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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to proposals as set out in a plan by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43486/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a school's proposals (details supplied) are considered and responded to in full by the relevant Department officials due to the increasing pupil numbers at the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44021/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (10 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in line with the recommendations of the Pensions Commission, a smoothed earnings method to calculating a benchmarked or indexed rate of State pension payments will be introduced as an input to the annual budget process and submitted to Government for its consideration in September each year, commencing in 2023; if the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Priorities (10 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 460. To ask the Minister for Health if, further to the Government commitment to develop an action plan to combat loneliness in the programme for Government, the Roadmap for Social Inclusion and the Healthy Ireland Strategic Plan, he will identify the unit in his Department that has responsibility for developing this plan; when the plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (10 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 461. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) on the use of disposable vapes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43480/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 565. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the process to bring parity of pay and conditions of workers in Section 38 and Section 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44043/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (5 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to respond to concerns raised in correspondence as regards the reform of disability payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43225/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Aperee nursing home group has more than 500 residents in ten homes around the country. There is a serious crisis in the management of finances of residents in these homes. The HSE and HIQA are acting on that. It appears money is being taken from residents and being demanded by entities outside the structure of the home, or companies outside of the home, which are getting their hands on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have a couple of questions on nursing homes, in particular the non-compliance with fire regulations. I have correspondence with HIQA going back to May of this year, where in response to my query it stated that fire safety concerns remain one of the highest areas of non-compliance in nursing homes. It is something that is highlighted in HIQA's inspection reports. One of the homes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is a very important point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is very important because the information that is out there in the ether is that HIQA is closing it. I am very pleased to hear that HIQA will move in if it has to and that in due course, or at least when somebody is seriously ill and is in the final stages of life, they will not be suddenly taken out of the home or will die in that situation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is very important to get that message out there. I am glad Ms Grogan made that clear to me. The fire safety issues that are in a very significant number of homes also apply to homes that have closed in the recent past. I have looked at those homes. A number of them are older buildings, are more than one storey high, and have annexes, mezzanines and all sorts of historic construction....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: With respect, I hear what Ms Grogan is saying and I support her fully. However, these are red risks and are still red risks. They have to be dealt with immediately but they have not been.