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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (7 Sep 2018)

Mary Butler: 764. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages being provided by county and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36039/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (7 Sep 2018)

Mary Butler: 765. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours being provided by county and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36040/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (7 Sep 2018)

Mary Butler: 767. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding home care packages and other services for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36042/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (7 Sep 2018)

Mary Butler: 766. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home help hours in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36041/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Sep 2018)

Mary Butler: 768. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an assessment at the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36045/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Administration (7 Sep 2018)

Mary Butler: 1059. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan in terms of the procurement process; the expected roll-out terms, timeframe and completion dates for the remaining homes and businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36781/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (5 Sep 2018)

Mary Butler: I welcome Ms Justice Laffoy and thank her for all her work to date. I will be brief because I know we will go into everything in the next couple of months. In the 26 hours during which the assembly discussed climate action, was there much discussion about wind energy and the fact that wind farms, particularly industrial wind farms, have divided communities the length and breadth of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (5 Sep 2018)

Mary Butler: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I want to focus on the second strand of research the ESRI did, which concerned household behaviour, if I may. The institute's research was based on more than 160,000 homes in respect of which grant applications were made between 2009 and 2015. That was a huge group to look at. Do the witnesses have any further information? Do we know, for...

Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2018)

Mary Butler: The programme for Government states that we will encourage and support older people to live at home as long as possible with the correct wraparound supports. Every day in Ireland, 11 people are diagnosed with dementia. We currently have eight dementia advisors in the country who cover 13 counties. The optimum number for full coverage is 33. Are there any plans to increase this number?...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (12 Jul 2018)

Mary Butler: 335. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the way in which he plans to address the fact that a person (details supplied) who has moved county cannot access general practitioner care in the new locality in view of the fact that the existing general practitioners in the area are full and not in a position to facilitate new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31646/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (12 Jul 2018)

Mary Butler: 336. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the way in which a woman (details supplied) who is seven weeks pregnant can access hospital care and support maternity services when she cannot get a general practitioner referral in view of the fact that all the general practitioners in her locality are full and are not facilitating new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (12 Jul 2018)

Mary Butler: 337. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the way in which he plans to address a situation in which a person (details supplied) who has applied for a free medical card for children under six years of age will be determined in view of the fact that a general practitioner in their area has to be assigned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31648/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (12 Jul 2018)

Mary Butler: 710. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if community employment supervisors will be allowed the option of working to 70 years of age (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32308/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Election of Chairman (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Butler: I congratulate the Chairman. What is the committee's timeframe? By when are we meant to publish a report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Election of Chairman (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Butler: I thank the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Election of Chairman (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Butler: Can I make a proposal? I am the Chairman of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation. I believe that for discussion on this level of detail we should go into private session.

Assaults on Older Persons Bill 2018: First Stage (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Butler: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Assaults on Older Persons Bill 2018: First Stage (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Butler: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to revise the law relating to the main non-fatal offences against the person and to provide for connected matters. The aim of this Bill is to help and protect older people from assaults and to toughen sentences on people convicted of assaulting an older person. A series of high-profile incidents over the past number of years...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Butler: 575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a housing scheme (details supplied) will be approved for upgrades; if the funding has been ring-fenced; if so, the timeframe for allocation and completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31205/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (10 Jul 2018)

Mary Butler: 438. To ask the Minister for Health the number of initial tobacco sales to minors test purchase inspections carried out at the end of June 2018 or the latest date available. [30176/18]