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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the upcoming changes that will allow the provision whereby single housing assistance payment tenants can access the couples rate will also apply for single persons in receipt of homeless HAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35812/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if grant funding to cover the costs of staff redundancies in jobs clubs will be provided to prevent costly wind-up processing involving insolvency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36013/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 742. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish patients awaiting initial assessment for a sleep disorder screening appointment in either a respiratory clinic or specific sleep disorder clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35675/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 743. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting an inpatient or domiciliary sleep disorder test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35676/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 744. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting initiation of continuous positive airway pressure therapy. [35677/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish patients who have been commenced on continuous positive airway pressure therapy in each of the years 2017 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35678/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 746. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund have given specific recognition to safety implications in the staffing of sleep services and in particular in relation to prior, current and future HSE and NTPF initiatives to reduce waiting times and waiting lists for sleep disorders given its public health and road safety implications; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 747. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish patients who currently have their continuous positive airway pressure device rental covered under the medical card scheme; the current expenditure on respiratory sleep therapy services through this scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35680/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 748. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish patients who currently have their continuous positive airway pressure device rental covered under the drugs payment scheme; the current expenditure on respiratory sleep therapy services through this scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35681/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 749. To ask the Minister for Health the governance structure of the two separate schemes being used by the HSE to fund the same respiratory sleep therapy services including continuous positive airway pressure therapy including procurement controls, comparative value-for-money and policy reviews, comparative cost-benefit analyses or comparative cost-effectiveness analyses which have been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 750. To ask the Minister for Health if he will specifically confirm that the maximum cost to the public purse of the same device funded by each scheme is largely comparable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35683/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 751. To ask the Minister for Health if a value-for-money and policy review has been performed of the continuous positive airway pressure therapy funding schemes with particular focus on the impact of treatment non-compliance in Ireland given the potential for substantial cost savings through the rolling costs of device rental schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35684/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 Jul 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 777. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider classifying Covid-19 as an occupational injury for healthcare workers in line with the decision of the European Union Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35811/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (30 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 283. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the National HSE disability office group that is being set up to develop a revised approach to assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35072/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (30 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 284. To ask the Minister for Health the updated timeline for the resumption of preliminary team assessments given the March 2022 High Court judgment stating that the assessment of need standard operating procedure failed to comply with the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35073/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (29 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a local authority has the power to add additional criteria to the definition of homelessness as expressed in sections 2 and 10 of the Housing Act 1988; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34878/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (29 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a local authority has the power to refuse to provide emergency accommodation to a person who cannot provide proof of exhausting all other accommodation options, including family mediation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34879/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (29 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a local authority has the power to refuse to provide emergency accommodation to a person who has been made homeless because of rent arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34880/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (29 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a local authority has the power to refuse to provide emergency accommodation to a person who has been made homeless because of anti-social behaviour in a previous tenancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34881/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (29 Jun 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grounds, if any, on which a local authority can refuse to provide emergency accommodation to someone who presents as homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34882/22]