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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (14 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 623. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale used to revoke eligibility and therefore access to personal assistance services for persons over 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61608/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 624. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has and will be made available through Budget 2022 to prevent young persons from entering nursing homes; the preventative measures that will be taken by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61609/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2022 (14 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 625. To ask the Minister for Health if unspent allocations for the decongregation of disabled persons and transfer of under 65s from nursing homes for 2021 will accrue, be ring-fenced and be added to the designated Budget 2022 allocation; if this dedicated funding rolls over into the next budgetary year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61610/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Responsibilities (14 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 626. To ask the Minister for Health if there is additional legislation needed in order to transfer the disability portfolio to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; if it is the commencement of pre-existing legislation that is generating a delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61611/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (14 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 627. To ask the Minister for Health the outstanding applications for a primary medical certificate at present; and if a breakdown of those waiting will be provided in three month intervals (details supplied) in tabular form. [61618/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (14 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 628. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outstanding applications for primary medical certificates at each year end from 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by CHO in tabular form. [61620/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (14 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 658. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions that occurred through University of Limerick Hospitals Group accident and emergency or the acute medical assessment unit due to diabetic ketoacidosis in persons with pre-existing diabetes or diagnosed with diabetes after admission in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form. [61722/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (14 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 659. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions that occurred through University of Limerick Hospitals Group accident and emergency or the acute medical assessment unit due to severe hypoglycaemia in each of the years 2017 to 2020 in the age ranges 18 to 24, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64 and over 65 years of age, in tabular form. [61723/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 660. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for the adult type 1 diabetes outpatient clinics; the number of persons on the waiting list for the adult type 2 diabetes outpatient clinics; the estimated waiting time to be seen at outpatient diabetes clinics in University Hospital Cork; and the number of persons that do not reside in counties Cork, Kerry,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 661. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for the adult type 1 diabetes outpatient clinics; the number of persons on the waiting list for the adult type 2 diabetes outpatient clinics; the estimated waiting time to be seen at outpatient diabetes clinics in University Hospital Galway; and the number of persons that do not reside in counties Galway, Mayo,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 662. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists and integrated care clinical nurse specialists that are currently in post in University of Limerick Hospitals Group adult diabetes services. [61726/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I wish to raise the issue of pyrite in County Clare again. I have a letter here from the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, dated 7 July, stating that Clare would be included in the scheme once the same rigorous analysis that was done in Mayo and Donegal to quantify the extent of the problem in those counties had been done in Clare. That testing has been done. A Dáil...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will adopt to address the crisis in the forestry sector in 2022. [60473/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will remove the proposed age limit for women to receive increased TAMS grant aid. [60474/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning disability services with the UNCRPD and considering the future system and innovation: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. It has been interesting. This has been a big week in Ireland with the publication of the Indecon report, which is long overdue but is a comprehensive document of 200 pages looking at the nitty-gritty of the extra costs incurred by disabled people. Most of the speakers referred to the cost of disability and it is something the committee is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning disability services with the UNCRPD and considering the future system and innovation: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I am conscious of the time I have used so far, and if there is time at the end, I will come back to it.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Citizens' Assembly (2 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 117. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way the recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality will be used constructively going forward. [53379/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Dec 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 175. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance schemes are still discontinued eight years after their review was recommended; the reason no scheme has been implemented to replace them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53064/21]

Mother and Baby Institutions: Statements (25 Nov 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on this issue. I am very proud to be part of Sinn Féin, which introduced a Private Members' motion on the issue earlier this week. That was in an attempt to improve the terms and conditions of the scheme. How did we get here? I will never be able to fathom the conclusion that trauma lasting less than six months is undeserving of any...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Nov 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 50. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the efficacy of the increase in €20 in the fuel allowance considering recent research in relation to energy poverty that will not be introduced until January 2022 in terms of keeping persons warm this winter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57933/21]