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Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (9 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 450. To ask the Minister for Health if adequate funding is being maintained in respect of the national screening service, in particular regarding the BowelScreen programme; and the measures that have been taken to improve the BowelScreen take-up rate. [21807/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 430. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Sacred Heart unit in Dungarvan community hospital is closing with immediate effect with a loss of 19 beds for physiotherapy, respite and rehab services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21631/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 431. To ask the Minister for Health the step-down facilities that will be available to persons in Dungarvan and west Waterford following the closure of 19 beds in the Sacred Heart unit in Dungarvan community hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21632/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 432. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the importance of the Sacred Heart unit in Dungarvan community hospital; if his attention has been further drawn to the vital services it provides for rehab, physiotherapy and respite; if he will reverse the decision to close this unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21633/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (4 May 2017)

Mary Butler: I concur with Deputy Aylward. I live two miles from the Piltown bypass but avoid it like the plague, tending to drive the back road to Carrick-on-Suir. I am nervous of it. It is an unusual road using a two-plus-one design which makes it dangerous. When a car is overtaking, before the driver knows it, he or she will be back in a one-way scenario. I would appreciate it if the Minister...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Closures (4 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 5 o’clock I thought - as I am sure the Minister did - that we had turned the corner and that the closure of wards was in the past. The trend of nurses leaving Ireland has become very worrying. Terms and conditions for new graduates must be improved to ensure that they stay here. The Minister mentioned that he will be attending an INMO conference tomorrow. Last week, that...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Closures (4 May 2017)

Mary Butler: The people of Dungarvan in west Waterford were shocked by the sudden and unforeseen closure of 16 beds in the Sacred Heart unit at Dungarvan Community Hospital at the weekend. Like everyone else, I was taken aback by the announcement at the weekend that the remaining 16 beds would be closed at the unit as a result of staff shortages. The way it was announced on the eve of a bank holiday...

Other Questions: Ambulance Service Response Times (3 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 44. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to assist Waterford University Hospital to improve ambulance turnaround performance in view of the fact that almost 15% of ambulance calls at the hospital were not cleared within an hour during February 2017 [20751/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Conditions (3 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 26. To ask the Minister for Health his views on recent findings of the TILDA Wave report that the prevalence of untreated treatable conditions has not changed in four years. [20752/17]

Standing Order 27: Motion (2 May 2017)

Mary Butler: I also welcome the opportunity to discuss this matter and the proposed motion to amend Standing Order 27. We as a party have faith in what the committee decides as the committee is representative of all the parties and none. We all have someone on the committee to voice opinions on our behalf. I compliment the committee on the work it has done to date. Traditionally we have always had...

Mental Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2017)

Mary Butler: Mental health issues continue to silently inflict immense damage on our country. The undercurrent of depression, anxiety and addiction is a profound, ingrained problem for society. No family is untouched by some form of mental health issue. Beyond the striking statistics on suicide levels, the affliction of depression is exacting a hefty toll on the day-to-day lives of countless people....

Order of Business (2 May 2017)

Mary Butler: Today in the Sacred Heart unit in Dungarvan Community Hospital, 16 beds are closing. Eleven of these beds are for rehab, three are for long-stay and two are for respite. In the programme for Government, the Taoiseach put community care at the heart of the process going forward. Today, we will see 16 beds closed. This is a vital step-down facility in Dungarvan and in west Waterford to help...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (2 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his officials will be in a position to carry out an assessment of a school (details supplied) in view of prefab replacement; if after the assessment, he will confirm that the prefabs need to be replaced in the context of the long term accommodation needs of the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19416/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (2 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 813. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for a full diagnostic assessment for autism in University Hospital Waterford; the composition of the team; if all the positions are covered; the number of psychologists on the autism team that will provide a full diagnostic assessment; the Health Service Executive plan in the absence of a fully trained psychologist...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Better Energy Communities Programme (2 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 1266. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a grant application (details supplied) under the better energy communities scheme was declined; the total envisaged spend under the scheme in 2017; the projects which will be funded in Waterford city and county in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19586/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme (2 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 1310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the division within his Department that has responsibility for local link services operated under the rural transport programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19246/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme (2 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 1311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional resources which have been allocated to transport co-ordination units under local link that will allow them effectively develop and manage new services in view of the additional funding allocated for local link services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19247/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme (2 May 2017)

Mary Butler: 1312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria that determine the staffing levels for transport co-ordination units under local link; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19248/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Apr 2017)

Mary Butler: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision on an application by a school (details supplied) for funding will be forthcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18884/17]

Report of the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (12 Apr 2017)

Mary Butler: What about Sinn Féin’s past?