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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: This is home help.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: As a first-time Deputy, I had great hopes for this so-called new politics. I am disappointed, however, that one Minister can hold the Government over a barrel in return for his support. I am also disappointed in what he has made a priority when there is much more going on. If I were in his position, there are many other matters about which I would hold the Government over a barrel. It...

Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: Can we have an update on the proposed compensation for tillage farmers? Farmers, particularly those in west Cork, are eagerly awaiting the terms of the compensation.

Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: My point relates to tillage. It might be the same thing.

Select Committee on Health: Mental Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: No.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mobility Allowance (21 Jun 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: On 26 February 2016 the Government decided to scrap the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant. In June that year it decided that new statutory provisions would be established to provide individual payments for people with a severe disability who required additional income to address the costs associated with their mobility needs. An interdepartmental group chaired by the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mobility Allowance (21 Jun 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: It is extraordinarily frustrating that there has been no movement on this issue. It is disheartening to see the same reply being given time and again. I have raised the issue many times, but the same reply keeps being given. It is even more frustrating for those who had qualified under the previous schemes. They have simply been left with nothing to help them in their day-to-day lives....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mobility Allowance (21 Jun 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 44. To ask the Minister for Health when replacements for the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant scheme will be brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29223/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mobility Allowance (21 Jun 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: First, I take this opportunity to congratulate the Minister on his reinstatement, and my constituency colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, on his elevation. I will be expecting great things for Cork South-West now. I suppose, for me, it is a case of the devil you know is better than the devil you do not. I wish them luck. I ask the Minister when the replacements for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (21 Jun 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 110. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the persistent increase in long waiting times for persons under 18 years of age needing assessment for occupational therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29076/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (21 Jun 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time targets which are in place for persons requiring further speech and language therapy following receipt of initial therapy [28149/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wild Atlantic Way Project (20 Jun 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 1895. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Seven Heads in County Cork has been excluded from the route of the Wild Atlantic Way; if plans are in place to reverse this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29049/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (1 Jun 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 for each local health office area in tabular form. [26446/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (1 Jun 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 175. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list; the number waiting less than four months; the number waiting four to 12 months; and the number waiting more than 12 months for each local health area in tabular form. [26447/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (1 Jun 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy treatment waiting list; the number waiting less than four months; the number waiting four to 12 months; and the number waiting more than 12 months for each local health area in tabular form. [26448/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (1 Jun 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 177. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list; the number waiting less than four months; the number waiting four to 12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; and the number waiting aged zero to four years, five to 17 years, 18 to 64 years and aged 65 years and over for each local health area in tabular form....

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (1 Jun 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy treatment waiting list; the number waiting less than four months; the number waiting four to 12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; the number waiting aged zero to four years, five to 17 years, 18 to 64 years and aged 65 years and over for each local health area in tabular form. [26450/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Registry Board: Chairperson Designate (31 May 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: Dr. Coffey is very welcome and I reiterate my colleague's comments about the Trojan work he does. I congratulate him on that. How important is it to place greater emphasis on and increase funding for primary care in order to enhance indirectly the services that hospitals provide for cancer and other patients?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I welcome the delegates and thank them for coming before us. I am the Fianna Fáil spokesperson on disability services. Since I was appointed approximately a year ago I have been absolutely blue in the face trying to get the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, to ratify the convention. Do the delegates think there is anything more I or we, as politicians, could be doing to bring...

Other Questions: Criminal Law (23 May 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: The Minister mentioned the hate crime legislation. As she knows, Deputy O'Loughlin and I introduced a Bill last autumn to deal with this. Deputy O'Loughlin has brought forward extensive and significant amendments to the Bill which we believe now has wide support in the House. However, we feel that the Department does not seem very supportive - we may be picking that up wrong. Does the...