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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Joe O'Brien: My Department provides a range of employment support schemes including Community Employment (CE). These supports are specifically targeted at those people who have been unemployed for 12 months or more and in receipt of a qualifying payment. The aim of CE is to enhance the employability of disadvantaged and long-term unemployed people by providing valuable work experience opportunities. CE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (2 Nov 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 989. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the negotiations around site ownership and governance of the planned new national maternity hospital; if a timeframe has been set for the completion of these negotiations; and if an alternative site is under consideration should this timeline not be met. [52777/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (2 Nov 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 1122. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who have been diagnosed with myocarditis subsequent to receiving a vaccination for Covid-19 can apply to have their medical expenses reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53320/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (2 Nov 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 1123. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to persons who have been diagnosed with myocarditis subsequent to receiving a vaccination for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53321/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (2 Nov 2021)

Joe O'Brien: The Community Enhancement Programme (CEP), managed by my Department, provides small capital grants to community groups to enhance facilities. Typical projects funded can include the renovation of community centres, community amenities, disability access projects, improvements to town parks, common areas and spaces. While the CEP programme is now closed it is hoped to run the CEP programme...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 232 and 236 together. As the Deputy will be aware, CE supervisors and CE assistant supervisors have been seeking for several years, through their union representatives, the allocation of Exchequer funding to implement a 2008 Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme for CE supervisors and assistant supervisors who are employed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (20 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Brien: My Department provides a range of employment support schemes, including Community Employment (CE) which are specifically targeted at those people who have been unemployed for 12 months or more. The aim of CE is to enhance the employability of disadvantaged and long-term unemployed people by providing valuable work experience and training opportunities in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 226. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including fibromyalgia as a specified condition under the long-term illness scheme; the reason it has not been recognised or included up until now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51443/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (20 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 260. To ask the Minister for Health if he has examined the regulations and legislation that apply to cannabis use for medical conditions and palliative care having regard to the experience in Northern Ireland and Great Britain as set out in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51530/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (20 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 261. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to widen the strict criteria by which a patient can gain access to medicinal cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51532/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (20 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Brien: The increased funding allocated to the Department under Budget 2022 will allow it to continue to support communities across Ireland as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Community Enhancement Programmeis the funding programme within my Department that is most relevant to the bridge club referenced by the Deputy. It provides small grants to community groups to enhance facilities in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legislative Measures (19 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Brien: I welcome the short debate on this important matter, which has afforded the House the opportunity to mark the month in which Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day occurs. We know that 300 to 350 families are affected by stillbirths annually. The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, is also conscious of those parents who register stillbirths on the understanding that the records will not be open...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legislative Measures (19 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Brien: I join with Deputy Cairns and other Deputies in reflecting on the enormous losses of parents as part of this month's marking of pregnancy and infant loss. I do not think anyone in this House will disagree when I say that a stillbirth must be one of the most traumatic events that parents can experience. My own experience of engaging with parents is that the loss can be overwhelming,...

Access of Competent Authorities to Centralised Bank Account Registries: Motion (19 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Brien: I thank the Deputies who have contributed to this discussion and I welcome the broad support for the proposal. As my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, made clear, this proposes directive amends a directive we have already opted into, namely, EU Directive 2019/1153. The changes included in this directive are minor and practical and will enable us to participate more...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (19 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Brien: As the Deputy will be aware, CE supervisors and CE assistant supervisors have been seeking for several years, through their union representatives, the allocation of Exchequer funding to implement a 2008 Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme for CE supervisors and assistant supervisors who are employed by CE scheme sponsors.   This claim...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (19 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Brien: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary, fixed term basis. CE sponsoring authorities receive annual contracts and funding from my Department to provide for  employment of both CE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 715. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of the remaining four epilepsy nurse specialist posts of six agreed in 2018 for the implementation of the Pregnancy Prevention Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50367/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 850. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the removal of all restrictions for partners attending appointments with patients in maternity units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51132/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (14 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Brien: I can certainly identify with the issues outlined by the Deputy. The CEP is probably one of the most relevant in terms of the need he outlined in terms of his constituency and recent grants provided. Sandyford Community Centre recently was given a €4,500 grant for an energy efficiency upgrade. Kilcross Resource Centre received up to €5,000 for a replacement fire alarm...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (14 Oct 2021)

Joe O'Brien: We do not have that detail yet but it will be forthcoming in due course. I acknowledge Deputy Richmond's points as well. I can certainly identify because we have the same issue in Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush and Lusk. Regarding housing estates that are growing and coming on stream, there is a responsibility on local authorities in granting planning permissions to have community centres...