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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Messages to Dáil and Seanad (15 May 2019)

Mary Butler: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation has completed its consideration of the following Order in draft: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2019, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 14 May 2019. In accordance with Standing Order 73, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Personal Injury Claims (14 May 2019)

Mary Butler: We can suggest many measures to tackle increasing insurance costs and insurance fraud. Without follow-up action, however, we will not see the benefits of these implementations. It is unacceptable that we are still without a dedicated Garda unit specifically tasked with fighting insurance fraud. Setting up such a unit would be an important development. Last week it was reported that...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Personal Injury Claims (14 May 2019)

Mary Butler: Will the Minister provide the timeline for the implementation of each of the 14 recommendations made by the Personal Injuries Commission regarding personal injury awards?

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Personal Injury Claims (14 May 2019)

Mary Butler: Small businesses up and down the country have been crippled by massive increases in insurance costs. Pubs, bars, farms and marts have all seen their insurance premiums rise by thousands of euro in recent years. Among the reasons for the increases in premiums advanced to us at the committee were the increasing levels of awards. The Personal Injuries Commission confirmed that the level of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (14 May 2019)

Mary Butler: Ithank the House for allowing me to stand in for Deputy Kelleher today. What actions are being taken to reduce the cost of doing business in Ireland and to reverse Irish competitiveness deficiencies?

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (14 May 2019)

Mary Butler: The cost of doing business is a major issue for Irish competitiveness. As stated by the Minister, Ireland is a small open economy and we rely on our businesses to compete internationally and at home. The latest National Competitiveness Council report is another detailed examination of serious Irish competitiveness deficiencies across the board. The Minister is correct that we cannot take...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (14 May 2019)

Mary Butler: Last year, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation held extensive hearings with stakeholders on the cost of doing business in Ireland, in respect of which it published a report. The common denominators across all sectors were, the cost of rates, insurance and banking, and labour and skills shortages. Have any of the committee's recommendations been taken on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme (14 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 271. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the results of a test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20323/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2019)

Mary Butler: I seek an update on the length of time the results of regular smear tests are taking. I have been contacted by several women who took regular smear tests in October of last year. The results are taking up to 28 weeks, which is causing undue stress for those who are waiting. What plans are in place to reduce this lengthy wait?

Road Traffic (All Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motor-cycle) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 May 2019)

Mary Butler: The purpose of this Bill, introduced by Fianna Fáil, is to tackle the scourge of scrambler bikes, the owners of which are terrorising communities. Between 2014 and the end of 2017, a total of 39 people lost their lives on scramblers and quad bikes. Three in four of those individuals were children. I was shocked when I discovered that 39 people had died in the space of four years. In...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Mary Butler: Public confidence in University Hospital Waterford has been seriously damaged in the past two weeks. Confidence in the HSE and the South/South West hospital group has also been eroded since the letter from four consultant pathologists was made public concerning working conditions in the mortuary. It is not fit for purpose. In 2012, HSE Estates reported in stark terms the conditions and the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (8 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to have a meeting with community employment supervisors as part of the high level forum discussion on gratuities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18458/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (8 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when persons (details supplied) will be contacted in relation to the home relocation scheme; the expected timeframe for the process to be completed; the supports available to applicants in the interim until relocation is facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19163/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 619. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a procedure; if the matter will be expedited in view of the special circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18457/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 654. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be provided with an appointment for an initial assessment for autism spectrum disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18574/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 655. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under six years of age that are waiting for an ASD assessment in County Waterford in excess of a six and 12 month waiting period, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18577/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged between six and 18 years of age with autism waiting in County Waterford for child psychology services, for example, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and so on in excess of six, 12 and 18 months, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18578/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 657. To ask the Minister for Health the number of support staff employed in County Waterford to assist in the delivery of services to children with autism; the breakdown of those posts by relevant discipline; if there are deficiencies in posts; if so, his plans to address those deficiencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18579/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 672. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an ASD assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18624/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 726. To ask the Minister for Health if the lack of ear, nose and throat services in the south east, specifically in University Hospital Waterford which has waiting lists of 24 to 36 months for initial appointments will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18832/19]