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Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: 814. To ask the Minister for Health if capital funding will be made available as a matter of urgency for the extension and upgrading of the renal dialysis unit at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34000/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: 820. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for access to psychology services and CAMHS in County Sligo; and the plans that are in place to address these waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34017/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: 825. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 850 of 10 February and 142 of 7 July 2021, the progress that has been made following the review in 2017 of the working group to discuss and review the 1993 boarding out regulations; the plans that are in place to change and update these regulations; the plans to change and update the financial arrangements with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: 826. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the current shortfall of over 100 nurse specialists in neurology in the Irish healthcare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34078/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: 827. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists in the community in the Sligo area; if they are taking referrals for new patients at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34092/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: It is great to have our first public meeting. Many people are very interested in this subject and we have a huge responsibility on our shoulders. I look forward to working with everybody so that we can produce a comprehensive and, hopefully, action-oriented report. I welcome our colleagues from the NCSE. Mr. Kearney said he was fairly new to this job, so I wish him well. My first...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: Are there enough supports for schools? Change is always very difficult. Mr. Kearney is a school principal and he knows this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: Is it being given? Is it available? Is it there? Do schools feel it is there for them and that they can use it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: I hear what Mr. Kearney is saying but I am looking at it from the other perspective. I hear what he has said about certain hotspots. Change is always difficult. It is difficult in any institution and educational institutions are the same as all others. For change to happen significant supports are needed. The carrot is much more important than the stick. I am not saying the legislation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: So much more is needed but Mr. Kearney knows that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: Does the NCSE believe it should be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: Our time is running down. Does Ms Prendeville have numbers for me?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: Many people have spoken about the need for wraparound therapies for students. Like everyone I have heard many parents, particularly in Sligo, speak about the lack of these. How much of the budget was spent last year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: The overall budget.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: Will Mr. Kearney send me details on this please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank Mr. Kearney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: Right now?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: Last night, I received a devastating response to a Topic Issue matter I raised about the closure of the catheterisation laboratory, cath lab, at Sligo University Hospital. There were no new proposals offered; just excuses. I was told about the existing link with University Hospital Galway but the recent national heart attack audit confirmed that the average travel time between the two...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jun 2022)

Marian Harkin: The Minister for Health has just left the Chamber.