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Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: It will be felt by the hundreds of thousands of people who are waiting to get a hospital appointment, by the children living in agony as they wait and wait for life-changing spinal procedures and by the older people and sick people being left on trolleys in overcrowded and unsafe hospital corridors. One would not think that we have a recruitment and retention crisis across the health...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: It will come as no surprise to anyone who takes an interest in Irish political life that the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach spent a disproportionate amount of their time ráméising about Sinn Féin. Had they any confidence in their own actual budget and performance in government, they would have structured their remarks rather differently. It is small wonder because the budget...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Once again, the conflict in the Middle East has reached the edge of a dangerous and frightening precipice. The attacks by Hamas on Israel at the weekend have rightly been met with outrage in Ireland and internationally and I join in that condemnation unreservedly. There is no justification for targeting civilians and taking civilians hostage, and all hostages should be released immediately....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I very much welcome the Taoiseach's confirmation of the fact that aid will continue to the Palestinian people and his insistence, quite correctly, that the rule of law be applied equally, without fear or favour, that the Israeli state is not exempt from the rules that apply to all others, and that the Palestinian people have rights that are inalienable and that must be vindicated, not just...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance how many requests for appeal hearings with the DDMBA (Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal) are currently in hand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43738/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance when appeal hearings with the DDMBA (Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal) will recommence for persons who have had a primary medical certificate application deemed ineligible. [43739/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on his Department’s engagement with NRH (National Rehabilitation Hospital) regarding the DDMBA (Disabled Drivers Medical Board Of Appeal); have financial arrangements been agreed with NRH (National Rehabilitation Hospital); have the NRH (National Rehabilitation Hospital) agreed to host the DDMBA (Disabled Drivers Medical Board...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date by his Department regarding the replacement of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43741/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance whether a review of regulations underpinning the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme and primary medical certificate scheme has taken place arising from the Supreme Court challenge to the conflict between the regulations and primary legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43742/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the Office of Public Works is responsible for land in County Dublin (details supplied). [43800/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a response will be issued to correspondence from this Deputy (details supplied). [43684/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will facilitate a meeting requested by a school (details supplied) in Dublin. [43685/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 516. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary medical certificate applications received in each CHO in each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43714/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 517. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary medical certificates approved and awarded in each CHO in each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43715/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 518. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary medical certificate applications that have been deemed ineligible and subsequently refused in each CHO in each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43716/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 519. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary medical certificate applications that are currently in hand awaiting processing in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43717/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary medical certificate applications that are currently in hand which have been deemed ineligible and cannot access an appeal process in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43718/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 521. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on appointments to the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; and when appeal hearings will recommence for persons who have had a primary medical certificate deemed ineligible. [43719/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 576. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the rationale behind the decision to restrict or cap the number of assigned patients each GP has to take on; the current cap for each GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44079/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 577. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason for removing the obligation on GPs to take patients assigned by the HSE; the consultation, if any, that was undertaken with community-based organisations who provide support and care to vulnerable persons seeking access to healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44080/23]