Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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559. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment will be made to a full national review of pay and conditions for staff in women and children's refuges across the country given refuge staff are currently aligned to the HSE social care scales as recommended in the Murphy report 2008, but this is not reflected in the budgetary process and staff have not had a pay rise or increase of increment in 12 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12667/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy may wish to raise this question with the Minister for Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whose remit includes the refuges mentioned by the Deputy.  I have no role in this regard.

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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560. To ask the Minister for Health the plans of the HSE to replace the three eye doctors in the County Donegal ophthalmology service that have vacated their positions in recent times; and if the newly appointed consultants for this service will be based in County Donegal rather than County Sligo to oversee the full ophthalmic teams there in order that they can continue at the very least to deliver the same level of care to an enormous existing service. [12669/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.