Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Healthcare Policy

Louise O'Reilly

244. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if a breastfeeding position paper has been developed by the Obesity Policy Implementation Oversight Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23538/22]

Healthcare Policy

Louise O'Reilly

245. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if discussions to expand the membership of the Obesity Policy Implementation Oversight Group to include service user and patient representation have ever been advanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23539/22]

Departmental Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

286. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason that rural areas in north County Dublin are excluded from the local improvement scheme. [23571/22]

Tax Code

Louise O'Reilly

282. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if his Department will consider removing VAT on automated external defibrillators, AEDs, following the publication of the European Union Council Directive EU 2022/542 of 5 April 2022 amending Directives 2006/112/EC and EU 2020/285 as regards rates of value added tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23410/22]

Tax Code

Louise O'Reilly

283. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the work that is being undertaken in his Department to amend existing VAT rates following the publication of the European Union Council Directive EU 2022/542 of 5 April 2022 amending Directives 2006/112/EC and EU 2020/285 as regards rates of value added tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23411/22]

Health Services

Louise O'Reilly

779. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of the projects that received funding from the Sláintecare Integration Fund; if they were funded afterwards; the number of the 122 projects that continued to be funded through his Department or the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23161/22]

Hospital Charges

Louise O'Reilly

780. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the circumstances under which medical card patients are exempt from charges for phlebotomy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23162/22]

Hospital Charges

Louise O'Reilly

781. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if a clear definition and operational guideline is available for phlebotomy services charges in cases in which the tests assist in the diagnosis of illness or the treatment of a condition; the guidance that is available on this from the HSE; the way that general practitioners decide on if the tests assist in the diagnosis of illness or the treatment of a condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23163/22]

Hospital Charges

Louise O'Reilly

782. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the details of any complaints or requests for refunds of inappropriate charging for phlebotomy services in each of the past five years; the details of any complaints or requests for refunds of inappropriate charging for phlebotomy services for patients that are part of the general practitioner chronic disease management programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23164/22]

Hospital Charges

Louise O'Reilly

783. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the awareness campaigns that are in place to advise patients with medical cards of the circumstances in relation to phlebotomy services charges; the way that patients are informed that they can make a complaint and seek a refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23165/22]

Hospital Charges

Louise O'Reilly

784. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that cardiovascular disease patients with medical cards, including stroke patients, who are part of the general practitioner chronic disease management programme are being charged for blood tests in the context of the monitoring of their condition; if he will address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23166/22]

Hospital Charges

Louise O'Reilly

785. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when he intends to raise the issue of phlebotomy services charges for medical card holders with the relevant general practitioner representative body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23167/22]

Passport Services

Louise O'Reilly

229. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the passports of persons (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21772/22]

Health Strategies

Louise O'Reilly

489. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of the programme for Government commitment to explore the potential for introducing a 24-hour triage and health concerns telephone and website service which will help to direct patients into appropriate streams of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21973/22]

Airport Policy

Louise O'Reilly

141. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he is concerned regarding travel delays caused by staffing shortages given the importance of Dublin Airport for business connectivity and trade. [18629/22]

Tax Code

Louise O'Reilly

475. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of abolishing the VAT on automated external defibrillators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19366/22]

Tax Code

Louise O'Reilly

476. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised by the sugar sweetened drinks tax each year since its introduction and to date in 2022, broken down by the yield in each band; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19367/22]

Wildlife Protection

Louise O'Reilly

637. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if assurances will be given that his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service species’ derogation considerations which are to inform any and all recommendations made by his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service to him for each species considered for control actions will have regard to all available evidence and will be subjected to the correct legal derogation decision threshold as specified in both a directive and the regulations (details supplied); if not, the other legal derogation decision threshold that will be used; and the full legal basis for same. [19960/22]

Wildlife Protection

Louise O'Reilly

638. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide copies of all the objective evidence that informed the derogation recommendations made to him under the 1979 Birds Directive Article 9.1.a and S.I. No. 477/2011, European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 section 55.2.a; the reason for the acceptance of each species that was considered for control action; the evidence that was rejected pertaining to each case; and the reason for rejection of same in each case (details supplied). [19961/22]

Wildlife Protection

Louise O'Reilly

639. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide copies of the evidence that underpinned the section 8 recommendation of the April 2020 First Interim Report by the Consultative Committee on urban gulls established by his predecessor in June 2019 to examine the impacts of urban gulls on communities and make recommendations (details supplied). [19962/22]