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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (21 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: 606. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to state the expected start date of the public consultation process on wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48710/17]

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 Report: Motion (16 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: I will be brief as I think it has all been said. I thank everyone for their contributions today and thank the Minister of State for remaining here for the whole debate. It was great to hear such a wide range of speakers. As Deputy Niall Collins said earlier, we are sometimes accused of being the do-nothing Dáil. However, a body of work is being done downstairs in the committee rooms...

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 Report: Motion (16 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: I move:That Dáil Éireann shall consider the Report of the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation entitled ‘Scrutiny of Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016’, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 30 June 2017. As Chairman of the Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation, I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on what I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: 71. To ask the Minister for Health if the freestyle libre system will be made available under the long term illness scheme for persons with diabetes. [48191/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: 100. To ask the Minister for Health if extra funding will be provided in 2018 for the provision of home care and home help at weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48190/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (15 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: 167. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have the medical device freestyle libre for treatment of persons with type 1 diabetes made available under the LTI scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48363/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (14 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount each of the institutes of technology have paid to an association (details supplied) since it was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47646/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (14 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the operation of the representative body for the 14 institutes of technology here (details supplied) can be brought under the scope of the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47647/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (14 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: 266. To ask the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards provided to all children with a severe disability in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; if all children with a severe disability are now in receipt of a medical card irrespective of their parents' income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47645/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: 273. To ask the Minister for Health if an orthopaedic appointment for a person (details supplied) at University Hospital Waterford will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47668/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (14 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: 279. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance and supports in place to assist persons who rely on a nebuliser on a day-to-day basis in the event of a power outage; if an optional back-up or battery-operated device can be accessed in these circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47700/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (14 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: 293. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary percutaneous coronary interventions carried out in University Hospital Waterford in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47765/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: 294. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary percutaneous coronary intervention cases that were sent to acute hospital centres in either Cork, Dublin or Limerick, outside of the normal opening hours of the catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford, that is, after 17:00 and before 09:00 and at weekends in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: Earlier this year a former Anglo Irish Bank chairman, Mr. Seán Fitzpatrick, was acquitted of all charges in a court case. The judge acquitted him because of the biased investigation conducted by the ODCE into the shredding of documents and the coaching of witnesses.

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: As Chairman of the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, when can we expect the report to be brought before the committee? This issue has been ongoing for five months and we would like the report to be sent to the committee as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (9 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: 68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent cross-party Topical Issue on community employment supervisors; the reason the meeting of the forum regarding community employment scheme supervisors to be hosted by his Department was cancelled; when the meeting will be rescheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47439/17]

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: I commend my colleagues, Deputy Jim O’Callaghan and Fiona O’Loughlin, for their work on this Bill and their commitment to fight discrimination. As a republican party, Fianna Fáil is committed to fighting discrimination and inequality. We have a proven track record in advancing equality proposals. The two major parts of equality legislation in Ireland were introduced by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: 146. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and services that are available to persons with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome to help them to manage their condition and ongoing care that is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47175/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: 147. To ask the Minister for Health if financial assistance is available to persons with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47177/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (8 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: 148. To ask the Minister for Health if funding or part-funding will be provided for an upright MRI neuro imaging of the craniocervical junction and cervical spine in flexion and extension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47176/17]