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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (18 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53454/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (18 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policies being developed to ensure that students with disabilities can complete their university education without incurring fees for deferring some of their coursework; if a plan will be supported that allocates funds to allow additional time for students with visual and hearing impairments and students who use wheelchairs to complete...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (17 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: 157. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if flood mitigation works will be carried out on the River Shanowen, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52824/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (17 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: 327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced nurse practitioner posts filled at University Hospital Kerry; the number of posts filled in each of the years 2016 to 2018; his plans for 2020 in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52552/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: 352. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52704/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (17 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: 393. To ask the Minister for Health when changes to the fair deal scheme regarding farm and small business assets will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52890/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (17 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: 560. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to provide infrastructure to connect solar energy projects to the electric grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52828/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Contracts (12 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: 151. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding public health specialists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52191/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: First, Mr. Reid's synopsis of how to deal with the entry point crisis in emergency departments is identical to what the Sláintecare report came up with. The primary focus is the treatment of patients elsewhere in the community. The question is how quickly we can make that happen. I welcome Mr. Reid's inclusion of a bigger input from the pharmacy community, with which I agree. I take...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: I am nearly done. Delayed discharges in Kerry approached 4,000 bed nights this year. The trolley count for the same period was also around 4,000. A pilot scheme has been initiated which aims to get patients who are not in need of acute beds into community settings. What progress has been made on that, and what is the likelihood that it can be extended full time? The figures correlate, so...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: There is a significant difference between being alive and living.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: I will lead by example, as always. In the programme for Government and in last year's budget a commitment was given to review the fair deal scheme, in particular for small businesses and farmers. Almost 18 months on, that change has still not been made and small businesses and farmers across the country are still suffering and unable to avail of the proposed changes. Will the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (10 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners do not accept electronic transfers (details supplied) as a more direct and easily accessible payment method; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51878/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (10 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance if issues (details supplied) for the repayment of nursing home loans will be addressed and simplified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51880/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (10 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance if issues will be addressed regarding the payment of the nursing home loan through the Revenue Commissioners online service for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51887/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (10 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: 309. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the locum oncologist at University Hospital Kerry; if the person occupying the role at present is expected to remain in the role; his plans to fill the position on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51095/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: 320. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 1 October 2019, the status of the appointment of a person to the oncologist post at University Hospital Kerry by the South/South West Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51156/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (10 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: 332. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 2 July 2019, the status of the review; when the results will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51207/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Authority of Ireland (10 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: 411. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to funding concerns in the Food Safety Authority of Ireland; if representations have been made in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51619/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (5 Dec 2019)

John Brassil: 297. To ask the Minister for Health the provision that will be made for the roll out of the home care support package (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51077/19]