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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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (14 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that the Bachelor of Arts in the visual arts programme being run on Sherkin Island in west Cork is maintained in view of the fact that there is an issue with funding which has placed the programme in jeopardy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47798/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility (14 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 283. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund the cost of living liver operations abroad in circumstances in which the facility is not available here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47718/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Transplant Services (14 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 284. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for living liver transplant operations to be carried out here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47719/17]

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: As my colleagues have outlined, the Bill seeks to extend the remit of the Employment Equality Act and the Equal Status Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of disadvantaged socioeconomic or social background. While both laws already protect against discrimination on nine grounds, including disability, and the European Union's equal treatment directives require members states to...

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: My question has to do with the international recovery of child support Bill. As the Taoiseach will be aware, this Bill will implement the Hague Convention and the Hague protocol on the international recovery of child support and other forms of family maintenance from abroad. I have a few constituents, as have many of my colleagues, who are finding it difficult to recover maintenance from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I thank the witnesses for coming before the joint committee this morning. I concur with Deputy O'Reilly on the specific drug Respreeza. I too have a constituent whose life is on hold. She is going from month to month. The uncertainty of her future is really taking toll on her life. It is important for us all to remember that behind every case there is a person and a family. No monetary...

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: My question is about the ratification of the UN convention. The Minister of State with responsibility, someone who is part of the Government, Deputy Finian McGrath, is planning to visit North Korea, but what many people do not know is that that dictatorship is far ahead of Ireland in terms of ratification of the convention. Will the Minister of State be seeking advice from the North Koreans...

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: It has.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: We need to have it ratified.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Staff (7 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 754. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional number of occupational therapists required to deal with a projected increase in the demand for public occupational therapy visits of between 33% and 38% by 2030 from a level of 0.35 million in 2015. [46548/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (7 Nov 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 887. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if concerns have been raised regarding the operation of Porcupine Bank nephrops fishing grounds and functional unit 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45776/17]