Billy Kelleher

Fianna Fáil · Cork North-Central

Activity on Health — 1845 events (63 lobbying · 1769 questions · 34 votes) full profile →

• 2026-02-09
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  MSD Health

  • EU Cardiovascular Diseases Strategy
• 2026-01-21
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  Vulcan Consulting Limited Health

  • Diabetes Policy in Ireland
• 2026-01-21
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  Takeda Products Ireland Health

  • EU Pharmaceutical Legislation
• 2026-01-21
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  The HeartBeat Trust Health

  • Establish an Eu wide Heart Failure policy and an Eu Network for the development of policy priorities that will lay the groundwork for an EU-level heart failure policy and advocacy strategy
• 2026-01-21
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  Pinnacle Public Affairs Ltd Health

  • To Engage MEPs regarding the Medical Device Regulation
• 2026-01-21
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  ALLIANCE OF MEDICINES FOR IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE 2 returns Health

  • Correspondence to relevant stakeholders in relation to the UWWTD
  • Correspondence with MEP Billy Kelleher regarding reform of the EU pharmaceutical legislation
• 2026-01-20
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  GSK Health

  • Immunisation against RSV
• 2026-01-20
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  Irish Cancer Society 2 returns Health

  • Expansion of QUIT services
  • Nicotine product regulation
• 2026-01-19
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  Affordable Medicines Ireland Company CLG 2 returns Health

  • A meeting with officials of the Dept. of Health and further representations on the EU Pharma Package during its Trilogue phase of negotiations between the Commission, the Council and European Parliament. Also, representations to MEPs on the EU Pharma package.
  • Meetings with public representatives to introduce parallel importation of medicines and the role it plays in the medicines supply chain. Also discussing the new EU Pharma package which was under discussion at the EU Council.
• 2026-01-16
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  Irish Heart Foundation Health

  • Stroke meeting in European Parliament
• 2026-01-16
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  Dexcom Health

  • Diabetes Policy in Ireland
• 2026-01-16
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  The Health Policy Partnership Health

  • Heart failure
• 2026-01-14
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  FleishmanHillard Brussels Health

  • Raising awareness about the role of nutrition in reducing cardiovascular disease in Europe
• 2026-01-13
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  RPP SRL Health

  • The EU working group for Respiratory Care, through the Secretariat represented by RPP, outreached to several MEPs to share the work of the Working Group envisioned in the Policy Asks Document of the Working Groups.
• 2026-01-11
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  RPP SRL 4 returns Health

  • EU Structural Heart Disease (SHD) Coalition frequently reaches out to European and national policymakers, seeking support and commitment to the prioritisation of CV Health through the prioritisation of the upcoming EU Cardiovascular Health Plan and for social media campaigns (such as the Coalition Campaign in occasion of the World Heart Day 2025)
  • Ending Discrimination against Cancer Survivors (EDCAS)
  • The Alpha-1 Foundation is committed to finding a cure for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and to improving the lives of people affected by Alpha-1 worldwide.
  • The Let’s Talk Prostate Cancer (LTPC) Expert Group brings together stakeholders from key organisations in the field of prostate cancer.
• 2026-01-05
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  Parkinson's Ireland Health

  • Wrote to Irish MEPs to ask them to raise support for Parkinson's Disease as a key issue during Ireland's Presidency of the European Council
• 2025-09-21
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  Affordable Medicines Ireland Company CLG Health

  • Representation to the Dept. of Health and public representatives on EU Pharmaceutical package.
• 2025-09-20
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  National Infertility Support and Information Group Health

  • NISIG emailed members of the Oireachtas our 2026 pre-budget submission. Key asks in the pre-budget submission included funding our NISIG Helpline, a request for a wider and more sufficiently funded public funded IVF scheme. Also, that eligibility and criteria be broad, equitable, inclusive and reflective of those who seek infertility treatment. Also, that donor conception must be ready to roll out in conjunction with the establishment of the new Regulatory Authority
• 2025-09-19
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  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA EU Affairs

  • IFA Key Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2027 Principles - Inspections/Penalties
• 2025-09-19
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  ALLIANCE OF MEDICINES FOR IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE 2 returns Health

  • Correspondence to relevant EU stakeholders regarding the undertaking of a new impact assessment by the European Commission in relation to the UWWTD
  • Correspondence to MEPs regarding the European Parliament's Report of Water Resilience.
• 2025-09-19
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  Stryker Health

  • Briefing on Stryker operations in Ireland
• 2025-09-18
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  Q4PR Health

  • Briefing on the work and future plans of Stryker in Ireland
• 2025-09-17
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  Amgen Health

  • Requested a meeting with MEP Kelleher to introduce Amgen and discuss EU General Pharma Legislation, Critical Medicines Act, and the upcoming Biotech Act
• 2025-09-15
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  Nursing Homes Ireland Health

  • NHI invited Ministers, TD's and MEP to the launch of NHI/RCSI research on the Placing Human Rights at the Heart of Nursing Home Care
• 2025-09-11
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  The Psychological Society of Ireland Health

  • Emails requesting meetings with MEPs to discuss the new European Parliament Intergroup on Mental Health and highlight Ireland’s mental health priorities.
• 2025-09-10
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  RPP SRL Health

  • Focus on Sickel Cell Disease through a meeting in the European Parliament.
• 2025-09-09
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  Alcohol Action Ireland Health

  • Alcohol health information labelling
• 2025-09-03
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  Bassline Strategy Ltd Health

  • Request for meeting regarding New Genomic Techniques
• 2025-05-21
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  Novo Nordisk Limited Health

  • Engagement with Government, MEPs and public officials regarding the life-sciences sector in Ireland and the EU General Pharmaceutical Legislation (GPL) including two roundtable events.
• 2025-05-21
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  Pfizer Trade

  • Raise concern about the impact of potential tariffs on pharmaceutical manufacturing and supply of medicines to patients globally
• 2025-05-21
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  AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Ireland) DAC Health

  • Meeting to discuss the EU General Pharmaceutical Legislation
• 2025-05-21
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  GSK Health

  • Sustainability in Life Sciences
• 2025-05-20
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  Vulcan Consulting Limited Health

  • Strategic Operations in Ireland & Healthcare Priorities
• 2025-05-20
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  Amgen Health

  • Email requesting a meeting with MEP Billy Kelleher to discuss EU legislation such as the Critical Medicines Act and upcoming Biotech Act
• 2025-05-20
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  Fórsa trade union Employment

  • Contact with two Irish MEPs seeking the introduction of an EU directive on the psychological impact of overtime. Seeking to have an examination of the use of agency staff within the EU health system.
• 2025-05-19
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  BioMarin International Limited Health

  • Rare disease policy in Ireland and the EU.
• 2025-05-19
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  ALLIANCE OF MEDICINES FOR IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE 2 returns Health

  • Correspondence to relevant stakeholders regarding MFI event 'Digital Solutions for a Greener Industry'.
  • Correspondence to relevant stakeholders regarding the implications of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.
• 2025-05-19
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  Nursing Homes Ireland 2 returns Health

  • NHI met with Irish MEP's in the European Parliament to brief them on NHI's State Aid Complaint with the European Commission DG Competition.
  • Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) welcomes the recent adoption of the United Nations Human Rights Council resolution establishing an intergovernmental working group to draft a new UN convention on the human rights of older persons. This represents a landmark moment in global efforts to advance the rights, dignity, and well-being of older people, and reflects years of work by advocacy groups, older persons themselves, as well as civil society.
• 2025-05-18
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  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 2 returns EU Affairs

  • EU Trilogues Negotiations Regarding the Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive
  • Mercosur
• 2025-05-16
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  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 2 returns EU AffairsAgriculture

  • Tillage Industry Ireland
  • Plant Health & Biosecurity Network
• 2025-05-15
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  Optum Services (Ireland) Limited Health

  • Recognised the positive business climate in Ireland and the EU, provided an overview of Optum Ireland, and highlighted the link between government policies and our ability to continue investing and growing in Ireland.
• 2025-05-15
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  The Health Policy Partnership Health

  • Heart failure and lung cancer screening.
• 2025-05-15
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  The HeartBeat Trust Health

  • Establish an Eu wide Heart Failure policy and an Eu Network for the development of policy priorities that will lay the groundwork for an EU-level heart failure policy and advocacy strategy
• 2025-05-12
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  RPP SRL 2 returns Health

  • The EU Structural Heart Disease (SHD) Coalition reaches out to European and national policymakers, to raise awareness of the challenges heart disease and structural heart disease in particular.
  • The European Initiative on Ending Discrimination Against Cancer Survivors project focuses on the principle of the right to be forgotten for cancer survivors and the fight against financial discrimination. The objectives of the project are to develop an EU wide legislative framework on the Right to be Forgotten.
• 2025-04-29
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  Aiseiri Cahir DAC Health

  • Funding
• 2025-02-12
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  MSD Health

  • One Substance, One Assessment' (OSOA) chemical assessment EU reform
• 2025-02-04
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  MSD 2 returns Health

  • New Medicines Funding
  • Reform of the EU pharmaceutical legislation
• 2025-01-21
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  Hanover Media Strategy Limited Health

  • Meeting request to discuss the competitiveness of the pharmaceutical sector
• 2025-01-21
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  Vulcan Consulting Limited Health

  • EU Pharmaceutical Legislation & Policy
• 2025-01-21
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  National Infertility Support and Information Group Health

  • As part of European Fertility week 2024, NISIG wanted to highlight Ireland’s improvement in its ranking in Fertility Europe’s policy survey. We want to see Ireland increase its standing and strengthen supports regarding policy related to fertility treatment, including commencement of the health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024), widening criteria for publicly funded treatment, workplace support. This will need to be fully funded.
• 2025-01-21
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  The HeartBeat Trust Health

  • Establish an Eu wide Heart Failure policy and an Eu Network for the development of policy priorities that will lay the groundwork for an EU-level heart failure policy and advocacy strategy
• 2025-01-21
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  Irish Cancer Society Health

  • MEPs Against Cancer
• 2025-01-20
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  BioMarin International Limited Health

  • Rare disease policy in Ireland and EU
• 2025-01-20
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  Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) Environment

  • Supporting the Living Rivers Europe coalition urging of decision-makers in the European Parliament to mainstream the protection of water and freshwater ecosystems (such as rivers, lakes, wetlands, deltas and estuaries) across the policy spectrum, so that water quality and water availability are factored into the decisions we make concerning Europe’s agriculture, industrial policy, energy and transport.
• 2025-01-20
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  Instinctif Partners Public Affairs Ireland 3 returns Health

  • Correspondence to Irish MEPs congratulating them on their election to the European Parliament.
  • Meeting with MEP Billy Kelleher regarding areas of interest for Medicines for Ireland and its members.
  • Correspondence to MEPs regarding a plenary debate on the associated policies of the EU Green Deal.
• 2025-01-20
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  Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association Health

  • Proposed revision of EU General Pharmaceutical Legislation and Irish Government position on intellectual property rights.
• 2025-01-18
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  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 2 returns FinanceAgriculture

  • Budget 2025
  • Soil Monitoring and Resilience
• 2025-01-17
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  Amgen 3 returns Health

  • Discussed EU competitiveness for biopharmaceutical industry investments at ALDE 2024 party conference roundtable; discussed Biotech Act, EU Pharma Legislation, and Draghi Report.
  • Highlight importance of EU Biotech Act and finalization/implementation of EU Pharma Legislation, European Health Data Space, In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation and Clinical Trials Act as part of EU competitiveness.
  • Requested meetings to discuss need to prioritize EU health policy and enhance EU competitiveness in biotech and life sciences in Ireland
• 2025-01-17
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  Irish Congress of Trade Unions EU Affairs

  • Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) within the European Parliament Committees
• 2025-01-15
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  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 2 returns EU Affairs

  • Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive - Trilogue Negotiations
  • EU - Mercosur Trade Deal
• 2025-01-13
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  The Health Policy Partnership Health

  • Heart failure
• 2025-01-08
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  RPP SRL 2 returns Health

  • Commence dialogue with Irish MEPs to understand their perspectives on the EU’s competitiveness in relation to health policies and to explore potential alignment with the AbbVie's priorities.
  • A European Initiative on Ending Discrimination Against Cancer Survivors project focuses on the principle of the right to be forgotten for cancer survivors and the fight against financial discrimination
• 2025-01-08
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  Gilead Sciences Ireland UC Health

  • Meeting with MEPs at Gilead Manufacturing site in Carrigtwohill, Cork.
• 2019-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the 2018 call for election observers made no provision for reasonable accommodation for disabled applicants; if his officials have been contacted by the Department of Health regarding the matter; if this aspect of the selection process will be reviewed having regard to the obligations of Ireland under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; his plans to appoint disabled election observers whose marks suffered due to the absence of reasonable accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26643/19]
• 2019-06-13
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will be called for an assessment as soon as possible. [24604/19]
• 2019-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will be instructed to acknowledge the fact that ME can lead to disability from mild to profound and that the condition should be added to its list of disabilities to reflect recognition by an organisation (details supplied) of ME as a disability code E014; and his views on whether access to assessment for home support and personal assistance services should be through disability services not older persons services. [23215/19]
• 2019-06-11
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  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the criteria used here to diagnose the neurological disease ME as described under G.93.3 WHO international classification of disease, tenth revision (ICD-10). [23216/19]
• 2019-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will be directed to develop guidelines for ME relevant to Ireland which reference contemporary research rather than rely on those from the UK. [23217/19]
• 2019-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will commence implementing the international consensus criteria for ME in order that persons with ME can receive a clear diagnosis as quickly as possible. [23218/19]
• 2019-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will be instructed to develop a clear pathway of care for persons with ME with prompt access to specialists and treatments. [23219/19]
• 2019-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the lack of specialist consultants for persons with ME; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that ME is a multi-system disease involving many areas with multiple debilitating symptoms which require patients to see many consultants. [23220/19]
• 2019-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will designate ME as a reportable health condition in order to obtain robust official collection of data on the number of children, young persons and adults with the condition and the degrees of severity of the condition. [23221/19]
• 2019-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will be instructed to upgrade its diagnostic and treatment procedures for persons with ME to reflect best international practice; if he will address the lack of specialist support within the health service for those suffering with the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23222/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the in loco parentis rule being applied by the HSE in respite care has been revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21980/19]
• 2019-04-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue that would be generated if the abolition of tax relief for private health insurance premiums and the capping of such relief at 12% were introduced. [17414/19]
• 2019-04-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he last met formally with the CEO of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland; the issues discussed; and when he will next meet the CEO. [17434/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) with type 1 diabetes will be provided with access to CREON under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16237/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue on discretionary grounds to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16382/19]
• 2019-04-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for a replacement wheelchair for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15556/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans for the HSE to provide a drug detox and rehabilitation facility in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13627/19]
• 2019-03-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the construction of a new hospital in County Cork; if a site has been selected; the stage the process is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12211/19]
• 2019-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding providing union recognition to an organisation (details supplied) as being sought by it as highlighted in recent strike action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9880/19]
• 2019-02-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost of the first contract awarded to a company (details supplied) for the national children’s hospital; the variation of final cost from original tender; if there were changes to the design of the initial contract; if so, if these changes were carried out during construction stage of the initial contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9356/19]
• 2019-02-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if there were changes to the detail design of the national children’s hospital after the initial contract was signed and construction commenced on the site; if such changes had an impact on the construction costs associated with the first contract awarded to a company (details supplied); if there were material changes to the foundations and underground car park layout and other associated site works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9357/19]
• 2019-02-20
  VOTE
  Confidence in Minister for Health

  • ~ abstained on the motion motion failed · 53–58
• 2019-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to a club (details supplied); if a decision has been made on allocating further funding to same; and if a reduction in funding has been allocated to it in 2019. [5976/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the construction of a new elective hospital in County Cork; the action taken to advance this project in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5269/19]
• 2019-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the satellite navigation system in the national ambulance service and the use of the Eircode system at present; if an incident in the case of a person (details supplied) will be investigated; if assurances that a similar incident will not recur will be given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4722/19]
• 2019-01-17
  VOTE
  Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2018

  A bill to amend the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 to establish specific criteria applicable for orphan medicinal products for the purposes of the Health Service Executive making a relevant decision regarding adding an item to the Reimbursement List

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 83–51
• 2019-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a new wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1822/19]
• 2019-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level and quality of service being provided by a home care company (details supplied) on behalf of the HSE; his plans to ensure that action is taken immediately to resolve the care issues being experienced by a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1824/19]
• 2019-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the decision to refuse a person (details supplied) with allergies preventing other forms of pain relief from obtaining Lidocaine patches will be reviewed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1835/19]
• 2018-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the actions the HSE will take to enable the Mercy University Hospital regain accreditation for carrying out colonoscopies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50707/18]
• 2018-12-05
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 · 12 divisions

  A bill to provide for and regulate termination of pregnancy; to make provision for reviews at the instigation of a pregnant woman, or a person on her behalf, of certain medical opinions given in respect of pregnancy; to make available without charge certain services to women for the purpose of termination of pregnancy in accordance with this Act and, for that purpose, to amend the Health Act 1970 and certain other enactments; to provide for offences in respect of the intentional ending of the life of a foetus otherwise than in accordance with this Act; to amend the Bail Act 1997; to repeal the Regulation of Information (Services outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 and provisions of certain other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 90–15
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 9–101
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 10–89
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 90–16
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 30–63
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 29–65
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 27–75
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 38–67
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 30–75
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 21–64
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 10–75
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 21–69
• 2018-12-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychological services will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50120/18]
• 2018-12-04
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 · 4 divisions

  A bill to provide for and regulate termination of pregnancy; to make provision for reviews at the instigation of a pregnant woman, or a person on her behalf, of certain medical opinions given in respect of pregnancy; to make available without charge certain services to women for the purpose of termination of pregnancy in accordance with this Act and, for that purpose, to amend the Health Act 1970 and certain other enactments; to provide for offences in respect of the intentional ending of the life of a foetus otherwise than in accordance with this Act; to amend the Bail Act 1997; to repeal the Regulation of Information (Services outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 and provisions of certain other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 8–88
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 6–89
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 10–84
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 8–89
• 2018-11-29
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 · 3 divisions

  A bill to provide for and regulate termination of pregnancy; to make provision for reviews at the instigation of a pregnant woman, or a person on her behalf, of certain medical opinions given in respect of pregnancy; to make available without charge certain services to women for the purpose of termination of pregnancy in accordance with this Act and, for that purpose, to amend the Health Act 1970 and certain other enactments; to provide for offences in respect of the intentional ending of the life of a foetus otherwise than in accordance with this Act; to amend the Bail Act 1997; to repeal the Regulation of Information (Services outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 and provisions of certain other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 25–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 22–61
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 21–71
• 2018-11-28
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 · 5 divisions

  A bill to provide for and regulate termination of pregnancy; to make provision for reviews at the instigation of a pregnant woman, or a person on her behalf, of certain medical opinions given in respect of pregnancy; to make available without charge certain services to women for the purpose of termination of pregnancy in accordance with this Act and, for that purpose, to amend the Health Act 1970 and certain other enactments; to provide for offences in respect of the intentional ending of the life of a foetus otherwise than in accordance with this Act; to amend the Bail Act 1997; to repeal the Regulation of Information (Services outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 and provisions of certain other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 31–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 31–61
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 43–45
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 34–64
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 9–90
• 2018-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the paediatric endocrinologist post at Cork University Hospital will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49120/18]
• 2018-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a decision will issue in relation to Translarna; and if the HSE will reimburse Translarna for the five boys who require same. [48697/18]
• 2018-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the recent application submitted for Translarna came before the technology review committee for rare diseases. [48698/18]
• 2018-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if there will be engagement with or inclusion of patient representation as part of the assessment process for Translarna. [48699/18]
• 2018-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the assessment process for orphan drugs has changed. [48700/18]
• 2018-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to revise the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 to allow for a different and unique rule set to specifically apply when assessing orphan drugs in view of the fact that the current assessment process for orphan drugs is not fit for purpose. [48701/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a full-time dedicated social worker will be appointed to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47729/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the breakdown of the multidisciplinary team for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47730/18]
• 2018-11-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a review will be carried out on the request to secure independent living for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46629/18]
• 2018-11-07
  VOTE
  Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 33–69
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the long outpatient waiting times in Cork city hospitals in which 8,601 persons are waiting more than 18 months for an appointment. [43571/18]
• 2018-10-23
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Referral to Select Committee

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 102–11
• 2018-10-23
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018

  A bill to provide for and regulate termination of pregnancy; to make provision for reviews at the instigation of a pregnant woman, or a person on her behalf, of certain medical opinions given in respect of pregnancy; to make available without charge certain services to women for the purpose of termination of pregnancy in accordance with this Act and, for that purpose, to amend the Health Act 1970 and certain other enactments; to provide for offences in respect of the intentional ending of the life of a foetus otherwise than in accordance with this Act; to amend the Bail Act 1997; to repeal the Regulation of Information (Services outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 and provisions of certain other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 102–12
• 2018-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the removal of charges for chemotherapy and radiotherapy patients who are not in receipt of a medical card or medical insurance is being considered in view of the hardship that this can cause at a very vulnerable time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42781/18]
• 2018-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will undergo an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41987/18]
• 2018-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a psychology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41550/18]
• 2018-10-03
  VOTE
  Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015

  A bill to provide for the minimum price per gram of alcohol, to confer the power on the Minister for Health to, by order, increase that price, to provide for the labelling of alcohol products including the inclusion of health warnings and the alcohol content and energy content of alcohol products on alcohol product containers, to provide for restrictions in relation to the advertising and sponsorship of alcohol products, to provide procedures in relation to the exposure for sale and advertising of alcohol products in specified licensed premises, to confer power on the Minister for Health to make regulations for the purpose of prohibiting or restricting the sale of alcohol products in certain circumstances, to provide for enforcement measures, to provide for the repeal of certain provisions of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 and the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008, and to provide for related matters

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 23–65
• 2018-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the FreeStyle Libre system (details supplied) for patients under 21 years of age with a view to rolling it out for the general population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39849/18]
• 2018-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the promised and deferred meeting with an organisation (details supplied) will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39133/18]
• 2018-09-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who is now in the final stages of dementia will avail of the national dementia strategy intensive home care package which the person was given approval for in June 2018. [37931/18]
• 2018-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will undergo an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37085/18]
• 2018-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided with additional foot orthotics to assist with alignment resulting from cerebal palsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37352/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will request an urgent and immediate review of the case file of a mental health patient (details supplied) where affirmative action needs to be taken in the person's care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36468/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if sanction has been given by the HSE to an organisation (details supplied) for funding applied for through housing disability services for the purchase of housing in Kanturk, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33264/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if permission will be granted by the HSE to allow a group (details supplied) to use a room at St. Stephen's Hospital, Sarsfields Court, Glanmire, County Cork to convene its meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33341/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35144/18]
• 2018-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Business

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding the Health and Safety Authority spent on all safety initiatives; the number of inspections it carried out in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32109/18]
• 2018-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.90 for all employees directly employed and-or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32225/18]
• 2018-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of part-time and full-time media advisers employed in his Department; the Civil Service grade of each media adviser; and the cost over a full year of employing all such advisers. [31249/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive necessary medical treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30789/18]
• 2018-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted a mapping project for dementia care needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28205/18]
• 2018-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a supervised residential facility will be found urgently for a person (details supplied) before harm comes to them or others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28373/18]
• 2018-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to address the inadequate speech and language, occupational therapy, psychology and physiotherapy being provided at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27599/18]
• 2018-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a wheelchair and orthotic shoes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27607/18]
• 2018-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the level of engagement that has or will take place between the HSE, an organisation (details supplied) and the pharmaceutical industry to ensure new medicines are available to persons with MS as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26633/18]
• 2018-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if 100 front-line psychology staff are being required to undergo training to remain qualified for their jobs. [23535/18]
• 2018-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the new transport support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23285/18]
• 2018-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been given independent housing despite several assurances from the HSE; the location in which and when they will be housed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20699/18]
• 2018-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason a facility (details supplied) has had to suspend operations for a number of days due to lack of staffing; the reason the HSE has not filled the panel to allow the facility to carry out its day to day duties; when this situation will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20712/18]
• 2018-05-10
  VOTE
  Health Service Reform

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 48–77
• 2018-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Business

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a sizeable number of applications made on notice to the Registrar of Companies for the section 343 waiver has raised the mental health issues of accountancy practitioners in dealing with a highly stressful environment of satisfying the statutory requirements and meeting deadlines with taxation and CRO matters. [20199/18]
• 2018-04-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce waiting times for primary care ophthalmology appointments in the north Lee local health area in which 2,382 children and young persons were waiting over a year in January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17037/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a leg brace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15063/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a dental service (details supplied) is to close; if so, the location to which existing clients will be directed; his views on whether this is best practice for persons who may not have the means to travel to another location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15117/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in finding a replacement for a person (details supplied) who has retired; if there is a start date for a new consultant; the steps he is taking to alleviate the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15310/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the National Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010–2019, in tabular form. [15626/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the funding provided in each year since 2010 for the implementation of the national cardiovascular health policy, in tabular form. [15627/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the hospitals providing cardiac rehabilitation, in tabular form. [15628/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if all hospital cardiac units have positions (details supplied); and if not, the positions unfilled in each hospital cardiac unit, in tabular form. [15629/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the allocation of €55 million in 2018 to fund the National Treatment Purchase Fund to address waiting lists; the amount of this funding that has been spent; the number of patients who have been treated under the auspices of the fund to date in 2018; and the total number who have been treated since the fund’s restoration in 2016. [16307/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if changes are being proposed to the national cardiovascular health policy; if reconfiguration of services is being carried out or proposed; if all hospitals providing cardiovascular services will continue to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16308/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in February 2018; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to hand over patients, receive their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; and the number that waited longer than 40, 60, 90, 120 and 180 minutes for same, in tabular form. [14703/18]
• 2018-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the aspects of the basic safety standards directive and the transposition of the health elements which Ireland has discretion in applying; and his views on whether those discretionary aspects of the directive will facilitate the continuance of chiropractors as referees for X-ray. [14399/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has followed his request to re-engage with a company (details supplied) in relation to the provision of Respreeza; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13913/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the guidelines in place in relation to the sale of medicines containing codeine. [13955/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a full evaluation and provision of care and support services will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13978/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of scheduled inpatient procedures cancelled or postponed to date in 2018. [14179/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of scheduled day case procedures cancelled or postponed to date in 2018. [14180/18]
• 2018-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason for the absence of a hospital consultant representative on the newly appointed South/South West Hospital Group board; the reason there was specific reference to having general practitioner and nursing representation on the board but no specific requirement for hospital consultant representation; his views on whether they have the core competencies necessary to deliver on the strategic and visionary change management agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13286/18]
• 2018-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if primary schools are encouraged to participate in health screening carried out by the HSE; the reason a school would not participate in this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13204/18]
• 2018-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a record is held within his Department of schools that do or do not participate in HSE health screening; if so, the details of the schools by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13205/18]
• 2018-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the process for developing a better procurement system for drugs announced in November 2017 will commence. [13041/18]
• 2018-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a school (details supplied) is one of the participating schools in the HSE health screening programme; if not, the reason therefor; the efforts that have been made to provide screening for the students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13200/18]
• 2018-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made by the HSE to encourage primary schools to participate in the health screening programme; if the HSE has a record of primary schools that do not participate; if so, the detail of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13201/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who required a lower limb amputation in each of the years 2014 to 2016, by county in tabular form. [12045/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance by age group (details supplied) [12228/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 75 years of age or over who experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours in February 2018; and the hospital in which the wait occurred. [12529/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients waiting less than four months, four to eight months and more than eight months for treatment in hospitals (details supplied), in tabular form; and if the same information will be provided for other spinal patients. [12530/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home care packages being provided in each LHO area. [12531/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for a home care package in each LHO area; the number waiting zero to three months, three to six months, six to 12 months and more than 12 months, respectively, in tabular form. [12532/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons covered by medical cards as of 1 March 2018. [12533/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons covered by GP visit cards as of 1 March 2018. [12534/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO area waiting for an ophthalmology appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks respectively. [12535/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in January 2018; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than of 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; and the number that waited longer than 40, 60, 90,120 and more than 180 minutes for same, respectively, in tabular form. [12536/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that were cancelled or postponed in each public hospital in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12537/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that were cancelled or postponed in each voluntary hospital in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12538/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each LHO area in 2017. [12539/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the HSE on 1 March 2018 or latest date available. [12540/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 9 March 2018 or the latest date on which data for validated bed closures at hospital and ward level are available. [12541/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the differing public health standards here in contrast to Northern Ireland, in which a procurement model will purchase quadrivalent winter influenza vaccinations for persons under 65 years of age including persons at risk, pregnant women and healthcare workers for the 2018 to 2019 flu season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12585/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason his Department is unwilling to adopt a new procurement approach to ensure that persons here are optimally protected from the most potent influenza viruses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12586/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason his Department will not procure a quadrivalent vaccination for the forthcoming winter influenza season in view of evidence that over 50% of hospitalisations from influenza arose from the B strain Yamagata, which will not be included in the trivalent vaccination procured for the 2018 to 2019 influenza season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12587/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the WHO published recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2018 to 2019 northern hemisphere influenza season, which recommends the strains both quadrivalent and trivalent influenza vaccines should contain; if he will instruct the HSE to follow this guidance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12588/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the surge in hospitalisations and deaths from influenza this season; his plans to make a provision to prevent the same occurrence during the 2018 to 2019 flu season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12589/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the occasions on which a pharmaceutical company has successfully sought to increase the price charged to the HSE for a product by more than 20% in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the product involved; the reason given by the company for seeking the price increase; and the overall annual increase in the cost of the drug to the HSE resultant from such an increase in tabular form. [12677/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the location a person (details supplied) will attend to receive continuing care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12807/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will publish its operational plans for 2018 for each sector. [10940/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when each hospital group will publish its 2018 operational plans [10941/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when e-tendering will be open to those hoping to tender to become HSE providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11082/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the way in which and the reason the decision was made to allow the continuous glucose monitoring system for diabetes patients under 21 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11152/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the proposed review of the continuous glucose monitoring system will take place; the measures the review would need to find in order to roll out the programme to all diabetic patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11153/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he has received a date for the approval of the model of care for rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders from the acute hospital division of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11165/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason there has been such a delay in the model of care for rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders which was clinically approved by the clinical advisory group of the national clinical programme for rheumatology in July 2016 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11166/18]
• 2018-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of bed and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 23 February 2018 or the latest date on which data for validated bed closures at hospital and ward level are available, in tabular form. [10682/18]
• 2018-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in all public and voluntary acute hospitals at the end of January 2017 or the latest date available; and the number of which have been delayed for zero to ten, ten to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 100, 100 to 200, 200 to 365 and more than 365 days, respectively, in tabular form. [10683/18]
• 2018-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason an internal HSE review of cancer screening at Wexford General Hospital did not refer to concerns expressed by a person employed by the HSE regarding a clinician (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10260/18]
• 2018-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason open disclosure was not maintained between the HSE and families affected by probable missed cancers at Wexford General Hospital during the completion of the external review of a case (details supplied) in spite of the HSE's prior commitment to open disclosure with the families concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10261/18]
• 2018-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason families affected by cases linked to a clinician at Wexford General Hospital were not contacted regarding concerns expressed by a person who reported the matter to the HSE, as noted in a case report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10262/18]
• 2018-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of the long-term illness scheme and the high-tech scheme in 2017; the amount of expenditure on both schemes respectively in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10307/18]
• 2018-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on medicines in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the projected spend in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10308/18]
• 2018-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the value and volume of generic medicines and branded medicines reimbursed by the HSE in each of the years 2013 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10309/18]
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of the new children’s hospital at the St James’s hospital campus; the timeframe for its opening; the estimated timeframe for its completion including all systems requirements; and the funding in 2018 for the project. [9301/18]
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of the outpatient department and urgent care centre at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; the timeframe for its opening; the estimate for its completion including all systems requirements; and the funding in 2018 for the project. [9302/18]
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of the outpatient department and urgent care centre at Tallaght hospital, Dublin; the timeframe for its opening; the estimate for its completion including all systems requirements; and the funding in 2018 for the project. [9303/18]
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for relocating the National Maternity Hospital at St Vincent’s University Hospital; the timeframe for its opening; the estimate for its completion including all systems requirements; and the funding in 2018 for the project. [9304/18]
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for relocating the Coombe hospital at St James’s hospital; the timeframe for its opening; the estimate for its completion including all systems requirements; and the funding in 2018 for the project. [9305/18]
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for relocating the Rotunda hospital at Connolly hospital; the timeframe for its opening; the estimate for its completion including all systems requirements; and the funding in 2018 for the project. [9306/18]
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for relocating Limerick University Maternity Hospital at University Hospital Limerick; the timeframe for its opening; the estimate for its completion including all systems requirements; and the funding in 2018 for the project. [9307/18]
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for completing each of the proposed national programme for radiation oncology developments at Cork, Galway and Dublin; the timeframe for each to open; the estimate for the completion of each including all systems requirements; and the funding in 2018 for each project. [9308/18]
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of the national forensic mental health service hospital at Portrane, County Dublin; the timeframe for its opening; the estimate for its completion including all systems requirements; and the funding in 2018 for the project. [9309/18]
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the replacement and refurbishment of 90 community nursing units across the country in tabular form; the funding being allocated to each project in 2018; and the expected completion date for each. [9310/18]
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the post of independent appeals officer for his Department, as advertised in the autumn, has been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9493/18]
• 2018-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a permanent general practitioner will be assigned to Waterville, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8878/18]
• 2018-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the funding that has been spent on the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8879/18]
• 2018-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount that was spent in private hospitals here and outside the State in relation to the NTPF in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8880/18]
• 2018-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent by the HSE to pay for procedures under the cross-border healthcare directive and the treatment abroad schemes in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8881/18]
• 2018-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons offered an opportunity to attend an assessment with a person (details supplied); the number that responded; the number that attended on the day; the number that have been subsequently put forward for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8915/18]
• 2018-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if children with scoliosis attending from Temple Street Children's University Hospital have been offered access to assessment and surgery through a mechanism (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8916/18]
• 2018-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive shall not make the reimbursement of the costs of cross-border healthcare under EU regulations subject to prior authorisation except in circumstances in which it has been made subject to prior authorisation under regulation 12; the exceptions under regulation 12; the date the exceptions were made; the reason for the exceptions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8957/18]
• 2018-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on whether in the ordinary course of requiring medical treatments that the spirit of the cross border EU regulations not to require prior authorisation is being thwarted by the information on the HSE website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8958/18]
• 2018-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012, in tabular form; the status of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8527/18]
• 2018-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 75 years of age or over who experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours in January 2018; and the hospitals in which the wait occurred. [8528/18]
• 2018-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the start-up costs incurred by the reactivation of the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2017. [7944/18]
• 2018-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the legislative steps required to change the competent authority for patient radiation safety from his Department to HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7667/18]
• 2018-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if SI 125/2000 and SI 478/2002 will remain in place until new legislation is introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7668/18]
• 2018-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the fair deal fees for individual HSE nursing homes will be published or laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas (details supplied); and his views on the importance of providing transparency with regard to fees payable for public nursing home care. [6732/18]
• 2018-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to outline his views on whether the HSE will be within budget in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6586/18]
• 2018-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the proposed trauma strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6396/18]
• 2018-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans in 2018 to address the long-standing need for the provision of a neuro-rehabilitation unit to serve counties Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6394/18]
• 2018-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason it was necessary to write to the Director General of the HSE in January 2018 regarding the executive’s budget for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6397/18]
• 2018-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he will bring forward the proposed changes to the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6398/18]
• 2018-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the 18-month target for outpatient waiting times announced in 2015 is still departmental policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6395/18]
• 2018-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure that persons who are medical cardholders have their medical needs met without charge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6512/18]
• 2018-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount that has been allocated for gaymen's health services in 2018; the way in which this budget will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6393/18]
• 2018-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application by an organisation (details supplied) to the HSE seeking further funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6451/18]
• 2018-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to reinstate the respite care grant of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5375/18]
• 2018-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the approval of the model of care for rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders; the timeframe for its approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5395/18]
• 2018-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans for the development of future adult and paediatric rheumatology services in view of the difficulties accessing both services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5396/18]
• 2018-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the cross-divisional lymphoedema working group will finalise its report; if it will be made available to an organisation (details supplied) to review; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5499/18]
• 2018-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans once the cross-divisional lymphoedema working group publishes its findings; his further plans for the implementation of its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5500/18]
• 2018-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the necessity for a change of pessary will be included in the GMS to compensate general practitioners for carrying out this procedure in an effort to reduce the lengthening waiting list; if the pessary will be provided on the GMS in view of the fact that it is provided free at hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5606/18]
• 2018-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of increasing health service capacity as detailed on page nine of the executive summary of the health service capacity review; and the costs for both scenarios provided, in tabular form. [4912/18]
• 2018-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of patients over 75 years of age who have had to wait more than 24 hours in an accident and emergency department in 2017, by hospital, in tabular form. [4913/18]
• 2018-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in December 2017, in tabular form; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to hand over patients, retrieve their trolleys and return to responding to calls; and the number that waited longer than 40, 60, 90, 120 and more than 180 minutes for same, respectively. [4914/18]
• 2018-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred by Healthy Ireland on advertising for each year since its launch; and the funding allocated for such purposes in 2018. [4077/18]
• 2018-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost of including products to treat head lice on the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4115/18]
• 2018-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the annual figure for the throughput of the minor injuries units in hospitals; the peak times for attendances; and the weekend attendance figures. [4119/18]
• 2018-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on whether patients in public hospitals that are to be treated by consultants not on the Medical Council’s specialist register should be made aware of this fact in advance; and if so, his plans to ensure that such information is provided to patients in public hospitals. [3721/18]
• 2018-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the hospitals in which the reforms introduced under the Haddington Road agreement regarding the operation of the working day over a period from 8am to 8pm are being applied in full; the hospitals in which this is not implemented; and the reason therefor, in tabular form [3722/18]
• 2018-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the hospitals in which the transfer of tasks previously undertaken by non-consultant hospital doctors to nurses in return for the restoration of the time and one-sixth twilight payment has been implemented in full; the hospitals in which this is implemented; and the reason therefor, in tabular form. [3723/18]
• 2018-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the hospitals in which consultants are routinely rostered to carry out duties on a Saturday or Sunday, in tabular form. [3724/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited in 2017 across all sectors of the health service; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this recruitment. [2890/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists recruited in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care and acute disability services; and the net increase in speech and language therapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [2891/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists recruited in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care and acute disability services; and the net increase in occupational therapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [2892/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists newly recruited in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care and acute disability services; and the net increase in physiotherapists numbers resulting from this recruitment. [2893/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe agreed to publish the implementation plan for the national neuro-rehabilitation strategy in view of the fact that the plan was not published by year end 2017 as per his commitment. [2904/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional beds in each hospital that have now opened or are due to open, further to his recent press statement that additional beds in a number of hospitals, including St James's, the Mater and Beaumont are opening; and if the beds are new capacity or existing beds that have been closed. [2923/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the HSE's expenditure on flu vaccines for each of the past five years, in tabular form. [2927/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of the drug Ocrevus to the reimbursement scheme; if a date for introduction has been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2957/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the request to introduce a pilot reimbursement scheme to allow Ocrevus to be brought to persons as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2958/18]
• 2018-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of audiologists for adult services by county; his views on whether there is a sufficient number employed; the number on the panel for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2616/18]
• 2018-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the outsourcing of audiologist services by way of voucher or similar system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2620/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of a 12-bed short stay unit at Tullamore hospital. [54823/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of an integrated care steering committee between the Dublin Midlands hospital group and relevant community health organisations 7 and 8 respectively. [54824/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of a model of care proposal for the expansion of rehabilitation services in counties Laois and Offaly in conjunction with community health organisation 8. [54825/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the model for integrated care programme for older persons at Tallaght hospital in association with the local CHO, clinical strategy and programmes and social care division. [54826/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of a frailty intervention therapy team and additional telemetry units in St. James’s Hospital emergency department. [54827/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the commissioning of an MRI unit at Tullamore hospital. [54828/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional staff recruited for the phased increase in radiation oncology services at St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar. [54829/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the commissioning of new linear accelerators at St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar, during 2017; and the number now in place. [54830/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans for the relocation of the Coombe maternity hospital to the St. James’s site; the progress made on this in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54831/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase access to the weight management programme and to bariatric surgery within the Ireland East hospital group during 2017; the number of persons who accessed the programmes during the year; and the equivalent figures for 2016. [54832/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of the 31-bed complex discharge facility in Beaumont hospital. [54833/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the progression of the phase II capital development of 81 beds and five theatres in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. [54834/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if eight medical scientists were recruited by the RCSI group for the laboratory modernisation implementation of the MedLIS system. [54835/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if will report on increased radiology capacity within the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, RCSI, hospital group; if there is a PET scanner now situated in Beaumont Hospital; and if there is a second CT scanner for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and a MRI situated at Connolly Hospital. [54836/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if implementation plans are in place for the emergency department review, the orthopaedic review, the haematology review and the histopathology review in the Saolta University Health Care Group. [54837/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the progress made during 2017 on the replacement emergency department in Galway University Hospital. [54838/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the progress made during 2017 on the replacement of end-of-life catheterisation laboratories in Galway University Hospital and managed service for an additional catheterisation laboratory in Galway University Hospital and Sligo University Hospital. [54839/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the progress made during 2017 with regard to the blood and tissue establishment and integrated medical sciences laboratory in Galway University Hospital. [54840/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if capital funding has been secured for the development of a 50 bedded replacement block in Portiuncula University Hospital. [54841/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the interventional suite in Sligo University Hospital has been replaced. [54842/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a diabetic centre has been provided to facilitate the commencement of a paediatric insulin pump service in Sligo University Hospital. [54843/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in relation to the emergency department surgical block in Sligo University Hospital. [54844/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the additional capacity that has been provided in Mayo University Hospital to address capacity deficits. [54845/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in relation to the rehabilitation unit in Roscommon University Hospital. [54846/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the upgrades that were made to infrastructure within the Saolta hospital group for meeting hygiene standards. [54847/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the improvements that were made during 2017 to the early supported discharge stroke programme across the Saolta hospital group. [54848/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional theatre staff recruited during 2017 for each public and voluntary hospital for the purposes of increasing theatre capacity, in tabular form. [54849/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of new and additional staff that were recruited to support DEXA services within the Saolta hospital group. [54850/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the progress that was made in the development of a respiratory support unit in Galway University Hospital during 2017. [54851/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a second breast surgeon was appointed in Letterkenny University Hospital during 2017. [54852/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if an oncologist was appointed in Letterkenny University Hospital during 2017. [54853/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the way in which the capacity of an ambulatory haematology and oncology day care in the University Hospital Galway, UHG, centre was increased during 2017. [54854/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional registered advanced nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists that were recruited during 2017 by the Saolta hospital group to address the growing volume of new patients and increased treatment options available for persons presenting with and surviving cancer; and the number of registered advanced nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists in place for such purposes within the group. [54855/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses registered to prescribe medicinal products for each hospital group in 2016 and 2017 respectively, in tabular form. [54856/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses registered to prescribe ionising radiation for each hospital group in 2016 and 2017 respectively, in tabular form. [54857/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Schwartz rounds pilot in Galway University Hospital was completed in 2017; and when the Schwartz rounds will be introduced on all sites in the Saolta group. [54858/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the detail of the critical care network within the south and south west hospital group. [54859/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action taken to implement recommendations 1 to 29 and 40 to 48 of the national rare disease plan, in tabular form. [54925/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the integrated care pathways that have been developed across the acute hospitals and community interface. [54926/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the solutions found by the HSE social care division to the current regulatory requirements in order to protect public bed capacity which is vital to support the acute hospital system. [54927/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE social care division has developed appropriate public long-term capacity in order that complex patient needs can be met consistently. [54928/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the detail of the HSE social care division’s local clinical governance model to ensure clear links between discharging hospitals and existing community services. [54929/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if there is a ring-fenced funding stream in place for older patient groups, those with chronic illness and young persons with chronic neurological conditions, for example, acquired brain injury, multiple sclerosis and motor neurone disease. [54930/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action taken for each of the 21 priority actions due to commence in the first year of the obesity policy and action plan 2016 to 2025, in tabular form. [54931/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action that has been taken to implement the 2015 review of the nursing homes support scheme recommendations on the administration of the scheme, in tabular form (details supplied). [55016/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action that has been taken to implement the 2015 review of the nursing homes support scheme recommendations on the price of long-term residential care, in tabular form (details supplied). [55017/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action that has been taken to implement the 2015 review of the nursing homes support scheme recommendations for future service provision, in tabular form (details supplied). [55018/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action that has been taken to implement the 2015 review of the nursing homes support scheme recommendations on residential care capacity, in tabular form (details supplied). [55019/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the dropping of the four scoliosis surgery wait targets for 2018 contrary to the Ombudsman for Children's recommendations contained in the report, Waiting for Scoliosis Treatment - A Children's Rights Issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55028/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that there are no agreed surgical criteria for scoliosis surgery or agreed plan for 2018 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55029/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the HSE surgery target wait time for children who are clinically tested for scoliosis surgery as of 1 January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55030/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason the 20 scoliosis surgeries due to be completed in France did not go ahead (details supplied); the number of completed surgeries outsourced under the scoliosis plan; the number of parents who were formally asked if they would consent to their child's surgery being outsourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55031/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the plan for 2018 in regard to children who are waiting on scoliosis surgery and procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55032/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the two additional orthopaedic consultants for Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55033/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the orthopaedic theatre in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, to open for additional days and to be at full capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55034/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the amalgamation of waiting lists for paediatric scoliosis intervention across the children's hospital group to one central waiting list will take place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55035/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date especially on Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, waiting times for first appointment with a paediatric orthopaedic consultant (details supplied); the measures that have been taken to ensure that no child is at risk while waiting for his or her first consultation with an orthopaedic consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55036/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if measures are being considered to assist medical card patients who are charged by general practitioners for form-signing and bloods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55203/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the average number of acute hospital beds available in public hospitals for each of the years from 2015 to 2017, by public, private and non-designated hospitals, in tabular form. [1481/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a replacement hearing aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1960/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when an appointment for an operation will be issued to a person (details supplied). [1970/18]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participating schools implementing a healthy schools action plan. [53797/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional critical care beds that have been provided at Cork university hospital in 2017. [53615/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE target of eliminating emergency department waiting times of greater than 24 hours for persons over 75 years of age will be met in 2017; and the number of persons over 75 years of age that have had a wait of more than 24 hours in an emergency department in 2017. [53616/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of national standards to improve access to antenatal anomaly screening in all maternity units as set out in the national maternity strategy. [53617/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of a range of improvement actions based on the national standards for bereavement care following pregnancy loss and perinatal death across all 19 maternity units. [53618/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the relocation of the Rotunda Hospital, the National Maternity Hospital and University of Limerick Maternity Hospital. [53619/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of monthly hospital safety statements; and the hospitals that provide them, in tabular form. [53620/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the model of care of hereditary haemochromatosis and the model of care for therapeutic phlebotomy in association with primary care services. [53621/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital groups and CHOs that have completed Healthy Ireland implementation plans. [53796/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if an implementation plan for the Healthy Ireland framework for brief intervention and health behaviour change has been developed; and if it has been commenced. [53798/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if each newly diagnosed person with diabetes is now being offered a place on the next available structured patient education course. [53799/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a self-management support framework for diabetes, asthma, COPD and cardiovascular disease has been developed; and when the implementation plan will commence. [53800/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a needs assessment for cardiac rehabilitation has been undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53801/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of the standardised chronic disease pathway. [53802/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of tobacco sales to minors test purchase inspections carried out in 2017. [53803/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the proportion of new and existing sites with a tobacco-free campus policy implemented in residential units for older persons in mental health approved centres, in mental health community residencies and in residential disability services. [53804/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of front-line health care workers trained in 2017 to screen and support smokers to quit. [53806/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that have and do not have calorie posting in place, respectively, in tabular form. [53807/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that have implemented and not implemented, respectively, the healthier vending policy, in tabular form. [53808/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the acute hospitals that have and have not, respectively, a HSE hospital food and nutrition policy developed and implemented, in tabular form. [53809/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses that have received training on the nutrition reference pack for infants aged zero to 12 months. [53810/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional area alcohol action plans developed in 2017. [53811/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the details of the national implementation plan to promote positive ageing. [53812/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of eligible women aged 50 to 64 years of age screened under BreastCheck to date in 2017. [53813/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of eligible women aged 65 to 69 years of age screened under BreastCheck to date in 2017. [53814/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of babies breastfed exclusively and not exclusively, respectively, at the first public health nurse visit and the three month public health nurse developmental check. respectively. [53815/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage uptake of breast screening among the eligible population to date in 2017. [53816/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of women that have had one or more CervicalCheck smear tests in a primary care setting to date in 2017. [53819/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of eligible women with at least one satisfactory CervicalCheck screening in a five year period. [53820/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of self-management support co-ordinators appointed at CHO level. [53821/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of local and national partnership plans developed and agreed under the Understand Together dementia campaign. [53822/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of urgent cases in 2017 offered a colonoscopy appointment within two weeks of receipt of a letter in the clinic. [53823/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons checked under the BowelScreen programme in 2017. [53824/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the expected uptake rate for the BowelScreen programme in 2017. [53825/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of infectious disease outbreaks notified under the national infectious disease reporting schedule in 2017. [53826/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of individual outbreak-associated cases of infectious disease notified under the national infectious diseases reporting schedule in 2017. [53827/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the national primary childhood immunisation uptake rates for conditions (details supplied) in 2017 for each CHO in tabular form. [53828/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the influenza virus uptake rate amongst persons 65 years of age and over in 2017. [53829/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the influenza virus uptake rate amongst healthcare workers in 2017 in acute hospitals. [53830/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the influenza virus uptake rate amongst healthcare workers in 2017 in long-term care facilities in the community. [53831/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of official food control planned and planned surveillance inspections of food businesses in 2017. [53832/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of drinking water samples taken to assess fluoride parameter compliance in 2017. [53833/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage to date in 2017 of environmental health complaints from the public risk-assessed within one working day. [53834/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the evaluation of the 2016 asthma and COPD advice line service in collaboration with organisations (details supplied). [53835/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ultrasounds provided to date in 2017 across care sites (details supplied). [53836/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the care support packages for children discharged from hospital with complex medical conditions to date in 2017. [53837/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional primary care speech and language assessment and therapy appointments provided to date in 2017. [53838/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of assistant psychology posts recruited in 2017 to deliver rapid access low-intensity psychological interventions for young persons. [53839/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of staff grade psychology posts recruited in 2017 for services for children in geographical areas in which there are inadequate numbers of posts in place. [53840/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a computerised cognitive behavioural therapy programme for young persons has been provided. [53841/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting more than three years for orthodontic services. [53842/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff who have received training in 2017 on SAOR screening and brief intervention for problem alcohol and substance use. [53843/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of new patients that have received access to naxolone in 2017. [53844/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a HSE plan has been developed to provided supports and appropriate health services for victims of human trafficking. [53845/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of each of the ten recommendations from the palliative care support beds review, in tabular form. [53846/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the evaluation of the 2016 pharmacy-based minor ailment scheme pilot project; and if the project will be extended further. [53847/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons covered by medical cards on 1 December 2017. [53848/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons covered by general practitioner visit cards on 1 December 2017. [53849/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children that have attended a CAMHS service in 2017. [53850/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when multi-annual plans and budgets for health expenditure both current and capital will be brought forward. [53851/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will publish a five-year service plan. [53852/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the allocation of the €15 million in 2017 to fund the National Treatment Purchase Fund to urgently address waiting lists for those persons waiting longest; the amount of this funding that has now been spent; and the number of persons that will receive scheduled treatment as a result of this expenditure. [53853/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the way in which his Department is honouring the commitment to fully implement A Vision for Change. [53854/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in November 2017; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; and the number that waited longer than 40, 60, 90, 120 and 180 minutes for same, in tabular form. [53855/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medicines that have had their price reduced as of 1 December 2017 further to the framework agreement on the supply and pricing of medicines; the details of each medicine; and the extent of the price cut. [53856/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if online primary care reimbursement service, PCRS, processing has now been extended to dentists and clinical dental technicians. [53857/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the web-based paperless medical card application process to reduce the number of paper-based applications will be introduced. [53858/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on considering the further recommendations of the clinical advisory group including conclusions on the assessment of the burden of disease as agreed for implementation by the HSE and his Department. [53859/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has developed a burden of illness assessment tool. [53860/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the additional resources that have been provided to ensure that the assessment process for new medicines is implemented effectively. [53861/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if new arrangements for management of general practitioners training involving the Irish College of General Practitioners have been finalised and implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53862/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of adults who have been deemed appropriate for treatment for substance use in 2017; and the number who have received treatment within one calendar month, by LHO, in tabular form. [53863/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have been deemed appropriate for treatment for substance use in 2017; and the number who have received treatment within one week, by LHO, in tabular form. [53864/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the review of services in all CHOs in relation to the person-centred care planning processes of the drugs rehabilitation framework reassessment, key working and care planning. [53865/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if regulations to allow for the introduction of buprenorphine naloxone and buprenorphine products have been agreed and introduced. [53866/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the working group to progress increased access to buprenorphine naloxone and buprenorphine products. [53867/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE training programme for addiction staff, level 2 general practitioners and pharmacists in relation to buprenorphine naloxone and buprenorphine products. [53868/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the increase in addiction residential treatment beds and additional treatment episodes that has been provided in 2017. [53869/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of integrated care pathways and referral pathways from the pharmacy needle exchange to other agencies. [53870/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the details of the expansion of other paraphernalia such as foil within the pharmacy needle exchange programme to allow persons the option of smoking rather than injecting. [53871/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the guidelines and strategic statement on hidden harm. [53872/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of opioid substitution treatment outside prisons. [53873/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time from referral to assessment for opioid substitution treatment. [53874/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area monthly in 2017 to date; and the way in which this compares against target figures in tabular form. [53875/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time from opioid substitution assessment to exit from waiting list or treatment commenced. [53876/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the delivery of the primary care education pathways and research in dementia education programme to primary care teams in collaboration with the National Dementia Office and social care services; the number of sites that have been selected for same; and the location of each. [53877/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home care packages being provided in each LHO area in tabular form. [53878/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of intensive home care packages being provided in each LHO area in tabular form. [53879/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours being provided in each LHO area in tabular form. [53880/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 8 December 2017 or the latest date on which data for validated bed closures at hospital and ward level are available in tabular form. [53881/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in all public and voluntary acute hospitals at the end of November 2017 or the latest date available; and the number of discharges which have been delayed for periods (details supplied) in tabular form. [53882/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if persons aged 75 years of age or over have experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours in 2017; and, if so, the hospital in which the wait occurred [53883/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the targets in place for organ donation and transplant rates; if they have been achieved in 2017; and if not, the progress made towards achieving the targets [53884/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the planning of a national genetic and genomic medicine network service which will operate on a hub and spoke basis; the location of the hubs and spokes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53885/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of elective inpatient discharges in each public and voluntary hospital in 2017. [53886/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with haemodialysis treated in acute hospitals in 2017. [53887/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with haemodialysis treated in contracted centres in 2017. [53888/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home therapies dialysis treatments in 2017. [53889/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost through delayed discharges in 2017. [53890/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of persons with acute stroke who have spent all or some of their hospital stay in an acute or combined stroke unit in 2017. [53891/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of persons with confirmed acute ischaemic stroke that received thrombolysis in 2017. [53892/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the acute hospitals which have a COPD outreach programme. [53893/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons attending the rapid access lung clinic in designated cancer centres in 2017. [53894/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons attending the rapid access prostate clinic in cancer centres in 2017; and the number of persons attending prostate rapid clinics that attended or were offered an appointment within 20 working days of receipt of referral in the cancer centres over the same time period. [53895/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spent on agency staff each month in 2017; the equivalent figures for each month in 2016; the proportion of the HSE’s anticipated agency staff expenditure for 2017 that has been incurred to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53896/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home care packages being provided in each LHO area. [54107/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for home care packages in each LHO area in tabular form; and the number waiting zero to three months, three to six months, six to 12 months and 12 months plus respectively. [54108/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of transitional care beds being provided to all acute hospitals to support older persons moving to long-stay care or requiring convalescence. [54109/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the multi-divisional group to progress the implementation of the national carers’ strategy. [54110/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the carers' need assessment tool tested for implementation in 2017 through the SAT project. [54111/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the work of the HSE multi-divisional review group to review respite services to determine the requirements for respite care and identify the gaps in service provision; and the gaps identified for each CHO, in tabular format. [54112/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE multi-divisional group review of the progress of the recommendations of the home solutions report on Telecare services; and the action taken as a result of the review. [54113/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE policy and guidelines for the early identification of carers. [54114/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of a carers' needs assessment; and if it will be progressed through the SAT project in 2017. [54115/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the CHOs that have established residents' councils, family forums, service user panels or equivalent in social care, in tabular form. [54116/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons being supported through transitional care in alternative care settings. [54117/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in acute hospitals approved for transitional care to move to alternative care settings. [54118/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the details for both Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital of the number of spinal fusion patients currently waiting less than four months, four to eight months and more than eight months for treatment, in tabular form; and if the same information will be provided for other spinal patients. [54124/17]
• 2017-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if Vimizim will be sanctioned for persons (details supplied) immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53262/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the four-month target for persons with scoliosis for 2017 has been discontinued and does not appear in the programme for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52800/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if an immediate independent clinical review of scoliosis services will be agreed to in view of the failure to meet scoliosis targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52801/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received files relating to a relative, as promised; when this information will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52831/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level of dental services provided to elderly medical card holders in long-term care; the services and accommodations in place to cater for their needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52851/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a media report (details supplied) which suggests that 168,438 adult bed days per year, equivalent to 460 beds per day, could be saved through the targeted use of oral nutritional supplements in the management of disease-related malnutrition in the community; the measures that have been put in place to free up these beds in the midst of the acute facility beds shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53070/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the prevalence of disease-related malnutrition across all health and social care settings in the past five years according to clinical treatment settings including inpatient, outpatient, nursing homes and general practitioner clinics by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53071/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to use nutritional screening and malnutrition rates as mandatory quality indicators across all clinical treatment settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53072/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the initiatives his Department is engaged in with regard to mitigating against the annual cost of disease-related malnutrition in the community setting in which 93% of persons with malnutrition reside and which is estimated to be more than the annual cost of obesity at some €1.4 billion per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53073/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the example of best practice displayed by the Netherlands in tackling the issue of disease-related malnutrition through the establishment of the Dutch malnutrition steering group (details supplied) which successfully reduced the prevalence of malnutrition across all healthcare settings over a 12-year period; his plans to bring forward a similar initiative here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53074/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans regarding dietitians within CHOs and community settings; the sourcing allocation that is being made available to community dietitians to meet current and future demand levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53075/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a 2016 HIQA report (details supplied); the actions that have been taken since the report’s publication to address these shortcomings in view of the fact that malnourished persons stay in acute beds for 30% to 70% longer than non-malnourished persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53076/17]
• 2017-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists in each HSE area in tabular form. [51584/17]
• 2017-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent public health nurses in each HSE area in tabular form. [51585/17]
• 2017-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years on waiting lists for an appointment with their local child and adolescent mental health team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51586/17]
• 2017-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years for an appointment with their child and adolescent mental health team by HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51587/17]
• 2017-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years on waiting lists for a speech and language assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51588/17]
• 2017-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years for speech and language assessment, by HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51589/17]
• 2017-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years on waiting lists for speech and language therapy treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51590/17]
• 2017-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years for speech and language therapy treatment, by HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51591/17]
• 2017-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for an initial assessment of need to determine severity of a condition or disability from the early intervention teams, by HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51592/17]
• 2017-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years for an initial assessment of need from the early intervention teams, by HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51593/17]
• 2017-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the persons who will be on the new drugs committee; the qualifications that make them experts in assessing medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51600/17]
• 2017-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner vacancies in each local health office, LHO, in tabular form. [51825/17]
• 2017-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the details of the working group set up by the national stroke programme to develop guidelines on the affect a stroke has on a person's mood; the timeframe for the completion of the guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51264/17]
• 2017-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the support that will be put in place to ensure that the availability of counselling and psychology services to support the consequences of stroke are enhanced in locations once guidelines are developed and published; if this will be provided for in the HSE's service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51265/17]
• 2017-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the research or investigation taking place to identify the reason for the increased incidence rates in stroke among persons of working age; if this research and planning will be part of the health service capacity review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51266/17]
• 2017-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to introduce a national screening programme for atrial fibrillation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51267/17]
• 2017-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of discussions as part of the negotiation of the new general practitioner contract to introduce opportunistic screening for atrial fibrillation in general practice in view of the fact that a health technology assessment by HIQA has shown that it is likely to be highly cost-effective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51268/17]
• 2017-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of stroke units; if so, the number and locations; if funding is being made available in the HSE's service plan for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51269/17]
• 2017-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of stroke beds; the number and location; if funding is being made available in the HSE's service plan for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51270/17]
• 2017-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the progress on recruitment for early supported discharge staff in line with increasing capacity in the three operational locations; the further progression on the establishment of two further teams in University Hospital Limerick and Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51271/17]
• 2017-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the recommendation by the national stroke programme, as part of the phased introduction of early supported discharge for a further nine teams to be established over a three-year period, will be part of the 2018 national service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51272/17]
• 2017-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the consideration being given to the expansion of thrombectomy in the national service plan; the actions being taken to advance the recommendations of the HIQA health technology assessment of mechanical thrombectomy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51273/17]
• 2017-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to address infrastructural and equipment issues in relation to the provision of thrombectomy services in Beaumont Hospital; the level of capital expenditure required to replace the existing angiography suite and to open a second angiography suite; if this is being provided for in the HSE national services plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51274/17]
• 2017-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the level of additional clinical staffing that is required to sustain the increasing level of service provided by the thrombectomy service annually; if this is being provided for in the HSE national services plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51275/17]
• 2017-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the geographical gap in heart failure services in the south southwest hospital group area; if a business case has been made for the €750,000 investment that is needed to establish heart failure services in Cork University Hospital and Kerry General Hospital; if this will be provided for as a priority in the HSE service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51276/17]
• 2017-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the health service capacity review; the timeframe for publication of the review and its findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51277/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if funding and resources will be made available to facilitate additional spinal fusion operations for children with scoliosis before Christmas 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50818/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if persons that are aged 75 years or over have experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours to date in 2017; and, if so, the hospital in which that wait occurred. [50907/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of amending the fees charged under the NHSS to enable nursing home residents with an assessed weekly income of €300 or less to retain a minimum of €60 weekly. [51134/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost current and capital of providing a mobile catheterisation laboratory for Waterford University Hospital. [51135/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year running costs of opening all medical assessment units on a seven day basis. [51136/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an extra 500 hospital consultants; and the average estimated cost for support staff required per consultant. [51137/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 4,000 nursing staff. [51138/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing prescription charges. [51139/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of increasing the general practitioner rural practice allowance to €25,000. [51140/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of implementing the national maternity strategy. [51141/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 2.2 million home help hours. [51142/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 5,000 home care packages. [51143/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of completing the recruitment required for the full implementation of A Vision for Change. [51144/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reducing the drug payment threshold to €100. [51145/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of recruiting an additional 200 speech and language therapists. [51146/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of recruiting an additional 200 occupational therapists. [51147/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of recruiting an additional 200 physiotherapists. [51148/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of recruiting an additional 50 dental surgeons. [51149/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of providing an additional emergency ambulance fleet; and the full-year costs of additional personnel required for its staffing. [51150/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing an additional one and a half million personal assistant hours for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51151/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 200 intensive home care packages for persons with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51152/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his Department’s estimated full-year cost of providing free general practitioner care to all the population. [51153/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the full year cost of providing an additional 100 critical care beds. [51154/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an additional 150 inpatient rehabilitation beds. [51155/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the national maternity strategy; and the additional extra funding that will be required for its implementation. [51156/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of staff in community neuro-rehabilitation teams in each community healthcare organisation; the specific medical or health care posts in each team in each community health care organisation; and the estimated full year cost of providing a full neuro-rehabilitation team in each CHO, in tabular form [51166/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care; the numbers waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and the numbers waiting more than 52 weeks. [51179/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for a ophthalmology appointment in primary care; the numbers waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and the numbers waiting more than 52 weeks. [51180/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care; the numbers waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and the numbers waiting more than 52 weeks. [51181/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for a oral health appointment in primary care; the numbers waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and the numbers waiting more than 52 weeks. [51182/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012, in tabular form; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51185/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of serious reportable events being notified within 24 hours to a designated officer. [51186/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of mandatory investigations that commence within 48 hours of the events occurring. [51187/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of mandatory investigations that are completed within four months of notification of the events occurring. [51188/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of reportable events in 2017 that were reported within 30 days of occurrence to the designated officer. [51189/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in September 2017; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than of 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; the number that waited longer than 40 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes 120 minutes and 180 minutes for same, in tabular form. [51190/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations that have been cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51191/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations that have been cancelled or postponed in each voluntary hospital to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51192/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures the HSE procured from private and independent hospitals to date in 2017; the amount spent by the HSE on these procedures in private and independent hospitals to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51193/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the HSE on 1 November 2017 or latest date available. [51194/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out MRI scans, in tabular form; the number of persons waiting as of 1 November 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the following waiting periods, less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [51195/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out CT scans, in tabular form; the number of persons waiting as of 1 November 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the following waiting periods, less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [51196/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out bone scans, in tabular form; the number of persons waiting as of 1 November 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the following waiting periods, less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [51197/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out angiograms, in tabular form; the number of persons waiting as of 1 November 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the following waiting periods, less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [51198/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out electroencephalograms, in tabular form; the number of persons waiting as of 1 November 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the following waiting periods, less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [51199/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, in tabular form; the number of persons waiting as of 1 November 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the following waiting periods, less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [51200/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards for persons over 70 years of age in circulation as of 31 October 2017 for each local health area, in tabular form. [51201/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards in circulation as of 31 October 2017 for each local health area, in tabular form. [51202/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the outcome of the meeting between a company (details supplied) and the HSE in recent days regarding the drug Vimizim for the treatment of Morquio disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49906/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the way in which rates paid by the HSE to private addiction clinics are decided upon; the details of the decision process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49907/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the outcome of the meeting between the HSE and a company (details supplied) in relation to Respreeza; the ongoing difficulties which has seen deterioration in the health of persons with alpha-1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49908/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if measures have now been put in place to allow persons with alpha-1 to receive Respreeza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49909/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the application by the Children's hospital group for paediatric interventional radiology service to be developed in existing hospitals prior to the move to the new children's hospital has been successful through the 2018 estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49910/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the balance of the capital funding due to the Mercy University Hospital, Cork, will be released in 2018; when this money will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50085/17]
• 2017-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if dental services such as teeth cleaning are available under the medical card scheme. [49795/17]
• 2017-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be moved to Beaumont Hospital to have the required surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49825/17]
• 2017-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the enforcement measures in place with regard to the 80/20 public private split in hospitals; if it is departmental policy to allow individual hospitals to disregard this rule as long as the overall hospital group comes in around the target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49599/17]
• 2017-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the next HSE performance report will be published. [49600/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a former HSE employee in receipt of a public service pension is entitled to return to work for the HSE through an agency without affecting their pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48720/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has failed to secure an independent living placement for a person (details supplied) who has been detained in a mental health facility for four years without having a psychiatric condition; when a place will become available; the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48726/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the services that can be made available by the HSE to a person (details supplied) in view of the mental health concerns expressed by their general practitioner; if he is satisfied with the level of mental health services available to those under 18 years of age in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48736/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive funding for their home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48737/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on spending in respect of the service reform fund; the amount that has been drawn down from this fund to date; the specific services that have received funding from the fund to date; the stated use of the funds drawn down from the fund by each applicable service to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48738/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance by age groups (details supplied). [48788/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of both in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists in the Dublin south city LHO; and the number of these accessible by persons in the catchment areas of Rathmines, Terenure and Rathfarnham. [49221/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of both in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent social workers in the Dublin south city LHO; and the number of these accessible by persons in the catchment areas of Rathmines, Terenure and Rathfarnham. [49222/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of both in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent public health nurses in the Dublin south city LHO; and the number of these accessible to persons in the catchment areas of Rathmines, Terenure and Rathfarnham. [49223/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in the Dublin south city LHO who have signed up to the free general practitioner service for the under sixes scheme; and the number of these accessible by persons in the catchment areas of Rathmines, Terenure and Rathfarnham. [49224/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged under 18 years of age for speech and language assessment in the Dublin south city LHO; and the number of these within the catchment areas of Rathmines, Terenure and Rathfarnham. [49226/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting time for children aged under 18 years of age for speech and language therapy treatment in the Dublin south city LHO; and the number of these within the catchment areas of Rathmines, Terenure and Rathfarnham. [49227/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of both in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists in the Cork south Lee LHO; and the number of these accessible by persons in the catchment area of Douglas. [49228/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of both in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent social workers in the Cork south Lee LHO; and the number of these accessible by persons in the catchment area of Douglas. [49229/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of both in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent public health nurses in the Cork south Lee LHO; and the number of these accessible by persons in the catchment area of Douglas. [49230/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners the Cork south Lee LHO who have signed up to the free general practitioner service for the under sixes scheme; and the number of these accessible by persons in the catchment area of Douglas. [49231/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children under 18 years of age for speech and language assessment in the Cork south Lee LHO; and the number of these within the catchment area of Douglas [49233/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged under 18 years of age for speech and language therapy treatment; the number in the Cork south Lee LHO; and the number of these within the catchment area of Douglas [49234/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Dentist Act 1985 will be amended to allow dental hygienists direct access to persons in view of recent changes to the dental treatment benefit scheme reinstating a free scale and polish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49275/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of elective discharges in each public and-or voluntary hospital in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of which were private and the number of which were public, by hospital, by year, in tabular form. [49401/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of elective discharges in each speciality as per the NTPF definitions of speciality in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of which were private and the number of which were public, by hospital, by year, in tabular form. [49402/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if there is a common outpatient waiting list as per the consultants contract 2008. [49403/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the revenue raised from charges for private patients in public beds; the number of procedures in each hospital which has treated private patients in public beds; and the number of applications for payment by the insurer that were submitted by each hospital for such procedures carried out by public and-or voluntary hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [49404/17]
• 2017-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason for the record overcrowding in hospital emergency departments to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48416/17]
• 2017-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the 2018 HSE service plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48183/17]
• 2017-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on concerns being raised regarding access to orphan and high-tech drugs due to the process of reimbursement assessment; if Ireland is in line with EU norms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48186/17]
• 2017-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action he will take to alleviate the difficulties being experienced by section 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48185/17]
• 2017-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action which will be taken to reduce the long waiting times for paediatric rheumatology appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48187/17]
• 2017-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of extra hospital beds that will be required on foot of the ESRI projection that demand for inpatient bed days is projected to increase by between 32% to 37% by 2030, from 3.27 million in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48184/17]
• 2017-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if consideration has or will be given to providing an allowance to polio survivors for physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47185/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions his Department or HSE officials have met the Irish Medical Organisation as part of the talks on a new general practitioners' contract to date in 2017. [45703/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions his Department or HSE officials have met the National Association of General Practitioners as part of the talks on a new general practitioners' contract to date in 2017. [45704/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the consultancy contracts his Department and the HSE have entered into since 1 January 2016; and the details of reports arising from such consultancy contracts that have been furnished to date to his Department and the HSE. [45705/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action taken to implement recommendations 30 to 39 of the national rare disease plan on access to medicines and technologies, in tabular form [45915/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the orphan drugs considered for reimbursement by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by the year of final recommendation, in tabular form; and if each drug was recommended for reimbursement [45921/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the work of the technical review committee for orphan drugs; the date of the committee's establishment; the membership of same; the chairperson of the committee; the date of their appointment; the number of meetings that have taken place; the recommendations that have been made by the committee; the action taken to implement recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45927/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of purchase orders processed by purchase officers in County Mayo since January 2017 in logistics and inventory management in respect of health business services; the number of persons that worked on theses purchase orders; the number at grade 4 and over; the combined salary of these persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45951/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a case review will be carried out for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45956/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take regarding the unprecedented High Court appeal brought by a company (details supplied) against the HSE decision not to reimburse for Translarna for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy for two children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45957/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE will work towards an interim arrangement to treat children with Translarna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45958/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the way the European Medicines Agency 2014 recommendation that sodium valproate should not be prescribed for girls and women of childbearing age is being implemented [46307/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when sodium valproate was first prescribed here; and if there are estimates of the number of children who have been adversely impacted by it [46308/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the care pathways in place for children possibly impacted by sodium valproate; the process for getting a diagnosis; if his attention has been drawn to reports of the current waiting time being two years for a diagnosis; and if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that there is an urgent need to have the complex needs of children assessed and appropriate pathways for diagnosis and treatment put in place immediately [46309/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) has conducted a number of surveys of women taking valproate and found that while doctor-patient communication is improving since 2014, only 56% of women surveyed in December 2016 indicated that they have had discussions on this issue with their health care professionals and the attention of 1 in 5 has not been drawn to the new restrictions in place since 2014 [46310/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the use of valproate information resources should be mandatory and informed consent should be obtained when using the drug in women and girls; his further views on whether a valproate register should be established and properly resourced public awareness campaigns need to happen; and his views on whether warnings should be displayed on the external packaging of the drug and that valproate medication should not be dispensed without original internal and external packaging [46311/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the new information technology strategy for the health system as a whole published in 2014 by eHealth Ireland; the progress made on its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46573/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will arrange for the recipients of Respreeza to receive their infusions in the same manner as they have always received them following the withdrawal of a company (details supplied) from covering the cost of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46971/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if Vimizim was discussed at the drugs committee meeting on 14 September 2017; if so, the contents of the conversation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47101/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be operated on to treat their scoliosis and will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45391/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the staff and resources required to operate the genomic sequencing equipment at the Mater hospital will be provided by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45435/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home care packages being provided in each local health office area, in tabular form. [45497/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of intensive home care packages being provided in each local health office area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45498/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours being provided in each local health office area, in tabular form. [45499/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited to date in 2017 across all sectors of the health service; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this recruitment. [45500/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care, acute and disability services; and the net increase in speech and language therapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [45501/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists newly recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care, acute and disability services; and the net increase in occupational therapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [45502/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists newly recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care, acute and disability services; and the net increase in physiotherapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [45503/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists employed in each CHO area; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016 in tabular form. [45504/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed in each CHO area; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016 in tabular form. [45505/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health #the number of physiotherapists employed in each CHO area; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016 in tabular form. [45506/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is considering charging a nominal fee of €5 per visit for free general practitioner care for those under 12 years of age. [45535/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the work of the expert reference group established to draft guidelines to facilitate the use of cannabis treatments under an access programme; when the guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45537/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 20 October 2017 or the latest date on which data for validated bed closures at hospital and ward level are available, in tabular form [45542/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in all public and voluntary acute hospitals at the end of September 2017 or the latest date available; and the number of which have been delayed by time band (details supplied), in tabular form. [45543/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if persons aged 75 years of age or over have experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours to date in 2017; and if so, the hospital in which the wait occurred. [45544/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional beds that will be provided during winter 2017 to help ease hospital overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45545/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the contingency plans in place for health services to cope with a greater 'flu outbreak than is normally experienced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45546/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a re-evaluation will be carried out on the drug Kuvan for persons suffering with PKU under the reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45137/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if myalgic encephalomyelitis forms part of the studies of student doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45138/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of the additional €37 million provided for home care packages and transitional care beds in budget 2018 that will be allocated to provide intensive home care packages for persons with dementia. [45147/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated in 2017 for intensive home care packages for persons with dementia; and the number of persons with dementia availing of these packages. [45148/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the allocation of intensive home care packages for persons with dementia has been suspended due to a lack of funding; and if so, when additional funding for these intensive home care packages will be made available. [45149/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a job description for carers delivering intensive home care packages for persons with dementia will be produced and made available to those availing of these packages and their families. [45150/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce paediatric interventional radiology prior to the establishment of the national children's hospital; if so, the location of same; if funding will be made available for same; the measures being taken to hire the required staff; the timeframe involved in commencing this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45162/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if 2019 is the earliest date that public funding can be provided for assisted human reproduction; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some persons are of the view that this may be too late for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43449/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home care packages and transitional care beds that will be provided by the €37 million funding announced in budget 2018. [43696/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the competing priorities for funding (details supplied); the position regarding children with arthritis, who are waiting for two years on the list of priorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43885/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to address a shortfall (details supplied) in care for children with JIA in the annual Estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43886/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason a submission by OLCHC requesting funding for the third rheumatology consultant has not been granted for the past three years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43887/17]
• 2017-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposed national review of cardiology services; the preparatory works conducted by the HSE during the summer; if an outside international expert has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43294/17]
• 2017-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of €5 million for the Healthy Ireland fund in 2017; if this funding has been allocated for 2017; and the locations in which the funding has been spent in 2017, in tabular form. [43339/17]
• 2017-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the promised €14 million investment over three years in Cork University Maternity Hospital; the amount which has been allocated and drawn down; the items or services which have been provided with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43340/17]
• 2017-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if there are now 81 doctors working as consultants in public hospitals who are not on the specialist register of the Medical Council; and if claims are accurate that in some cases the least experienced persons working remotely without senior consultant peer back-up were performing high-risk exploratory surgery for abdominal pains. [43341/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a third paediatric rheumatologist to combat the waiting list for persons with juvenile arthritis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42502/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the powers he has delegated to the Ministers of State in his Department; the date on which such a delegation was made; if there were changes in powers delegated relative to the situation in place prior to 14 June 2017; if so, the details; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42782/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons under 65 years of age in the fair deal scheme, under the nursing homes support scheme; and the number of persons under 65 years of age in receipt of it in each of the years 2012 to 2016. [42797/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have received treatment to date in 2017 under the funding provided to the National Treatment Purchase Fund separately from HSE waiting list initiatives. [42217/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if persons with haemochromatosis are to be charged €80 for outpatient attendance to have their blood drawn off; if so, if this applies just to private patients; if this charge will be imposed on medical card patients also; the justification for imposing fees on this treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42221/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe to publish an antimicrobial resistance plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42262/17]
• 2017-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a re-evaluation will be carried out on the drug Kuvan for persons with PKU under the reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42039/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide funding for a treatment centre (details supplied). [41426/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists in CHO area 7 and in the Dublin south west LHO; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Tallaght can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41429/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent social workers in CHO area 7 and Dublin south west LHO; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Tallaght can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41430/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent public health nurses in CHO area 7 and Dublin south west LHO; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Tallaght can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41431/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners, both in-post and vacant, in CHO area 7 that have signed up to the free general practitioner service for the under sixes scheme; the number in Dublin south west LHO; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Tallaght can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41432/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years of age for a speech and language assessment in CHO area 7 and Dublin south west LHO; the number of these within the catchment area of Tallaght; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41434/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years of age for speech and language therapy treatment in CHO area 7 and Dublin south west LHO; the number of these within the catchment area of Tallaght; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41435/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists in CHO area 8 and in the LHO area Longford and Westmeath; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Mullingar can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41436/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent social workers in CHO area 8 and in the LHO area Longford and Westmeath; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Mullingar can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41437/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent public health nurses in CHO area 8 and in the LHO area Longford and Westmeath; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Mullingar can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41438/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners both in post and vacant in community health care organisation, CHO, area 8 who have signed up to the free general practitioner service for the under sixes scheme; the number in local health office, LHO, area Longford and Westmeath; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Mullingar can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41439/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years of age for a speech and language assessment in CHO area 8; the number in the Longford and Westmeath LHO; the number of these within the catchment area of Mullingar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41441/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years of age for speech and language therapy treatment in CHO area 8; the number in the Longford and Westmeath LHO; the number of these within the catchment area of Mullingar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41442/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists in CHO area 4 and LHO area Cork south Lee; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Mahon can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41443/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent social workers in CHO area 4 and LHO area Cork south Lee; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Mahon can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41444/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent public health nurses in CHO area 4 and LHO area Cork south Lee; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Mahon can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41445/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in community health care organisation, CHO, area 4 who have signed up to the free general practitioner service for the under sixes scheme; the number in local health office, LHO, Cork south Lee; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Mahon can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41446/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years of age for a speech and language assessment in CHO area 4 and Cork south Lee LHO; the number of these within the catchment area of Mahon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41448/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years of age for speech and therapy treatment in CHO area 4 and Cork south Lee LHO; the number of these within the catchment area of Mahon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41449/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists in CHO area 3 and LHO area Tipperary north east Limerick; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Thurles can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41450/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent social workers in CHO area 3 and LHO area Tipperary north east Limerick; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Thurles can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41451/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent public health nurses in CHO area 3 and LHO area Tipperary north east Limerick; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Thurles can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41452/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in community health care organisation, CHO, area 3 who have signed up to the free general practitioner service for the under sixes scheme; the number in local health office, LHO, Tipperary north east Limerick; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Thurles can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41453/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years of age for speech and language assessment in CHO area 3 and Tipperary north east Limerick LHO; the number of these within the catchment area of Thurles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41455/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years of age for speech and language therapy treatment in CHO area 3 and Tipperary north east Limerick LHO; the number of these within the catchment area of Thurles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41456/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the drug ocrelizumab for the treatment of multiple sclerosis; if the drug is being assessed by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, NCPE; and if not, if it will be assessed in the near future. [41461/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a permanent residential place can be provided for a person (details supplied). [41470/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will meet persons (details supplied) to discuss their recent experience with the emergency services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41715/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to introducing a postgraduate programme that would allow nurses from other fields to study and train to become general nurses helping to alleviate staffing issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41732/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the consideration that has been given to the use of email, text and so on to notify persons of appointments in circumstances in which it is possible in an effort to reduce administration costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41741/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will allocate in budget 2018 the required moneys for the provision of the pilot project for Prader-Willi syndrome providing respite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41743/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the extent to which savings from the State’s agreement with an organisation (details supplied) in 2016 have been applied towards the funding of new medicines; and the processes in place to ensure that in 2018 savings generated under the agreement are applied for the funding of new medicines by the Health Service Executive and transparently reported as such. [41919/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the outcome of the drugs group meeting on 14 September 2017 following its review of Vimizim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41932/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to implement the Sláintecare report. [41051/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he plans to further extend eligibility for free general practitioner care. [40940/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the recent assertion that Irish persons have the worst access to newly launched medicines. [40941/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if reports that the HSE is facing a projected €300 million financial deficit this year are accurate; and the action that will be taken to address this. [40942/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he expects to bring forward proposals on changing the nursing home support scheme. [40943/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the bed capacity review. [40939/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting zero to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41185/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for an ophthalmology appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting zero to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41186/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting zero to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41187/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting zero to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41188/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting zero to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41189/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for an oral health appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting zero to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41190/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area in June, July and August 2017; and the way in which this compares against the target in tabular form. [41205/17]
• 2017-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre system will be made available under the long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; if availability will not be restricted only to people with type 1 diabetes but will be made available to all persons on multiple daily insulin injections based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40142/17]
• 2017-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a social worker will be assigned to a person (details supplied); the efforts being made to secure housing for this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40143/17]
• 2017-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of Nivolumab on the reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40144/17]
• 2017-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the funding provided for the nursing home support scheme in each year since its inception; and the revenue raised each year on the basis of the financial assessment of assets. [40339/17]
• 2017-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund has reviewed the price being charged for long-term residential care in private nursing homes (details supplied); if the transparency of the pricing mechanism will be increasing in order that existing and potential investors can make as informed decisions as possible; and if so, if he will report on the findings. [40347/17]
• 2017-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he plans to restrict the provision of adult nappies to persons; if so, the reason this measure is being undertaken; the amount that supplies are being reduced by; the timeframe for this measure to be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40469/17]
• 2017-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of non-health care, community based organisations or enterprises, such as cafés or hotels, which have applied for authorisation by the Health Products Regulatory Authority to be a listed organisation permitted to administer emergency medicines as provided for under SI 449/2015; the number of persons authorised to administer emergency care within these listed organisations to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40507/17]
• 2017-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the extent to which both the excessive cost and duration of training required by members of community organisations recognised as listed organisations under SI 449/2015 to become recognised as authorised persons to administer emergency medicines under the terms of this legislation are acting as a barrier to the successful implementation of this initiative, including the widespread roll-out of such training and the increased access to emergency medicines by persons who require them; his views on whether it is time to update the training to enable communities to have access to these life-saving medicines in GAA clubs, cafés and workplaces; the measures he plans to take to address these barriers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40508/17]
• 2017-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to survey individual nursing homes on the amount they are charging in additional fees to residents under the nursing home support scheme and the services they are delivering for these levies. [40112/17]
• 2017-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to regulate the charging of additional fees to residents under the nursing home support scheme. [40113/17]
• 2017-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in July 2017; the number of such ambulances that waited more than 20, 40, 60, 90, 120 and 180 minutes respectively to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls, in tabular form. [40114/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be given an appointment for an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39179/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if funding can be provided for a person (details supplied) with special needs for a taxi to transport them to and from a training centre. [39321/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken to improve juvenile arthritis treatment in Cork University Hospital; when a replacement consultant will be put in place; if consideration is being given for a satellite clinic in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39446/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason funding for the World Health Organization's baby friendly health initiative has stopped; if this decision will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39450/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been or will be given to the funding of an IVF scheme to eliminate the cystic fibrosis gene for couples affected by this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39451/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the operational primary care centres and the year in which they opened, by county, in tabular form. [39706/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the freestyle libre system to be made available under the long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; if the system will not be restricted only to persons with type 1 diabetes but will be made available to all persons on multi-daily insulin injections based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39797/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of over-70s GP-only cards in circulation by local health office as of 30 June 2017. [36914/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Cork on a waiting list for occupational therapy; the number awaiting occupational therapy services for up to 12 months, 24 months and 36 months and over, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36981/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented for mental health services to HSE facilities in County Cork in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of persons who presented for mental health services to HSE facilities with a residential address in County Cork in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36982/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 968 of 20 June 2017, if the health technology assessment, HTA, on universal vaccination will be completed before September 2018; if his Department is working towards extending the HPV vaccination to boys in September 2018 or 2019 if the assessment produces a positive recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37054/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) has agreed to a deal to take over a number of primary care centres currently operated by the HSE; the primary care centres, in tabular form; the revenues raised by such deals; if other companies have agreed to similar deals for primary care centres or other health facilities; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37057/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the training and qualifications required by HSE home helps; the training and qualifications required by employees of private home care provider companies that are employed by the HSE and those hired directly by the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37093/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if persons with Lyme disease are eligible under the cross border Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37095/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the waiting list action plans for 2017 in the areas of inpatient and day case, scoliosis and outpatient services have been funded by the National Treatment Purchase Fund or if they are a HSE initiative only. [37129/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the Maynooth community care unit, County Kildare; and the timeframe for the unit to receive its €1 million investment. [37485/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37508/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if recent newspaper reports that he plans to build three new public hospitals which would carry out only non-emergency operations are accurate; the number of beds that would be provided by such hospitals; the general regional location of each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38394/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards and general practitioner cards respectively as of 1 August 2017; and the number of each type of card issued on a discretionary basis as of 1 August 2017. [38931/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards in each local health office, LHO, as of 1 August 2017; and the figures for each LHO on 1 January 2017. [38932/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in June 2017; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than of 20, 40, 60, 90, 120 and 180 minutes respectively to hand over patients, retrieve their trolleys and return to responding to calls, in tabular form [38933/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of Vimizin (elosulfase alfa) for the treatment of Morquio A syndrome (MPS 1VA); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34924/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if Vimizin (elosulfase alfa) is being provided to persons here; if so, the qualifying criteria; if other persons avail of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34925/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposed construction of the 50-bed residential unit in Tuam, County Galway, on HSE lands adjoining the Grove health centre; if a person has offered €7 million towards the construction of the hospital; his plans to provide the remaining €5 million of capital funding for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34944/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of hospices and palliative care units that receive funding from the HSE as section 39 entities; the number of beds in each hospice and palliative care unit; the number of WTE staff employed in each; and the funding provided by the HSE in 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [35096/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will act on the ME information pack (details supplied) that was recently distributed; if so, the measures he plans to introduce; the timeframe for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35355/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the international consensus criteria for the diagnosis of ME will be distributed to general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35356/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the specialists will be in situ to see patients with regard to the identification of a sarcoma specialist at St. Vincent's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35359/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if arthritis patient appointments in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin are being cancelled for July 2017 and rescheduled for March 2018; his views on whether it is satisfactory that children are being left for so long without monitoring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35364/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the statutory provisions are complete in respect of the new transport support scheme; when the legislation will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35707/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 6 July 2017, the legal standing of the patient waiver form. [35788/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a residential placement for a person (details supplied) who is currently residing with their grandparents and needs their own supervised independence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36268/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 14 July 2017 or the latest date on which data for validated bed closures at hospital and ward level are available, in tabular form. [36374/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in all public and voluntary acute hospitals at the end of June 2017 or the latest date available; and the number of which have been delayed for periods (details supplied) respectively, in tabular form. [36375/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if persons aged 75 years of age or over have experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours to date in 2017; and, if so, the hospital in which the wait occurred. [36376/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the targets in place for organ donation and transplant rates; if they have been achieved to date in 2017; and if not, the progress made towards achieving the targets. [36377/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the preparations that have been put in place for the implementation of the policy on trauma systems. [36378/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the planning of a national genetic and genomic medicine network service which will operate on a hub and spoke basis; the location of the hubs and spokes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36379/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of elective inpatient discharges in each public and voluntary hospital during the first six months of 2017. [36380/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of haemodialysis patients treated in acute hospitals during the first six months of 2017. [36381/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of haemodialysis patients treated in contracted centres during the first six months of 2017. [36382/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home therapies dialysis patients treated during the first six months of 2017. [36383/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost through delayed discharges during the first six months of 2017. [36384/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of acute stroke patients who have spent all or some of their hospital stay in an acute or combined stroke unit during the first six months of 2017. [36385/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of persons with confirmed acute ischaemic stroke who receive thrombolysis during the first six months of 2017. [36386/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the acute hospitals that have a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, outreach programme. [36387/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons attending the rapid access lung clinic in designated cancer centres during the first six months of 2017. [36388/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons attending rapid access prostate clinics in cancer centres during the first six months of 2017; and the number of persons attending such clinics who attended or were offered an appointment within 20 working days of receipt of referral in the cancer centres over the same time period. [36389/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spent on agency staff each month to date in 2017; the equivalent figures for each month in 2016; the proportion of the HSE’s anticipated agency staff expenditure for 2017 that has been incurred to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36390/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount collected in prescription charges for medical card prescriptions in each of the years 2011 to 2016; and the amount projected for 2017. [36391/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the emergency department task force report recommendations; and the recommendations that have and have not been fully implemented in tabular form. [36487/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE's development of a community-based cardiac rehab programme in collaboration with a charity (details supplied). [36608/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of residential units for older persons that have implemented the tobacco-free campus policy; and the percentage of residential units for older persons which now do so. [36609/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of residential disability services that have implemented the tobacco-free campus policy; and the percentage of residential disability services which now do so [36610/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of smokers who have received or are receiving intensive cessation support from a cessation counsellor either face to face, in a group, by phone or via a HSE QUIT team to date in 2017. [36611/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have enrolled in QUIT programmes to date in 2017. [36612/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if all hospitals in each hospital group are implementing a healthier vending policy in hospital groups. [36613/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons participating in HSE-funded community cooking programmes. [36614/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the development and implementation of a HSE hospital food and nutrition policy in acute hospitals; if the policy is now finalised; and if so, the hospitals in each hospital group which are implementing it. [36615/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the development and implementation of a national clinical guideline for identification and management of under-nutrition in acute hospitals; if the guidelines are now finalised; and if so, the hospitals in each hospital group which are implementing it. [36616/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the hospital groups and hospitals within each that have completed calorie posting. [36617/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of babies breastfed exclusively and not exclusively at first PHN visit; and the percentage of babies breastfed exclusively and not exclusively at the three month PHN developmental check. [36618/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of local and national partnership plans developed and agreed under the dementia understand together campaign. [36619/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of women aged 50 to 64 years of age invited for a BreastCheck screening to date in 2017; the number who accepted the offer; and the number who have been screened. [36620/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of women aged 65 years of age invited for a BreastCheck screening to date in 2017; the number who accepted the offer; and the number who have been screened. [36621/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of women aged 66 years of age invited for a BreastCheck screening to date in 2017; the number who accepted the offer; and the number who have been screened. [36622/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of women aged 67 years of age invited for a BreastCheck screening to date in 2017; the number who accepted the offer; and the number who have been screened. [36623/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of women aged 68 years of age invited for a BreastCheck screening to date in 2017; the number that accepted the offer; and the number that have been screened. [36624/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of women aged 69 years of age invited for a BreastCheck screening to date in 2017; the number that accepted the offer; and the number that have been screened. [36625/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the proportion of women that to date in 2017 have been offered an appointment for an assessment clinic within two weeks of notification of an abnormal mammographic result. [36626/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the proportion of women that to date in 2017 have been invited for screening within 24 months of becoming eligible or since their last screening appointment. [36627/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have completed a satisfactory FIT test to date in 2017. [36628/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the proportion of urgent cases offered a colposcopy appointment within two weeks of receipt of a letter in the clinic. [36629/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons screened with final grading result with regard to the Diabetic RetinaScreen programme and its operation to date in 2017; the percentage uptake rate; and the percentage of persons screened that are issued a result within three weeks. [36630/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the uptake to date in 2017 in each CHO for the HPV vaccine. [36631/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of official food control and planned surveillance inspections of food businesses to date in 2017 with regard to the HSE Food Safety Authority of Ireland service contract. [36632/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the sun bed test purchase and mystery shopper inspection programme under the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014; the test purchase inspections completed to date in 2017; and the mystery shopper inspections completed over the same timeframe. [36633/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of drinking water samples taken to date in 2017 to assess fluoride parameter compliance. [36634/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 July 2017; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [33908/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical nurse specialists and senior physiotherapists recruited to date in 2017 to support the implementation of the respiratory integrated care projects in each CHO. [33909/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of senior podiatrists, senior dietitians and integrated care clinical nurse specialists recruited to date in 2017 to support the implementation of chronic disease integrated care projects in each CHO. [33910/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals now availing of a virtual heart failure consultation service enabling outpatient referrals between the hospital and primary care. [33911/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of community intervention teams in each community health care organisation as of 30 June 2017 or the latest date available; the number of staff whole time equivalent in each on that date; and the corresponding data for the same dates in 2015 and 2016. [33912/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals for treatment to each community intervention team in the first quarter and second quarter of the year. [33913/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of patients supported and trained to self administer compounded IV antibiotics (details supplied) in each CHO. [33914/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the expansion of community x-ray schemes in counties Donegal and Kerry; the number of additional x-rays provided to date in 2017 relative to the same period in 2016; and the number of additional staff WTE employed in such services. [33915/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of packages of care for children discharged from hospital with complex medical conditions that have been supported to date in 2017; and the average full year cost of such packages. [33916/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the agreement and implementation of a protocol for discharge planning for children with complex medical conditions. [33917/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the agreement and implementation of a clinical and service assessment tool for children with complex medical conditions. [33918/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the quality assurance review of home care packages in place for children with complex medical needs. [33919/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the development and agreement of an implementation plan to commence phased roll out service model and care pathways for primary care eye services. [33920/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of a hepatitis C treatment programme strategic plan in collaboration with the programme advisory group. [33921/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the development and implementation of performance metrics for all hepatitis C treatment sites to drive treatment volume and monitor performance. [33922/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if strategies for the continued identification of hepatitis C patients for treatment and development of pathways to care have been devised; and if so, the details of same. [33923/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the prioritisation and selection criteria of patients for treatment through the national hepatitis C treatment programme clinical advisory group. [33924/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of the hepatitis C registry to support continued planning of treatment for the duration of the national hepatitis C treatment programme. [33925/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of the hepatitis C registry to support the provision of clinical information on patient outcomes to the national hepatitis C treatment programme. [33926/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the development and implementation of improved infrastructural support to the hepatitis C registry. [33927/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the recruitment of 83 WTEs for the implementation of speech and language therapy service improvement initiatives across CHOs has been concluded; if not, the number of these positions now in place; and the CHOs in which each of these posts have been assigned. [33928/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional speech and language assessment and therapy appointments as part of the 2016 service improvement initiative provided by the end of June 2017 or the latest date available. [33929/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of governance groups convened to date in 2017 to develop and agree revised models for primary care physiotherapy and occupational therapy services to include development and agreement of care pathways, workforce planning and implementation plans. [33930/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the clinical oversight group to advise on clinical standards in HSE funded primary dental services was established; and if he will report on its work to date. [33931/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of targeted dental screening for areas that do not have access for 11 to 13 year olds; the additional areas that now have screening; and the additional number of 11 to 13 year olds that have now been screened. [33932/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if wave 2 fluoride and caring for children's teeth fieldwork has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33933/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a communication action plan to support implementation of anti-microbial guidelines in dentistry has been developed; and if so, the details of same. [33934/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children that have been waiting for orthodontic services for three years or more as of 30 June 2017 or the latest date available. [33935/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the action plan for anti-microbial resistance. [33936/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the individual health identifier business application tool has been procured and configured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33937/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the individual health identifier business service has been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33938/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the individual health identifier has been rolled out to initial selected GPs; and the number of GPs selected. [33939/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to roll out the individual health identifier to national systems, further GPs and first hospital systems. [33940/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of existing service arrangements with section 39 service providers to ensure a stronger focus on addressing the health needs of homeless persons including the development of targets, outcomes, quality standards, enhanced monitoring and evaluation. [33941/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the CHO and hospital groups in which the discharge protocol for homeless persons in acute hospitals and mental health facilities are being implemented. [33942/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE consultation process with all service providers of children's palliative care in the community has now been completed; the action that will follow from this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33943/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if persons with a primary non-cancer diagnosis have equal access to services as per the eligibility criteria guidelines. [33944/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that received specialist palliative care treatment in their normal place of residence in each month in 2017 to date. [33945/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO currently waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care and the number waiting up to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks. [33946/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO currently awaiting for an ophthalmology appointment in primary care; and the number waiting up to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks. [33947/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO currently waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care; the number waiting up to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks. [33948/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO currently waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care; and the number waiting up to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks. [33949/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO currently waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care; and the number waiting up to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks. [33950/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO currently waiting for an oral health appointment in primary care; and the number waiting up to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks. [33951/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33952/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of serious reportable events currently being notified within 24 hours to a designated officer. [33953/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of mandatory investigations commenced within 48 hours of the events occurring. [33954/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of mandatory investigations currently completed within four months of notification of the events occurring. [33955/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of reportable events in 2017 that have been reported within 30 days of occurrence to the designated officer. [33956/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in May 2017; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than of 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; the number that waited longer than 40 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 120 minutes and more than 180 minutes for same. [33957/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33958/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each voluntary hospital to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33959/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures the HSE has procured from private and independent hospitals to date in 2017; the amount which has been spent by the HSE on these procedures in private and independent hospitals to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33960/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the HSE on 1 July 2017 or the latest date available. [33961/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out MRI scans; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in waiting periods of less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [33962/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the public or voluntary hospitals that carry out CT scans; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in waiting periods of less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [33963/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out bone scans; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the waiting periods of less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [33964/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out angiograms; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the waiting periods of less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [33965/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals which carry out electroencephalograms; the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals for waiting periods of less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [33966/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to name the public or voluntary hospitals that carry out endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals for waiting periods of less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [33967/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards for persons over 70 years of age in circulation by LHO as of 30 June 2017. [33968/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ultrasounds provided to date in 2017 at primary care sites (details supplied). [33969/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited to date in 2017 across all sectors of the health service; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this recruitment. [34004/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited; and the net increase in speech and language therapists numbers resulting from this recruitment. [34005/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists newly recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited; and the net increase in occupational therapists numbers resulting from this recruitment. [34006/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists newly recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited; and the net increase in physiotherapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [34007/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists currently employed in each CHO; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34008/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists currently employed in each CHO; and the equivalent figures for 2015 and 2016. [34009/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists currently employed in each CHO; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34010/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant posts in whole time equivalent terms currently in each public and voluntary hospital; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34011/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved senior house officer posts in whole time equivalent terms currently in each public and voluntary hospital; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34012/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved registrar posts in whole time equivalent terms currently in each public and voluntary hospital; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34013/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved senior registrar posts in whole time equivalent terms currently in each public and voluntary hospital; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34014/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for the most up to date figures for the number of approved clinical dental surgeon posts in whole time equivalent terms currently employed by the HSE; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34015/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for the most up to date figures for the number of approved general dental surgeon posts in whole time equivalent terms currently employed by the HSE; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34016/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for the most up to date figures for the number of approved senior dental surgeon posts in whole time equivalent terms currently employed by the HSE; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34017/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for the most up to date figures for the number of approved registered intellectual disability nursing posts in whole time equivalent terms currently employed by the HSE; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [34018/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he plans to bring forward multi-annual plans and budgets for health expenditure, both current and capital. [34085/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will publish a five year service plan. [34086/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the allocation of the €15 million in 2017 to fund the National Treatment Purchase Fund to urgently address waiting lists for those waiting longest; the amount of this funding which has now been spent; and the number of persons that will receive scheduled treatment as a result of this expenditure. [34087/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the way his Department is honouring the commitment to fully implement A Vision for Change. [34088/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the dialogue which has been undertaken by his Department with religious organisations on the management and ownership of health care facilities by those organisations, with particular regard to proposed changes in that relationship, especially in circumstances in which the services are predominantly funded by the State. [34642/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34643/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost current and capital of providing a mobile catheterisation lab for University Hospital Waterford. [32119/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding the national review of primary percutaneous coronary intervention and percutaneous coronary intervention services being undertaken; if it will be completed by July 2017 as previously committed to; the date on which the review started; the membership of the review body; the number of meetings held to date by the body (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32231/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to outline in tabular form the reason health capital expenditure was €36 million behind profile at the end of June 2017; and the projects that have not been in receipt of funds that should have been allocated at this stage. [32326/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the non-payment of a subcontractor by a contractor that was awarded a contract by the HSE can be investigated (details supplied); if the HSE was satisfied with the works carried out by the subcontractor; if they fully complied with certification and standards; if the main contractor has been paid the full amount of the contract price; his views and the views of the HSE on whether it is appropriate for non-payment to the subcontractor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32364/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the date on which the HSE received a report (details supplied) into the structure of ambulance services; and when it will be published. [32525/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the first year and full-year cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold from €144 to €130, €120, €110 and €100, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32912/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the first and full-year cost of recruiting an additional 100 consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32913/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the first and full-year cost of recruiting an additional 1,000 nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32914/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area, for each month to date in 2017; if he will provide same for each month and each local health office; and the way in which it compares against the target, in tabular form. [32929/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the review of the nursing home support scheme, a fair deal, in tabular form. [32961/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of amending the fees charged under the nursing homes support scheme, NHSS, to enable nursing home residents with an assessed weekly income of €300 or less to retain a minimum of €60 weekly. [32962/17]
• 2017-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount collected in prescription charges for medical card prescriptions in each of the years 2011 to 2016; and the projected amount to be collected in 2017. [31985/17]
• 2017-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of employees across the health sector earning €100,000 or more, €125,000 or more, €150,000 or more and €200,000 or more, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31986/17]
• 2017-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of beds available in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in each local health office for persons with addiction issues for both under 18 years of age and over 18 years of age, in the areas of detox and residential addiction treatment; the locations of such beds available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32056/17]
• 2017-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the Acts in force for which he has lead responsibility that have parts or sections yet to be formally commenced; the details or purpose of same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32057/17]
• 2017-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if private charges may only be implemented from the date on which the private patient waiver form is signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32058/17]
• 2017-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if all persons should be fully informed of the services they will receive in both the private or public system prior to signing the patient waiver form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32059/17]
• 2017-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if all public hospitals are adhering to the terms of Consumer Protection Act 2007 when offering private services to consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32060/17]
• 2017-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the person that sanctioned the issuance of correspondence threatening debt collectors to persons after demanding that patient waiver forms be signed after discharge from a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32061/17]
• 2017-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a place will be allocated to a person (details supplied) to attend an organisation in Mallow for September 2017. [31649/17]
• 2017-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner vacancies in each local health area in tabular form. [31808/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a spinal bed in the National Rehabilitation Hospital; if waiting times have been affected adversely by the closure of beds in the hospital in April 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30840/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30842/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of section 39 agencies in receipt of annual State funding in excess of €100,000; and the cumulative total of this funding. [30932/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of section 39 agencies in receipt of annual State funding that is less €100,000; and the cumulative total of this funding. [30933/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if recognition and support will be given to a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31290/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to establish a national support phone service for a group (details supplied) to ensure it has access to an independent confidential and listening service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31291/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the date by which he will amend the statutory instrument regarding membership of the consultative council on hepatitis C to allow for women who have been infected with hepatitis C through the contaminated blood product anti-d immunoglobulin to be represented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31292/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the date by which he will advertise the vacant positions on the consultative council on hepatitis C to be filled by a group (details supplied); his views on whether the exclusion of the largest infected group among those recognised as State infected to appointments made to the consultative council on hepatitis C is unfair and undemocratic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31293/17]
• 2017-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in April 2017, in tabular form; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; and the number that waited longer than 40, 60, 90, 120, 180 and more than 180 minutes for same. [30685/17]
• 2017-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 23 June 2017, in tabular form. [30686/17]
• 2017-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the scheme for each local health area, in tabular form; and the length of time waiting [30687/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to set down the number of drugs in the past two years and to date in 2017 that have been referred from the HSE to the Department of Health for further consideration after being passed for reimbursement; the names of these drugs; the reason each was referred to his Department; if this was outside the industry agreement and-or the statutory process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29554/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to outline the reason that Brintellix was referred to his Department for further consideration for reimbursement after being approved; the length of time this process takes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29557/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if early detection breast cancer screening protocols are available for women with breast density; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29568/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year running costs of opening all medical assessment units on a seven-day basis. [29350/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an extra 500 hospital consultants; and the average estimated cost for support staff required per consultant. [29351/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 4,000 nursing staff. [29352/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing prescription charges. [29353/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of increasing the general practitioners' rural practice allowance to €25,000. [29354/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of implementing the national maternity strategy. [29355/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 2.2 million home help hours. [29356/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 5,000 home care packages. [29357/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of completing the recruitment required for the full implementation of A Vision for Change. [29358/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of reducing the drug payment threshold from €144 to €100. [29359/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 200 speech and language therapists. [29360/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 200 occupational therapists. [29361/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 200 physiotherapists. [29362/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 50 dental surgeons. [29363/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of providing an additional emergency ambulances fleet; and the estimated full-year costs of additional personnel required for its staffing. [29364/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of providing an additional emergency ambulance; and estimated the full-year costs of additional personnel required for its staffing. [29365/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional one and a half million personal assistant hours for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29366/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 200 intensive home care packages for persons with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29367/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing free general practitioner care to all the population. [29368/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 100 critical care beds. [29369/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the actions he will take to ensure timely access to MRIs in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin for persons with scoliosis in view of the fact that 18 month to two year waits are putting children at huge risk of injury, deformity and lifelong health complications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29410/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to safeguard children with scoliosis waiting for halo traction treatment in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; the way in which he will ensure that no child will be left to deteriorate on a waiting list for halo traction; the actions which will be taken to ensure all children awaiting halo traction in the hospital will have immediate access to care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29411/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of children with scoliosis that are transferred to Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Temple Street CUH and Cappagh for diagnostics, pre-ops and surgery having had first contact with the orthopaedic team privately; his views on whether there should be a fair and equitable access to public services and care for all children regardless of their ability to pay; the actions he will take to ensure all children can access timely outpatient assessments in the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29412/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans the four month target is to be met by year end; if he will commit to his pledge that no child will have to wait longer than four months for scoliosis surgery by year end 2017 once a clinical decision is made by the treating consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29414/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a new general practitioner services contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29222/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to counter anti-vaccination campaigns. [29070/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason behind the notable regional differences in the provision of home care packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29068/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason the task force for the implementation of the national maternity strategy has met just once in 18 months. [29066/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason that in May 2017 some 14,389 outpatient appointments had been outstanding in County Cork hospitals for more than a year, a fivefold increase by comparison to May 2014. [29069/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if waiting time targets for cancer diagnoses are being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29067/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure public hospitals in receipt of private income shall disclose if part of such income came from elective admissions or part came from emergency admissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27912/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the name, contact details and the location in which persons can be tested for Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29160/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason the commitment to have no public patient waiting more than 15 months for surgery or a specialist appointment by October 2017 has been abandoned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28148/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the review of medical assessment units, urgent care centres and minor injuries clinics; his plans to extend their daily hours of opening and to provide weekend opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27909/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the date on which the new national cancer strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27910/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason the commitment to have no public patient waiting more than 15 months for surgery or a specialist appointment by October 2017 has been abandoned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27911/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status on the introduction of free general practitioner care to persons under 18 years of age; the increase in general practitioner numbers required to support the additional workload; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27913/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is in the public interest for a company (details supplied) to restrict access to the clinics services to its own subscribers in view of the recent approval by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission for the company to take full ownership of the clinics and of the State's share in the company. [26831/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 205 and 207 of 25 May 2017, which were referred to the HSE and in view of the fact that the HSE was unable to provide an answer, if he will refer the questions to the relevant body for answer. [26664/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to instil public confidence in the national immunisation programme for HPV; his further plans to use mass media campaigns to encourage better take-up of this vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27595/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the extension of the national immunisation programme for HPV to boys in view of the fact that 39,000 men worldwide die of HPV-related cancer each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27596/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department is examining the positive impact a universal vaccination programme for HPV has had on countries such as the United States of America, Australia and Canada; if a health technology assessment on universal vaccination has been completed by HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27597/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the availability of the HPV vaccine to girls who have previously declined or missed the administration of the vaccine in school as part of the national immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27598/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to communicate the importance and effectiveness of the HPV vaccine to parents and separately to 12 year olds in order to increase the uptake of the national immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27599/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the process of vaccination will be named as a key prevention tactic in the upcoming national cancer strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27600/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason day-case private patients in public hospitals receive oncology drugs for a per diem statutory charge of €407 or €329 depending on the type of hospital in view of the fact that the day-case drug cost is an average €1,500 per person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27603/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason the full cost of oncology drugs provided to day-case private patients in public hospitals cannot be charged to the health insurance companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27604/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a public hospital oncology consultant receives the same professional fee payment as an oncology consultant in a private hospital from health insurance companies for treating day-case oncology private patients in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27605/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the annual cost for all public hospitals for day-case oncology drugs by public and private patients in each of the years 2012 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27606/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to meet with an organisation (details supplied); if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27680/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment process further to the commitment he gave in 2016 regarding the appointment of a medical oncologist with sarcoma-specific experience equal to or greater than the expert that treated persons at St Vincent's University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27681/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the request by a person (details supplied) for HSE funding to assist with third level studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28076/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28174/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the deadline announced in February 2017 for the publication of an implementation plan for the national neuro-rehabiltation strategy by June 2017 will not now be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28260/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the therapy requirements of persons (details supplied) will be assessed and organised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28490/17]
• 2017-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on HIQA’s recommendation that women should be screened for cervical cancer every five years instead of at three-yearly intervals as at present. [26445/17]
• 2017-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours by local health area provided in March and April 2017 in tabular form. [26148/17]
• 2017-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the national patient experience survey includes patients in accident and emergency departments. [26157/17]
• 2017-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when his attention was drawn to the fact that Tallaght hospital had cut its cleaning budget in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26217/17]
• 2017-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take regarding the decision to cut Tallaght hospital's cleaning budget in 2015; if the persons that made the decision still hold positions of responsibility in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26218/17]
• 2017-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the decision to cut Tallaght hospital's cleaning budget in 2015 was sanctioned by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26219/17]
• 2017-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the decision to cut Tallaght hospital's cleaning budget in 2015 was sanctioned by the board of the Dublin Midlands hospital group; if their attention was drawn to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26220/17]
• 2017-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if other hospitals have imposed reductions on cleaning and hygiene similar to Tallaght hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26221/17]
• 2017-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cleaning budget for Tallaght hospital in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively; and the amount it has increased in order to treat the adverse consequences of the previous decision to cut the budget. [26222/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if general practitioners and other medical professionals receive regular training on Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25269/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a solution can be offered to persons (details supplied) who wish to work in the emergency services here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25493/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the application for reimbursement for the drug Entresto; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25667/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for home care packages for persons aged 65 to 74 years of age, 75 to 84 years of age and 85 years of age and older received in each of the years 2011 to 2016. [25670/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for home help hours for persons aged 65 to 74 years of age, 75 to 84 years of age and 85 years of age and older received in each of the years 2011 to 2016. [25671/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of perinatal deaths and the perinatal mortality rate in each maternity unit in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and the number of stillbirths and the number of early neonatal deaths within that timeframe. [26003/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of compensation payments made by the HSE on foot of incidents in maternity units in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the amount of each individual payment; and the maternity unit in which the incident took place. [26004/17]
• 2017-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address the use of disposable tins by tobacco companies to bypass upcoming plain packaging laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25202/17]
• 2017-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address tobacco companies rapidly increasing the production of products affected by plain packaging laws prior to the 30 September 2017 deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25203/17]
• 2017-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if there is a contingency plan in place in order that smaller hospitals that do not have compounding capabilities and do not run out of chemotherapy drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25261/17]
• 2017-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will consider pharmacists prescribing nicotine replacement therapy the way in which the morning after pill is prescribed (details supplied); if he will adopt the HIQA recommendation of a review of dispensing rules for nicotine replacement therapy on the general medical scheme and that this takes place without delay in order that operational structures can be developed to provide nicotine replacement therapy without a prescription to general medical scheme patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25262/17]
• 2017-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing the prescription charge on a phased basis over five years, beginning in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25263/17]
• 2017-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the 50 cent prescription charge reduction for medical card holders over 70 years of age to the entire general medical scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25264/17]
• 2017-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme reimbursement threshold on a phased annual basis from €144 per month to €132 per month, €120 per month, €100 per month and €85 per month respectively, beginning in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25265/17]
• 2017-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the programme for Government commitment to reduce the cost of medicines by reducing the annual required co-payment on the drugs payment scheme; his plans to amend reimbursement of the scheme from a monthly to annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25266/17]
• 2017-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing statutory public inpatient charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25267/17]
• 2017-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department and Healthy Ireland will implement the WHO international code of marketing of breast milk substitutes in full (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25268/17]
• 2017-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of chiropodists in County Kerry to treat medical card holders; the names and addresses of each; the current waiting list for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23980/17]
• 2017-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason for the lack of adoption of obesity treatment programmes with regard to the requirement of treatment programmes for obesity since the publication in 2005 of the report of the National Taskforce on Obesity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24276/17]
• 2017-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost to the healthcare system, in terms of hospital care and medications, of those living with obesity; if his Department has carried out a cost-benefit analysis of the wider implementation of obesity treatment programmes versus current long term spending on obesity-related diseases such as diabetes, obesity related cancers and heart disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24277/17]
• 2017-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been unable to secure a registered right of way from the HSE on a road at which they have an existing right of way and have been using for the past 30 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24292/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the HSE budget for information technology in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [23735/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent upgrading and updating information systems in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [23736/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent on software to combat malware and cyber attacks in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [23737/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of computers provided by the HSE to staff; and the number that have had software upgrades in each of the past five years with a view to strengthening protection against cyber attacks. [23738/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of computers provided by the HSE to staff; and the number of each that came into service in each of the past ten years. [23739/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated expenditure on information technology in the capital plan to 2021; and the amount that has been drawn down to date. [23740/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants currently employed on a full-time permanent basis; the number employed on a temporary basis; the number on the specialist register; and the number not on the specialist register [23741/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time hospital consultants who have left the health service in each of the past four years. [23742/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if survival rates for ovarian cancer are less here than in other EU and OECD countries; if so, the action being taken to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23743/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE personnel assigned to cyber security in each of the years 2012 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [23785/17]
• 2017-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of the €632,117,844 income raised by private charges (details supplied) by hospitals in 2016 which was charged following emergency admissions; and the amount which was charged following elective admission in each of the years from 2014 to 2016, in tabular form. [23527/17]
• 2017-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a drug (details supplied) in the treatment of systemic Degos disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22704/17]
• 2017-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to the allocation of an extra €15 million to the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2017, the number of persons in each hospital on day case and inpatient lists who have been offered treatment by the fund to date in 2017; and the number of persons in each hospital who have had treatment as a result of such an offer. [22736/17]
• 2017-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of the extra €15 million allocated to the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2017 that has been spent; and the dates and locations that it was spent. [22737/17]
• 2017-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the benefits of treating persons with obesity in reducing mortality, the comorbidities of obesity, reducing disease management costs and improving quality of life; his policy for treating persons with established obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22963/17]
• 2017-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the findings of the evaluation of a drug (details supplied) for reimbursement by the NCPE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22206/17]
• 2017-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of a review of the policy on charging private patients in public hospitals; if he has had direct engagement with insurance companies on the matter; when the review will be completed; and if it will accord with his reported view that it is not acceptable that persons are being pressurised at a vulnerable time to sign forms that allow hospitals to bill health insurers for treatments provided by the public health system. [22300/17]
• 2017-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on each individual recommendation, including the measures or actions that will be undertaken to implement same in respect of the recommendations detailed in a report by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21394/17]
• 2017-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 6 April 2017, if he will provide a breakdown of these figures into regional areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21450/17]
• 2017-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the meetings his Department has facilitated since 27 May 2013 with regard to the relocation of the National Maternity Hospital to St. Vincent's Hospital campus, in tabular form. [21552/17]
• 2017-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the independent clinical review of scoliosis services in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21206/17]
• 2017-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the action plan on scoliosis will be released; if there has been engagement with surgeons as part of the development of this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21207/17]
• 2017-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised by groups (details supplied) in respect of the delays with reporting decisions relating to a drug; if he has examined these issues; the action being taken to address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21256/17]
• 2017-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the assessment process for Respreeza (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21359/17]
• 2017-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the ownership and governance of hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21080/17]
• 2017-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he expects to see a real and substantial improvement in hospital waiting lists. [20743/17]
• 2017-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the review of the fair deal scheme with regard to its impact on farming families will be completed. [20746/17]
• 2017-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the ongoing difficulties in emergency departments in the south/south west hospital group. [20742/17]
• 2017-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE will undertake a comprehensive review of the use of the drug valproate by pregnant women here. [20745/17]
• 2017-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if Respreeza will be approved for persons with alpha-1 lung disorder. [20744/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the outgoing clinical lead of the HSE’s national stroke programme has warned of an imminent crisis due to the failure to invest in services to meet an expected 50% increase in stroke within the next eight years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20543/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to a lack of modest investment in services, the average length of stay of stroke patients in acute hospitals is now increasing and direct discharge to nursing homes is up by 2.3%, which alone has added €17.25 million to the cost of nursing home care to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20544/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure ongoing clinical leadership within the national stroke programme in the face of the challenges to service delivery caused by a soaring stroke rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20545/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve the rate of admissions to stroke units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20546/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve inadequate levels of nursing staff, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, clinical nutritionists and speech and language therapists for stroke patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20547/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals that have access to a medical social worker and a neuropsychologist, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20548/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost of rolling out early supported discharge programmes nationally for stroke patients in circumstances in which this would improve patient outcomes and free up acute hospital beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20549/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons under 65 years of age now account for one in every four strokes, yet home care packages are not tailored to the specific needs of persons who could be living with the side effects of strokes for decades; if he will create an entitlement to home care which is appropriate for stroke survivors of all ages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20552/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists serving stroke patients here; his views on whether this is adequate to treat the often complex emotional and psychological impacts of stroke; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20553/17]
• 2017-04-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently availing of private health insurance in certain age groups (details supplied). [18617/17]
• 2017-04-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of new nursing staff recruited for each hospital (details supplied) in the year to the end of March 2017 in tabular form; the number of nursing staff that left the hospital in the year to the end of March 2017, in tabular form; the number of nursing staff in the hospital in July 2016, in tabular form; and the net increase or decrease in nursing staff in each hospital in the year to the end of March 2017 in tabular form. [18618/17]
• 2017-04-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the scheme for each local health area in tabular form; and the time waiting in tabular form. [18716/17]
• 2017-04-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 7 April 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18717/17]
• 2017-04-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours by local health area provided in each month in 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form. [18718/17]
• 2017-04-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home care packages currently being provided by local health office area on a seven day week basis, on a five day week basis and fewer than five days a week, respectively, in tabular form. [18719/17]
• 2017-04-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in March 2017 in tabular form; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes, 40 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 120 minutes and 180 minutes, respectively, to hand over patients, receive their trolley and return to responding to calls, in tabular form. [18720/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be released to ease the waiting list of more than 200 persons who are waiting on walking aids with a charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17552/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with additional foot orthotics to assist with alignment resulting from cerebral palsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17553/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to hire a myalgic encephalomyelitis specialist consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17684/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of myalgic encephalomyelitis patients here; the source of this information; the way in which it is collated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17685/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the supports in place to assist diagnosed myalgic encephalomyelitis patients in the community to assist them with their everyday lives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17686/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a 90% agricultural relief to farm business assets under the financial assessment of the nursing home support scheme in order that the contribution to cost of care is calculated on agricultural value and reflects ability to pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17692/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the charge on productive assets be removed to reflect ability to pay, in relation to the assessment of farmers under the nursing home support scheme; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17693/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the review of the nursing home support scheme will be completed; the changes which will be introduced to aid farm families and small businesses; when these changes will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17694/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to make proton beam therapy available here. [18185/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if clinical trials for proton beam therapy have taken place here. [18186/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Chief Medical Officer is of the view that proton beam therapy is an effective treatment. [18187/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE can confirm plans to remove the intermediate care vehicle from Castleblayney station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17157/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if there is a threat of closure to Elphin health centre and Strokestown health centre in County Roscommon; his plans to wind down services in one or both health centres following completion of the new Boyle primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17188/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years of age currently on waiting lists for an appointment with their local child and adolescent mental health team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17206/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18years of age for an appointment with their child and adolescent mental health team by HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17207/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years currently on waiting lists for a speech and language assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17208/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years of age for speech and language assessment by HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17209/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years of age currently on waiting lists for speech and language therapy treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17210/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years of age for speech and language therapy treatment by HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17211/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on waiting lists for an initial assessment of need to determine severity of a condition or disability from the early intervention teams within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17212/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years of age for an initial assessment of need from the early intervention teams within the HSE, by HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17213/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the total allocated budget per annum for hiring external consultancy firms for his Department's campaign for the relocation of the European Medicines Agency; the total costs to date; the names of the firms involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17441/17]
• 2017-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of CT and bone scans that were cancelled or missed by patients since 1 January 2017 in the Mater hospital; if these slots are automatically offered to other patients or whether the slots are lost; if there is a protocol in place for this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16886/17]
• 2017-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans for the primary health care centre in an area (details supplied); the regional HSE jurisdiction it will come under; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16899/17]
• 2017-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the duration that recruitment panels operate for before they expire; if recruitment panels are lasting for long periods; if newer panels are overridden or absorbed by older panels with the effect that the staff with more up-to-date skills, knowledge and experience may be placed lower on staffing panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16962/17]
• 2017-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in February 2017, in tabular form; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; and the number that waited longer than 40 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 120 minutes and 180 minutes, respectively, for same. [14810/17]
• 2017-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the level of speech and language services in the Dublin 24 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14328/17]
• 2017-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for the appointment of two outreach nurses to be based in both Crumlin and St. James's hospitals to care for epidermolysis bullosa patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14373/17]
• 2017-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will sanction the co-funding of the DEBRA-funded outreach nurse according to a sliding scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14374/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 March 2017; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [13115/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken (details supplied) to resolve the respite issues of disabled children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13495/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the details of the paediatric and maternity services at Portlaoise hospital; if they are to be downgraded, the locations these services will move to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14092/17]
• 2017-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the Health (Amendment) Act 2013, specifically in respect of its impact on the hospital sector. [12346/17]
• 2017-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the hospital bed capacity review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12078/17]
• 2017-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to reduce waiting times for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12077/17]
• 2017-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the South/South West Hospital Group has an action plan to reduce the waiting times for outpatients, with almost 11,000 appointments outstanding for more than 18 months at the end of January 2017. [12080/17]
• 2017-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of centres with regard to the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012 that are now open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12081/17]
• 2017-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE compiles figures on misdiagnosed cases in regard to mental health; if so, the procedures in place to carry out reviews of these misdiagnosed cases; if there is a record history kept for each psychiatrist or psychologist that makes a wrong diagnosis in order that this information is available to a specialist supervisory panel as part of these reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12287/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has removed the subsidy for blood test strips; if so, the reason; and the way it is expected that diabetics will be able to afford the strips without subsidisation. [11192/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for a final decision on the reimbursement of Translarna in view of the fact that it was originally submitted for health technology assessment in October 2015 and is now available in most European countries; if its reimbursement will require approval from his Department or the Cabinet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11193/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the drug Translarna for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which is currently available to 80% of eligible persons across the EU, including in Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales and the Isle of Man; the details of the engagement between the HSE and the manufacturer to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11194/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the way in which a decision on the reimbursement of Translarna will be communicated to families (details supplied). [11195/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason the ten Irish sufferers of MPS IVA morquio disease cannot receive the medication Vimizin for treatment through local hospital based care or home care, similar to children in the UK with this condition and many others on mainland Europe. [11490/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 1.5 million personal assistant hours for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11620/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 200 intensive home care packages for persons with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11621/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of increasing the weekly income limits for the GP visit card by 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% respectively. [11622/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his Department’s current estimated full-year cost of providing free general practitioner care to all the population. [11623/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of increasing the number of critical care beds to 579, as recommended by a 2009 report; and the number of additional beds this would entail. [11624/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an additional 150 inpatient rehabilitation beds. [11625/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited in 2016 in public and voluntary hospitals; the number of nurses newly recruited to date in 2017; the full-year cost of their recruitment in each timeframe; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this recruitment. [11637/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists recruited in 2016; the number recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care, acute and disability services; the full-year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in speech and language therapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [11638/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists newly recruited in 2016; the number recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care, acute and disability services; the full-year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in occupational therapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [11639/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists newly recruited in 2016; the number recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care, acute and disability services; the full-year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in physiotherapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [11640/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists currently employed in each CHO, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [11641/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists currently employed in each CHO, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [11642/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists currently employed in each CHO, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [11643/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant posts currently in each public and voluntary hospital; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [11644/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved senior house officer posts currently in each public and voluntary hospital; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [11645/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved registrar posts currently in each public and voluntary hospital; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [11646/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved senior registrar posts currently in each public and voluntary hospital; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [11647/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the current number of approved clinical dental surgeons currently employed by the HSE; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [11648/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the current number of approved general dental surgeons currently employed by the HSE; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [11649/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the current number of approved senior dental surgeons currently employed by the HSE; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [11650/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the current number of approved registered intellectual disability nurses currently employed by the HSE; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [11651/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year running costs of providing an additional 500 extra acute hospital beds, 1,000 extra acute hospital beds and 2,000 extra acute hospital beds. [11652/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year running costs of opening all medical assessment units on a seven-day basis. [11653/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an extra 500 hospital consultants, including an average estimate for any support staff required per consultant. [11654/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 4,000 nursing staff. [11655/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing prescription charges. [11656/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of increasing the general practitioner rural practice allowance to €25,000. [11657/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of implementing the national maternity strategy. [11658/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 2.2 million home help hours. [11659/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 5,000 home care packages. [11660/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of completing the recruitment required for the full implementation of A Vision for Change. [11661/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of reducing the drugs payment threshold from €144 to €100. [11662/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 200 speech and language therapists. [11663/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 200 occupational therapists. [11664/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 200 physiotherapists. [11665/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 50 dental surgeons. [11666/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of providing an additional emergency ambulance fleet; and the estimated full-year costs of additional personnel required for its staffing. [11667/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of providing an additional emergency ambulance; and the estimated full-year costs of additional personnel required for its staffing. [11668/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry will be appointed to the north Lee area in Cork; the reason there has been such a delay; the additional assistance which will be provided to deal with the backlog of cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11775/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the bed capacity review is starting or if it has started; the detail of its terms of reference; the stakeholders that have been consulted; if they will be liaised with during the review; and if the review will be directed to have a particular model of care in mind in making any recommendations of bed capacity. [11804/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 24 January 2017, the number of exemptions sought to date in 2017 from the law on the usage of cannabis for medicinal purposes. [11852/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a vaccination programme for children born before 1 October 2016 to receive meningitis B and rotavirus immunisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12137/17]
• 2017-03-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health whether, in view of the compassionate extension by a company (details supplied) of Respreeza to persons for the next two months, the HSE will enter into negotiations with the company; if the HSE is setting out to complete the negotiations before the compassionate timeframe expires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11119/17]
• 2017-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that money is immediately released for the provision of wheelchairs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10522/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his Department's current estimate for the relocation of the Rotunda Hospital to Blanchardstown; and the estimated costs of both the maternity hospital and any required upgrading to Connolly Hospital. [9593/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the current timeframe for the relocation of the Rotunda Hospital to Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [9594/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his Department's current estimate for the relocation of the Coombe hospital to St. James's Hospital; and the estimated costs of both the maternity hospital and any required upgrading to St. James's Hospital. [9595/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the current timeframe for the relocation of the Coombe hospital to St. James's Hospital. [9596/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his Department's current estimate for the relocation of Limerick maternity hospital to Dooradoyle; and the estimated costs of both the maternity hospital and any required upgrading to University Hospital Limerick. [9597/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the current timeframe for the relocation of Limerick maternity hospital to Dooradoyle. [9598/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the January 2016 estimate of €395 million of direct State investment in the replacement and upgrade of 90 public nursing homes (details supplied) still stands, as of February 2017; if any revision of estimates has taken place in view of construction cost inflation; and if so, the current estimate for the replacement or refurbishment of these facilities. [9768/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the current date for completion of each project and the current indicative cost of completion for each project for each of the 90 public nursing homes (details supplied) to be replaced, refurbished or upgraded, in tabular form. [9769/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the costs incurred and expenditure outlay in each year since 2012 for the new children's hospital at St. James's Hospital [9967/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of plans for the provision of a dedicated centre for persons with intestinal failure catering for adults and patients moving from the paediatric unit at Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9971/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when an assessment will be carried out on a person (details supplied). [10177/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the October 2016 HSE performance report will be published; and the reason for the delay in its publication. [10354/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the date for the publication of the national action plan on antimicrobial resistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9169/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if there are timelines and targets in respect of the management of antimicrobial resistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9170/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken whereby an institution fails to effectively deal with the control of antimicrobial resistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9171/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if, with regard to the national action plan on antimicrobial resistance, additional funding will be made available to tackle this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9172/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in January 2016, in tabular form; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; and the number that waited longer than 40 minutes, longer than 60 minutes, longer than 90 minutes, longer 120 minutes and longer than 180 minutes for same. [9508/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Cork University Maternity Hospital has a full complement of nursing staff; if not, the efforts being made to recruit; when he expects to have the unit fully staffed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9070/17]
• 2017-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for the position regarding the negotiations with a company (details supplied) over the provision of Orkambi; when a decision will be made by the HSE in respect of the latest proposal from the company; the timeframe he envisages for the negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8602/17]
• 2017-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems in hospitals have been reviewed in the context of minimising hospital-acquired infections; if any recommendations have been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7485/17]
• 2017-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if, with regard to the cooling coils for air conditioning systems in hospitals, he will provide information regarding the levels of bacterial and fungal biofilms that are found when the systems are cleaned and decontaminated; if there has ever been a report of the release of planktonic bacteria and fungi into the conditioned airstream that would add to existing entrained planktonic bacteria and fungi that would get through primary filters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7486/17]
• 2017-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the introduction of enhanced ultraviolet germicidal irradiation within the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems in hospitals to eliminate the cooling coil biofilm and entrained microbes, which necessitate constant cleaning of cooling coils, drip trays, plenums, ductwork and conditioned air; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7487/17]
• 2017-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 9 February 2017, if the information provided within the National Treatment Purchase Fund preplanned list data which was not collected until 2014 is not at variance with the NTPF informing him that the way it classifies its waiting lists has been the same since its inception in 2002. [7743/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 30 November 2016, the details of the HSE disbursement of the financial allocation by CHO between not-for-profit, for-profit and HSE-managed services. [6700/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who transferred from HSE acute hospitals to private nursing homes under the transitional care initiative during 2016 and under the winter initiative 2016-17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6703/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that nursing homes are providing specialised care on a 24/7 basis in dedicated health care settings that are equipped with specialist equipment and highly skilled staff; his further views on whether nursing home care and home care have very different care elements and simplistic comparisons comparing them as like for like are misrepresentative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6704/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the 23,000 plus persons funded by the nursing home support scheme have undertaken the common summary assessment report, as required for every applicant applying for the scheme, and by consequence have all been assessed by a multi-disciplinary team of health professionals as requiring nursing home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6705/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that persons being transferred to nursing home care are presenting with increasingly complex and high dependency care requirements (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6706/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on whether, for thousands of older persons across the country with high dependency care requirements, nursing home care is best suited to meet their care needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6707/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of times the European Union’s rapid alert system for food and feed has received a notification from Ireland from 2010 to 2016 per annum, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6915/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the communications he has had with his UK counterpart with regard to the UK's continued participation in the European Union’s rapid alert system for food and feed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6916/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on the National Treatment Purchase Fund pre-planned list for the end of each year from 2002 to 2010, in tabular form; and the numbers waiting on the list at those times for zero to three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months, 12 to 15 months, 15 to 18 months and more than 18 months. [7074/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on the National Treatment Purchase Fund pre-admit list for the end of each year from 2002 to 2010, in tabular form; the numbers waiting on the list at those times for zero to three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months, 12 to 15 months, 15 to 18 months and more than 18 months. [7075/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the details of the recent agreement under which the time and one-sixth twilight payment to nurses working in the evening was restored in return for taking on tasks previously carried out by doctors; and if this payment has been restored to nurses working in all HSE and voluntary hospitals. [7107/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the tasks previously carried out by non-consultant hospital doctors are being undertaken by nurses in all HSE and voluntary hospitals; and if not, the details of the hospitals in which this is not happening. [7108/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of Healthlink referrals from general practitioners that have been classified as received but not yet acknowledged; and the average time period between receipt and acknowledgement. [7228/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of scoliosis surgeries for public patients carried out in 2016; and the hospitals in which they were performed, in tabular form. [7412/17]
• 2017-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funds are released to provide immediate respite care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6440/17]
• 2017-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the National Treatment Purchase Fund pre-planned list for each month in 2016 and for January 2017; and the number waiting on the list for up to three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months, 12 to 15 months, 15 to 18 months, and more than 18 months, in tabular form. [6517/17]
• 2017-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the National Treatment Purchase Fund pre-planned list for the end of each year 2011 to 2015 inclusive in tabular form; and the number waiting on the list for up to three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months, 12 to 15 months, 15 to 18 months, and more than 18 months, in tabular form. [6518/17]
• 2017-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the National Treatment Purchase Fund pre-admit list for each month in 2016 and for January 2017 in tabular form; and the number waiting on the list for up to three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months, 12 to 15 months, 15 to 18 months, and more than 18 months. [6519/17]
• 2017-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the National Treatment Purchase Fund pre-admit list for the end of each year 2011 to 2015, inclusive, in tabular form; and the number waiting on the list for up to three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months, 12 to 15 months, 15 to 18 months, and more than 18 months. [6520/17]
• 2017-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason the €560 million estimate to build the new children's hospital provided by his predecessor to Dáil Éireann in 2012 has been at such variance from the final tender; if it is correct that a €1 billion cost has now been agreed for the building of the project; the estimates for the costs of information technology and for other equipment necessary for the fitting out of the hospital; and the current final estimate for the full completion of the project. [6563/17]
• 2017-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost per bed in the new children's hospital; and the reason it varies so much from the normal €1 million capital cost per bed previously provided in HSE estimates. [6564/17]
• 2017-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that there is sufficient oral and dental hygiene programmes available in schools and the broader community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6295/17]
• 2017-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department will be undertaking health promotion campaigns in relation to oral and dental hygiene aimed at children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6296/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the additional €20 million for the primary care reimbursement service in 2017; the existing services that are being expanded; the new services being provided with this allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5553/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the discussions that have taken place between his Department and counterparts in the Departments of health in Belfast and London regarding the continuation of the cross-border health initiative and the treatment abroad scheme after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5669/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings of his Department's Brexit committee that have taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5670/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department has sought a specific meeting of the all-island dialogue on Brexit focused on the issue of health provision and the implications of Brexit on cross-Border health schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5671/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the contingency plans that have been put in place with other EU member states by his Department in the potential situation whereby no bilateral agreement can be reached with the United Kingdom for the provision of cross-Border health initiatives in the event of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5672/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position with regard to the certification of cannabidiol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5724/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to incorporate the Irish community air ambulance service into the national strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5897/17]
• 2017-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has reviewed the asset calculation methodology for the fair deal scheme relating to property by allowing applicants to use the local property tax bands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5164/17]
• 2017-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the €9 million additional funding for the expansion of existing services or the provision of new services in acute hospitals is adequate to meet demand; and if any of this funding is now likely to be used for other purposes in view of the HSE decision not to appeal the 2015 ruling of the Employment Appeals Tribunal on consultant contracts. [4907/17]
• 2017-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he expects the 18-month target for outpatient consultations to be fully achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4649/17]
• 2017-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the claim by the director general of the HSE that the health services will require in the order of €9 billion in capital spend over the next ten years in order to overcome both historic and existing deficiencies. [4647/17]
• 2017-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to improve ambulance turnaround time at emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4648/17]
• 2017-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the €9 million additional funding for the expansion of existing services or the provision of new services in acute hospitals is adequate to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4646/17]
• 2017-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to set down his Department’s estimate of the cost of compensating hospital consultants in the wake of the HSE decision not to appeal the 2015 ruling of the Employment Appeals Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4650/17]
• 2017-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an independent review of the case files of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3309/17]
• 2017-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if workers in the health service are obliged to make declarations under the Standards in Public Office Acts; and if so, the criteria for same. [2744/17]
• 2017-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred by the Health Service Executive, HSE, in hiring consultants in each of the years 2011 to 2016, in tabular form; the specific projects for which consultants were hired; the expenditure incurred on each project; and the payment per project to consultants. [2571/17]
• 2017-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a date to meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2586/17]
• 2017-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which an ambulance has been called to the acute mental health unit on the grounds of Cork University Hospital to transfer a patient to the emergency department in CUH from the date of opening of the unit to the present day, by date, in tabular form; the response time in each case in addition to the base from which the ambulance travelled to carry out the transfer; if there are any long-term plans to avoid tying up ambulances for the transfer of patients across the campus; if the matter of the way patients are transferred from the acute mental health unit to the emergency department at CUH was discussed when the unit was being designed and before the unit opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2674/17]
• 2017-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the actions his Department and the HSE have taken to ensure the continued supply of Respreeza for those persons who were part of the original clinical trial which is due to end on 31 January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2678/17]
• 2017-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of staff posts in each public and voluntary hospital that are funded by pharmaceutical companies or other medical supplies companies, in tabular form; the details of the posts; and the value of the funding [2807/17]
• 2017-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if, in view of the publicity in recent days surrounding the possible exemption on the usage of cannabis-based medicines, he will provide clarification on this and the way in which a person would proceed with an application for an exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2818/17]
• 2017-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if approval will be given for the FreeStyle Libre (details supplied) to be made available on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2896/17]
• 2017-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the drug Nusinersen for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy, including timeframes; if there is any possibility of the drug being allowed on compassionate grounds (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2241/17]
• 2017-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will sanction an independent clinical review of scoliosis services here; when this can take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2254/17]
• 2017-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the full human resource requirements for the new dialysis unit at University Hospital Limerick will be provided by the HSE; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are concerns over the lack of extra nurses in view of the fact that the new unit is three times the size of the old unit. [2187/17]
• 2017-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of State-owned nursing homes in each county and the bed capacity in each at the end 2010 and at the end of 2016, in tabular form. [2217/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to his statement on 8 December 2016 that the HSE had advised that between August 2016 and December 2016 there had been a reduction of over 8,000 patients on the inpatient and day case waiting list under the waiting list action plan either through treatment provision, clinical validation or being given a date for their procedure to take place, the numbers that received treatment provision; the number removed from the list following clinical validation; the number removed having been given a date for their procedure to take place; and if the number removed following receipt of a date for their procedure received that procedure prior to December 2016. [41087/16]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the detail of the engagement between the HSE and the NTPF on the remaining €10 million of the €15 million allocation for 2017; when decisions will be taken on the allocation of this; the reason the decisions remain unmade as of December 2016 in view of the fact that it has been known since May 2016 that the NTPF was due to receive this funding in 2017; if the funding will be allocated for day case for inpatient procedures and the details of both; and the expected number of persons likely to benefit from this funding in 2017. [41088/16]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of public expenditure on medicines for each of the years 2013 to 2016, in tabular form; the expenditure incurred for each year on branded and patented products produced by IPHA members and non IPHA members respectively; and the expenditure incurred on generic medicines [41680/16]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to expand a training centre (details supplied), if so, the proposed plans; if it will remain on site; the amount it will cost; the timeline involved; and the increased services that are expected to be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41803/16]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the funding of the centre of excellence for narcolepsy and sleep disorders at St James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41894/16]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if treatment for a person (details supplied) under the treatment abroad scheme is still available and sanctioned for Belfast; if, following the initial three months' treatment, the person can continue infusions at another location in Northern Ireland, in view of capacity issues in Belfast; if he will provide a full list of locations in Northern Ireland where other patients that have been released from the hospital in Belfast have continued their infusions in order that the person can select the most convenient location to travel to; if, in the event that the person cannot be facilitated in Northern Ireland after the three months, the HSE will facilitate the infusions here under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1629/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of the €9 million funding outlined in the 2017 HSE service plan to expand existing or develop new services in acute hospitals that will go to each hospital group, in tabular form; and the details of the expanded or new service being provided in each group in 2017. [1981/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of the €13.5 million funding outlined in the 2017 HSE service plan to expand existing or develop new services in primary care which will go to each community health organisation, in tabular form; and the details of the expanded or new service being provided in each CHO in 2017 [1982/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the locations and the way in which the €11.8 million funding outlined in the 2017 HSE service plan to expand existing or develop new services for persons with disabilities will be spent; the amount of this which will go to each community health organisation; and the details of the expanded or new service being provided in each CHO in 2017, in tabular form. [1983/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the locations and the way in which the €10 million funding outlined in the 2017 HSE service plan to expand existing or develop new services for older persons will be spent; the amount of this which will go to each community health organisation; and the details of the expanded or new service being provided in each CHO in 2017 [1984/17]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons regarding whom the Revenue Commissioners provided data to the Health Service Executive under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2013 in 2015 and to date in 2016, in tabular form. [40933/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the programme for Government commitments on voluntary disclosure specifically the implementation of recommendations of the Madden commission; and if it will be made mandatory to report specified patient safety incidents or serious reportable events to the authorities and to the patient harmed, and if it will be an offence not to do so [40604/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the use of county boundaries for access to health and social services. [40605/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the negotiation of a new consultant's contract. [40613/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the public health nurse service has been expanded in 2016; the number of public health nurses employed at the end of each of the years to 2015 and to date in 2016, for each local health office area in tabular form. [40614/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if WHO ICD classification criteria were adhered to on the death certificates of persons who died of septicaemia in University Hospital Limerick and in particular if the causative microorganism was recorded on the death certificates. [40738/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if HIQA has been requested to review the circumstances of deaths from septicaemia in University Hospital Limerick. [40739/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the national maternity strategy; the total funding that is to be provided for the strategy; the funding being provided in 2016; and the outputs and services being provided by the funding being provided in 2016. [40944/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards to be provided in 2016; and the likely full year costs in 2016 if the projection is not met. [40945/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage occupancy rate in public residential care units for the most recent calendar month available and for the previous eleven months, in tabular form. [40946/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of community health care organisations which have established home care waiting lists on a standardised basis. [40947/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of serious reportable events currently being notified within 24 hours to a designated officer. [40948/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of mandatory investigations commenced within 48 hours of the event occurring. [40949/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of mandatory investigations currently completed within four months of notification of the event occurring. [40950/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of reportable events in 2016 which have been reported within 30 days of occurrence to the designated officer. [40951/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant positions in each public and voluntary hospital in categories (details supplied). [40952/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by first responders in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less for each ambulance station in each month in the year to November 2015; and the percentage of clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less. [40953/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in November 2016 or the latest calendar month available; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than of 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; and the number that waited longer than 40 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 120 minutes and 180 minutes for same. [40954/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012, in tabular form; the current status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40955/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in hospitals (details supplied) that are currently closed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40956/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40957/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each voluntary hospital to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40958/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures the HSE procured from private and independent hospitals to date in 2016; the amount spent by the HSE on these procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40959/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds in each public hospital at the end of each of the years 2011 to 2015 and the latest figure for 2016, in tabular form. [40960/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency medicine consultants in each public and voluntary hospital with an emergency department; and the number of each that have an emergency medicine consultant available daily on a 24 hour basis. [40961/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the HSE on 1 December 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. [40962/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards and general practitioner cards as of 1 December 2016; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [40963/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme for each local health area, in tabular form; the length of time waiting; and the number of persons in each local health area currently in receipt of the fair deal. [40964/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently in receipt of the fair deal scheme for less than a year, for one to two years, for two to three years, for three to four years and for more than four years in each local health area, in tabular form. [40965/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out MRI scans; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 December 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the waiting periods of less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months, in tabular form. [40966/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out CT scans; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 December 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the waiting periods of less than three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months and more than 12 months, in tabular form. [40967/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out bone scans; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 December 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the waiting periods of less than three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months and more than 12 months in tabular form. [40968/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out angiograms; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 December 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the waiting periods of less than three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months and more than 12 months in tabular form. [40969/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out electroencephalograms, EEG; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 December 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the waiting periods of less than three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months and more than 12 months in tabular form. [40970/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, ERCP; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 December 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the waiting periods of less than three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to twelve months and more than twelve months, in tabular form. [40971/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of over 70s medical cards in circulation at the end of November for each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date, for each local health area, in tabular form. [40972/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the budget allocation for 2016 for each public and voluntary hospital within each hospital group in tabular form. [40973/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances that have been decommissioned by the HSE national ambulance service to date in 2016; the number of new emergency ambulances that have been acquired to date in 2016; the number of intermediate care ambulances that have been decommissioned by the HSE national ambulance service to date in 2016; the number of new intermediate care ambulances that have been acquired to date in 2016; the number of rapid response vehicles that have been decommissioned by the HSE national ambulance service to date in 2016; the number of new rapid response vehicles that have been acquired to date in 2016; the number of vehicles that have been commissioned and purchased as rapid response vehicles by the national ambulance service that have been acquired to date in 2016; the number currently in use; the number awaiting entry into service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40974/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances currently in service; the total number according to the year they entered service (details supplied); the number of intermediate care ambulances currently in service; the total number according to the year they entered service between pods and vehicles in terms of the date they entered service and the HSE region in which they are based, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40975/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the Developing a Policy on a Trauma Network for Ireland document which was originally due before the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40227/16]
• 2016-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in each local health area as of 30 November 2016; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [39648/16]
• 2016-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a cognitive assessment will be carried out on a person (details supplied) in order to assist with selecting a secondary school that will best meet their needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39164/16]
• 2016-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the level of savings generated in each of the years 2014 to date in 2016 from the additional, unpaid, hours which nurses have been required to work each week under the terms of the original Haddington Road Agreement introduced in 2013, in tabular form. [39180/16]
• 2016-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the level of savings generated in each of the years 2014 to date in 2016 from the additional, unpaid, hours which non-nursing staff in the health service have been required to work each week under the terms of the Haddington Road Agreement, in tabular form. [39181/16]
• 2016-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has made a submission to the new Public Service Pay Commission; if so, if he will publish these documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39182/16]
• 2016-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the serious risk posed to patients from 1 January 2017 due to HSE primary care dentists in counties Cork and Kerry being denied direct and timely access to patient clinical notes and histories recorded prior to July 2016, before seeing patients. [39129/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of reports that have been commissioned by him since his appointment; the number that have been received by him; the number outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38377/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number and cost of all reports commissioned by him, his predecessors, or his Department, in each of the years 2011 to date in 2016 in tabular form; the topics they are investigating; the date of completion; the date of publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38378/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings that have taken place with the chief executive officer of the HSE, or other senior HSE directors, since his appointment; the decisions taken as a result of those meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38379/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the current activities being undertaken as part of the 2016-2017 winter initiative; the amount that has been expended to date; the amount that remains from the originally allocated budget; the progress that has been made in terms of reducing the number of persons waiting on trolleys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38380/16]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the review of bed capacity in the hospital sector will take place; if the review will be independent of the HSE; if those persons conducting the review will be asked to examine Ireland’s public bed capacity in the context of both the position in other OECD countries and the bed-occupancy levels that obtain in those countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38165/16]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he will be publishing a plan for advancing neuro-rehabilitation services in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38011/16]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the HSE service plan for 2017 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38012/16]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of bed capacity in the acute hospital sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38010/16]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his Department’s estimated impact on waiting times of the additional €15 million in 2017 for the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38014/16]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the fall in the uptake of the human papilloma virus, HPV, vaccine; the estimated number of deaths annually from cervical cancer that would result from a halving of the uptake of the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38013/16]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage breakdown in terms of public and private treatment in each hospital in each hospital group to date in 2016 in tabular form. [38119/16]
• 2016-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of additional funding (details supplied) that has been allocated to section 38, 39 and private not-for-profit disability services; the amount of this funding that has been allocated to HSE managed and run disability services and private for profit disability agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37911/16]
• 2016-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to set down in tabular form the number of hospitals that have acute medical assessment units; the number of days per week and hours per day they are open; and the estimated cost of opening all on a 24-7 basis. [37030/16]
• 2016-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 18 October 2016 and the outcome of the HSE report that has yet to be received, if he will consent to an independent inquiry once all parties have examined the findings of the report as is the desire of the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37620/16]
• 2016-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that prescribed low-protein foods are required to prevent neurological damage and to supplement the diet of adults and children with phenylketonuria (PKU) and homocystenuria (HCU); if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that no new low-protein products have been added to the long-term illness card list in more than six years; if he will ensure a full and appropriate updated list of foods prescribed for PKU and HCU is added to the reimbursement list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37643/16]
• 2016-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to the OECD publication Health at a Glance 2016 published on 23 November 2016 and in view of the methodological notes and the discussion on comparability on page 120, if Ireland’s public expenditure per capita on pharmaceuticals is validly and definitively characterised as the second highest in the OECD; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37746/16]
• 2016-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the scheme for each local health area in tabular form; and the length of time waiting. [36625/16]
• 2016-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the total proposed capital investment in health service information technology in each year from 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36798/16]
• 2016-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals, in tabular form; the number of those beds and wards that are currently closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36824/16]
• 2016-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 November 2016; the number of general practitioner cards on 1 November 2016; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on 1 November 2016. [36825/16]
• 2016-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided to date in 2016, by local health area, in tabular form. [36826/16]
• 2016-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the distances that have been travelled by emergency ambulances currently in service by HSE region and subdivided by every 80,000 km, in tabular form; the distances that have been travelled by intermediate care ambulances currently in service; the distances that have been travelled by rapid response vehicles currently in service in such a capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36827/16]
• 2016-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of BreastCheck for women aged 65 to 69 years of age; the number of women in that age cohort who availed of the service in 2015; the number who have availed to date in 2016; the number of women aged 69 years of age who availed of the service in 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36828/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of filled radiographer posts in each hospital for the past three years and to date in 2016, in tabular form; the number of resignations in each hospital by year; the number of vacancies that remain unfilled for each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35839/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken by the HSE to recruit radiographers and to ease the pressure being felt by those currently operating in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35840/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) could be reopened in view of the fact the family feel they need a fresh assessment of needs carried out to help their development. [36111/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if Crohn's disease will be included on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36116/16]
• 2016-11-17
  VOTE
  Mental Health Services Funding

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–88
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of new nursing staff recruited in each hospital (details supplied) this year to the end of October 2016, in tabular form; the number of nursing staff that left each hospital this year to the end of October 2016; the total number of nursing staff in each hospital in July 2016; and the net increase and decrease in nursing staff in each hospital this year to the end of October 2016 [34451/16]
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the numbers waiting for orthodontic treatment at the end of September 2016, based on local health office and area and indicating the numbers of those aged 16 years and under and those aged more than 16 years, in tabular form. [34453/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited in public and voluntary hospitals to date in 2016; the full year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this recruitment. [34332/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists newly recruited to date in 2016; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care, acute and disability services; the full-year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in speech and language therapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [34333/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists newly recruited to date in 2016; the sectors of the health service for which they have been recruited, that is, primary care, acute or disability services; the full-year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in occupational therapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [34334/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists newly recruited to date in 2016; the sectors of the health service for which they have been recruited, that is, primary care, acute or disability services; the full-year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in physiotherapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [34335/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists currently employed in each CHO in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [34336/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists currently employed in each community health care organisation, CHO, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [34337/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists currently employed in each community health care organisation, CHO, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [34338/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant posts currently in each public and voluntary hospital, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [34339/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved senior house officer posts currently in each public and voluntary hospital, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [34340/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved registrar posts currently in each public and voluntary hospital, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [34341/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved senior registrar posts currently in each public and voluntary hospital, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [34342/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the current number of approved clinical dental surgeon posts in the HSE, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [34343/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the current number of approved general dental surgeon posts in the HSE, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [34344/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the current number of approved senior dental surgeon posts in the HSE, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [34345/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the current number of approved registered intellectual disability nurse posts in HSE, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [34346/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently availing of private health insurance in age groups (details supplied). [34381/16]
• 2016-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider a VAT exemption for underage sports teams on the purchase of equipment and uniforms to assist with the financial burdens of these volunteer clubs and to assist with encouraging a healthier lifestyle for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34004/16]
• 2016-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to ensure that the 80:20 percentage division between public and private practice in public hospitals for consultants is vigorously observed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33993/16]
• 2016-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the legislation in view of claims data submitted by insurers (details supplied) and the negative impact on the affordability of private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33994/16]
• 2016-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Government will consider supporting healthier choices in the workplace with the introduction of initiatives to incentivise companies to support the health and wellbeing of staff as part of its healthy Ireland framework to improve the health and wellbeing of persons here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33995/16]
• 2016-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to address the way the delivery and funding of high quality health care in the context of a major demographic challenge (details supplied); his plans to help keep health insurance affordable in the long term, in view of the fact that claims significantly increase with age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33996/16]
• 2016-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views that a number of section 38 disability voluntary providers are experiencing considerable financial challenges, which has resulted in some providers having to engage in agreed defaulting of revenue payments to ensure that services are not impacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34001/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the concerns of the private and voluntary nursing home sector regarding the failings of the fair deal funding model and their push for greater equality in fees payable for the provision of nursing home care; and his further views on whether the fair deal budget and fees payable to nursing homes should be resourced to recognise the escalating cost environment in which nursing homes are operating. [33500/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will justify private and voluntary nursing home operators receiving fees that are up to seven times below those provided to HSE counterparts; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the fees payable to HSE nursing homes do not encompass costs such as capital works and commercial rates, whereas private and voluntary nursing homes are expected to absorb such costs within the considerably reduced fees payable to them. [33501/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on fair deal payments being indexed in recognition of the increasing cost environment in which nursing homes are operating. [33502/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on an independent appeals process that would enable nursing homes to have recourse to appeal a fee offered by the NTPF that the provider does not view is fair or sustainable. [33503/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he plans to remove the one year deferral for men who have sex with men, MSM, blood donations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33593/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the immediate and urgent actions being undertaken to assist front-line staff and make the emergency department a safe and controlled environment for patients with regard to the overcrowding briefing in Tallaght Hospital emergency department on 26 October 2016 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33605/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the courses of action that have been taken by the hospital and the HSE to immediately address the issues in respect of the recent HIQA report into the Mercy University Hospital, Cork and the health and safety issues that were raised in the audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33609/16]
• 2016-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of discussions with his counterparts in Northern Ireland on the introduction of minimum unit pricing there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33106/16]
• 2016-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE consider the use of a hospital (details supplied) as a step-down facility in respect of the winter initiative; if not, if consideration has been given to alternative uses for this complex; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33212/16]
• 2016-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if there are plans in place to reduce opening times and services provided at the emergency department in Our Lady's, Hospital Navan. [33249/16]
• 2016-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 October 2016; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [33250/16]
• 2016-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the recent admission that three out of four of the country’s rehabilitation hospitals are unable to provide stroke patients with the recommended level of therapy needed. [33251/16]
• 2016-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the recent national stroke audit and the action his Department and the HSE will take to address the deficiencies identified in it. [33252/16]
• 2016-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason a product (details supplied) has been removed from the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32175/16]
• 2016-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the current private sector tendering process in the residential disability sector; his plans to extend more open commissioning to the charitable sectors 38 and 39 providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32232/16]
• 2016-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the need for more private sector providers and private sector capital to complete the actions of the HSE’s report, Time to Move on from Congregated Settings – A Strategy for Community Inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32233/16]
• 2016-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the current private sector proportion of the HSE budget compared with charitable sector; the way this figure compares with other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32234/16]
• 2016-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the European Court of Justice ruling that a fixed price system for the sale by pharmacies of prescription only medicinal products for human use is incompatible with the free movement of goods; and if there are any implications for pharmacies here [32257/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the new vaccination schedule for the primary care immunisation programme which includes rotavirus and meningococcal B will commence on 1 December 2016; if agreement has been reached with all relevant parties for the implementation of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31950/16]
• 2016-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the negotiations between the Health Service Executive's National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics and a pharmaceutical company (details supplied) regarding the drug Orkambi; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31265/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the 2017 HSE service plan will be published; when the programme for Government commitment on a five-year service plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30971/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the extra provision that is being put in place for home-care packages and home helps in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30643/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if resources for the nursing home support scheme will be increased in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30642/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on whether a greater use of biosimilars could assist in controlling the cost of medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30641/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposed creation of hospital trusts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30645/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the restructuring of HSE management; the number of additional managerial posts that are being put in place in each hospital group and CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30644/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will increase the level of investment for cancer trials in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30201/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for assessment for a possible surgical treatment. [30208/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the concerns that have been raised at the highest level (details supplied) relating to Cork University Hospital's maternity unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30426/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 6 October 2016, which original asked if a person (details supplied) could be seen at an alternative hospital due to waiting time, if he will respond to the original question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30472/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the actions his Department and the HSE are undertaking to help support the cochlear implant programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30558/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the inquiry into the case of a person (details supplied) has been carried out; and if so, when the family will be contacted with the outcome. [30737/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will establish an independent external inquiry into events surrounding the treatment and care of a person (details supplied) and the events that followed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30774/16]
• 2016-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances that operate out of each ambulance station in County Roscommon on a daily basis, Monday to Sunday; and if he will provide a breakdown of this on an hourly and daily rota basis to ascertain the actual level of service in County Clare. [30198/16]
• 2016-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances assigned to each ambulance station in County Roscommon for each year since 2011, in tabular form; and the number of intermediate care vehicles and rapid response vehicles assigned to each. [30193/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a third ENT consultant will be recruited to the department of paediatric otolaryngology at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29263/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will cover the cost of pembrolizumab for a person (details supplied) who needs this drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29268/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a full-time rheumatologist will be posted to University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29324/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE's consideration of the NCPE report on Translarna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29451/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the outstanding EU directives that his Department or agencies under its remit are responsible for implementing, in tabular form; if the implementation of any of them require specific legislative change; and, if so, the details of same. [29771/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a person, who is a registered nurse with NMBI and provides care for persons in his or her home in a private capacity, is required to register as a care provider for regulatory purposes; if so, the locations to register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29812/16]
• 2016-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29054/16]
• 2016-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the provision of full-time rheumatology services in Mayo University Hospital; when this issue will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29074/16]
• 2016-10-06
  VOTE
  Mental Health Services · 2 divisions

  • ~ abstained on the motion the motion motion passed · 59–37
  • ~ abstained on an amendment to the bill motion passed · 61–37
• 2016-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if autoimmune hepatitis will be added to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28817/16]
• 2016-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if CellCept is currently being considered as an acceptable drug in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, MS; if so, when there will be a decision; alternatively, if it is currently not under consideration, whether he will request an evaluation for its addition to the approved list for MS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28818/16]
• 2016-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding a person (details supplied) who has been waiting on a residential placement; if he will provide a copy of the decisions made at the case meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28072/16]
• 2016-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the additional cost of extending the meningitis B vaccination programme to children born before October 2016. [28398/16]
• 2016-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [27809/16]
• 2016-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the names of the persons who currently serve on the HSE directorate; the duration of their term of office and when this is due to expire; if a new directorate is to be appointed in the near future; and, if so, the persons who will serve on it. [27890/16]
• 2016-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he has extended or approved the extension of the contracts of any national directors in the HSE since he took office and, if so, the details. [27891/16]
• 2016-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a general practitioner (details supplied). [27557/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance if he is giving consideration to the call by the Irish Dental Association to see marginal rate tax relief returned to the med 2 scheme to alleviate the burden on patients facing costly dental treatments such as orthodontics, crowns, endodontic and prosthodontic treatments and so on; if he has estimated the likely improvements in oral health as well as the revenue benefits associated with the restoration of marginal rate relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27055/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding the evaluation of pembrolizumab; when he will make a decision on the introduction of this drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26454/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the process that must be undergone for a medicines manufacturer to have a cannabis based product authorised for use by patients. [26588/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if there is discretion on the five-year rule, such as compassionate grounds in respect of the nursing homes support scheme; if so, the discretionary grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26709/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) should expect to receive medical equipment from the HSE North-South Lee resource allocation group. [26826/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can remain on the drug Respreeza on compassionate grounds. [26827/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if price reductions have been agreed with producers for generic drugs; if he has legislative powers to impose reductions on the price paid for generic medicines; and if so, his plans to exercise same. [27006/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the recent deal on drug costs relates to Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association, IPHA, member companies only; if non-IPHA producers of branded and patented medicines are reducing prices or offering any savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27007/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of public expenditure on medicines for each of the years 2011 and 2012, in tabular form; the expenditure incurred for each year on branded and patented products produced by IPHA members and non-IPHA members, respectively; and the expenditure incurred on generic medicines. [27008/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on whether a hospital-wide audit of vaginal birth after caesarean section, VBAC, counselling is necessary at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, following the case of a person (details supplied); in view of the findings relating to documentation of counselling of the risks of VBAC identified in the recent audit, the lack of investigation by the HSE when it first came to light in 2013 and its proposed review, and that it does not intend investigating any other cases, the action he intends to take in this regard; his further views on whether patients have a right to be informed of the risks of VBAC and if there is a reason the senior Our Lady of Lourdes obstetricians did not do this; the reason there was a delay by the HSE in its proposed review until the hospital manager had left the organisation; the reason there was a communications breakdown when the family in question raised these matters with the HSE director general in a letter in November 2015; if he plans to meet the family as they will not deal with the HSE following their experience with the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27038/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the findings of the 2015 fluoride and caring for children’s teeth, FACCT, survey as regards the lowest socioeconomic groups; the way in which his Department proposes to deal with the emerging crisis in oral health for those children and their families who can least afford to attend for dental care and treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27046/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the documented increase in acute hospital admissions for urgent dental treatments; his estimate of the cost of such admissions and the cost-benefit savings which would be realised by greater access to preventive oral health care for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27047/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the findings of the recently published report entitled National Clinical Programme for Paediatrics and Neonatology: A National Model of Care for Paediatric Healthcare Services in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27048/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the delay in publishing the oral health policy which was commenced in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27049/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated numbers of children who are not being provided with regular school screening programmes in view of the official policy dating back to 1984 which suggests that oral health screenings should be provided at three different primary school classes each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27050/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional dentists the HSE would need to employ in order to provide school screenings at three different classes annually in view of the 20% increase in the number of children under 16 over the past decade and the 20% reduction in the number of general dental surgeons employed by the HSE in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27051/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the likely publication date of the dental Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27052/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a chief dental officer on a full-time and ongoing basis in accordance with standard public service appointments following the recent expiry of the tenure of this post on a part-time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27053/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting almost a year and will not have an appointment until later in the year. [24389/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24650/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each voluntary hospital to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24651/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Government has been contacted by the tobacco industry or any of its representatives on the possibility of a joint agreement on the joint use of the industry's Codentify system for the tracing of illegal tobacco; if so, the outcome of any such contact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24859/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied) and the ongoing issue involving a review of their case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25078/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the revenue raised from prescription charges in 2015 and to date in 2016. [26199/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 September 2016 or the latest date available; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [26309/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area in June, July and August 2016 in tabular form; and the way it compares against target in each instance. [26310/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme for each local health area in tabular form; and the length of time waiting in each instance. [26311/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the budget allocation for 2016 for each public and voluntary hospital detailing for each month to date in 2016 the profiled expenditure and the outturn in tabular form. [26328/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he expects to receive a five year service plan from the HSE in 2016. [23596/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide for each hospital (details supplied) the number of new nursing staff recruited in the hospital in the year to July 2016; the number of nursing staff that left the hospital in the year to July 2016; the total number of nursing staff in the hospital in July 2016; and the net increase and-or decrease in nursing staff in each hospital in the year to July 2016, in tabular form. [23758/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited to date in 2016 in the public and voluntary hospitals; the full year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this recruitment. [23759/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists newly recruited to date in 2016; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited such as primary care, acute or disability services; the full year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in speech and language therapists numbers resulting from this recruitment. [23760/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists newly recruited in 2016; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited such as primary care, acute or disability services; the full year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in occupational therapists numbers resulting from this recruitment. [23761/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists newly recruited in 2016; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited such as primary care, acute or disability services; the full year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in physiotherapists numbers resulting from this recruitment. [23762/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide for each community health care organisation the number of speech and language therapists currently employed in each; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015, in tabular form. [23763/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide for each community health care organisation the number of occupational therapists currently employed in each; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2014, in tabular form. [23764/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide for each community health care organisation the number of physiotherapists currently employed in each; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015, in tabular form. [23765/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant posts currently in each public and voluntary hospital, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [23801/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved senior house officer posts currently in each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [23802/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved registrar posts currently in each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [23803/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved senior registrar posts currently in each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [23804/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved clinical dental surgeon posts currently employed by the HSE, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [23805/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved general dental surgeon posts currently employed by the HSE, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [23806/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved senior dental surgeons currently employed by the HSE, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [23807/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of approved registered intellectual disability nurses currently employed by the HSE, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [23808/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the community health care organisations which have appointed a head of social care, in tabular form. [23935/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the community health care organisations which have appointed a head of primary care, in tabular form. [23936/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the community health care organisations which have appointed a head of mental health, in tabular form. [23937/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the community health care organisations which have produced a Children First implementation plan, in tabular form. [23938/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the hospital groups which have produced a Children First implementation plan, in tabular form. [23939/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the HSE funded organisations which provide services to children and young persons that have undertaken an assessment of any risk to a child who is availing of their services and have used this risk assessment to publish a child safeguarding statement; and the details of those HSE funded organisations which have not carried out these assessments or published a child safeguarding statement, in tabular form. [23940/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the hospital groups and community health care organisations that have a quality and safety committee in place, in tabular form. [23941/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the community health care organisations with a plan in place to implement their approach to the establishment of residents councils, family forums, service user panels or equivalent for HSE disability services, in tabular form. [23942/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of serious reportable events currently being notified within 24 hours to a designated officer. [23943/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of mandatory investigations commenced within 48 hours of the events occurring. [23944/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of mandatory investigations currently completed within four months of notification of the events occurring. [23945/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of reportable events in 2016 reported within 30 days of occurrence to the designated officer. [23946/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the community health care organisations which have in place a HCAI or infection control committee, in tabular form. [23947/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of community health care organisation heads of social care who can evidence implementation of the HSE’s safeguarding vulnerable persons at risk of abuse policy throughout the community health care organisation. [23948/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of community health care organisation, CHO, heads of social care that have established CHO-wide organisational arrangements required by the HSE's safeguarding vulnerable persons at risk of abuse policy. [23949/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of personal assistant hours provided by the HSE to date in 2016. [23950/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage occupancy rate in public residential care units for the most recent calendar month available and for the previous eleven months, in tabular form. [23951/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of community health care organisations that have established waiting lists for home care on a standardised basis. [23952/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of community health care organisations that have comprehensive implementation plans for the 11 centres identified at highest risk by the HSE in conjunction with HIQA for improving compliance with national residential standards as regulated by HIQA. [23953/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if an information technology solution to deliver a national information system for integrated disability services has been designed and implemented. [23954/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a business case for an information technology solution for children’s disability network teams has been developed. [23955/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if information technology services and an information management system have been rolled out to all newly reconfigured children’s disability network teams which do not currently have access to information technology services; the details of the children’s disability network teams that currently do not have such information technology access, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23956/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the community health care organisations that have identified and appointed a named lead person to have oversight of the implementation of Time to Move on from Congregated Settings actions across community health care organisations and to link with the local service providers and national working group; and the date on which each appointment was made, in tabular form. [23957/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the actions to be completed in Q1 and Q2 of 2016 regarding the community health care organisations' specific actions to implement Time to Move on from Congregated Settings and provide an update on each, in tabular form. [23958/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of existing disability residential houses and units that are compliant with the HSE tobacco free campus policy. [23959/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the actions to continue the implementation process of the safeguarding vulnerable adults policy to be undertaken during Q1 and Q2 of 2016; and if he will outline which of these have been completed, in tabular form [23960/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the actions from the dementia strategy implementation programme to be implemented in the first two quarters of 2016 which have been completed, in tabular form. [23961/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the national maternity strategy; the total funding that is to be provided for the strategy; the funding being provided in 2016; and the outputs and services being provided by the funding being provided in 2016. [24075/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide an updated projection on the number of medical cards to be provided in 2016; the additional costs that have arisen to date in 2016 owing to the HSE service plan’s projection not being met; and the likely full year costs in 2016 of the projection not being met. [24076/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health with regard to the €110 million targeted reductions in drug and prescribing costs to be achieved by the primary care division of the HSE in 2016, the amount of this reduction that has been achieved to date; and the projections for 2016. [24077/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the accreditation process for minor surgery in primary care has been finalised. [24078/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the details of the primary care division diagnostics oversight group. [24079/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the existing access gaps for GP direct access to X-ray have been mapped and identified; and if he will provide the details of these gaps. [24080/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a business plan for the delivery of counselling services to children 0-18 years of age has been received in his Department. [24081/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a standard operating procedure for provision of school vision screening has been agreed and if school vision screening has now been standardised. [24082/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for detail of the HSE’s speech and language therapy expert steering group and project group. [24083/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the review of data collection systems and definitions in line with the development of electronic referrals to community intervention teams has been completed. [24084/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if daily electronic reports on referrals to community intervention teams by source are being produced. [24085/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a procurement tender, evaluation and award of contract for the community intervention team-outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy, CIT-OPAT management control centre has taken place. [24086/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to detail the recommendations of the GP out-of-hours service review and if he will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations in tabular format. [24087/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for details of the four demonstrator sites established in community health care organisations, CHOs, to implement a new model of practice for the management of children with non-complex needs in primary care in collaboration with mental health and social care services. [24088/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of medical card-GP visit card applications being accurately processed within 15 days. [24089/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the individual health identifiers register will be designed and built. [24090/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plan for phased increased access to buprenorphine/naloxone and buprenorphine products within the context of available resources has been commenced; and the resources required for commencement. [24091/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the opioid treatment protocol has been implemented. [24092/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if an addiction clinical lead has been appointed by the HSE. [24093/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE clinical guidelines for opioid substitution treatment, OST, have been launched. [24094/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to detail those hospital groups and community health care organisations that are currently implementing discharge protocols for homeless persons in acute hospitals and mental health facilities in tabular format. [24095/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if each Traveller health unit has developed a three to five year action plan based on identified priorities within their respective catchment. [24096/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for details of the HSE review of arrangements in respect of addressing Traveller and Roma health needs in line with new community healthcare organisation, CHO, structures and processes; the findings of the review; the recommendations of same; and the timeframe for implementation. [24097/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the way in which the low uptake of vaccinations in the Roma community has been addressed by the HSE. [24098/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the outcome of work by the HSE primary care division with community health care organisations to map existing models of interpreting provision, including details in respect of uptake, costs and outcomes. [24099/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the results of the survey of health service user experiences of using interpreting services in two settings. [24100/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide those community healthcare organisations, CHOs, in which TENI, Transgender Equality Network Ireland, training has been rolled out. [24101/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the proportion of acute hospital staff who received seasonal 'flu vaccination in 2015-2016. [24102/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if Beaumont Hospital has extended the elderly day hospital to a five-day service. [24103/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional consultants appointed in 2016 in the Mater Hospital acute medical assessment unit. [24104/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional consultants appointed in 2016 in the St. Vincent’s hospital acute medical assessment unit. [24105/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons about whom the Revenue Commissioners provided data to the Health Service Executive under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2013 for 2015 and in 2016 to date in tabular form. [23276/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances that have been decommissioned by the HSE National Ambulance Service in 2016 to date; the number of new emergency ambulances that have been acquired in 2016 to date; the number of intermediate care ambulances that have been decommissioned by the HSE National Ambulance Service in 2016 to date; the number of new intermediate care ambulances that have been acquired in 2016 to date; the number of rapid response vehicles that have been decommissioned by the HSE National Ambulance Service in 2016 to date; the number of new rapid response vehicles that have been acquired in 2016 to date; the number of vehicles that have been commissioned or purchased as rapid response vehicles by the National Ambulance Service that have been acquired in 2016 to date; the number currently in use; the number awaiting entry into service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23272/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances in service; the number according to the year they entered service in tabular form; to further detail in the table between pods and vehicles in terms of the date they entered service and the HSE region in which they are based; the number of intermediate care ambulances currently in service; if he will provide a breakdown of the total number according to the year they entered service in tabular form; to further detail in that table between pods and vehicles in terms of the date they entered service and the HSE region in which they are based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23273/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the distances that have been travelled by emergency ambulances in service, indicating the HSE region and subdivided by every 50,000 miles or 80,000 km in tabular form; the distances that have been travelled by intermediate care ambulances in service; the distances that have been travelled by rapid response vehicles in service in such a capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23274/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred to COPE. [23275/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form, based on local health office and area and indicating those of 16 years of age and under and those over 16 years of age, the numbers waiting for orthodontic treatment at the latest date for which information is available. [23305/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form for each local health area the number of general practitioner vacancies. [23306/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to detail in tabular form the most up-to-date figures for the number of vacant positions in each public-voluntary hospital in the following categories: consultants, non-consultant hospital doctors, nursing positions, other health and social care professionals and management-administration and general support staff. [23307/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form, indicating the HSE region and subdivided by every 50,000 miles or 80,000 km, the distances that have been travelled by emergency ambulances currently in service; the distances that have been travelled by intermediate care ambulances currently in service; the distances that have been travelled by rapid response vehicles currently in service in such a capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23308/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form, for each ambulance station in each month in the year to April 2015, the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO instances responded to by first responder in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less; and the percentage of clinical status 1 DELTA instances responded to by a person-carrying vehicle in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less. [23309/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular format the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in June 2016 or the latest calendar month available; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; the number that waited longer than 40 minutes for same; the number that waited longer than 60 minutes for same; the number that waited longer than 90 minutes for same; the number that waited more than 120 minutes for same; and the number that waited more than 180 minutes for same. [23310/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the progress made in implementing each of the 31 recommendations in the 2011 HSE report, Time to Move on from Congregated Settings; the timeframe for full implementation of the recommendations in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23311/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012; the current status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23312/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of beds and wards in hospitals (details supplied); the number of those beds and wards that are currently closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23313/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of operations or procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23314/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of operations or procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each voluntary hospital to date in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23315/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures the Health Service Executive procured from private or independent hospitals to date in 2016; the amount spent by the Health Service Executive on these procedures in private or independent hospitals to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23316/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form for each public hospital the number of critical care beds in each of the years 2011 to 2015 and the latest figure for 2016. [23317/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form for each public or voluntary hospital with an accident and emergency department the number of emergency medicine consultants in each; and the number of each that have an emergency medicine consultant available daily on a 24-hour basis. [23318/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form, broken down by each public or voluntary hospital, the revenue raised between 1 January 2016 and 30 June 2016 from charges for private patients in public beds; the same details for the first six months of 2013, 2014 and 2015; to provide in tabular form, broken down by each public or voluntary hospital, the number of procedures from 1 January 2016 to 30 June 2016 in each hospital which has treated private patients in public beds and the equivalent figures for the first six months of 2013, 2014 and 2015; and the number of applications for payment by the insurer that were submitted by each hospital for such procedures carried out between 1 January 2016 and 30 June 2016, and the same timeframe in 2013, 2014 and 2015. [23319/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the Health Service Executive on 1 July 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016. [23320/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 July 2016; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number of each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [23321/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area for every month to date in 2016; and, for every month and each local health office, the way it compares against target. [23322/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health with regard to the once-off revenue measures of €330 million announced for the health budget in 2015, the amount of this revenue that has been raised in 2015 and the sources of same. [23323/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form for each local health area the numbers of persons currently awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; and the waiting time. [23324/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out MRI scans; the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals for the following periods: less than three months; three months to six months; six months to nine months; nine months to 12 months; more than 12 months. [23325/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out CT scans; the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals for the following periods: less than three months; three months to six months; six months to nine months; nine months to 12 months; more than 12 months. [23326/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out bone scans; the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals for the following periods: less than three months; three months to six months; six months to nine months; nine months to 12 months; more than 12 months. [23327/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out angiograms; the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals for the following periods: less than three months; three months to six months; six months to nine months; nine months to 12 months; more than 12 months. [23328/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out electroencephalograms, EEG; the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals for the following periods: less than three months; three months to six months; six months to nine months; nine months to 12 months; more than 12 months. [23329/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, ERCP; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals for the following periods: less than three months; three months to six months; six months to nine months; nine months to 12 months; and more than 12 months. [23330/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form, at the end of June 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 for each local health area, the number of over-70s medical cards in circulation. [23331/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if discussions between the Ireland East Hospital Group, IEHG, and the HSE acute hospitals division to address the disparity in funding sought by IEHG to address service requirements and planned and approved developments, including the winter initiative, the new developments in counties Wexford and Kilkenny as well as full costs associated with the establishment of the pancreatic transplant service to St. Vincent's University Hospital and full year costs of 2015 developments, with the actual allocation received in 2016, have been concluded with an outcome that was satisfactory to IEHG; and the details of the outcome of the discussions. [21931/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time approved emergency medicine consultant posts in each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form. [21932/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who was awarded a home care package is having their home help hour withdrawn leaving them without any assistance; if their time will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22344/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to sanction the inclusion of the CRC workers into the SPSPS with equivalent benefits; when this decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22370/16]
• 2016-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 605 of 14 April 2016 (details supplied), if he will provide in view of the recent Supplementary Estimate for health, updated figures of the budget allocation for 2016 for each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form [21870/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his progress in drafting the national action plan on antimicrobial resistance; if this plan will be subject to public and industry stakeholder consultation and if not, why not; if he is satisfied that with less than one year to go before the completion of the plan the interdepartmental group established to examine and draft this report has not consulted with wider expert stakeholders outside of the Health Service Executive and his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21013/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views that the new medicines pricing agreement will act as a biosimilars blocker, due to a clause which states that biologics will only be reimbursed at a price 30% less than the current level, and only when competitor biosimilar medicines enter the market; his further views that this cannot occur, as biosimilars will financially be prevented from entering the market, as it would be unsustainable to lower their price further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21014/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views that the new medicines pricing agreement will lead to cost savings in respect of existing biologic, high-technology medicines, given that a lower reimbursement price for biologics will not be possible due to an inability for biosimilars to enter the market; the reason for introducing a clause into the agreement which links the reimbursement price of biologics to the biosimilars entering the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21015/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views that the price of two of the largest medicines supplied by the Health Service Executive, Humira and Enbrel, at a cost of €160 million per year, will not experience significant price reduction when their patents fall in 2017, as a direct result of the terms of the forthcoming medicine pricing agreement with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association, because the terms in this agreement will prevent effective post-patent competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21016/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had their second operation put on hold despite the money being in place and the surgeon being able to schedule the urgent operation as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21075/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he will meet and engage with the National Association of General Practitioners on a new contract for its members; his views that the 1,600 members' views and input are essential to advancing and expanding free general practitioner care, in line with the commitments in the programme for Government. [21145/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the drug Translarna; when he will make a decision as to whether to include it in the reimbursement list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21220/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the clinical advisory group on medical cards will report its final recommendations to him; when the interim report which was given to the Minster for Health last summer will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21239/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if, in line with the commitment in the programme for Government, he has requested the clinical advisory group on medical cards to examine the guidelines for awarding discretionary medical cards for persons undergoing treatment for cancer; and when he expects this review to be complete. [21240/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to outline the primary care reimbursement service’s guidelines for awarding discretionary medical cards to cancer patients; and if cancer patients applying for a discretionary card are given an additional weekly means allowance. [21241/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the primary care reimbursement service’s guidelines for awarding discretionary medical cards to motor neurone disease patients; and if motor neurone disease patients applying for a discretionary card are given an additional weekly means allowance. [21242/16]
• 2016-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why University Hospital Limerick is effectively denying compassionate access to orkambi for very ill patients in contrast to other cystic fibrosis hospitals; why very ill patients are being denied an available and free therapy; why has the Health Service Executive provided no explanation for this to Cystic Fibrosis Ireland, despite repeated efforts on the latter's part; why is University Hospital Limerick in apparent contravention of the Minister where he has urged compassionate use of particular drugs for cancer; why the hospital is saying the drug can be provided from a community pharmacy when the executive states that this is not possible and given that hospital pharmacies are facilitating compassionate use of orkambi in Cork and in St. Vincent’s Hospital and Crumlin Hospital in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19964/16]
• 2016-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19967/16]
• 2016-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19982/16]
• 2016-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his position on the introduction of the drug Ampligen for the treatment of multiple myalgic encephalopathy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20029/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be granted an appointment for a cognitive assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19097/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of a case (details supplied); his views on the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19484/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will review or has reviewed the current system of fitting and refitting wheelchairs for persons; if he is aware that for a person in County Kerry to get refitted or fitted with a wheelchair this could take months, even years, as the company involved only comes to service County Kerry for one or two days in a whole month which means many persons are left in chairs unsuitable for their current needs or simply without a chair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19678/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has a lifelong condition that will never improve and was awarded a medical card in October 2015 but who has now had that medical card taken away and was only awarded a general practitioner visit card. [19679/16]
• 2016-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost of recruiting and employing an additional 100 full-time hospital consultants in 2017; and his estimate of ancillary costs involved. [19032/16]
• 2016-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost in 2017 of providing an additional one million home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19033/16]
• 2016-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost in 2017 of providing an additional 2,000 home care packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19034/16]
• 2016-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost in 2017 of providing an additional 500,000 personal assistant hours for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19035/16]
• 2016-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost in 2017 of providing an additional 200 intensive home care packages for persons with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19036/16]
• 2016-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost in 2017 of providing a medical card for all children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance. [19037/16]
• 2016-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost in 2017 of a €1 reduction in prescription charges. [19038/16]
• 2016-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost in 2017 of a €10 reduction in the drug threshold. [19039/16]
• 2016-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will not permit the introduction of any novel tobacco product such as heated tobacco products here unless it can be independently proven that it cannot be smoked like a traditional cigarette and the product does not release second hand-smoke emissions as the World Health Organization warns that there is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18640/16]
• 2016-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will secure a residential placement for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18657/16]
• 2016-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to respond to the second annual report of the National Healthcare Quality Reporting System; the actions he will take to address the higher-than-normal deaths in certain hospitals; the discussions he has had with the Health Service Executive regarding this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18520/16]
• 2016-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why vocational educational services are ceasing operation in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17650/16]
• 2016-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the publication of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016, to amend section 2(2) and other sections of the 1977 Misuse of Drugs Act; when he expects the Bill to be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17674/16]
• 2016-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the delay in drafting regulations to enable the introduction of Suboxone (an alternative to methadone), bearing in mind that they were expected at the end of Q1 2016, and there is need for a notification period of three months under the European technical standards directive once the regulations have been published; his further views that these delays are unacceptable, as there is an urgent need for the availability of Suboxone to cater for persons with opioid dependency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17675/16]
• 2016-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that according to recent research published by Health Research Board, there has been an increase in the number of persons dying from methadone overdoses, with the number of deaths due to methadone overdoses, the largest cause of deaths by poisoning in Ireland, ahead of even heroin overdoses; if, based on this data on methadone overdoses, he will fast-track the availability of Suboxone, to provide an alternative to methadone, as a way to reduce such overdose risks, given the much lower risk of overdose from Suboxone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17676/16]
• 2016-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will consider including multiple system atrophy as part of the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17739/16]
• 2016-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in St. Vincent’s Hospital is being let go; if he is aware that the person's patients are deeply concerned and agitated by this development and that they do not believe that the proposed replacement is adequate to their needs; and if he will request the chief executive officer of the hospital to meet with the affected patients to discuss their concerns. [17620/16]
• 2016-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he will lift the embargo on midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16672/16]
• 2016-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to set up a dedicated clinic for diagnosis and treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis, ME, chronic fatigue syndrome, CFS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16801/16]
• 2016-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount he invests in the research of myalgic encephalomyelitis-chronic fatigue syndrome; his plans to provide an increased investment in research; if so, when and the amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16802/16]
• 2016-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why he has not ensured the provision of physiotherapy, occupational therapy as well as speech and language therapy for students regarding a school (details supplied); if he is aware that this purpose built school is under-resourced compared to mainstream schools and the huge pressure that this places on the school to provide the basics for these children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16812/16]
• 2016-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views that the figures released indicating that 16% of medical card holders are being prescribed anti-depressants are in line with international norms; if he has concerns over the rate of prescriptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16876/16]
• 2016-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the completion date of the review of the primary eye care services review group; when he will publicly comment on the outcome of the review; if he will act on the recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16912/16]
• 2016-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of specialist nurses he will assign to support the newly appointed paediatric urologist and he will hire; the number which currently exist in the system and their starting date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16985/16]
• 2016-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number and hospital locations of the specialist paediatric urology nurses that are to be appointed and the date of commencement of their contracts, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16986/16]
• 2016-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why he has not provided an assessment of need to a person (details supplied) under the Disability Act 2005; why there is such a delay; the action he is taking to resolve the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16151/16]
• 2016-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount his Department spent on providing individual medicines (details supplied) to patients, the price paid for each medicine and the dispensing fees paid to pharmacists for each medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15945/16]
• 2016-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a person (details supplied) with traditional respite care through the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15968/16]
• 2016-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is taking action or implementing measures to tackle statistics outlined in the recent National Cancer Registry of Ireland report into cancer rates in Cobh, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15161/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the specific changes to the misuse of drugs legislation that need to be put in place, to address the illegal sale of prescription drugs. [14405/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of midwives in each public and voluntary hospital that provide maternity services for the end of 2015 and the latest figures available in 2016 in tabular form [14409/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of obstetricians, whole-time equivalent, employed in each of the 19 maternity units nationwide (details supplied); and the number of locum appointments for the end of 2015 and the latest figures available for 2016 in each hospital in tabular form. [14410/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the recommendations contained in the recent UK Government report authored by Lord O’Neill on antimicrobial resistance, AMR; his plans to introduce the key recommendations contained in the report; if he is satisfied that Ireland’s AMR policy is robust enough to meet the huge challenge of AMR and with the situation that Ireland, unlike the UK, does not have set targets for the reduction of usage and or prescribing of antibiotics in health care settings such as hospitals or primary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14416/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons or incidents, if any, where antimicrobial resistance has occurred within the health care services over the past ten years; the hospitals which treated these patients and the measures being undertaken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14417/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he expects legislation on health insurance, specifically to provide insurers with legal clarity to facilitate insurers when withdrawing products from the market and protection to consumers where benefits are continuously changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14418/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to publish the Health Insurance Authority report on reform of minimum benefits provided for as part of health insurance cover; if not, why not; if he will outline the timeline for the introduction of this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14419/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is committed to the introduction of a system of diagnostic-related group data as a measure of health status for health insurance; if so, the measures he has undertaken to progress this initiative; if he has engaged with insurers on this issue; when was the last time this issue was discussed between his Department and insurers; the reasons for the delay in introducing this system which is commonplace in many countries; if he will commit to a timeline for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14420/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spent on agency staff each month in 2016 to date and the equivalent figures for each month in 2015; the proportion of the HSE’s anticipated agency staff expenditure for 2016 that has been incurred to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14421/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to award equal pay to clinical nurse manager 2 grades, to close the gap between those who were regularised and did not get incremental credit, and those appointed recently who are on a higher rate, that existed under old contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14535/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will raise the qualifying age for a personal assistant beyond the current maximum age of 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14541/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) to ensure they are seen by specialist as soon as possible given the apparent oversight in relation to their case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14594/16]
• 2016-06-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of new nursing home places, home care packages and home help hours he will introduce under the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14118/16]
• 2016-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will increase the funding to the National Rehabilitation Hospital to facilitate an increase in the therapies provided which have been curtailed due to lack of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13943/16]
• 2016-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons up to 65 years of age who have an acquired brain injury including stroke who are residing in publicly funded hospitals; and the number of these persons who are regarded as delayed discharges, by public hospital, in tabular form. [13944/16]
• 2016-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the net increase in whole-time equivalent terms in the number of nurses employed in all acute hospitals to date in 2016 in tabular form; the number of nursing vacancies in each hospital at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12798/16]
• 2016-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the sums paid by the Health Service Executive by hospital under its control regarding the acquisition costs of transporting patients in taxi services, bus services, private ambulance services and HSE-owned ambulance services for the past five years by category in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12899/16]
• 2016-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to reintroduce the motorised transportation grant and if so when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13202/16]
• 2016-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he intends to update and amend the Misuse of Drugs Act to deal with prescription drugs. [13208/16]
• 2016-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost-analysis figures for the socio-economic burden of hospital acquired infection; the comparative figures for other European Union countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12324/16]
• 2016-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the average sums the Health Service Executive paid for a typical course of fidaxomicin, vancomycin and other drugs used for persons infected with clostridium difficile and methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, in hospitals under its control, by patient, in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12325/16]
• 2016-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the sums the Health Service Executive paid for fidaxomicin, vancomycin and other drugs in treating patients for infection with Clostridium difficile and methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, in hospitals under its control in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12326/16]
• 2016-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the names and contact details of all officials who give approval for home care companies in each local health office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11910/16]
• 2016-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide funding for the website, family.ie, for the provision of services in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12002/16]
• 2016-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to expedite the clinical assessment of a person (details supplied) given that the person's age and the current waiting time will mean the person will be too old to be assessed and will not benefit in the final years of education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11222/16]
• 2016-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to previous questions on behalf of persons (details supplied), given that they have ceased dealing with the HSE due to the continuing lack of co-operation, have written directly to him to inform him of this, have offered to meet him and his Department, and have specifically requested a fully independent review into the aftermath of a child's birth with no involvement from the executive, why the executive is being allowed to set the terms of reference and manage a review into its own failings when the persons have specifically stated they are totally opposed to this; why has the Executive provided the persons' private medical records to a third party without their consent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11196/16]
• 2016-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a package under the home help scheme by local health office area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11234/16]
• 2016-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home help by local health office area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11235/16]
• 2016-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for speech and language therapy assessment for less than four months, for between four and 12 months, and for more than 12 months by local authority area in tabular form. [11588/16]
• 2016-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of applications received, granted and in place under the home care scheme to date, by local health area office, in tabular form. [10749/16]
• 2016-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who participated on the trial Fampyra scheme for multiple sclerosis who are no longer having their costs covered on the grounds of not showing a sufficient improvement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10853/16]
• 2016-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will continue on the Fampyra subsidised programme due to the high cost involved, with the drug unaffordable for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10854/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will award financial assistance to Lisheen House in Skibbereen, County Cork, for the provision of the mental health services it provides throughout Cork city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9353/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his response to concerns being raised regarding medication management at a Dublin hospital (details supplied). [9468/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the outturn in 2015 and the projected number of home help hours to be provided in each local health office area in 2016 [9628/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why the rural practice allowance framework announced in February 2016 has not yet commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9700/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health not to cut the additional budget of €13.5 million allocated for primary care in the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9701/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to ensure the Health Service Executive provides all the necessary care, assistance and financial help to persons (details supplied) who urgently require help with a tragic case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9841/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the psychiatric units providing treatment for dual diagnosis, where one is an addiction and the other a mental health diagnosis, and the units that do not, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9825/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if funding is available for the treatment of patients with dual diagnosis of addiction and mental health abroad where no suitable treatment is available here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9827/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the step-down and rehabilitation facilities providing care for dual diagnosis patients where it is a combination of addiction and mental health diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9826/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the nursing home support scheme; and the length of time waiting, by local health area, in tabular form. [10560/16]
• 2016-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards, the number of general practitioner cards, and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis, as of 1 April 2016. [9328/16]
• 2016-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in 2016 to date, by public hospital, in tabular form. [9330/16]
• 2016-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in 2016 to date, by voluntary hospital, in tabular form. [9331/16]
• 2016-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of new nursing staff recruited in each hospital (details supplied) from April 2014 to April 2015, in tabular form; the number of nursing staff that left each hospital in the year to April 2015; the total number of nursing staff in each hospital in April 2015; and the net increase or decrease in nursing staff in each hospital in the year to April 2015. [9332/16]
• 2016-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of applications approved and awaiting funding under the nursing homes support scheme. [9334/16]
• 2016-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants recruited in 2016 to date; the full-year cost of the recruitment; and the net increase in consultant numbers resulting from the recruitment. [9339/16]
• 2016-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited in 2016 to date; the full-year cost of the recruitment; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from the recruitment. [9340/16]
• 2016-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children hospitalised for dental treatment in 2015 and in 2016 to date, by county or local health office, in tabular form. [9344/16]
• 2016-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a first appointment with a psychologist, following referral, for one month, two, three, three-plus-to-six, six-plus-to-nine, nine-plus-to-12, and 12-plus months, by local health area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8878/16]
• 2016-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why he removed the intermediate care vehicle for Mallow in County Cork given that it was put in place following the closure of the emergency department at Mallow General Hospital; the emergency care provision he has put in its place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8997/16]
• 2016-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the bed management systems that are allowing for the cancellation of surgeries to help alleviate the trolley crisis in emergency departments, despite the fact that these beds on surgical wards cannot be used by trolley patients due to the danger posed from infection to post-operative patients on these surgical wards, thereby adding to surgical waiting lists and maintaining the trolley crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9004/16]
• 2016-04-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if funding for the National Federation of Voluntary Bodies Providing Services to People with Intellectual Disability will be brought to a level of investment in services and supports that they were at before the financial crisis; the timeframe within which this will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8528/16]
• 2016-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to outline the proposals in place to regulate the provision of counselling and psychotherapy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8049/16]
• 2016-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently availing of private health insurance in each of the following age groups: 17 years and under; 18 to 29 years; 30 to 39 years; 40 to 49 years; 50 to 59 years; 60 to 69 years; 70 to 79 years; 80 years and over. [7989/16]
• 2016-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the number of home help hours is being reduced in 2016; if media reports of a cut of 50,000 hours are accurate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7552/16]
• 2016-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide for each of the 34 local health areas the number of home help hours provided for the first three months in 2016 and for the first three months of 2015, in tabular form. [7553/16]
• 2016-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the projected 15,450 home care packages for 2016 will still be delivered; if the Health Service Executive has made any reduction in the provision of these packages to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7581/16]
• 2016-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the projected 10.4 million home help hours for 2016 will still be delivered; if the Health Service Executive has reductions in the provision of these hours in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7582/16]
• 2016-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the €8 million allocated for therapy services for young people will be drawn down; if he expects the full €8 million to be spent in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7583/16]
• 2016-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the €35 million allocated for mental health services will be drawn down; if he expects the full €35 million to be spent in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7584/16]
• 2016-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in County Cork whose home help is on sick leave has not had it replaced; if he will immediately reinstate the home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7706/16]
• 2016-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the review of the genetic service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6464/16]
• 2016-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the home help scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6579/16]
• 2016-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if and when he notified the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 to the European Commission under Directive (EU) 2015/1535; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6580/16]
• 2016-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide emergency psychiatric assistance to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6581/16]
• 2016-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to fully restore the practice support grants for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6593/16]
• 2016-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is investigating the use of Cannabidiol, CBD, for the possible treatment of Dravet syndrome (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6605/16]
• 2016-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards; the number of general practitioner cards; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis as of 1 March 2016. [7143/16]
• 2016-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of over 70s medical cards; the number of over 70s general practitioner cards; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis as of 1 March 2016. [7144/16]
• 2016-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for orthodontic treatment by local health office area for those up to 16 years of age and for those over 16 years of age at the end of December 2015, in tabular form. [7146/16]
• 2016-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the budget allocation and the budget outturn for 2015, and the budget allocation for 2016 for each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form. [7147/16]
• 2016-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he sought and received financial approval for an increase in the rural general practitioner practice allowance scheme from the Department of Finance or the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform prior to his announcement of an extension to the scheme in January 2016; the cost of the extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6273/16]
• 2016-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards, the number of general practitioner cards, the number of each type of card issued on a discretionary basis; and the number for each type of card assigned to persons over 70 years of age as of 1 February 2016. [4823/16]
• 2016-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of senior house officer positions in each of the public and voluntary hospitals, the number of such positions vacant and the number of these positions being filled by locums on 1 March 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4824/16]
• 2016-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of registrar positions in each of the public and voluntary hospitals; the number of such positions vacant and the number of these positions being filled by locums on 1 March 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4825/16]
• 2016-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if, in December 2015, the Health Service Executive advised his Department in a letter of a risk that the cost of delivering all the services set out in the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan could lead to a financial deficit at the end of the year of between €300 million and €500 million. [5282/16]
• 2016-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he has commenced negotiations for a new drug pricing deal. [5283/16]
• 2016-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he has approved the proposed new €10 million package for general practitioners including increased rural practice supports. [5284/16]
• 2016-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, all the new financial commitments his Department has entered into to date in 2016, indicating the full year cost of same. [5285/16]
• 2016-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will publish its operational plans for 2016. [5286/16]
• 2016-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the €58.5 million being held by his Department for specific initiatives, namely, in the area of mental health, €35 million; for primary care, €13.5 million; for therapy services for young persons, €8 million; and for the nursing task force pilot implementation, €2 million; if specific implementation plans for the release of these funds to the Health Service Executive are in place; if the €58.5 million will be released in full in 2016; and, if not, the amount of funding that will be released; and the detail of the funding which will be provided for each specific initiative. [5287/16]
• 2016-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why the undertakings on universal health insurance and the introduction of free general practitioner care for the whole population, the two key health commitments in the 2011 programme for Government, were not honoured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4093/16]
• 2016-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why the overcrowding in hospital emergency departments has not seen a significant improvement despite the initiatives taken during 2015; if the €100 million shortfall in the funding for hospitals will have a detrimental impact on access to emergency department and scheduled waiting list targets in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3924/16]
• 2016-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why two fundamental health commitments in the 2011 programme for Government, namely, the undertakings on universal health insurance and the introduction of free general practitioner care for the entire population, were not met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3926/16]
• 2016-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the negotiation of a new contract for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3925/16]
• 2016-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of commissioned units in public and voluntary hospitals that have yet to open, including the patient accommodation capacity in each, in tabular form; when they will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3928/16]
• 2016-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the funding and the number of hours being provided for home help, and the funding and the number of packages being provided for home care in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3927/16]
• 2016-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive does not cover manual lymphatic drainage treatment for public patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4079/16]
• 2016-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be transferred to the Cope Foundation. [4144/16]
• 2016-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the investigation that the Health Service Executive commissioned into staff conduct issues, arising from the Health Information Quality Authority report into the Midlands Regional Hospital in Portlaoise in County Laois; the status of this investigation; and when both parts of it will be finalised. [4156/16]
• 2016-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of consultancy reports, analyses and so on that the Health Service Executive commissioned since July 2014, in tabular form, including details of such consultancies and the amount spent on each project [4157/16]
• 2016-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 27 January 2016, why he has referred this question to the HSE, given that the same information sought in a previous question (details supplied) in 2010 was provided without referral to the HSE. [4422/16]
• 2016-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health how persons will lodge complaints in a timely manner to the Medical Council, given how long the process takes, that he has not implemented a statutory of candour and that it is left to the courts to investigate cases of medical negligence; the advice he has for these parents in terms of filling out a complaint to the Medical Council given that children of ten to 12 years of age have recently won medical negligence cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4586/16]
• 2016-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why the HSE is not conducting an independent review into the aftermath of a case as a person's family (details supplied) have requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4590/16]
• 2016-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of Fampyra and the restrictions that have been placed on covering the cost of the medication by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4592/16]
• 2016-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will receive an appointment for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4635/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 19 January 2016 (details supplied), the number of the 500 women in the 65 to 69 age cohort who were screened in 2015 who were aged 69. [3480/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why the emergency department in the Mater hospital in Dublin 1 has been asking sick and injured persons to stay away; if he is aware that it is less than three years since the new emergency department opened, and that persons were promised that this would lead to an end to chaos and waiting times for procedures; the reason for the closure and restrictions; the immediate actions that will be taken to ensure that it is fully open and when it will open. [3527/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for orthodontic treatment at the end of September 2015, by local health office area, by those under 16 years of age, by those 16 years of age and older, in tabular form. [3589/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in 2015; and the projected number to be provided in 2016, by local health office, in tabular form. [3590/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctors employed, by public hospital, by voluntary hospital, in each of the years 2011 to 2015, in tabular form. [3591/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in publishing the October 2015 Health Service Executive performance report; and when he expects it to be published. [3592/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that were cancelled and postponed, by public hospital in 2015, in tabular form. [3593/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that were cancelled and postponed, by voluntary hospital in 2015, in tabular form. [3594/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of extended waiting times for discectomies and his views on the provision and availability of such procedures for patients in Dublin Central; if he is aware that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been waiting for almost two years for a discectomy and that the delay in having the procedure is severely impacting on the person's quality of life; how he will ensure such procedures are made available more quickly; if he will provide the details of each hospital that provides discectomies, and the number of persons waiting up to three, from three plus to six, six plus to nine, nine plus to 12, 12 plus to 15, and 18 months plus, in tabular form. [3652/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the extended waiting times for children in need of orthodontic treatment and the provision and availability of orthodontic treatment for children and adults in Dublin Central, by the length and time of waiting lists in the local health area; if he is aware that a person (details supplied) has been advised of having to wait six years for essential orthodontic treatment and if it is acceptable that the person should have to spend the entire secondary school experience waiting for orthodontic treatment [3653/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the number of senior citizens in Dublin Central who have been denied a medical card or had their medical card renewals refused, and the number of applications, refusals and rejections for medical cards in the relevant local health offices for Dublin Central for persons over 65 years of age in the past five years; why a person in (details supplied) in Dublin 7 was refused a medical card; and if the application will be reviewed. [3654/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on medicines, by public hospital, in each of the years 2010 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3725/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number and list of general practitioners, GPs, who have signed up to the proposed scheme of free GP care for children under six years of age, by county, in tabular form. [3726/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been issued with a unique health identifier since the Health Identifiers Act 2014 was passed, by local health office, in tabular form. [3880/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form and by public and voluntary hospital between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2015 the revenue raised from charges for private patients in public beds; the same details for 2014 and 2013; if he will provide in tabular form and by public and voluntary hospital the number of procedures from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015 in each hospital that has treated private patients in public beds and the equivalent figures for 2014 and 2013; and the number of applications for payment by the insurer that were submitted by each hospital for such procedures carried out between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2015, and the same figures for 2013 and 2014. [3881/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the Health Service Executive and in section 38 organisations funded by the executive on 1 January in each of the years from 2012 to 2016. [3882/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home care packages provided and the number of persons benefiting from these by local health office in 2015 and the estimate for 2016, in tabular form. [3883/16]
• 2016-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the average number of acute hospital beds available in public hospitals for each of the years 2008 to 2015 by public, private and non-designated hospitals in tabular form. [3303/16]
• 2016-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of community intervention teams in each community health care organisation; and the funding allocated for the teams in 2016. [3340/16]
• 2016-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the length of Health Service Executive waiting lists for dermatology services, by county, by region and countrywide; the number of dermatologists employed by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2887/16]
• 2016-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards and the number of general practitioner cards as at 1 January 2016; the number of each type issued on a discretionary basis; the number of each type assigned to those over 70 years of age; and the number of persons under six years of age with general practitioner cards on 1 January 2016. [3096/16]
• 2016-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of BreastCheck for women of 65 to 69 years of age; how many women availed of this service in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1875/16]
• 2016-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have received a medical card on the basis of a cancer diagnosis since 1 July 2015. [2253/16]
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will tighten controls on medical professionals who are connected to adverse incidents but who leave the State before formal investigations and possible sanctions can be imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46815/15]
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the details of the anticipated €110 million in savings measures referred to on page 115 of the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan. [46821/15]
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on tobacco starter packs which contain tobacco, cigarette papers and filters, which are particularly attractive to young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46826/15]
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the funding and the number of hours the Health Service Executive provided for the personal assistant service in its disability services budget in 2015 and the funding and the number of hours to be provided in 2016. [46832/15]
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the funding and the number of hours the Health Service Executive provided for the home support service disability services budget in 2015; and the funding and the number of hours to be provided in 2016. [46833/15]
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why the 2016 Health Service Executive budget for older persons is €9.9 million less than the projected spend in 2015. [46841/15]
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why Sativex is still not available for multiple sclerosis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46866/15]
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional respite beds that will be available following the allocation of an additional €1 million for this in the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan. [46879/15]
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his response to the master of the Rotunda Hospital setting down conditions for its relocation to Connolly Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1073/16]
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if it is expected that the name and brand of the Rotunda Hospital will be preserved in its proposed relocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1074/16]
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Rotunda Hospital will retain its own board following its proposed relocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1075/16]
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the relocation of the Rotunda Hospital is conditional on the upgrading of services at Connolly Hospital akin to what is currently available at the Mater hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1076/16]
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the €703.3 million available funding for older persons as outlined in the Health Service Executive's service plan, by the amount allocated for home care packages, by the number of these packages, by the number of persons who will benefit from these packages, by the amount allocated for home help, by the number of home help hours provided, by the number of persons who will be provided with home help, by the amount allocated for intensive home care packages, by the number of these packages and by the number of persons who will benefit from these packages. [1315/16]
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to each local and regional drugs task force in each of the years 2011 to 2015, the projection for 2016 and the combined total from his Department and the Health Service Executive in 2014 to date in tabular form. [1361/16]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he received a request from the Health Service Executive to increase the number of critical care beds in 2016, the number of additional beds sought and the full year cost of same. [45692/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated for the implementation of the national asthma programme; the funding being provided in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45693/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his view on the budget 2016 submission by the Irish Pharmacy Union to introduce a minor ailment scheme, an extended vaccination service and a new medicines service; if such initiatives will result in savings or new costs for the health service; in either case the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45694/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of restoring distance coding, and of restoring the coding and increasing the allowance to €25,000, under the rural practice allowance. [45697/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the costs incurred under the rural practice allowance in each year from 2009 to date. [45698/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of personal assistant hours provided in 2015 and the full-year cost of same. [45699/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the hospitals which have acute medical assessment units and the number of days per week and the number of hours per day each of these is open, in tabular form. [45711/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the 25 health priorities for 2015 he announced on 27 January 2015, indicating which of these have been fully achieved as of 15 December 2015, in tabular form. [45712/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the funds allocated to the Travel2Care scheme in each year from 2008 to date, in tabular form. [45713/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of midwifery training places in place in the main teaching hospitals and the full-year cost of increasing this by 10%. [45735/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from the National Vision Coalition calling for the inclusion of a commitment to publish and implement A National Vision Strategy; if he is aware of the report from the coalition entitled Economic Cost and Burden of Eye Diseases and Preventable Blindness in Ireland which indicated that 75% to 80% of blindness is preventable and that blindness and vision impairment cost the State €205 million in 2010, but investment in cost-effective interventions could save up to €76 million per year; and his Department’s estimate of the full-year cost of implementing A National Vision Strategy along the lines recommended by the National Vision Coalition. [45736/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional speech and language therapists to be recruited by the Health Service Executive in 2016 and the full-year cost of same. [46041/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional physiotherapists to be recruited by the Health Service Executive in 2016 and the full-year cost of same. [46042/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional occupational therapists to be recruited by the Health Service Executive in 2016 and the full-year cost of same. [46043/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason for the lengthy delays in nursing registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46055/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is committed to the national policy and strategy for the provision of neuro-rehabilitation services; the funding he has allocated for it in 2015 and in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46089/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health how many personal assistant hours will be funded from the health budget and the total funding that will be provided in 2016. [46090/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the details of the model 2, 3 and 4 hospitals in each hospital group, indicating whether each model 2 hospital is a model 2D, a model 2S or a model 2R hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46336/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in hospitals (details supplied); the number of these that are currently closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46337/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 December 2015; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date; and the number for each type of card assigned to over 70s on that date. [46341/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of senior house officer positions in each public and voluntary hospital; the number of such positions vacant and the number of these positions being filled by locums on 1 December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46342/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of registrar positions in each public and voluntary hospital; the number of such positions vacant and the number of these positions being filled by locums on 1 December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46343/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he received the international evidence review on independent hospital trusts undertaken by the Health Research Board at his request; when he will publish it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46345/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the progress made in implementing each of the 31 recommendations in the 2011 Health Service Executive report Time to Move on from Congregated Settings; the timeframe for fully implementing its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46346/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans for the approval of Orkambi for the treatment of cystic fibrosis, given its recent approval by the European Medicines Agency. [46347/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that carry out magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scans and the number of persons waiting for this scan for up to three, three plus to six, six plus to nine, nine plus to 12 and 12 plus months, at each of these hospitals, as of 10 December 2015 or the nearest available date, in tabular form. [46349/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that carry out computed tomography, CT, scans and the number of persons waiting for this scan for up to three, three plus to six, six plus to nine, nine plus to 12 and 12 plus months, at each of these hospitals, as of 10 December 2015 or the nearest available date, in tabular form. [46350/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that carry out bone scans and the number of persons waiting for this scan for up to three, three plus to six, six plus to nine, nine plus to 12 and 12 plus months, at each of these hospitals, as of 10 December 2015 or the nearest available date, in tabular form. [46351/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that carry out angiograms and the number of persons waiting for this for up to three, three plus to six, six plus to nine, nine plus to 12 and 12 plus months, at each of these hospitals, as of 10 December 2015 or the nearest available date, in tabular form. [46352/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that carry out electroencephalograms, EEG, and the number of persons waiting for this for up to three, three plus to six, six plus to nine, nine plus to 12 and 12 plus months, at each of these hospitals, as of 10 December 2015 or the nearest available date, in tabular form. [46353/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that carry out endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, ERCP, and the number of persons waiting for this for up to three, three plus to six, six plus to nine, nine plus to 12 and 12 plus months, at each of these hospitals, as of 10 December 2015 or the nearest available date, in tabular form. [46354/15]
• 2015-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he will meet the family of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45587/15]
• 2015-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level of child psychology services available in west Cork, if a second child psychologist is required, when will one be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45254/15]
• 2015-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of his proposals to regulate psychotherapists and counsellors. [44755/15]
• 2015-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if funding for transport will be provided in 2016 for students attending Our Lady of Good Counsel special needs school in Ballincollig in County Cork (details supplied) who will be moving on to the next stage of their education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44938/15]
• 2015-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health with regard to the €100 million payment to the Health Service Executive from Voluntary Health Insurance announced on 8 December 2015, if there is any write-off of claims if the executive fails to provide full claims information within a determined timeframe and if not, the way in which health insurance makes rigorous claims assessments on whether claims are valid or not as recommended by the McLoughlin report on claims cost. [44940/15]
• 2015-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list who are waiting up to four, four plus to 12 and 12 plus months; and the number in each category who are up to four, four plus to 17, 17 plus to 64 and 64 plus years of age, by local health area, in tabular form. [44975/15]
• 2015-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy treatment waiting list who are waiting up to four months, four plus to 12 and 12 plus months; and the number in each category who are up to four, four plus to 17, 17 plus to 64 and 64 plus years of age, by local health area, in tabular form. [44976/15]
• 2015-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list who are waiting up to one week, one plus to four, four plus to eight, eight plus to 12, 12 plus to 26, 26 plus to 52 and 52 plus weeks, by local health area, in tabular form. [44977/15]
• 2015-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list who are waiting up to four, four plus to 12 and 12 plus months, by local health area, in tabular form. [45020/15]
• 2015-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy treatment waiting list who are waiting up to four, four plus to 12 and 12 plus months, by local health area, in tabular form. [45021/15]
• 2015-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will secure urgent respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45143/15]
• 2015-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when full rheumatology services will be put in place at Mayo General Hospital as was promised in December 2011 through the quality and continuing care directorate. [45149/15]
• 2015-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be given an appointment for surgery. [45265/15]
• 2015-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed by public hospitals in 2015 to date in tabular form. [44617/15]
• 2015-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed by voluntary hospital in 2015 to date in tabular form. [44618/15]
• 2015-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures procured from and the amount spent on these procedures in private and independent hospitals by the Health Service Executive by hospital and payment in 2015 to date in tabular form. [44619/15]
• 2015-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of health care professionals working in primary care as of 1 December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44620/15]
• 2015-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to each agency staff provider by the Health Service Executive in 2015 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44621/15]
• 2015-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount collected in prescription charges for medical card prescriptions in each of the years 2011 to 2014 and the projection for 2015. [44622/15]
• 2015-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who sought drug treatment and rehabilitation services by county or local health area for each of the past five years and in 2015 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter [44623/15]
• 2015-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who accessed drug treatment and rehabilitation services by county or local health area for each of the past five years and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44624/15]
• 2015-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the budget for drug prevention, treatment and rehabilitation projects in each of the past five years; the projected budget for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44625/15]
• 2015-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the names, status and expected opening dates of the primary care centre projects announced in 2012, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44306/15]
• 2015-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of adjusting medical card thresholds to take account of the minimum wage increase on 1 January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44307/15]
• 2015-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why the strategy on neuro-rehabilitation services 2011 to 2015 ends in December 2015 with nothing delivered, not even an implementation plan, for the more than 25,000 people with neurological conditions such as acquired brain injury, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and stroke who need rehabilitation services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43807/15]
• 2015-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to transport a special needs adult (details supplied) by taxi to and from the Cope Foundation on the Duntahane Road in Fermoy, in County Cork. [43808/15]
• 2015-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of providing a fully operational primary care team for every 1,500 children and if he supports this recommendation of the Barnardos Rise Up for Children Report [43888/15]
• 2015-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health how many different people, including their country of origin, and how many dialysis sessions are provided by the Health Service Executive to people presenting the European health insurance card each year. [43891/15]
• 2015-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for how many different people who have presented the Irish European health insurance card and for how many dialysis sessions in Europe does the Health Service Executive pay in a year and in which countries did they receive their dialysis treatment. [43892/15]
• 2015-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in receipt of the rural practice allowance, and the amount allocated by county in each year since 2010, in tabular form. [44155/15]
• 2015-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to outline the measures that will be taken to put general practice on a sustainable basis, especially in rural areas; the progress that is being made on a new contract for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43125/15]
• 2015-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan will provide for a 24/7 cardiac unit in Waterford University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42987/15]
• 2015-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to put general practice on a sustainable basis, especially in rural areas; the progress that is being made on a new contract for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42983/15]
• 2015-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to boost services in arthritis and rheumatology for both adults and children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42986/15]
• 2015-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the process of consent that is sought from persons living with dementia who are moved into long-term residential care, with particular regard to when they have expressed a choice to remain living at home in the community; the obligation there is to provide care in the community in these circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42985/15]
• 2015-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans on funding models in the wake of the abandonment of the universal health insurance model proposed in the 2011 programme for Government and the 2014 White Paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42984/15]
• 2015-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 24 November 2015 (details supplied), the full-year cost to the health services of providing an additional 1,000 qualified and working general practitioners, as distinct from the training costs in providing them. [43230/15]
• 2015-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when orthodontic treatment will commence for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43288/15]
• 2015-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will find a permanent placement for a person (details supplied) who no longer can be catered for at his current nursing home, as a matter of urgency; if he will intervene in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43317/15]
• 2015-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of new nursing staff recruited, the number of nursing staff who left, the total number of nursing staff, and the net increase or decrease in the number of nursing staff, in each hospital (details supplied) from 1 January to 30 September 2015, in tabular form [42737/15]
• 2015-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the measures introduced in 2015 to reduce the cost of medicines to patients and the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42183/15]
• 2015-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when his Department will publish a new obesity policy. [42184/15]
• 2015-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when his Department will publish a new oral health strategy. [42185/15]
• 2015-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when his Department will publish a new maternity care strategy. [42186/15]
• 2015-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when his Department will publish a new cancer strategy. [42187/15]
• 2015-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional acute hospital beds that have become available in 2015; and the full-year cost of providing these. [41857/15]
• 2015-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 5 November 2015, if no new primary care centres have been delivered by way of public private partnerships since 2011; the number of such public private partnership delivered centres opened, by county, in each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date, in tabular form; and the projected outturns for 2015. [41858/15]
• 2015-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of critical care beds to 579, as recommended in a 2009 report; and the full-year cost of doing so. [42026/15]
• 2015-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of colonoscopies that have been carried out in public hospitals over the past 12 months, by hospital and in tabular form; the number of patients on waiting lists for colonoscopies in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41302/15]
• 2015-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if there is a variance in medicines available on the medical card, by county; if so the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41494/15]
• 2015-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 402 of 3 March 2015, if he will ensure that a full and final reply will be provided (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41495/15]
• 2015-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views regarding the ambulance response time in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41602/15]
• 2015-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost of the recent Economic and Social Research Institute report on universal health insurance; if upon deciding the commission of research into the estimated costs of universal health insurance, he invited tenders for the conduct of this research. [41661/15]
• 2015-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants recruited in 2015 to date; the full-year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in consultant numbers resulting from this recruitment. [41803/15]
• 2015-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of newly recruited nurses in 2015 to date; the full-year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this recruitment. [41804/15]
• 2015-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will publish its service plan for 2016; and when he received the first draft of it. [41829/15]
• 2015-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health given his comments on radio that an additional 1,000 general practitioners are required for our health services, the full-year cost of providing them. [41830/15]
• 2015-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards, general practitioner cards and each type of card issued on a discretionary basis as of 1 November 2015. [41831/15]
• 2015-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of applications under the nursing home support scheme approved and awaiting funding as of 13 November 2015. [41832/15]
• 2015-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of early intervention teams for children, by local health area, in tabular form; the number of persons on each team; the number of children in each area waiting for a first appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40718/15]
• 2015-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances prior to his announcement of 64 new ambulances on 5 November 2015; and the number of emergency ambulances there will be when these come into use. [39689/15]
• 2015-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for details of consultant posts, as of 5 November 2015, in tabular form (details supplied) [39776/15]
• 2015-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in intensive care units, by hospital, in each of the years from 2011 to 2015 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39122/15]
• 2015-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive a much needed grommets operation in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin 2. [39171/15]
• 2015-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 20 October 2015, the number of the additional 440 beds to ease the pressure on emergency departments that are now available; and remain to be opened, by hospital, in tabular form. [39283/15]
• 2015-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39306/15]
• 2015-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the circumstances by which he will consider extending the list of qualifying illnesses for the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39354/15]
• 2015-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of new primary care centres that have opened, by county, for each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date; whether they were direct Health Service Executive projects, public-private partnerships or lease agreements; and the projected outcome for 2015, each in tabular form. [38914/15]
• 2015-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public respite beds available for dementia patients by county and by location, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38452/15]
• 2015-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds, by public hospital, at the end of 2014 and in 2015 to date, in tabular form. [38459/15]
• 2015-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who sought drug treatment and rehabilitation services, by county or local health area, for 2013, 2014, and 2015 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38470/15]
• 2015-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department in October 2015, or at the latest date available, in tabular form; the number of such ambulances that waited to hand over patients; to get their trolleys back; to return to responding to calls; for 20 minutes plus; for 40 minutes plus; for 60 minutes plus; for 90 minutes plus; for 120 minutes plus; and for 180 minutes plus. [38471/15]
• 2015-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the exact components of the €600 million Supplementary Estimate to be introduced for the health service for 2015 in tabular form. [38495/15]
• 2015-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the latest projections submitted by the Health Service Executive to his Department on the expected overrun in the health budget for 2015. [38496/15]
• 2015-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of applications under the nursing homes support scheme that are, in progress; determined; and awaiting funding approval. [38565/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level; at assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level, in the Health Service Executive, as well as in section 38 organisations funded by the HSE, on 1 October 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. [37164/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 20 October 2015, his Department's estimate of the cost of extending free general practitioner care to all those under 18 years of age, and to the population at large, on the basis of the scope and content of the general practitioner service, and the relevant fee structure and the eligibility rates presently applying to the under-6s scheme; alternatively, if he will provide an estimate based on the budget 2016 allocation to provide free general practitioner care for those 12 years of age and under. [37484/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on auditory verbal therapy (details supplied); the level of his Department's engagement with this particular form of therapy; his plans to include it for cochlear implant patients; if his Department will fund the attendance of children at an overseas clinic providing this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37813/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with a compression suit; if he will progress the matter with urgency, in view of the circumstances outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37824/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Alzheimer's ward, unit 1, in St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, County Cork, has been included in the quality improvement plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38185/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will add ichthyosis to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38198/15]
• 2015-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the contingency plans his Department is putting in place in the event of a health budget overrun in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36796/15]
• 2015-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the national dementia strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36661/15]
• 2015-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reasons his targets for waiting lists have not been met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36662/15]
• 2015-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will outline, in tabular form, the commitments on health in the programme for Government that he deems to be fully delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36659/15]
• 2015-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on measures to improve the situation in emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36660/15]
• 2015-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards and general practitioner cards as of 1 October 2015; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [36822/15]
• 2015-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the number of children hospitalised for dental treatment, by county and by local health office, in each of the past four years and in 2015 to date. [37135/15]
• 2015-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the estimated 2015 forecast outturn for the Health Vote as detailed on page 6 of the 2016 Expenditure Report includes a Supplementary Estimate for Health; if so, the extent of same; and if the outturn for Health in 2015 turns out to be greater than forecast in the Expenditure Report, if this increase will be reflected in a greater Estimate for 2016 than the €13,175 million currently being allocated. [36816/15]
• 2015-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the additional costs in 2015 of extra measures, such as the emergency Department task force, and revised measures, such as the details of free general practitioner care for the under sixes, which he announced during the course of 2015 but which were not covered in the 2015 Revised Estimate for Health; and if he will provide same in tabular form. [36679/15]
• 2015-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for orthodontic treatment, by local health office area, for those up to 16 years of age and for those over 16 years of age at the end of September 2015 in tabular form. [36787/15]
• 2015-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the 2015 forecast outturn for health as detailed on page 6 of his Department's 2016 expenditure report includes any supplementary budget for 2015; and if so, the amount of same. [36372/15]
• 2015-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Alzheimer's Ward, Unit 1, in Saint Stephen's Hospital in Glanmire in County Cork is to be included for inspection by the Health Information and Quality Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36166/15]
• 2015-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in procuring a microscope at Tallaght Hospital in Dublin 24 (details supplied), the lack of which has resulted in the cancellation of procedures for the past number of months; when it will be received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36194/15]
• 2015-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that will be providing the additional 440 beds to ease the pressure on emergency departments, in tabular form; the number of beds each hospital will provide; if these beds will all or in part remain permanently in place; if not, when any or all of them will be removed; the number of additional staff needed for this; the number to be provided in each relevant hospital; if he plans to recruit such staff, or if he plans to source them through agencies; and the additional full-year costs of providing the 440 beds and the staff complement required. [36205/15]
• 2015-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will resume duty as an administration officer, following a career break. [36283/15]
• 2015-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason contributions made by a person (details supplied) in County Cork are not being recognised in calculating a pension. [36310/15]
• 2015-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if there is only one bone marrow nurse in the country with responsibility for recruiting potential donors; if so, his views on whether this is adequate given the size of the country and the time sensitivity involved in this type of potential donation; if he has plans to increase the number of nurses travelling the country; if so, the timeline within which they will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36357/15]
• 2015-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the Health Service Executive will provide funding for a child (details supplied) in County Cork to attend the John Tracey Clinic in Los Angeles in the United States of America [36498/15]
• 2015-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health The Programme for Government commitments on health that he deems to be fully delivered, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36517/15]
• 2015-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to improve the situation in emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36518/15]
• 2015-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the National Dementia Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36519/15]
• 2015-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on concerns regarding the Gardasil vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36520/15]
• 2015-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 299 and 300 of 13 October 2015 regarding the cost of extending free general practitioner care to all those under 18 years of age and his Department's current estimate of the full-year cost of providing this care for the whole population on the basis of the scope and content of the general practitioner service, the relevant fee structure and the eligibility rates applying to the under sixes scheme. [36557/15]
• 2015-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the hospitals, in tabular form, on which fines were imposed for failing to meet waiting list targets in August 2015; the hospitals for which fines were reduced due to extenuating circumstances; the details of such circumstances; and the extent of the reduction in the fine. [35991/15]
• 2015-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost to the Exchequer of a number of initiatives (details supplied), given the inability of the Health Service Executive, through the Minister for Health, to do so. [36081/15]
• 2015-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the return of a person to employment in the Health Service Executive (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35453/15]
• 2015-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons, in tabular form, by public and voluntary hospital, who are currently waiting up to six; from six plus to 12; from 12 plus to 18; from 18 plus months for a coronary artery bypass graft; the same details for the same period in 2013; and 2014. [35565/15]
• 2015-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health given his pledge to extend free General Practitioner Care to all those under 18 years of age, the estimated full-year cost of same. [35570/15]
• 2015-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his Department's current estimate of the full-year cost of providing free General Practitioner Care for the whole population. [35571/15]
• 2015-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35588/15]
• 2015-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the Programme for Government commitments on health that he deems to be fully delivered, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35746/15]
• 2015-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for an update on the measures being taken to improve the situation in emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35747/15]
• 2015-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will increase the rural practice allowance for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35748/15]
• 2015-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the national dementia strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35749/15]
• 2015-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns regarding the Gardasil vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35750/15]
• 2015-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health with regard to the €3 million of the overall intensive home care packages allocation of €10 million to support persons with dementia, the number of such care packages this is intended to provide in 2015; the number currently in place; and if he will provide the same details for the care packages being provided by Atlantic Philanthropies. [34985/15]
• 2015-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on ambulance services in the north-west Kildare and Edenderry areas; his plans to have the Edenderry ambulance station open 24 hours a day, and to provide more personnel at the station; if he is aware that there is no defibrillator available in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35156/15]
• 2015-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason that there was no commitment to building a new regional hospital in Navan in County Meath to serve the north east in the recently published capital plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35157/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards, in tabular form, in circulation generally for persons over 70 years of age, in each local health area for 31 July 2014 and for 31 July 2015 and of each of these, the number that were issued on a discretionary basis. [34037/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; if he will provide, in tabular form, by local health area, the numbers of persons awaiting placement under the scheme on 30 September 2015; and the length of time waiting. [34060/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by local health office or county, the number of persons with disabilities currently being provided with a personal assistant service. [34101/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by local health office or county, the number of persons with disabilities currently being provided with a home help service. [34102/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by local health office or county, the number of persons with disabilities that have applied for a personal assistant service and are currently waiting to be provided with one; and the numbers that are waiting up to six; from six plus to12; and 12 plus months. [34103/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by local health office or county, the number of persons with disabilities who have applied for a home health service and who are currently waiting to be provided with one; the numbers that are waiting up to six; six plus to 12; and 12 plus months. [34104/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.456 of 29 September 2015, if he will provide details of the two investigations and reports; and the implementation measures being undertaken. [34325/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive has paid to private home care providers in each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34493/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours the Health Service Executive has provided to private home care providers to make up its shortfall in each year since 2011; if the executive charges the private companies for these hours; if so, the amount paid to the executive in each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34494/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the total reduction in hours for the Health Service Executive home helps in each year since 2011; the amount in hours that have been given to private care companies; the number of these hours that have been completely taken out of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34495/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for details of the 80 new primary care facilities that will be provided under the new capital plan, by county; the overall Exchequer investment involved; the number that will be provided through, direct build by the State; public private partnership; and operational leasing [34591/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for details of the €300 million investment in the new capital plan that is to be provided for the replacement, upgrade and refurbishment of long-term care facilities for older persons and persons with disabilities, by name; by county; and when he expects these works, as required for each facility, to commence; and to be completed [34592/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form by local health area, the number of persons who are on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list; within that number, those waiting for up to four, four plus to 12 and 12 plus months; the number, by category, waiting who are aged up to four, from five to 17, 18 to 64 and 65 years upwards. [34723/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by local health area, the number of persons who are on the occupational therapy treatment waiting list; the number who are waiting up to four, four plus to 12 and 12 plus months; and if he will indicate for each category the number waiting who are aged up to four, five to 17, 18 to 64 and 65 years upwards. [34724/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form by local health area, the number of persons who are on the physiotherapy waiting list; within that the numbers waiting up to one, one to four, four to eight, eight to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and 52 plus weeks. [34725/15]
• 2015-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 642 of 9 June 2015, if he will provide the exact waiting times for mastectomy prosthesis; surgical bras; swimsuits; etc for each Health Service Executive area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33680/15]
• 2015-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health whether he has reviewed the policy proposals recently launched by the Healthcare Enterprise Alliance, which propose to save €130 million on the annual medicines budget, through a series of reform measures; if he and his Department support these proposals and will move to implement them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33682/15]
• 2015-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Healthcare Enterprise Alliance, with 15% of the Irish medicine market, will be included in the negotiations on medicines pricing, which are due to commence with the pharmaceutical sector next month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33683/15]
• 2015-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of an application from the Brothers of Charity Services in Ennis, County Clare, on behalf of their clients (details supplied) under the residential support budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33696/15]
• 2015-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the crisis in the registration of nurses who have been identified as candidates to fill nursing posts given that as of 4 September 2015, 2,313 applications were outstanding, according to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, and given that in a statement issued on 16 September 2015, the Department stated that 70% of outstanding applications had submitted incomplete documentation and that 30% of applications that were complete, which equates to 694 applications, are still outstanding. [33711/15]
• 2015-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the requirement for nurse candidates seeking registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland to submit €350 with their application, to signal their serious intent to fulfil nursing posts in the Irish health service; his views that it is extremely disappointing that applications are subject to huge delays, and candidates are met with silence when they seek information as to the status of their application. [33712/15]
• 2015-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken by his Department to ensure the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland addresses the crisis in processing applications for nurse registrations; and when he expects measures to take effect so that prospective candidates receive an appropriate level of service. [33713/15]
• 2015-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the assistance that can be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33806/15]
• 2015-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the additional number of vehicles which the national ambulance service has taken on in 2015, indicating the different types of vehicle, such as patient-carrying ambulances, rapid response vehicles, etc.; the expenditure on each type of vehicle and the number of each; and the number of such vehicles that the service has decommissioned in 2015 to date. [33823/15]
• 2015-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the recruitment process has commenced to replace the two podiatrists that have left the Grattan Street health centre in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33464/15]
• 2015-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if there is a sufficient number of speech and language therapists to carry out diagnostic assessments; his views on the assessment process and its success rate in diagnosis; his plans to ease the workload on speech and language therapists, by hiring additional staff, and thereby lessening the waiting time for assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33477/15]
• 2015-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if medication will be made available to assist a person's (details supplied) medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33480/15]
• 2015-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance from age 0 to 17; 18 to 29; 30 to 39; 40 to 49; 50 to 59; 60 to 69; 70 to 79; and 80 years and over. [33562/15]
• 2015-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he has received any reports into a matter (details supplied) regarding the safety of ambulances; if the national ambulance service has undertaken any investigations into this matter. [33233/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for an orthopaedic bed by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30503/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department and the Health Service Executive will agree to provide funding, or some support, for selective dorsal rhizotomy surgery for persons with cerebral palsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30531/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the necessary nursing staff will be allocated to the paediatric high dependency unit in Cork University Hospital, to allow the already agreed admission of a young child (details supplied) from Crumlin children's hospital for the treatment they require that would alleviate the hardship from their family in having to be away from their home in Cork while they receive treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30788/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be provided with an appointment for a heart procedure at University Hospital Galway; and the reason for the delay. [30805/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health in view of the EU-OSHA report in respect of workers' safety in the energy sector, his view on concerns over the health of persons who live in close proximity to wind farms; his plans to carry out research into any possible threat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30931/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if organisations that receive funding under section 39 agreements are obliged under their service level agreements to accept and implement recommendations by the State industrial relations institutions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31136/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the necessary funding of €13 million for the development of a new 50-bed single-occupancy facility with en-suite facilities at the Sacred Heart Hospital, County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31424/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form and according to county the number of speech and language therapists employed by the Health Service Executive at the end of 2014 and at the latest date available in 2015. [31431/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be seen by a neuropsychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31504/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from a group of ten health and children’s charities requesting a commitment to ordering a full, independent impact assessment of transatlantic trade and investment partnership on the work of his Department; his plans to formulate a clear policy advocating for the exclusion of public health in the final agreement; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31827/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding home help assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31837/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31850/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 September 2015; the number of general practitioner visit cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [31895/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been invited to take part in BowelScreen since the programme began in 2012; the number who have taken part; the number of incidences of bowel cancer detected; in the target cohort, that is, women and men aged 60 to 69 years, the take-up as a percentage of the overall number of persons in that age group; the incidence of false positives; when the programme will be expanded to cover the 55 to 74 age group; if this will be done in phases; the age cohorts concerned; and when it is expected the programme will be rolled out to each one; in each response, where appropriate, if he will provide responses that break down between women and men; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32112/15]