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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 108. To ask the Minister for Health when a permanent psychologist for children with autism aged between 6 and 18 years of age will be appointed to HSE disability services at Waterford community services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3520/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists (24 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 109. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting lists for occupational therapy assessments for children with autism between 6 to 18 years of age in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3521/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (24 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3592/18]

Report on the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: People always said, "Congratulations, you are expecting a baby". It is my firm belief that the unborn baby must be protected in the Constitution. That is certainly where my vote will be. The committee witnesses spoke about a foetus and terminating the life of the foetus. What lovely language to use when, ultimately, one is aborting a baby. Everything to be found in a fully grown person...

Report on the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on one of the most important issues that has come before this House, the report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. I also thank the Oireachtas Members who gave their time to the committee, and I know this was very difficult. I was not a member of the committee but from the outset I engaged with the...

Report on the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: I should point out that this would go beyond the position in Britain, where the Abortion Act 1967 still requires two doctors to form the opinion in good faith that an abortion is necessary to prevent a risk to the mental or physical health of the pregnant woman. We all know this law is applied in such a way as to provide abortion on demand, with one in every five pregnancies in Britain...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (23 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 305. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to add the medication freestyle libre to the long term illness reimbursement scheme; the timeframe of this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2767/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (23 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting appointments at the urology outpatient department of University Hospital Waterford from 2015 to 2017 in excess of six, 12, 18 and up to 24 months, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3258/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (23 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 474. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the formal procurement process to select a company or companies that will roll out a new high-speed broadband network in the State intervention area has been finalised; if so, the proposed timeframe by which high-speed fibre broadband will be available to all premises here under the national broadband plan, by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (18 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of an application made by Waterford City and County Council for financial assistance to develop the north quays; if his attention has been drawn to the strategic importance of developing the north quays; when a decision will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2165/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Psychological Services (17 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: I thank the Minister of State for his reply.

Topical Issue Debate: Psychological Services (17 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, for taking this issue. I assumed I would be speaking to Minister of State Deputy Finian McGrath, about this because I have spoken to him about it previously. It is with deep concern that, once again, I must raise with the Minister of State the fact that there is no psychologist providing services for children with disabilities, including...

Topical Issue Debate: Psychological Services (17 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: I thank the Minister of State for his answer. I acknowledge he has to read out what has been given to him but unfortunately it states once again that the service is not available for children aged between six and 18. We are going to have to find a solution, and I believe we can. I welcome the pilot programme, although it is phased. It is a small step in the right direction that will deal...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 12. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the wait times for summary decisions in relation to appeal processing times are acceptable; the steps she is taking to improve these waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2063/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (17 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 115. To ask the Minister for Health the annual budget to an organisation (details supplied); his plans to increase funding to ensure its essential services are maintained and increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2210/18]

Hospital Trolley Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: As the Minister is aware, we have an ageing population. We are living longer, healthier lives which is very welcome. However when the older generation require hospitalisation they are anxious, nervous, frightened, bewildered and mostly in pain. The health service is overstretched. The emergency department, the part of our acute system that never says no, is the place where patients come...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (16 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is precedence for statutory or independent inquiries within his Department that commenced even when a civil case was pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1604/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (16 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is precedence in his Department to commence inquiries into matters on a modular basis in cases in which a civil case is ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1605/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (16 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a request to meet the victims of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1607/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Protection (16 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: 644. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken to avoid a threat to a company's (details supplied) operations in Waterford and Dundalk in view of the recent media reports. [1702/18]