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Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Representatives of Health Sector Workforce (26 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: The cost of living in Australia and Canada is substantial as well.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Representatives of Health Sector Workforce (26 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: It is good to have them so that we know what standards we are trying to set.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Refugee Resettlement Programme (25 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the target date for completion of rehousing of families (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31655/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Projects Funding (25 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 415. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional funding for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31602/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (20 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: Will the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, confirm in his response whether the Finance Bill has already been published? A great amount of detail about it was given on "Morning Ireland" earlier, with reference in particular to changes to the housing tax relief scheme. I have been waiting three and a half days for an opportunity to speak in this House on the budget measures only to discover...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (20 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of supplementary welfare allowance applications received for each of the years 2012 to date in 2016 in tabular form; the number of supplementary welfare allowance applications that were successful for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31243/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (20 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 213. To ask the Minister for Health the operating hours for Southdoc in the Ballylongford area; the reason it does not operate until 8 a.m., as advertised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31185/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (20 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications that were received in response to the advertising of the general practitioner role in Waterville, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31359/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (20 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 240. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place to replace the 900 general practitioners currently in the 60 to 65 age bracket who will be retiring in the near future; if he will consider legislating for a compulsory form of two or three years' service from newly graduated general practitioners in exchange for student grants or other incentives; and if he will make a statement on...

Services and Supports for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this topic, albeit for a few minutes. The increased prevalence of dementia and particularly Alzheimer's disease means that as a society we must increase our knowledge and ability to deal with these conditions. Unfortunately, my father-in-law suffers from dementia and I am very aware of the demands on families and the people affected on a daily basis...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (19 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will issue an apology to a person (details supplied). [30995/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (19 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 115. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will request a wildlife officer to visit the property of a person (details supplied) to investigate and deal with serious erosion of 150 m of the bank of the River Feale on their property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31036/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (19 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 116. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will request that the National Parks and Wildlife Service re-erect boundary fences where the national park backs up onto the properties in an area (details supplied) as there are serious issues with deer entering the properties, which is causing damage and is a health and safety issue; and if she will make a statement on the...

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: Obviously the Minister of State's reply greatly concerns me. What he is saying is that St. Mary of the Angels will close and that the process for moving people into suitable accommodation will take place over a number of years and will be done in full consultation with residents, advocates and their families. What about the residents, advocates and their families who do not want to move?...

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: I very much welcome the opportunity to speak to this issue. Since being elected in February, this is probably the single most important issue that has come to my desk. I have a fist full of correspondence from families and residents in St. Mary of the Angels, all of whom are extremely concerned about the future of the facility and the people within it. I have spoken to numbers of patients...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: I welcome the clarification. To be thoroughly clear on the issue, the decision of the previous Minister, Deputy Varadkar, stated that qualifications would be equivalent to an existing user of the title physical therapist in the State holding specific qualifications from the Institute of Physical Therapy and Science, IPTS. This is the position that the Irish Society of Chartered...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: I am quite sure it will. It is good to have the opportunity to clarify any misconceptions there are. There are myriad courses of varying duration and it would be important to ensure there is a separation and a clear definition of physiotherapist and physical therapist and that they can get on. There is a public safety issue. The public needs to know exactly who is administering treatment...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 17. To ask the Minister for Health if he will be implementing in full the decision taken by his immediate predecessor to protect the two titles of physiotherapist and physical therapist in one register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30970/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: I wish to ask the Minister if he will implement, in full, the decision taken by his predecessor, Deputy Varadkar, to protect the two titles of physiotherapist and physical therapist in one register and if he will honour the commitments made by the then Minister in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 79. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement in full the decision taken by his immediate predecessor to protect the two titles of physiotherapist and physical therapist in one register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30646/16]