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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 476. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the development and implementation of a discharge-to-assess protocol for persons who require home support to leave hospital. [29770/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 477. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the reconfiguration of nursing home support offices. [29771/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 478. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional specialist palliative care inpatient beds provided to date in 2019; and the location of same. [29772/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 479. To ask the Minister for Health if the new palliative care inpatient units in counties Waterford, Mayo and Wicklow will be opened in 2019. [29773/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Data (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 728. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent on projects in County Carlow under the LEADER programme; the number of projects allocated funding; the number still pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29270/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 812. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the concerns raised by former ESB workers in relation to pension issues (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29864/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 813. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pensioners contacted to date in relation to pension changes applied in 2012; the number that received arrears; the number that have seen their pensions increase; the number that have seen no increase in their payments; when she expects all pensioners will have been contacted; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 852. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff changes in each local authority in each of the years 2008 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [29819/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: Page 6 of the programme for Government is very clear. It states the Government will "develop a new Integrated Framework for Social Inclusion [outlining] measures to help eliminate any persisting discrimination on grounds of gender, age... race [or] religion." Unfortunately, no was such tolerance or respect shown for the Catholic religion in the Dáil yesterday when the Taoiseach likened...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: It is.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: It is.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: For God's sake.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: The programme for Government notes that the preferred choice for older people is to live at home safely and securely in the comfort of their own house, with wrap-around supports. That is not always possible. A total of 18% of the older population aged over 85 now reside in nursing homes. I was deeply concerned at the weekend to read in an article in the Sunday Independentwritten by Maeve...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all new apprenticeship programmes developed since 2017 will receive the same allowances for apprentices attending college as apprenticeships developed prior to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28680/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeship programmes developed since 2017; the number of apprentices that participated and completed these new apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28681/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices enrolled per apprenticeship programme developed since 2017, in tabular form. [28682/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to seek equality of allowances for all apprenticeships in Budget 2020; the estimated cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28683/19]

Mental Health Services Reports: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive outline. I compliment my colleague, Deputy Browne, on the work he has done to date. The recent report, regardless of what we have heard, highlights many areas of concern. Some of the failures make for stark reading. There is an ongoing crisis in mental health services for children. As the Minister of State is well aware, early...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 68. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to reduce waiting times for outpatient appointments in Waterford University Hospital in which the number of persons waiting over 18 months stood at 11,412 at the end of May 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27744/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (2 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of schools that have DEIS status in rural areas compared to those with DEIS status in the five major cities and larger towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28186/19]