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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 Nov 2018)

Mary Butler: 366. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans for extra bed capacity in the short term at University Hospital Waterford. [46760/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 Nov 2018)

Mary Butler: 367. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans for extra bed capacity in the long term at University Hospital Waterford. [46761/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (13 Nov 2018)

Mary Butler: 368. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to expedite discharge from acute hospitals due to the fact that 136,239 delayed discharges were registered at various hospitals in 2018; his views on whether delayed discharges are caused in some instances due to the lack of home care supports being provided in community home settings; and his further views on the fact that the waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Data (13 Nov 2018)

Mary Butler: 452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 21 years of age who have access to the FreeStyle Libre under the long-term illness scheme; the number of persons over 21 years of age who now have access to the FreeStyle Libre under the long-term illness scheme in tabular form by CHO and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47152/18]

Apprenticeships: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2018)

Mary Butler: Ireland must have a fully functioning apprenticeship model but unfortunately we are lagging far behind many EU countries in terms of both scale and diversity. Recently the Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation conducted a comprehensive engagement with all relevant stakeholders on the cost of doing business. The Ministers of State at the Department of Education and Skills,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2018)

Mary Butler: There have been ongoing issues in the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection with the payment of illness benefit in recent months. Many people dependent on these payments have seen them disrupted, reduced or, in some cases, not paid at all. This has caused unnecessary upset and stress to many people who depend on these weekly payments. I would like clarification of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (6 Nov 2018)

Mary Butler: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a rural bus service provided by Bus Éireann continues and will continue to serve a school (details supplied) and its environs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44932/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (6 Nov 2018)

Mary Butler: 510. To ask the Minister for Health the knowledge, treatment and supports available to general practitioners in particular in relation to managing Lyme disease; the status of the recognition for Lyme disease here; the supports in place in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44695/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (6 Nov 2018)

Mary Butler: 521. To ask the Minister for Health when persons with type 1 diabetes over 21 years of age can expect to be given access to the FreeStyle Libre device under the long-term illness scheme; the reason some persons with type 1 diabetes over 21 years of age have access to the device on the reimbursement scheme while others do not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44739/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Nov 2018)

Mary Butler: 585. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a cost-benefit analysis on the usage of the finger test strips for persons between 5 and 21 years of age with type 1 diabetes; if it has provided savings over the past six months since the FreeStyle Libre reimbursement scheme was launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45044/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (6 Nov 2018)

Mary Butler: 776. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of 2017 GLAS payments outstanding by county in tabular form; when these payments will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45185/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (6 Nov 2018)

Mary Butler: 816. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a number of residences (details supplied) will be connected to the fibre optic roll-out plan in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44732/18]

Vulnerable Persons Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2018)

Mary Butler: Fianna Fáil supports this Bill and will work to strengthen its provisions on Committee Stage. I congratulate Deputy Mattie McGrath. I know he has waited for three years for the Bill to come before the House for Second Stage. The Deputy is right in saying that abuse of the elderly can take many forms. The Bill seeks to tackle one form of that abuse, namely financial abuse. ...

Sale of Illicit Goods Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2018)

Mary Butler: Fianna Fáil, through Deputy Breathnach, is bringing forward this legislation to tackle the sale of illicit goods such as tobacco, alcohol and solid fuel. The Bill seeks to make it an offence to purchase such illicit goods, particularly from an unregistered or unlicensed retailer. Illicit trade is continuing to develop in Ireland and is becoming a real threat to the Irish economy....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Mary Butler: I thank Mr. McCarthy for his presentation. I am going to focus on flooding, because it is an issue all have to deal with in our constituencies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Mary Butler: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Mary Butler: All right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Mary Butler: Senator Daly is in the Seanad at the moment. He sends his apologies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Mary Butler: No, Deputy Chambers should go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Mary Butler: Mr. McCarthy spoke earlier about the national planning framework and how important it is. Following on from Deputy Heydon's question, the rural regeneration and development fund of €1 billion is hugely important for all our towns and villages. Will climate action be a priority in the rolling out of that fund?