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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time GPs operating in each county for the years 2012 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63172/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will define the term 'blue-light' distance when used in the context of maternity service, in particular the provision of home birth supports; if this is a term used by the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63188/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1169. To ask the Minister for Health when the review and-or investigations into water births will be completed; the date on which water births will be facilitated for those home-birthing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63189/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the studies, analysis and evidence used to support the decision of the HSE to limit, due to safety concerns, all home-birth services outside a 30-minute blue-light distance from their nearest maternity service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63190/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1171. To ask the Minister for Health the counties in which the HSE home birth service is provided; if County Wicklow is one of the counties where the service is fully available; if there has been any reduction in the availability of this service recently and or if any changes to the services are proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63191/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1587. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists who are awaiting first contact with their children’s disability network team nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1813/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1588. To ask the Minister for Health the average time spent on waiting lists for children awaiting first contact with their children’s disability network team nationwide, broken down to indicate the number of children awaiting longer than 18 months, 12 months and 6 months in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1814/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1589. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff per specialty currently working in each children’s disability network team in County Wicklow; the number of vacancies in each; if he will provide a timeline for vacancies to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1815/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1590. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychiatrists currently in CAHMS in County Wicklow; the number of vacancies available; the timeline for filling them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1816/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1591. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for CAHMS services in County Wicklow; the number of children on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1817/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (15 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on all carbon reductions achieved as a direct result of implemented targets in the Climate Action Plan 2021. [62721/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (15 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I too send my sincere sympathies to the loved ones, family and colleagues of the soldier who was tragically killed last night and to the soldiers who have been injured. It is a devastating thing to happen for those families. Will the Minister provide an update on all carbon reductions achieved as a direct result of implemented targets in the Climate Action Plan 2021?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (15 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister very much. I have great concerns. I have said repeatedly that I very much want the Minister to succeed in government because we need him to do so. I have worked in this sector for 20 to 30 years and I am becoming increasingly downhearted by the fact that I do not believe this Government will meet the targets or achieve what needs to happen. My biggest fear at this...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (15 Dec 2022)

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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (15 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I agree with the Minister that there are Deputies in this House and councillors who do not fully grasp the reality of climate change and what will be and what is coming down the track to us. People and communities need to understand, and the Minister needs to help them make the changes they need to make. The Social Democrats have sent a proposal in respect of solar to the Minister, and I...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: A group of protesters stood at the gates of Leinster House yesterday calling for the immediate publication of Dr. Geoffrey Shannon's report into historical child sexual abuse allegations within St. John Ambulance Ireland, SJAI. It has been reported that the organisation's board received the report a number of weeks ago, yet it is not expected to be published until some time in 2023. It is...

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank People Before Profit for tabling this motion. I am happy to say that the Social Democrats will be supporting it. It is a very timely and important issue to which many people are giving more consideration in the face of our ongoing issues regarding energy security, the national grid, the rising price of fuel and of course the climate emergency. While reading a number of sources...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: The cold snap has recently resulted in significant difficulties for people in being able to get out and about. Local authorities grit the roads but there is no provision for them to grit paths and cycleways. Ironically, over recent days, I have seen parents driving their children to school because it is not safe for their children to walk to school. Considering that the stated policy of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 545. To ask the Minister for Health when recruitment will commence for a community neurorehabilitation team for CHO6 based in Bray, County Wicklow, given that funding for this team, which was provided in 2020, would enable patients to be discharged from local acute hospitals and the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61702/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will define the term 'blue-light distance' when used in the context of maternity service, in particular the provision of home birth supports; if this is a term used by the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62224/22]