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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (26 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: 468. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to set out, in tabular form, the number of community neurorehabilitation teams across the country, per CHO area; to detail the extent to which each team is operating with staff vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41495/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (26 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: 498. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to account for the reason that no community neurorehabilitation team is in place in CH09; to set out his plans to establish one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41494/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (26 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: 538. To ask the Minister for Health what services are currently provided in Balbriggan primary care centre; what additional services are planned to be introduced in the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41102/23]

Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: I thank Deputy Cian O'Callaghan and the Social Democrats for tabling this motion. I apologise for being late. I missed the opening statements by both Deputy O'Callaghan and the Minister, but if the Minister's response to Deputy O'Callaghan and this motion was anything like his response to the Labour Party leader, Deputy Bacik, or to Deputy Doherty earlier, I can only imagine it was another...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: Unfair and cruel. Those are the words of parents of children in a national school in Swords whose kids have been left at the side of the road by a school transport system that has failed, that is not fit for purpose and that needs to be totally remodelled. It has been a nightmare summer for children up and down the country and that nightmare has continued into the autumn for those who have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: 16. To ask the Minister for Health if he supports the provision of the chickenpox varicella vaccine free to all children through the primary or schoolchild immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40550/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: Does the Minister for Health support the provision of the chickenpox varicella vaccine for free to all children through the primary or schoolchild immunisation programme?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: At the moment, should a parent choose to get the chickenpox vaccine for their child, it will cost approximately €90. It is a prohibitive cost for many. Many make the leap to get it done not only to protect their child's health, but also because of considerations such as parents losing work time and so on. The HIQA recommendation is a game changer here. Just after the summer break,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: That is great. As the Minister of State outlined, for many people, and children in particular, the disease is a mild one but it can have severe complications for some. I have heard of the phenomenon of chickenpox parties for kids over recent years. The disease was almost considered a rite of passage that should be got out of the way. This was never something I thought appropriate. If you...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: The offer from the Government was designed to fail. It was nowhere near what was needed to resolve the pay parity and pay justice issue. Even management in section 39 organisations has been saying that. On the back of what we are seeing with St. Michael's House, which is a section 38 organisation, with young adults coming out of the school service and having no service available, where...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: The unions have never been backwards in wanting to engage with the Government on this. The Government is not meeting the basic asks these workers require. However, we are where we are. We do not yet have the results but we know there will be a mandate for industrial action, up to and including an all-out strike. If that happens, it will be a hammer blow to communities. The difference in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: 2. To ask the Minister for Health what efforts he has made to resolve the pay parity gap in section 39 organisations funded through the health budget in order to improve recruitment and retention in these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40547/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: I ask for an update on the efforts of the Minister and his Department regarding what has been done to help resolve the pay parity issue in respect of section 39 organisations, which are predominantly funded from the health budget and provide such an important service in buttressing and supporting our health service in the community.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: 38. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle to ongoing trolley crisis in emergency departments throughout the country in advance of the oncoming winter season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40549/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: 58. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a much-needed primary care centre for Swords in north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40551/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: 66. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of an organisation (details supplied); if so, his views on the organisation’s role in assisting recovery through exercise; if he can commit to ensuring support for current classes in line with other support partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40548/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: 196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the seven local authority housing units approved for construction in a location (details supplied) have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: 197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the four AHB units approved for construction in a location (details supplied) have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not, the reasons for the project...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: 198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the three AHB units approved for construction in a location (details supplied) have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not, the reasons for the project...