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Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: There is a specific reference to the post office network in the programme for Government. In the Tánaiste's home county, County Cork, there is fear that Ballineen post office will be closed. I attended a public meeting in the town last Monday night. The passion of the community in trying to keep the post office open is unreal. I ask the Tánaiste to do his best to ensure it will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the Government’s pledge to invest to make public transport services more accessible for persons with disabilities. [7630/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (15 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when emergency works will take place in an area (details supplied). [7537/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Sláintecare Report (Resumed) (14 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I welcome the delegates and wish everybody a very happy St. Valentine's Day. One might wish to be in a more romantic setting, but we have been in worse, too.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Sláintecare Report (Resumed) (14 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I want to hear the delegates' thoughts on the new contract for GPs. I believe the last one which was called the fire brigade model was drawn up in 1970, but things have moved on very much since. Mr. Keegan alluded to the fact that people were living longer with chronic illnesses. The idea has been expressed that in the future there will be no health insurance and that people will be seen...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Sláintecare Report (Resumed) (14 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: Professor O'Dowd has his own worries.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Sláintecare Report (Resumed) (14 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: We all have our own.

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I commend my colleague, Deputy Troy, on bringing forward this motion. It is a pity, however, that he and we had to do this in order to highlight the sorry state of the road network and to try to increase investment in it. There is a post doing the rounds on social media which says that in Ireland we used to drive on the left but now we drive on whatever is left. This may seem funny but in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if work on a school (details supplied) which was identified as a location for a new build in 2015 will commence in 2018 as listed; the timeframe for commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7435/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (13 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the circumstances of a person (details supplied); when the person can expect to receive their entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7485/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (13 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 389. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of 12 dedicated respite houses around the State announced on 12 December 2017; the specific locations of each; the number of persons who can be accommodated in each; the estimated number of respite nights each individual house will provide in a full calendar year; the capital and acquisition costs of each; the estimated annual...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (13 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 401. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure used by consultants when discharging persons with serious illnesses in circumstances in which a person attends a number of consultants in different fields due to the diversity of his or her illness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7125/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (13 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 402. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who have been attending consultants for many years for serious ongoing illnesses are being discharged without further consultation or follow up (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7126/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Rehabilitation Clinics (13 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 404. To ask the Minister for Health the accessibility of drug rehabilitation in west County Cork (details supplied); the breakdown of attendees attending at each unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7129/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (13 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the growing campaign relating to the beef grid, particularly in circumstances in which his predecessor gave a commitment to review the matter in November 2015; and the reason for the protracted delay in providing a review. [7224/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (13 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason live exporters are not represented at the beef forum (details supplied). [7225/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax (13 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount received in motor tax receipts for Cork County Council in 2017; the amount returned to the council from the local government fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7176/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Applications (13 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 608. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to set out the number of Leader applications submitted and approved for the south west of County Cork; if funding has been drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7122/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (8 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 21. To ask the Minister for Health the additional health service resources that will be required for the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [6447/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: The Minister of State said in his opening statement that there was a difference between what was predictable and what was avoidable, but surely predictability should help avoidability. This time last year Deputy Billy Kelleher predicted that January would be a crisis point in hospitals and, as he almost always is, he was correct. We knew that this would happen and that there should have...