was submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52096/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (19 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 212. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to include the Omnipod tubeless, wireless insulin patch pump on the list of approved Insulin pumps that have been added to the Insulin Pump and Transmitter Pricing Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52097/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (19 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 215. To ask the Minister for Health the directive or clinical recommendations that the HSE gives its medical consultants for prescribing insulin pumps for adults diagnosed with type 1 diabetes;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52100/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (19 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 216. To ask the Minister for Health the process employed by UL Hospitals Group in moving people from the waiting list to the adult outpatient's diabetes clinic list; the way the waiting list is monitored; the reason the number of people waiting up to two years has reduced but the number of people waiting in excess of two years is increasing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (19 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the adult diabetes clinic is run; the number of speciality diabetes clinics that are run, for example, a young adult clinic, type 1 adult clinic, type 2 clinic, a diabetes podiatry clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52104/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (19 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 218. To ask the Minister for Health how often the adult diabetes clinic is run and the number of speciality diabetes clinics that are run, for example, a young adult clinic, type 1 adult clinic, type 2 clinic, a diabetes podiatry clinic and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52105/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: As the Taoiseach will be aware, this country has a long and honourable tradition of military neutrality. It is a policy enshrined in the Constitution and it has served the country well, particularly in the context of the regard and respect that Irish peacekeeping troops enjoy all over the world. It is also important from a diplomatic point of view as the country is seen as an honest broker...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: The Taoiseach will be aware that, during the Covid-19 period, certain businesses were allowed to defer payment of certain tax liabilities for a certain period, which has now expired. The period was set before the Ukrainian war, which could not have been anticipated but which has caused a raft of difficulties for those businesses. Will the Government revisit the question of warehousing tax...