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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (12 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 309. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 16 June 2022, the status of the recruitment of persons to the disabled drivers medical board of appeal; when the new board will be appointed and be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37119/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (12 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 312. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement that he has had with regard to applying a reduced VAT rate for the supply of services by writers, composers and performing artists or of the royalties due to them in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37189/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (12 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 313. To ask the Minister for Finance the analysis that his Department has carried out on applying a reduced VAT rate for the supply of services by writers, composers and performing artists, or of the royalties due to them, in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37190/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 945. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include cariban on the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37694/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (12 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 941. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 26 May 2022, the status of the proposed primary care centre for Galway west; if a planning permission application has been lodged to date, as per the expected timeline of Q3 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37690/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (12 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 942. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 25 May 2022, the status of the delivery of a primary care centre on Inishbofin; for details of any engagement his Department or the HSE has had to date in 2022 with the Department of Media, Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht and Sport as well as Galway County Council with a view to progressing the purchase of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (12 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 943. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds currently provided in the Merlin Park older peoples short stay unit; the timeline for when admissions to the unit will increase to the promised thirteen-bed capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37692/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 944. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the Iris Clinic initiative by the National Maternity Hospital, which provides much-needed support to patients with hyperemesis gravidarum; his plans to roll-out similar initiatives in other hospitals in Ireland; the analysis that his Department has carried out into the level of unmet need as regards targeted supports for...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: The updated list indicates that Deputy Matthews is the next speaker, but it is between the Deputies to decide. There are two Government slots: one now and one later.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I had not intended to speak on this Bill because I like to be more prepared and to have read the documents, and that proved to be very difficult. I listened carefully to, and read, the Minister's speech and that is what motivated me to speak and say on the record that I have the most serious concerns, once again, about the way legislation is going through the Dáil. I have concerns for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 83. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the review of projected timelines for the implementation of A White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service; the person who is carrying out the review; the expected timeline for completion and publication of the revised implementation plan; and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I ask my question in the context of the 21st year of direct provision and the Minister's commitment to ending it. Specifically, I am asking the Minister the status of the review of projected timelines for the implementation of A White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service, the person who is carrying out the review, and the expected...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I realise the Minister is under extraordinary pressure given the crisis and the number of people who have come in from Ukraine. There are almost 40,000. It would be remiss of me not to point out that we have had numerous reports. We had the McMahon recommendations, as the Minister knows well, in 2015. We have had the Catherine Day report. We have various Ombudsman's reports and we have...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I do not think so. The Minister cannot stand over the distinction in the way we are now treating applicants from different countries. We have simply created an unacceptable division. I understand Comhlámh has written a detailed letter to the Minister. I would like to know if the Minister has responded to that. They wrote to the Minister on 20 June appealing to the Minister,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: No.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: Not in terms of entitlement.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: I accept the Minister's restrictions but not his analysis.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (7 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister is in a position where he has one minute to reply.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (7 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: They are supplemental questions, not grouped questions.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (7 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 19 May 2022, when the final report of the expert panel commissioned by Solas to review the funding model for further education and training will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36527/22]