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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan (16 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 16. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a recent assertion that the national disability strategy is abject, failing to comprehensively deliver on a single area of policy or legislative reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7614/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (14 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that those who are appealing their denial of disabled driver status must travel to Dublin for a medical review when this causes undue hardship and stress for the persons, as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will examine the possibility of rural appellants attending medical reviews in HSE centres in their local regions. [6987/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I note the Minister did not answer some of my questions.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I presume the Minister will do so at his next opportunity. I also humbly suggest that if smaller hospitals were funded, it would help relieve the bigger hospitals' waiting lists. There is a great hospital in my constituency, Bantry General Hospital, and when it was being properly funded it took the pressure off the bigger hospitals in Cork. It helped with endoscopies, with...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I thank the Minister, Deputy Harris, for coming into the Chamber to respond to this matter. Like the whole nation, I was very moved by last night's programme. I was not, however, shocked by what I saw, because my constituency office is full of files with details of people waiting for operations. The Minister told RTE:It is principally about the management of resources. It is about the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tourism Data (7 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated in the Cork south west constituency in 2015 and 2016; the amount of funding allocated to tourism and hospitality skills training; the agency or Government body which has responsibility for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5436/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tourism Data (7 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated in the Cork South West constituency in 2015 and 2016; the amount of funding allocated to tourism and hospitality skills training; and the agency or Government body which has responsibility for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5432/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (7 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 397. To ask the Minister for Health the commencement date for the development of the rehabilitation unit in Bantry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5578/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (7 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 398. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients from west Cork who are and have been presenting at Cork University Hospital for dialysis over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5579/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Services: Discussion (2 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I thank all of the delegates for being here. Some of the information they provided is very worrying, particularly the high percentage of trained GPs that are emigrating and the age profile of those remaining. I presume if this continues we will reach a crisis point. Now is the time to ensure that does not happen. How many practices currently have vacancies that cannot be filled? What...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 86. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the 2017 target for the number of personal assistant service hours to be delivered to adults with a physical and or sensory disability is less than the projected outturn for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4663/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 143. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the HSE's one-year target for children's speech and language therapy assessments is sufficiently ambitious; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4664/17]

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (31 Jan 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this important and very long awaited Bill. It is a crucial milestone towards creating a more inclusive society. For my part and that of my party, we are committed to creating a more inclusive society and to dismantling barriers in a range of sectors that prevent people with disabilities from fully participating in society. We need to...

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: Will the Taoiseach give a date for when children in receipt of domiciliary allowance will receive their medical cards? This has been going on for a long time and I have parents in my constituency of Cork South-West who are now wondering, as are parents throughout the State, if they should apply for a medical card in the normal way or wait for what was promised in the budget.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I will be brief as I am conscious that this meeting has run over time. I thank the guests for attending and for their concise presentations. I have a general question on emergency departments. Does Dr. O'Conor know whether all emergency departments operate a triage policy? If they do, does it operate 24 hours a day? Who oversees or runs it? Does she know how many medical staff, on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I thank Mr. Woods for his presentation and thank all the witnesses for their attendance. I apologise for keeping them waiting. I have some questions on emergency departments in general. Is there a communication system between emergency departments and GPs and community services to pass on recommendations relating to people leaving emergency departments? Is the European directive...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (24 Jan 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the specific measures he plans to introduce to address the issue of high levels of unemployment being experienced by persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2730/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: In the interest of moving things on, I will be very brief. I thank the witnesses for attending and giving up their precious time to be here with us today. Most of my questions have been asked by my colleagues. Pre-conception care seems to be very much missing in the whole strategy. Would it be a good idea to include it? As Deputy Kelleher was saying, perhaps there should be more advice...

Tillage Farming: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak yet again on an issue that has adversely affected the tillage farmers in my constituency of Cork South West. Some of those farmers are in the House today. I welcome them and acknowledge their presence. I am very proud of my party, Fianna Fáil, which has tabled this motion this evening and which always stands by the farmer. I would also...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Residential Institutions Data (18 Jan 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State-owned residential homes for persons with disabilities by county, in tabular form; and the number of residents in each at the end of 2010, 2013 and 2016. [2197/17]