CORRESPONDENCE

MEETING OF THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT OF LIMERICK

15TH FEBRUARY, 2021

 Letter dated 12th January, 2021 from Office of the Chief Executive Officer, UL Hospitals Group in reply to Notice of Motion from Members calling on the Minister for Health and University of Limerick Hospital Group for the immediate recruitment of a specialist dietician in post with adults with Type 1 diabetes service and to address the additional staffing shortages in University of Limerick Hospital diabetes services urgently to allow the commencement of Insulin pump therapy as a treatment option for adults with type 1 diabetes attending University Hospital Limerick.

 Letter dated 15th January, 2021 from the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in reply to Notice of Motion from Members that Limerick Metropolitan District write to the Minister for Agriculture to impress upon him the urgent need to implement an updated Control of Horses Act to give more effective powers to the Department of Agriculture, Local Authorities and the Gardai to deal with the urban horse control problem and strengthen the powers in relation to animal cruelty.

 Email dated 20th January, 2021 from the Office of the Minister for Finance in reply to Notice of Motion from Members that Limerick City and County Council write to the Ministers for Justice, Finance and Public Expenditure to make provisions where drug trafficking monies confiscated under the Proceeds of Crime Legislation be redirected from Central Government back into local addiction services, youth and community organisations to combat the effect of addiction on our communities, and that the necessary legislation is changed as a matter of urgency to allow this vital funding support to happen.

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Mr James Clune Meetings Administrator Limerick City & County Council [email protected]

Dear Mr. Clune,

The Minister for Finance, Mr. TD, has asked me to acknowledge receipt of your recent correspondence dated 21 December 2020 and received on 18 January 2021.

The issue raised is a matter in the first instance for the Minister for Justice, Ms Helen McEntee TD, whom it is noted you have also contacted.

Yours sincerely,

Alex Costello Private Secretary to the Minister for Finance

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