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Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (9 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: 296. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a new community hospital for Ennis, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60904/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (9 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: 297. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the need for new operating theatres at Ennis General Hospital; the status of work to provide these new theatres; if he will provide the necessary resources to facilitate this much needed development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60905/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: 348. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 2 December 2021, if a harvest plan was submitted with the application; the location of the file since it was lodged in March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61004/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: 349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 2 December 2021, if he will provide details of the ecologist that is handling the file; if it is an internal or an external ecology contractor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61005/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: 350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 2 December 2021, when did the file go to the ecology unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61006/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: 351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 2 December 2021, when the file will be addressed by the ecology unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61007/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: 352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 2 December 2021, the reason the applicant has to wait for a year to receive a response to a routine application in view of the fact that there are 40 new ecologists working on forestry related matters in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61008/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: I strongly support the Taoiseach's comments in the House encouraging people to take up the third dose or booster vaccine. Initially, when the vaccine programme was being rolled out, a number of issues arose in regard to getting the vaccine to housebound people. I am getting those same complaints now in terms of the third dose. The family of a 99-year-old person from east Clare has been in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: I thank our guests. International travel is very important. It is important that we keep our borders open and have a robust regime in place to provide oversight. There is concern in respect of this variant of concern, namely, Omicron. We have much to learn about it, including its transmissibility and its impact on people. I note with concern the number of Omicron cases that appear to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: Deputy Ó Murchú touched on this issue earlier. Are our guests aware of people, such as Irish people coming back from a holiday abroad, who have suddenly picked up the virus? Obviously, travellers must have a negative PCR or antigen test 72 hours or 48 hours before travelling. It is basically being stated that those people cannot come back home. To the knowledge of Mr. Towey,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: In the context of the Department of Foreign Affairs, it will end up being very costly for an individual or a family caught up in this. Are any supports available from that Department for Irish nationals who are caught abroad after contracting Covid? They could be asked to pay a substantial amount of money for hotels. Is the Department getting many of those queries at the moment? What kind...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: Will Ms Ní Fhallúin explain what she means by help and assistance? Is financial assistance made available to someone who is stranded abroad with a family who have all tested positive for Covid, who are Irish nationals and who find themselves in the type of predicament where they possibly will not be able to afford to stay for ten days abroad, especially when they did not schedule...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (7 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: 57. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of hubs identified by her Department as part of the mapping exercise for the Connected Hubs Programme; and the steps taken to encourage hubs to join the programme. [60016/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (7 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: 81. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of support provided to remote working, innovation or shared working hubs since the start of the 33rd Dáil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60017/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (7 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: 664. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the road and afforestation applications received by the Forestry Service between 1 January 2018 and January 2021; the dates for acknowledgement of the applications by his Department; the date a letter was issued granting or refusing the applications; if each contract number had an accompanying ecology report; if not, if his...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (3 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: I thank the Minister. I join him in complimenting our frontline staff at UHL. They are under extreme pressure. We are unfortunately a permanent fixture at the top of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's Trolley Watch figures. Today there are 47 people on trolleys in the accident and emergency department of UHL. It is a frightening figure. The next highest figure is in Cork...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (3 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: I thank the Minister, including for his commitment to the 96-bed unit. It is a really important project. However, with respect to the short and medium term, will the Minister explain what efforts are being made to deal with this in the coming weeks to avoid the really chaotic scenes we have seen in recent times, when there were 98 people on trolleys at UHL? What measures are going to be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (3 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: Sixmilebridge is a really important project. It has met with some hitches and has been re-advertised. Can the Minister give a detailed explanation of the next steps and when we can expect movement on that site? Will he give more detail on the sites that are planned for Ennistymon and Kilrush? Kilrush has experienced a number of glitches over the years. I would appreciate an explanation...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (3 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: 104. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on efforts to address severe overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59224/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (3 Dec 2021)

Joe Carey: I seek an update on the ongoing overcrowding at the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick and on the efforts by the Minister and the HSE to address the situation, particularly as we face into a very difficult winter period.