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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1244. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update as of November 2022 as to the progress of the roll-out of COVID-19 booster vaccines to those under 50 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55636/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1123. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the contract for wheelchair maintenance that an organisation (details supplied) has with the HSE; the oversight mechanisms, if any, that are in place in relation to the performance of the contract; the value of the organisation’s contract for wheelchair maintenance in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54991/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Diseases (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1209. To ask the Minister for Health his views on public health warnings in relation to the persistent avian 'flu' and if he is aware of best practice on this matter (details supplied). [55438/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1210. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that similarly increased vulnerability also applies to infants, toddlers and very young children with regard to the national warnings to the general public posted on various Government Department websites, and to the additional vulnerability of infection and disease to elderly and immuno-compromised persons that is highlighted in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1211. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year funding amount in the HSE service plan for progressing disability services for children and young people; the amount of this funding that has been spent to date; and the amount of this 2022 funding, including unspent funding, that will be transferred to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Inclusion and Youth under the transfer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1218. To ask the Minister for Health the annual value of the contract for the patient advocacy service; the number of staff that it supports; the annual funding for the service for each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of persons supported in each year since 2019; the projected number for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55465/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of resignations among nurses and midwives, respectively, for each hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number who resigned in September and October 2022, respectively; the figures for the same months in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55466/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses and midwives’ positions, respectively, that remain unfilled for each hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55467/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unfilled consultant positions that currently remain unfilled for each hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55468/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1223. To ask the Minister for Health the status of discussions on home births with relevant stakeholders, including GPs, as of November 2022 and as promised by him as part of a national policy in the context of the national maternity strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55493/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1224. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the national maternity strategy offers birthing choices, including home births, irrespective of location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55494/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1245. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has completed transfer of its banking arrangements relating to employee payrolls at all locations from banks exiting the Republic of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55637/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1246. To ask the Minister for Health if bringing additional expertise for health and social care professionals, HSCPs, to his Department equates to a chief HSCP role on par with the chief nursing officer; if he will outline the details of the reporting relationship for the envisaged role within his Department; the resources that are being allocated to support the role; the engagement that he...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: 1320. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is any assistance currently available for a community group (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54246/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: Our committee has had some high-profile meetings over the past two and a half years, particularly in respect of aviation, but we have never had the level of interest in an issue from the public or from other Members outside the committee that we have had in this meeting today. This goes to the heart of how important our bus services are to the daily experience of people in our city and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: We do not have up-to-date figures. We would have figures that they would be above €1 million per organisation. Would Ms Graham attest to that at this point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: My next question was going to follow on from that. I wanted to ask if the fines issued this year are comparable with any other year. How much of an outlier has 2022 been and at what level are fines not enough? Is there anything above fines that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: Yes, I was going to ask Dublin Bus and Go-ahead Ireland about the penalties they have had to pay this year. Have they had to pay similar fines previously or has this year been one like no other, discounting the Covid years?