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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (21 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 360. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to attend the National Rehabilitation Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21461/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2019)

Mary Butler: An application was submitted 12 months ago to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport applying for capital funding to extend the runway at Waterford Airport, at a cost of €5 million to the Exchequer with matched funding of €7 million from the local authorities and investors in the south east. The Minister, Deputy Ross, signed off on a Government memo that paved the way...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (15 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 11. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the model of care homes unique to the south east that provides residential accommodation for adults that require minimal assistance of a low to medium dependency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20800/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (15 May 2019)

Mary Butler: 18. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of the lack of dedicated Parkinson’s disease nurses provided by the HSE for the 12,000 patients with this disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20801/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business of Joint Committee (15 May 2019)

Mary Butler: Apologies have been received from Deputy Lisa Chambers and Deputy Maurice Quinlivan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2019 (15 May 2019)

Mary Butler: Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official either by name or in such a way as to make him or her identifiable. We will now proceed to consideration of Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2019 in accordance with Dáil Standing Order...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2019 (15 May 2019)

Mary Butler: I thank the Minister of State. Are there any questions on the order? Senator Mac Lochlainn is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2019 (15 May 2019)

Mary Butler: I call Deputy Neville.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2019 (15 May 2019)

Mary Butler: That is a very valid point from Deputy Neville. There is no doubt that work has to pay, and this will certainly help in that respect. We spent much time last year looking at the cost of doing business, so we have to be mindful of that and try to get the balance right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2019 (15 May 2019)

Mary Butler: I thank the Minster of State. It is important to state that the Labour Court is an independent body and that the Minister of State took the recommendations from the Labour Court on board after it carried out its deliberations. I was struck by the fact that there were only five written submissions and three were in agreement, so the consensus seems to be that most people were in agreement on...

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...