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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (7 Jul 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales Legislation (7 Jul 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill remains a priority for this Government. The Bill is part of a suite of measures agreed on foot of the recommendations in the Steering Group Report on a National Substance Misuse Strategy. The Government approved the publication of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill and the introduction of the Bill in the Houses of the Oireachtas on 8 December 2015. The Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases (6 Jul 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Exomphalos is considered to be a rare disease. There are approximately 8000 rare diseases and Rare Disease Day is celebrated across Europe at the end of February every year. This day also has the support of the European Union and the day promotes awareness of a range of rare diseases.

Topical Issue Debate: Commemorative Events (5 Jul 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: That a date for the national Famine commemoration ceremony is not fixed does not in any way lessen its importance. On the contrary, it is the level of importance which is accorded to ensuring the commemoration befits the enormity of the event it commemorates and the scale of the losses those events entailed which dictate its flexibility in the schedule. Commemorating events of such...

Topical Issue Debate: Commemorative Events (5 Jul 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank Deputy Brophy for raising this very important issue. I extend the apologies of the Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Ring, who is unavoidably detained elsewhere and so asked me to help out this evening. The Great Famine was undoubtedly one of the most significant events in this island's history. The failure of the potato crop during the...

Standing Order 186: Motion (5 Jul 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I move:That Standing Order 186 of the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business be amended in paragraph (1)(a) by the deletion of all words from 'Provided that in relation to' down to and including 'examined by the Committee'.

Establishment of Select Committee on European Union Affairs: Motion (5 Jul 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I move:(1) That a Select Committee, which shall be called the Select Committee on European Union Affairs, consisting of seven members of Dáil Éireann, be appointed to consider such matters arising from—(a) Ireland’s membership of the European Union, and (b) Ireland’s adherence to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European...

Referral of Government Bills to Select Committees: Motion (5 Jul 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I move: That, where appropriate, the Order that each Bill listed in column 1 of the Schedule hereto be considered in Committee of the whole Dáil is hereby discharged, and that each Bill listed in column 1 is respectively referred to the Committee listed in column 3, established to consider such matters pursuant to Standing Order 84A(3)(a). SCHEDULE (1) Bill (2) Ordered to be taken...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Smoking Ban (5 Jul 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Smoking areas in public places are not regulated for by legislation in Ireland. However, section 47(7) the Public Health Tobacco Act 2002 as substituted by Section 16 of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2004 provides an exemption from the general prohibition on smoking in a workplace in respect of certain places. The exemption applies to "an outdoor part of a place or premises covered by a...

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank Deputy Wallace and his colleagues for publishing the Bill before the House. I thank all the Deputies who have spoken on this issue for their thoughtful and sincere contributions. I hope Deputies Kate O’Connell and Richard Boyd Barrett will not mind my singling them out in appreciation of their sharing of their personal stories. One would have to be made of stone not to have...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (30 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Will the Deputy let him answer?

Questions on Proposed Legislation (30 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: The Minister is ready to answer.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (30 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: They are like children.

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: We thought so to.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (30 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank Senator Davitt for raising this important regional issue and thank him for his words of congratulation. I welcome the opportunity to provide an update on recent developments at St. Loman's Hospital, Mullingar. The HSE tells me that the hospital no longer has any patients resident within the old main buildings as a result of a programme of relocation undertaken by the HSE. Most of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (30 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: When the building is vacated its disposal will be considered, but it is not vacant yet.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (29 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Novel tobacco products are regulated under the European Union (Manufacture, Presentation and Sale of Tobacco and Related Products) Regulations 2016 which transposed the European Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU. The Regulations do not provide for an authorisation system for novel products but manufacturers or importers of these products are required to notify the Health Service...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (28 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank Deputy Anne Rabbitte for raising this issue. From her contribution, one can hear how informed she is about it and how passionate she is in assisting the parents who have approached her about it. Children’s needs should be at the centre of what we do and how we look after them. Parents and families face many challenges in caring for their children with diabetes. I...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (28 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Every effort is being made to appoint a locum in Galway in the intervening period until the person who has accepted the post can take it up in March 2017. That is the good news. The question was specifically on Galway, so I do not have a specific response about the issues the Deputy raised about Limerick’s capacity. I will certainly find out for her. As soon as I have it, I will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Insulin pump therapy to children under 5 years of age with type 1 diabetes is provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE). Children get access to insulin pumps at national regional pump centres. The centres were developed as a result of greater efficiencies achieved with the purchase of insulin pumps. I have arranged for the Deputy's question on such medical appliances to be referred to...