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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: We will follow up on your point that you want the review of the passenger charges to be concluded quickly so you can know with certainty what will happen in 2022. As we normally do in these circumstances, we will write to the chairman indicating that the committee has met Mr. Geoghegan who gave an impressive performance. We will refer to that particular point in the letter if that is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes, maybe an invitation could be issued to representatives of Dublin and Cork airports. It would be productive to have representatives of all the airports before the committee. Does Mr. Geoghegan have anything further to add?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Geoghegan and Mr. Cullinane for attending and engaging with the committee. We wish Mr. Geoghegan well in his new role. He will allow us to add Mr. Cullinane to those good wishes. A letter and the transcript of this meeting will issue to the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, notifying him that the committee has met Mr. Geoghegan and we wish him well.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Industry (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister of State. I note he indicated he will be meeting with the major insurance companies in the coming weeks, and I ask that this would take place with immediate effect. I also ask that he would communicate to the Central Bank that, if there are insurers from the UK, other EU jurisdictions or other European jurisdictions outside the EU, they would be fast-tracked in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Industry (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: What about meeting the main insurers?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Industry (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister of State with responsibility for insurance, Deputy Fleming, for taking the debate. An ice rink operator in Limerick city, Fran O'Donnell, has gone public. He was on Newstalk earlier today. He has run an ice rink in Limerick for the past 15 years, claim-free, yet he cannot get insurance cover. That is the case with all ice rinks, which are a traditional feature of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Can I have one second?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: There is an average of about 48 Covid-19 patients in University Hospital Limerick at the moment. That is contributing to the number of people on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick, with more than 70 on average. Money has been put aside to reduce waiting lists in the budget, with more than €50 million available. Will the Minister look at expediting the waiting time at...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: 102. To ask the Minister for Health the way the €250 million allocation in Budget 2022 for addressing waiting lists will be disbursed; his plans to assist the HSE in alleviating hospital overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50904/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: 873. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to appoint a clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes multidisciplinary team (details supplied); his views on the fact that psychosocial support in diabetes care is not formally embedded as part of diabetes management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51226/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: 874. To ask the Minister for Health if a diabetes psychology resource will be provided to each community diabetes specialist team hub under the Integrated Model of Care for the Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease Implementation Guide; his views on whether access to psychosocial support in these teams should be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51227/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: 875. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to appoint a 0.5 whole-time equivalent clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes paediatric diabetes team; his views on whether psychosocial support in paediatric diabetes care should be available in each team; the reason there is no access to this support outside of Dublin paediatric diabetes services; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: 876. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to appoint a clinical psychologist to the diabetes multidisciplinary team in University Hospital Limerick as soon as possible.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51229/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am delighted to contribute on this debate. In the limited time I have, I will concentrate on a few matters. It did not receive much highlighting in the budget, but I sought it a number of months ago and the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Humphreys, has included it, namely, an increase in the hourly rate of the disability wage subsidy scheme from €5.30 to €6.30. It...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: In the context of the full reopening on 22 October, the 43% increase in Covid cases over the past week and the fact that two thirds of new cases involve under-44s, and with less than 10% of the population driving 50% of hospital admissions and the majority of people who are admitted being unvaccinated, I will ask three questions. First, with regard to the toolkit, Professor Mary Horgan is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Third, will the Covid certificate be extended beyond 22 October?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (14 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: 190. To ask the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare project on the development of a national diabetes register will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50261/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (14 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: 191. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need for a national diabetes register; the reason there is no current register (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50262/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (13 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the funding for capital works and equipment at higher and further education institutions in Limerick will be disbursed; and if the funding will be put to use in the 2021-2022 academic year. [49853/21]