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Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (7 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 139. To ask the Minister for Health when a place will be made available in Kilkenny city in one of the community homes for a long-term client of an organisation (details supplied); if they will be accommodated at a facility; the reason the family has not received respite services for over 12 months; his plans to provide respite services in counties Kilkenny and Carlow for the future and in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (7 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 157. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 484 of 3 July 2018, if she has received the data from Tusla as committed to in the reply; if she will direct Tusla to reply to this Deputy in view of the fact the agency has not responded; if there is a process within Tusla to fully investigate the way in which a complaint was handled dating back to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (7 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive an illness benefit payment and all arrears due. [45991/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Staff (6 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the entitlements that will arise for temporary day instructors that are employed by ETBs and are paying pension related deductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44645/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (6 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 501. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fund an increase of staff required at a centre (details supplied); if a counselling service and dementia adviser service will be provided at the centre; if more adequate accommodation will be approved with an improved transport service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44643/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (6 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 502. To ask the Minister for Health if the chief medical officer's report on the issues raised on the use of vaginal mesh is now completed; and the timeframe for completion of the report and a decision on his Department's response. [44646/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Subventions (6 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 503. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the level of funding needed by a care home (details supplied) to enable it to meet the costs of improving the home to meet new standards associated with the care and security of residents and the standard and level of pay that should be paid to those employed there; if the funding received under the section 39 grant will be increased to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 552. To ask the Minister for Health if the community health services will engage directly with a person (details supplied); if the department of psychiatry will assess them as requested by their general practitioner; if the HSE will explain the reason a person did not arrange a home assessment as requested; and if the matter will be expedited in view of the circumstances. [44868/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (6 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 555. To ask the Minister for Health if a bed will be provided at the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, for a person (details supplied). [44891/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs Availability (6 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 689. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had the medication prescribed for them by a general practitioner and consultant restricted in quantity by the HSE and-or medical card managers; if the medical direction being followed by the person outweighs the view and direction of others not medically qualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Ireland (6 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 768. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the funding to Horse Sport Ireland will be increased for 2019; if funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) based on the pre-budget submission made; his plans to develop this part of the sector and to promote their efforts at home and abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44919/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (6 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 1039. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for domiciliary care allowance, DCA, will be backdated to the date of the original application by a person (details supplied). [44892/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (6 Nov 2018)

John McGuinness: 1111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department is pursuing a debt of €198 relative to a disability allowance claim by a person (details supplied); and if the payment which was collected by the agent of the person was being paid in arrears or in advance. [45516/18]

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: First, I compliment Mr. Justice Charleton on the efficient way in which he dealt with the tribunal and on the clear report he submitted afterwards. He was unambiguous in his comments on the various issues raised. He has shown the Government and the State how a tribunal can be run efficiently and over a short time. I also acknowledge Sergeant Maurice McCabe's role in the tribunal and its...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disease Management (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: I impress on the Minister the urgency of this. We tend to do an awful lot of reports and we do not learn from other countries. I have highlighted the fact that France seems to be leading the way but Canada has a similar approach to this disease. In New York the same thing is happening, with a cross-departmental approach to solving the issue of Lyme disease. If all of these countries are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disease Management (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: 69. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring forward a Lyme disease strategy to help those suffering from the condition. [43600/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disease Management (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: Writing in July 2018, Kerry Lawless outlined her experience of suffering from Lyme disease:My life became this tiny thing. Someone who had worked hard, played hard, travelled extensively, loved large, lived life to the full. I became a shadow, housebound, a virtual recluse with one or two good friends to sustain me... I thought about ending it all. There have been regular protests outside...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disease Management (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: The Minister cannot ignore the words of Kerry Lawless when she stated, "I was worn out. Beat down. Broke. Defeated. I couldn’t face another ten years". If one listens to the reply he has just given, however, while work is ongoing, the campaign for the recognition of Lyme disease has gone on for years but little or nothing has been done. While the Minister is waiting for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: Our first session will see a discussion with the Central Bank on the Report on Local Public Banking in Ireland. I welcome Mr. Ed Sibley and his colleagues to the meeting. I advise the witnesses that, by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. If they are directed by it to cease giving...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: I invite Deputy Doherty to speak.