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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax on Tobacco Products (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 178. To ask the Minister for Finance the cigarette production volumes in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the tobacco product tax receipts on fine cut tobacco since 2003, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19556/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of actions taken as part of the WHO Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19560/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance the feasibility of including nicotine patches in the list of medicines which are zero rated for VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19561/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the location of an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit in a school (details supplied) and-or another school in accordance with section 8 of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18775/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 600. To ask the Minister for Health the feasibility of introducing a licence system with a minimum annual fee of €500 to be paid by tobacco retailers; the estimated costs associated with developing, maintaining and administering same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19562/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 782. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question No. 312 of 12 March 2019, his plans to recruit a consultant cardiologist to support the implementation of a heart failure service in the South/Southwest Hospital Group; the costs associated with recruiting for this position; if funding is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19004/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 783. To ask the Minister for Health when he will establish a focused working group to develop proposals for a package of health and well-being supports for survivors of mother and baby homes as recommended in the collaborative forum report; the process by which persons will be appointed to this forum; the consultation he will have with survivors and the various representative groups; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 922. To ask the Minister for Health the number of retail outlets registered to sell tobacco with the National Register of Tobacco Retailers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19551/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 923. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of making nicotine replacement therapy free of charge to all those enrolled in smoking cessation programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19557/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 924. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to examine operational structures to provide nicotine replacement therapy without a prescription to GMS patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19558/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 925. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing the exclusion of nicotine replacement therapy from the drugs payment scheme in a full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19559/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Residential Institutions (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 1351. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to consult with the broader survivor community in addition to the collaborative forum membership regarding the recommendation of the report of the collaborative forum to fund a series of memorialisation measures to remember and honour the mothers and children incarcerated in mother and baby homes; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 1352. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects to appoint a new chairperson of the Collaborative Forum; the process by which this appointment will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19007/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 1424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 636 to 641 of 12 March 2019, the criteria used to determine the way in which the 367 non-DEIS schools participating in the school meals programme were selected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19002/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 1425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 636 to 641 of 12 March 2019, the way in which the pilot scheme from September 2019 providing hot school meals will be undertaken; the criteria used to select the participating schools; the way in which the scheme will be evaluated; when a report will issue; and if she will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Women's Aid Impact Report 2018: Discussion (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I thank our guests for their presentation. I have some brief questions. The Minister outlined in a reply to a parliamentary question from me in March that nine counties have no domestic violence refuge. Do the witnesses know the level of demand in any of those counties or are they familiar with such data? Will they indicate what it is like for a woman to have to travel to another county...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Women's Aid Impact Report 2018: Discussion (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: That brings me to the next question. Ms Martin mentioned that half of the places were full. We have seen the Council of Europe agree that we are way below the recommendations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Women's Aid Impact Report 2018: Discussion (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: Where is the bar? What would Women's Aid like to see?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Women's Aid Impact Report 2018: Discussion (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: Ms Martin referred to access visits in respect of children. I can only imagine that a child who has witnessed domestic violence and is suddenly told he or she has an access visit might not want to go. Sometimes he or she could be dropped off or picked up late. It is traumatic for a child, I imagine. Could Ms Martin elaborate on what she said about supervised access and facilities for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Women's Aid Impact Report 2018: Discussion (8 May 2019)

Denise Mitchell: How many contact centres are there?