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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (28 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 as of 17 November 2017 or the latest date available in each LHO, in tabular form. [50093/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I welcome the witnesses. Although I am not a member of the joint committee, as a representative of Cork South-West I want to contribute to this debate because this legislation and the vision underpinning it should be supported. I commend my colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath, on the introduction of the Bill before the committee. It has been pointed out, correctly, that the Deputy has a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: We are all together.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan (23 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the role her Department will play in the National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017 - 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49456/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: Will the Taoiseach provide an up-to-date status on the family leave Bill? This will consolidate all family leave legislation, including carer's leave, maternity leave and adoptive leave. I have a special interest in carer's leave.

Other Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I did not miss any of the earlier debate; I do not do that. Does the Minister agree with the recommendation of the National Council for the Blind that a complete review and revamp of the transport service in Ireland should be undertaken in order to increase public transport availability for everyone, including those with impaired vision? The programme for Government pledged to: "invest to...

Other Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role his Department will play in the National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49288/17]

Other Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I hope this plan will go ahead and that it is not another pie in the sky dream of the kind the Minister's Government often comes up with. Bus Éireann provides a very good service in west Cork, yet if people with disabilities want to travel from any town in west Cork to the city, they must give 24 hours' notice. In an age in which we want everyone to be equal, I find this very hard to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Sláintecare Report (22 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I thank the Minister, Mr. Breslin and Ms Casey for coming before the committee. I commend all those involved in devising the plan. I know that many hours of work went into it. It is great that there was cross-party involvement and support. I hope health will always be above party politics and think this is a great start. I am glad that the Minister referenced the meeting in Cork. As...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Sláintecare Report (22 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: It will be a busy start to the year.

Rural Crime: Motion (21 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I thank my colleague, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, for tabling this motion and for sharing his time with us. My party is very conscious of rural crime and is willing to do something about it. As usual, we are willing to walk the walk as well as talk the talk, unlike other parties in this Chamber. It is proven that a Garda presence reduces crime and gives locals a sense of security. On the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Disability Support Services Provision (21 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 545. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role her Department will play in the implementation of the access and inclusion model of supports for children with disabilities; the funding her Department is providing for this in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49356/17]

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I thank Deputy Jan O'Sullivan for bringing the Bill before the House. I agree with the principle of the Bill. All Deputies will confirm that they are inundated with constituents attending their office with issues relating to housing and homelessness. I represent a rural constituency and while statistics on paper may show little homelessness, some houses in Cork South-West have three and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Medical Card Eligibility (15 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 23. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review medical card eligibility criteria for persons with disabilities in order to facilitate their participation in the workforce and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48417/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Medical Card Eligibility (15 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: Could the Minister tell us his plans to review medical card eligibility criteria for persons with disabilities in order to facilitate their participation in the workforce and to make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Medical Card Eligibility (15 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I very much welcome the Minister's news in this regard. Since my appointment as party spokesperson on disability a year and a half ago, I have met with many groups and advocates for people with disabilities. Across the range, this concern is the biggest fear. It is probably the most mentioned issue. People are very afraid that they will lose their medical card. The medical card opens...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Medical Card Eligibility (15 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I will be watching closely for that threshold to be changed. A young person in my constituency and that of the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, had an accident in secondary school. He pushed himself through college and faced many barriers in doing so but is now in a very low-paid job. He is totally overqualified for his position but, again, this is down to his fear of losing his medical...

Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: Will the Taoiseach give an update on the Red Cross amendment Bill, which would allow for a new legal framework for the Irish Red Cross Society? I want to acknowledge the fantastic work done by the Irish Red Cross Society right across south-west Cork.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I welcome the officials and I thank them for attending. I acknowledge the fantastic work that the former Minister of State with responsibility in this area, Deputy McEntee, has done with older persons to date. I hope the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, will continue to carry the baton. Like Senator Kelleher, I am disappointed that the report the Minister of State promised for the end...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (15 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 48. To ask the Minister for Health the number of overdue assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005 in each Cork local health area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48230/17]