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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Policy (25 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: The UCD survey identified 55% farmers with moderate to severe mental health issues and 40% with moderate to extreme anxiety and stress. It also drilled in to look at the sources of those different stresses. Some of the top three included not just the farm and ordinary farming activity but the perception that farmers are the bad guys in climate change and the enemy of so many people. This...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Policy (25 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: I very much agree with the Minister of State about the perception and the fact that there were no major surprises in that survey. Farmers feel very much under siege from climate activists, unfortunately. It is not about a blame game. We need to know that everybody is in it together and farmers are very much to the forefront on that. After the marts closed down due to Covid and a lot of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Policy (25 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: 61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the results of a recent survey of more than 250 farmers by researchers at University College Dublin, which suggested that over half had experienced moderate to extremely severe depression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25226/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Policy (25 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: UCD recently conducted a survey of farmers and, unsurprisingly, found very high levels of stress among farmers, with over half reporting extremely severe depression. I am not sure if the Minister of State is aware of the survey and the causes. If he has an action plan for the stresses on farmers, I ask him to outline it to us.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (25 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: These exports are built on the efforts of our farmers producing a quality, traceable, high-standard product. It means we hold a significant portion of a valuable market. It is diminishing for the various different reasons. Bord Bia is a significant player in communicating a message to the customers on the quality product we have. Does it have a particular campaign to take on the pressure...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (25 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: 56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his engagement to date with Irish infant formula manufacturers regarding falling birth rates in China; if there is a strategy in place for these manufacturers for the substantial fall in market share; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25225/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (25 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: Irish farmers produce food of the highest quality. They have a clean and green image. One of the outputs of that is the infant formula that is produced and traded across the world. Has the Minister engaged with various markets, Bord Bia and the industry about the pressure the industry is feeling as its output to China, for example, is diminishing?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (25 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: China represents a significant part of the infant food market – I understand more than 26% globally. Its population is changing significantly. In 2016 there were 17 million or 18 million newborns; that figure is now closer to 10 million when it would have been expected to be almost double that. It is very much a moving target for enterprises selling into that market. Of course,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: 38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to Gaeltacht regions; the number of vacancies in these regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25227/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (24 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: 175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the latest statistics available on farm accidents and fatalities; the steps being taken to reduce these incidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25229/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Missions (24 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: 176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the key points made during his trade mission to China in respect of food systems and food security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25230/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (24 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: 177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the difficulties that Irish farmers are facing as a result of having to meet climate targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25231/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (24 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: 178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the age profile of Irish farm holders and the difficulties associated with succession and attracting younger people into the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25232/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: 86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider a review of the child benefit scheme, including students still in full-time second level education after reaching their 18th birthday; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24640/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (23 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: 130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the report being compiled by her Department on expanding the free travel scheme for people who have been excluded from driving with epilepsy is available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24641/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Transport Policy (23 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: 658. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress in devising the transport support scheme which is to replace the motorised transport grant scheme which closed to new applicants in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24130/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: 881. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an MRI scan in the South-South West Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24894/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: 882. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for a CT scan in the South-South West Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24895/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: 883. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for a bone scan in the South-South West Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24896/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 May 2023)

Aindrias Moynihan: 884. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an angiogram in the South-South West Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24897/23]