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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (9 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 322. To ask the Minister for Health the number of genetic consultants employed in Ireland; the plans, if any, to recruit additional consultants specialising in genetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12037/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (9 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 323. To ask the Minister for Health the average time expended during the orphan drugs reimbursement process waiting for industry or pharmaceutical companies to revert with additional information that has been requested of them; his views on whether this is a significant factor in the delay of the process; how this can be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12038/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (9 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 324. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with a group (details supplied); if the group would qualify for any funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12039/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (8 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 196. To ask the Minister for Health if funding or grants are available to help persons who need a permanent oxygen machine with their electricity costs to run oxygen machines required as part of their treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11627/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 199. To ask the Minister for Health when the pandemic recognition payment will be paid to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11641/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 222. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment at Crumlin Children’s Hospital for an urgent scope; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11768/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 25. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Children and Education will next meet. [11292/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Nearly two years ago, there was a particular crisis in Cork regarding the provision of special education places in schools. Thankfully, at that time, all stakeholders came together and the 50 or so children concerned were accommodated between two or three different schools and the establishment of a new school in Carrigaline. Two years on, unfortunately, we are facing the same prospect,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (7 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I had the privilege this morning of attending a young carers' briefing hosted by Senator Tom Clonan. The reason I say I "privilege" is that we heard from young people and young carers about their direct experience and how they care for family members. It was quite moving to be there and to hear about what people go through and the sacrifices they make. I will give two recommendations that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (7 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [11298/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: My apologies for being late as another committee meeting was on at the same time. I have some brief questions and I would prefer to hear the answers from our guests rather than listening to me rambling on. Having worked as a teacher in a DEIS school for 15 years, I would be particularly interested in opening this question to anybody who might wish to answer it: what measures we are taking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: It is probably the typical teacher in me where I ask that we might bring it back to the schools. I have had the privilege of serving on about five or six boards of management at this stage at primary level and, as I have said, I was a second level teacher. I have seen the inside of a fair number of schools. Thankfully, none of them will be able to identify themselves from what I am about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The irony of what Ms Ní Chéileachair is saying is not lost on me because I have two children at preschool at the moment and they are doing all of those things. It does not make sense that it is not being done-----

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (7 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking in response to a mortgage services provider (details supplied) increasing the standard variable interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11345/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (7 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of County Cork businesses that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date; the number that have been successful; the estimated value or worth of the support to date for businesses in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11346/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (7 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11177/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Monuments (7 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of a ringfort in Cork (details supplied), which is the largest ringfort in Munster and is designated as a national monument; if maintenance and a clean-up can be arranged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11429/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (7 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 605. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be urgently reviewed for additional respite hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11146/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (7 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 607. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the main stakeholders from his Department and its agencies who will be involved in formulating a new national rare disease plan; if he will outline the anticipated work schedule, including an expected publication date for this new plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11162/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (7 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 609. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to provide treatment by an ear plastic surgeon for children born with or suffering from an ear deformity; when this service will be available on a permanent and full-time basis in the State; in the interim, the steps that are being taken to put a service level agreement, SLA, in place to enable delivery of this treatment in the State;...