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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: 215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite an application for an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35030/22]

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: We do not have an appeals process here.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: No, they cannot. They certainly cannot.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: They certainly can not.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: They cannot appeal the decision to direct a trial in the Special Criminal Court. That is the point I am making.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: I have no problem with that; it is to try them in a different court.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: The Minister is talking nonsense, with the greatest respect.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: Accuracy is the very least we can expect from the Department.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: You are not.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: I am slightly perplexed that we are here having the same debate we have year in, year out. Reviews of the Special Criminal Court have been carried out. In 2002 the committee to review the Special Criminal Court, headed by former Supreme Court judge and former Attorney General, Mr. Justice Hederman, reported. The majority in that found that the Special Criminal Court violated the normal...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: I doubt it.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: There is a large discrepancy in what childcare providers are paid per child between large and very small childcare providers. Large providers are paid more per child. Usually the opposite is the case, for example, in Department of Education capitation fees, because the more children there are in a school, the cheaper it is to heat the school, provide additional staff supports per child and...

Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: I very much welcome the opportunity provided by Sinn Féin to discuss the rise in the cost of living and I thank the party for that. It was put to me in stark terms last night by the outgoing cathaoirleach of Clare County Council that if a single person living alone on the old age pension buys nothing else for three weeks, he or she can buy a half a tank of fuel. That is where we are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: 761. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant doctors employed in HSE-run hospitals as of June 2022; the corresponding figure for 8 February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33690/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: 762. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctors employed in HSE-run hospitals as of June 2022; the corresponding figure for 8 February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33691/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: 763. To ask the Minister for Health the number of registered nurses employed in HSE-run hospitals in June 2022; the corresponding figure for 8 February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33692/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (28 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: 764. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical practitioners providing services under the general medical services scheme in June 2022; the corresponding figure for February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33693/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (28 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: 765. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds, broken down by acute, non-acute and ICU beds, in place in HSE-run hospitals as of June 2022; the corresponding figures for 8 February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33694/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: 766. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on HSE waiting lists in June 2022; the corresponding figures for 8 February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33695/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: 767. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for patients on HSE waiting lists in June 2022; the corresponding figures for 8 February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33696/22]