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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (8 Nov 2022)

Denise Mitchell: 129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to groups of housing units being charged commercial rates for gas usage; if he intends to intervene in order to reduce the cost for tenants this coming winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55133/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (8 Nov 2022)

Denise Mitchell: 404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Local Authority Elected Members) Bill 2022 to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55132/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Denise Mitchell: 1155. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of home births being permitted in situations where women are living within 30 minutes of a maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55128/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Nov 2022)

Denise Mitchell: 1156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on an outpatient waiting list for Beaumont Hospital; and their length of time on said list, broken down by wait-time and presented in tabular form. [55129/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Nov 2022)

Denise Mitchell: 1157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on an inpatient waiting list for Beaumont Hospital; and their length of time on said list, broken down by wait-time and presented in tabular form. [55130/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Nov 2022)

Denise Mitchell: 1158. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of patients without a bed in Beaumont Hospital for each of the months of June, July, August, September and October; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55131/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Denise Mitchell: 1186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the redeployment of staff who were employed as Covid swabbers and are due to be relocated within the HSE by the end of November 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55261/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (27 Oct 2022)

Denise Mitchell: Deputy Tóibín.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (27 Oct 2022)

Denise Mitchell: I thank the Deputies for their co-operation in trying to get through that big group.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (27 Oct 2022)

Denise Mitchell: There are four questions in this group and limited time to deal with them. I propose that each Deputy have a minute each to put a question to the Minister, to which she will respond. I ask Deputies to take no more than 30 seconds each for their supplementary questions in order to leave the Minister time to come in again. Is that agreed?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (27 Oct 2022)

Denise Mitchell: Deputy Dillon will have 30 seconds to introduce the group of questions, to which the Minister will respond. I will then go back to Deputy Dillon, who will have one minute to speak, the Minister will have one minute to respond and then the same will be done for the three other Deputies. After that, each Deputy will have 30 seconds each for supplementary questions, which will leave the...

Coercion of a Minor (Misuse of Drugs Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2022)

Denise Mitchell: I am happy to see this Bill being debated on Second Stage today. This Bill is a protection for families, children and communities that face the daily scourge of drug dealers. We have all heard the stories and we have all seen the court reports. It is accepted that despicable drug gangs have been targeting children and exploiting them to move and sell drugs for many years. These...

Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)

Denise Mitchell: We have tabled this motion because workers and families need action on the cost-of-living crisis now. The Government’s proposal was half-hearted yet again and it did not go far enough. Everyone needs to be protected from disconnections for the cold winter we are facing. Sinn Féin wants this ban on disconnections to happen immediately and to run until March. People cannot...

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome the opportunity to address this Bill and to speak on wider issues on the topic of crime. The Bill will give a legal basis to a standalone offence of stalking and harassment and allow for court orders to be introduced to try to prevent these crimes happening. It will also allow for the increase in the term of imprisonment for conspiracy to murder from ten years to life. All of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (13 Oct 2022)

Denise Mitchell: Deputy Seán Canney is substituting for Deputy Verona Murphy.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (13 Oct 2022)

Denise Mitchell: Deputy Smith will speak for one minute, with a response from the Minister of State, followed by Deputy Canney for a further minute, and a response from the Minister of State, returning then to Deputy Smith. Each Deputy then will be given two minutes each in total.

Housing for All Update: Statements (4 Oct 2022)

Denise Mitchell: It has been over a year since the Minister, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, launched the Government’s housing plan, but very little has changed. We see families across Dublin languishing on social housing lists for more than 15 and 16 years. Only last week, we saw more than 10,800 people presenting as homeless, a new record. Some 3,220 of those homeless are children. That is some...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (4 Oct 2022)

Denise Mitchell: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration is being given to extending the young adult and student leap card scheme to secondary school students who may be travelling inter-city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48003/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (28 Sep 2022)

Denise Mitchell: 205. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare facilities registered with his Department that have opened in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47460/22]