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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2023)

Michael McNamara: When he was Tánaiste Deputy Varadkar acknowledged the importance of advancing the takeover of the Shannon Heritage sites by Clare County Council. The sites are currently with Shannon Airport, which appears to wish to divest itself of them. Following due diligence, Clare County Council sought €15 million to fund the takeover and the Government offered €2.5 million, which...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2023)

Michael McNamara: Some €2.5 million was offered.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: A surgical hub is part of the proposed solution to overcrowding and long waiting lists in Limerick. Since Christmas, however, two newly equipped theatres in Ennis have not been used and the highly trained and expert staff who would normally work there are now diverted to general work around the hospital. In circumstances where we have surgical facilities in the mid-west which are not used,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: International Bodies (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount paid to the European Space Agency in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4115/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Heritage Sites (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of a funding offer made in December 2022 to Clare County Council in relation to the proposed transfer of Shannon Heritage Clare-based sites to the local authority; if any subsequent funding proposal will be forthcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4113/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the proposed new NCT centre for Shannon, County Clare, will be operational; if he will provide details of its location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4114/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the visitor numbers for each visitor attraction operated by the Office of Public Works for each month in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4116/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if submissions have been received from Clare County Council under the local authority affordable purchase scheme since July 2022; if so, if he will provide details of same; if his Department is examining any schemes for County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4112/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will meet with a person (details supplied) who is dissatisfied with the requirements for the benefit payment for 65-year-olds in that a person must have 39 reckonable contributions paid or credited in the Governing Contribution Year (GCY); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4224/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4331/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions for health professionals, in particular nurses, doctors and physiologists, created and filled, respectively, in each hospital during 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4105/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 635. To ask the Minister for Health the type and location of beds he plans to open during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4106/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 636. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new chronic disease management hub in Ennis in respect of services currently provided, the roll-out of additional services, and staffing details of the hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4107/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE ambulance dispatches that were recorded in County Clare during 2022; the number of occasions where ambulances arrived at scenes where the patient had already passed away; the hospitals which ambulances brought patients to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4108/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 638. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources and personnel that have been deployed at Ennis Hospital in light of the decision to facilitate and treat non-urgent 112 and 999 patients being transported by ambulance to the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4109/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctors who were employed in HSE-run hospitals in December 2022; the corresponding figure for December 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4110/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 640. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on hip and or knee surgery and cataract surgery in counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary. [4111/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (31 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 710. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are presently being provided at the Ennis primary healthcare centre at Station Road, Ennis, County Clare; the additional staffing requirements that are required to facilitate full operations; when the centre will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4535/23]

Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: And a digital IT system.

Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: I think it is important that the Minister identifies who is blocking this and removes them and the blockage. Systems should be put in place so that 140 vulnerable constituents of mine will never again be lost in a system that they rely on for help, protection and a decent healthcare system. I think it is an abomination that we are discussing this at 8 p.m. on a Thursday evening.