Carol Nolan

Independent · Offaly

Activity on Health — 1232 events (42 lobbying · 1150 questions · 72 votes) full profile →

• 2026-04-15
  VOTE
  Organisation of Working Time (Leave for Health Screening Purposes) Bill 2025

  A bill to provide for a period of paid leave in order to enable employees to participate in health screening programmes; for that purpose to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997; to extend the protection against unfair dismissals conferred by the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015; to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other Acts; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 65–83
• 2026-03-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason 50 beds and associated supports at the new Central Mental Hospital (CMH) have not opened, given the urgent need and concerns raised in a recent programme (details supplied) for appropriate mental health facilities; if she will give a commitment to ensure these 50 beds are made available immediately; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19888/26]
• 2026-03-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure that the HSE prioritises a conclusion to the skyclarys reimbursement negotiations, given that it is the only available treatment for this progressive disease and represents a clear unmet need under the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20045/26]
• 2026-03-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she believes the current delay aligns with the "equitable access" promised in the newly launched National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20046/26]
• 2026-03-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure that the HSE prioritises a conclusion to the Skyclarys reimbursement negotiations, given that it is the only available treatment for Friedreich's ataxia disease and represents a clear unmet need under the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030; if she believes the current delay in concluding negotiations contravenes commitments regarding "equitable access" promised in the newly launched National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20128/26]
• 2026-03-04
  LOBBY
  Vape Business Ireland Health

  • Legislation on vaping
• 2026-02-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist a person with a reimbursement request (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15400/26]
• 2026-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reasons the current secretary general at her Department was paid their current salary during their tenure; and the reasons their successor will now be offered a much lower salary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14059/26]
• 2026-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of incidents reported to the State Claims Agency which related to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, per year from 2019 to 2025, specifically incidents causing harm, broken down by severity, other reported incidents including near miss; the number of complaints by service users/patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12269/26]
• 2026-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of claims settled by the State Claims Agency which related to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, per year, from 2019 to 2025; the number of ongoing claims, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12270/26]
• 2026-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if funding will urgently be allocated to a service (details supplied) that provides mental health services for people in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12610/26]
• 2026-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health for a detailed breakdown of the waiting lists, by county, for counselling services provided within primary care facilities, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12611/26]
• 2026-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the waiting lists, by county, for CAMHS services, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12612/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the measures she has in place to improve access to primary care in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9183/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the actions she is taking to reduce ambulance response times in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9184/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health her plans to enhance elderly care services, particularly home care packages, in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9185/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address any delays in cancer screening programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9187/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the allocation she has made in the health budget for preventive care initiatives targeted at County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9188/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the funding she has allocated to mental health services in County Offaly in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9189/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason for any ongoing staff shortages at the Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore, County Offaly; the recruitment targets she has set for the facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9190/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address pressures on hospital services at the Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore, County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9191/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to standardise protocols for medicolegal autopsies under the Coroners Act 1962, to ensure consistency nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10418/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the way in which the overload of medicolegal autopsies is impacting hospital resources; the collaborations in place with the health sector to mitigate this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10419/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to review and update the fees payable to pathologists for coroner-directed autopsies and inquest attendance (unchanged since 2009), to better reflect actual costs and time involved and to encourage continued participation by hospital pathologists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10421/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide details on specialist supports available to teachers in County Offaly for handling complex pupil needs related to drug awareness and mental health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7545/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide her Departments response to the Provision of an Autopsy Service in Ireland Faculty of Pathology position paper from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7464/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the current rate of hospital autopsies in Ireland; the measures in place to reverse the reported decline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7469/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant pathologists currently employed in autopsy services across Ireland; his plans to address any identified shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7470/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be allocated to modernise autopsy facilities in Irish hospitals, in line with recommendations for improved infrastructure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7471/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total cost of defending medical negligence litigation against the HSE and her Department in each year from 2010 to date, including awards made in the courts or settlements made out of court to resolve disputes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7477/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of incidents (which includes claims) logged/recorded in each year from 2020 to date with the National Incident Management System hosted by the State Claims Agency. [7478/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the measures she is implementing to coordinate community and therapeutic supports with schools for youth drug prevention, ensuring schools are not overburdened with additional responsibilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7543/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the proactive initiatives she is developing to link mental health services with school-based drug prevention efforts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7546/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of specialist eating disorder teams currently operational under the National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders; the location of each team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7568/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total funding allocated to the implementation of the Model of Care for Eating Disorders since its launch in 2018; the amount expended to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7569/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the current average waiting times for access to specialist eating disorder services in each community healthcare organisation area, including CHO8 which covers County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7570/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of dedicated inpatient beds available for the treatment of eating disorders in the State; if plans are in place to increase this number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7571/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in eating disorder services nationally; the steps being taken to address these vacancies, particularly County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7572/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of early intervention programmes for eating disorders currently available; if such programmes are accessible to residents of County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7573/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the supports provided to families and carers of individuals with eating disorders; if additional resources are planned for family support services in regions such as County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7574/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the most recent data on the prevalence of eating disorders in County Offaly compared to the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7575/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the plans to enhance eating disorder treatment services in the midlands region, including County Offaly; the timeline for any such enhancements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7576/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to address disparities in access to eating disorder services between urban and rural areas, with specific reference to County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7577/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to support the case of a person (details supplied) in urgent need of life-saving medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7717/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for elective surgeries in midlands regional hospitals compared with those in Dublin; the plans to reduce disparities in access to healthcare services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7851/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of GP vacancies in rural practices as of January 2026; the incentives offered to attract medical professionals to these areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7852/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the impact of the HSE's winter plan on emergency department overcrowding in 2025; the additional resources allocated to support front-line staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7853/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria for the drug payment scheme; whether adjustments are planned to account for rising living costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7854/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on mental health services in primary care settings for 2025; the evaluation metrics used to assess service effectiveness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7855/26]
• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of any overspending identified in the Health Service Executive's budget for the fiscal year including the specific areas of overspend and the total amount exceeded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7263/26]
• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps taken to address the procurement irregularities highlighted by witnesses during the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee debate on 22 January 2026, including any investigations initiated and sanctions applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7264/26]
• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the costs associated with agency staffing in the health sector; the measures in place to reduce reliance on such staffing to ensure value for public money; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7265/26]
• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the actions implemented following the audit findings on capital project overruns, particularly regarding major infrastructure developments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7266/26]
• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the mechanisms for holding senior HSE officials accountable for financial decisions including any performance metrics or oversight protocols; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7267/26]
• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total public funds allocated to private contractors in the health sector for the period 2020-to date; the criteria used to ensure competitive tendering and cost-effectiveness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7268/26]
• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the internal controls introduced to prevent future financial discrepancies similar to those examined in the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee debate on 22 January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7269/26]
• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the rationale behind any supplementary funding requests made by the HSE in 2024 and 2025; the way in which such requests align with overall fiscal responsibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7270/26]
• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the timeline for implementing the recommendations from the Comptroller and Auditor General's report discussed in the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee debate on 22 January 2026, with particular emphasis on enhancing transparency in public expenditure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7271/26]
• 2026-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the provision of an appointment for an urgent surgical procedure for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6813/26]
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Pro Life Campaign 2 returns Health

  • Motion by Paul Murphy on the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023, proposing restoration of the bill to the Order Paper
  • Asked TDs to submit parliamentary questions on areas related to abortion policy
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  The Asthma Society of Ireland Health

  • AV Room Briefing for World Lung Day
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

  • IFA Budget 2026 Briefing
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health whether she supports the full decriminalisation of abortion by the repeal of section 23 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and the reasons for her position. [3701/26]
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if specific protocols are in place for healthcare workers with regard to the provision of pain relief for unborn babies prior to late-term abortions in view of the peer-reviewed evidence that unborn babies feel pain; if so, to make them publicly available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4001/26]
• 2026-01-19
  LOBBY
  Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association Agriculture

  • ICSA Life Focus initiative to support farmer wellbeing and mental health
• 2026-01-17
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 2 returns FinanceTaxation

  • Animal Health - Measures to Support Farm Enterprises
  • VAT and Taxation on Farm Inputs
• 2026-01-16
  LOBBY
  Irish Heart Foundation Health

  • Oireachtas Heart and Stroke Group
• 2026-01-16
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 2 returns Finance

  • Measures to Support Farm Enterprises - Animal Health Ireland
  • Herd Health Plans
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a child (details supplied) with CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74521/25]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 315 of 10 December 2025, if she will provide details on the membership of the committee (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74826/25]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if her Department or any agency under the aegis of her Department has provided funding to a charity (details supplied); if so, the total annual amount to date since funding began; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1312/26]
• 2026-01-08
  LOBBY
  The Union of Students in Ireland Health

  • Supporting Labour Party Motion for Drug Decriminalisation
• 2025-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs and other termination of pregnancy service providers reimbursed (PCRS) for the year 2023, in tabular form, for first and second consultations for terminations of pregnancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73081/25]
• 2025-12-17
  VOTE
  Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025

  A bill to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to ban the hunting of a fox or foxes; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion failed · 24–124
• 2025-12-17
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Restoration to Order Paper (Resumed)

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion failed · 71–73
• 2025-12-17
  VOTE
  Health (Waiting Lists) Bill 2024

  A bill to amend and extend the Health Act 2004 and for that purpose to provide for the conferral of additional functions on the Minister for Health in relation to setting of priorities and performance targets by that Minister in relation to maximum waiting times for health and personal social services; to amend the National Treatment Purchase Fund Board (Establishment) Order 2004 to provide for additional reporting, revised corporate governance and accountability arrangements; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 66–80
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of first consultations and second consultations for abortions that were provided by general practitioners, family planning clinics and women’s health clinics in 2022 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72028/25]
• 2025-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the Government agency or body responsible for the regulatory oversight of private companies contracted by the HSE to provide in-home care (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70539/25]
• 2025-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the €770,000 funding her Department has provided for the development of the transgender model of care for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70563/25]
• 2025-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the membership of the cross-speciality clinic advisory group; the number of times it has met to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70564/25]
• 2025-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will address concerns that women are still waiting an average of six months for a mammogram at the BreastCheck Eccles Unit, Dublin 7; if she is aware that the majority of women seeking to access this service either have or had breast cancer; if she will clarify whether the results of mammogram testing at this location are generally shared with local HSE health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67582/25]
• 2025-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason medication (details supplied) is not free and available to stage 4 cancer patients; if she will take steps to improve access to these medicines for persons who cannot afford to pay for them as happens in the UK’s NHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67593/25]
• 2025-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the reason a person (details supplied) who made an appeal to the treatment abroad scheme on 16 June 2025 has yet to receive an update; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67626/25]
• 2025-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2018 of 4 November 2025, the number of counselling sessions provided by a service (details supplied), by unplanned pregnancy calls and post-abortion clients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67918/25]
• 2025-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 7 May 2025, the criteria used to classify calls to a service (details supplied) in the previously referenced categories of "Counselling" "Information" and "Listening support"; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67919/25]
• 2025-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken in terms of the ongoing health impact of infrasound noise from wind turbines on residents in Stonestown, Cloghan, County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66822/25]
• 2025-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will direct each HSE community healthcare organisations and hospital group to provide information with regard to HSE clinicians undertaking overseas training or observerships related to complex termination of pregnancy care where such training overseas has been approved and undertaken from 2020 to date in 2025; if she will direct that such information will include associated expenses managed in accordance with standard HSE travel and training policies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66222/25]
• 2025-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the scheduling of a chemotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62722/25]
• 2025-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 894 of 14 October 2025, if she will direct the HSE to provide an answer to the question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62944/25]
• 2025-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists currently offering services to medical card holders in County Offaly; the number of dentists that have exited from the scheme offering dental care to medical card holders in Offaly in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62945/25]
• 2025-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will address concerns that the incidence rate of tuberculosis is increasing among the general population; if she will provide data on the number of reported cases in each of the years 2021 to date in 2025; her views on the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Tuberculosis Surveillance and Monitoring that the incidence level of TB is likely to be highest among migrant populations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62946/25]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the case of a person seeking home care supports (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57879/25]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the case of a child (details supplied) needing a wheelchair; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58115/25]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been used to fund MyOptions, in the categories of staff salaries, advertising, and other costs by year from 2019 to date in 2025, in tabular form; the amount of this expenditure that has been used to fund post-abortion counselling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59684/25]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of communications received by HSE MyOptions from women seeking post-abortion counselling from 2020 to date, by category (phone or webchat), by month, in tabular form; the number of counselling sessions provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59685/25]
• 2025-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the provision of a new wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57616/25]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of recent remarks by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls (details supplied), who formally spoke out against the practice of surrogacy at a UN General Assembly event; if she is aware of and will respond to the concerns outlined in the Special Rapporteurs report presented on 10 October 2025 before the UN General Assembly in which she calls for a global ban on all forms of surrogacy, warning that the practice is "characterized by exploitation and violence against women and children, including girls."; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56554/25]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of all reports, including consultancy reports commissioned by her Department from 1 January 2024 to date in 2025, that could be categorised as not for external publication or marked for internal use only; the cost of each report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57293/25]
• 2025-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of times the Child and Family Agency have applied to the courts for orders to remove children where it has been deemed by the agency that there is a serious risk to their health or welfare that cannot be managed within the family setting; the total number of times such orders have been granted; the total number rejected by the courts, from 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56146/25]
• 2025-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to secure a wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56145/25]
• 2025-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children habitually resident in Ireland that have travelled to the United Kingdom for HSE-referred transgender-related healthcare since the start of 2020; the locations and names of the services to which they travelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56268/25]
• 2025-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the training provided by the HSE from 2019 onwards to medical staff involved in carrying out late term abortions; if HSE medical staff have travelled abroad to receive such training since 2019; if so, to provide details of same, and the expense incurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56269/25]
• 2025-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work of the HSE’s National Office for Human Rights and Equality Policy with respect to the drafting of terms of reference for use in developing national guidance on mixed sex accommodation in hospitals; to provide an update on the working group established to examine best practice in other jurisdictions, and any local policies that have been developed; the jurisdictions that have been examined by the working group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56270/25]
• 2025-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a podiatry clinic will be included in the new Birr primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55629/25]
• 2025-10-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene in an urgent case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54730/25]
• 2025-10-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide details of all contracts entered into by the HSE for the purchase of property or land in County Offaly from 2021 to date in 2025; the total value of such contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55357/25]
• 2025-10-09
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the guidance provided to planning authorities and An Coimisiún Pleanála to ensure wind turbine noise is properly managed to protect public health (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54499/25]
• 2025-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the case of a person seeking treatment for her eyes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53820/25]
• 2025-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to list all vaccinations which are either legally required or recommended to be administered to children before they reach the age of majority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52320/25]
• 2025-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will support calls to immediately introduce a statutory, universal home support scheme, with specific rural adaptation funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51384/25]
• 2025-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the urgent case of a person seeking help with his claim for continuous glucose monitoring reimbursement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51479/25]
• 2025-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will support the calls of an organisation (details supplied) for the introduction of viable fees for public eyecare schemes (medical card and PRSI-estimated cost of €20m annually and the roll out of an over 8s national eyecare programme estimated cost €1.2m annually; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51505/25]
• 2025-09-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the financial support options open to a person (details supplied) to access a costly vaccination for shingles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50962/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to examine the case of a child needing an urgent transfer (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50419/25]
• 2025-09-22
  LOBBY
  Epilepsy Ireland Health

  • Asking local TDs if they could share requests seeking volunteers for upcoming charity collections in their areas
• 2025-09-21
  LOBBY
  Muiriosa Foundation Health

  • Disability Service Providers lobby Governand and local public representatives to support the pre-Budget 2026 Campaign spearheaded by the National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers to highlight issues facing people with ID and autism, and their families, including the critical sustainability issues that are facing these organisations providing support services
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Vape Business Ireland Health

  • Regulation of vaping
• 2025-09-18
  LOBBY
  Pro Life Campaign 2 returns Health

  • Meetings with individual Oireachtas members to discuss Positive Pathways campaign
  • Asked TDs to submit parliamentary questions on areas related to abortion policy
• 2025-09-17
  LOBBY
  Irish Heart Foundation 2 returns Health

  • Meeting to discuss the priorities of the Irish Heart Foundation.
  • Oireachtas Heart and Stroke Group.
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Justice if members of An Garda Síochána are covered by all provisions and regulations of the Health and Safety Act 2005 and the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48233/25]
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to an organisation that provides addiction treatment for adults and young people (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48168/25]
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by her in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48679/25]
• 2025-09-15
  LOBBY
  Dexcom Health

  • Diabetes Policy in Ireland
• 2025-09-12
  LOBBY
  Creative Retail Distribution Limited Taxation

  • Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
• 2025-09-09
  LOBBY
  Parkinson's Ireland Health

  • Wrote to the representative to advocate for our pre-budget requests to be included in their parties alternative budget.
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to increase grant assistance to septic tank owners where the system is outdated or defective and poses a potential risk to human health or environmental risk; if he will launch a new public awareness campaign on the issue with a view to increasing funding of grants for high standards of practice and compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45205/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of Portiuncula University Hospital Maternity Services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45584/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the case of person experiencing chronic pain (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45817/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason new payment arrangements have yet to be made to section 39 workers despite the fact that there is an agreement in place and approved by Government to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40974/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason incremental increases have not been paid to section 39 workers at all for 2025; the reasons for this delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40975/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that waiting lists for access to pain medicine are approximately 24-months at Tallaght University Hospital; the measures she is taking to address this waiting time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42954/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the supports available for children aged 9 years diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39361/25]
• 2025-07-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the recent legislation in the UK which has effectively legalised abortion for the full nine months of pregnancy; whether her Department has monitored the passage of this legislation; her views on the proposals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37321/25]
• 2025-06-25
  VOTE
  Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022

  A bill to require pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment suppliers and their servants or agents, to declare payments, gifts, donations or other transfers of values provided to healthcare professionals or health care organisations on an annual basis.

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 85–67
• 2025-06-18
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024 · 3 divisions

  A bill to provide for the admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres, of adult persons in certain circumstances and, for the involuntary admission of adult persons who meet the criteria for involuntary admission to such centres; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of adult persons to registered acute mental health centres; and, for those purposes, to provide for the establishment of mental health review boards; to provide for the care and treatment of adult persons in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to adult persons without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of adult persons who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the admission to and discharge from registered acute mental health centres of children on a voluntary basis and with parental consent; to provide for the involuntary admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres of children who meet the criteria for involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres by way of application to the District Court; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the treatment of children in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to children without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of children who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for applications to be made to court to provide for the entitlements of persons admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the continuation in being of the Mental Health Commission and the Inspector of Mental Health Services; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of acute mental health centres, a register of community mental health centres and a register of community mental health services for such centres and services registered under and in accordance with this Act; to provide for the regulation of mental health services including registered acute mental health centres, registered community mental health centres and registered community mental health services; to provide for the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with the provisions of this Act by the Mental Health Commission; to repeal the Mental Health Act 2001 and certain other enactments; to provide for the amendment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–82
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86
• 2025-06-17
  PQ
  Asked Enterprise

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of work permits issued to persons from outside the UK or EEA intending to take up position as doctors, nurses and other positions in the health service, in each year from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32075/25]
• 2025-06-17
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address serious and ongoing health and safety issues with a prefab unit at a school which is used as accommodation for a special class (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32731/25]
• 2025-06-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expediting the approval process for a medicine that assists in the treatment and progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31948/25]
• 2025-06-11
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024

  A bill to provide for the admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres, of adult persons in certain circumstances and, for the involuntary admission of adult persons who meet the criteria for involuntary admission to such centres; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of adult persons to registered acute mental health centres; and, for those purposes, to provide for the establishment of mental health review boards; to provide for the care and treatment of adult persons in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to adult persons without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of adult persons who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the admission to and discharge from registered acute mental health centres of children on a voluntary basis and with parental consent; to provide for the involuntary admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres of children who meet the criteria for involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres by way of application to the District Court; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the treatment of children in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to children without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of children who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for applications to be made to court to provide for the entitlements of persons admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the continuation in being of the Mental Health Commission and the Inspector of Mental Health Services; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of acute mental health centres, a register of community mental health centres and a register of community mental health services for such centres and services registered under and in accordance with this Act; to provide for the regulation of mental health services including registered acute mental health centres, registered community mental health centres and registered community mental health services; to provide for the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with the provisions of this Act by the Mental Health Commission; to repeal the Mental Health Act 2001 and certain other enactments; to provide for the amendment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–85
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to clarify if his department has conveyed any concerns to the Department of Health regarding the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2024, which includes provisions to allow domestic and international surrogacy, regarding the potential for human trafficking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29213/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to clarify if the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2024 which includes provisions to allow domestic and international surrogacy is being reconsidered in light of concerns regarding the potential for human trafficking and to ensure that any proposed Irish law in this area is in line with EU obligations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29212/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of second consultation claims that were made via the primary care reimbursement scheme for termination of pregnancy in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29290/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a periodic audit of outcomes including emergency medical care and ectopic pregnancy diagnosis following medical termination of pregnancy, as recommended in the December 2022 report ‘National Clinical Practice Guideline: Investigation and Management of Complications of Early Termination of Pregnancy’, has been undertaken; if so, if the outcome will be supplied; if not, if such an audit is planned for and when; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30173/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the medical and therapeutic treatment of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28786/25]
• 2025-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider making breast checks free of charge for women over 70 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27758/25]
• 2025-05-28
  VOTE
  Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025

  A bill to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to ban the hunting of a fox or foxes; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 113–49
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  P. J. Carroll & Company Ltd Health

  • Tobacco harm reduction and proposed Bill on vaping and tobacco regulation
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  College of Psychiatrists of Ireland Health

  • Mental Health Bill 2024 and concerns re inability to provide treatment to all who will be involuntarily hospitalised due to current iteration.To provide descriptions using video recordings of people who had benefited from treatment under the current Mental Health Act explaining their illnesses and the necessary treatment provided in a timely manner.
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Stratagem (NI) Ltd Health

  • Provision of audiology services and eye care services
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Irish Heart Foundation Health

  • To establish an Oireachtas Heart and Stroke Group
• 2025-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide data on the number of self-harm presentations to hospital emergency departments from 2020 to date in 2025; if her Department provides funding to maintain the National Self-Harm Registry Ireland, operated by the National Suicide Research Foundation, NSRF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25569/25]
• 2025-05-19
  LOBBY
  Nursing Homes Ireland 2 returns Health

  • NHI wrote to the Deputies and Senators regarding the urgent need for Government to honour its Programme for Government commitment to publish the NHSS (Fair Deal) Review of Pricing in early 2025.
  • NHI corresponded with TD's and Ministers as a follow up regarding the negotiations for the Programme for Government and requirement to ensure express commitments onpolicy on care of the older person.
• 2025-05-18
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA EU Affairs

  • Mercosur
• 2025-05-15
  LOBBY
  Rare Diseases Ireland Health

  • Re-launch All Party Group on Rare Diseases. Update on the need for a new National Strategy for Rare Diseases, including background data on rare diseases in Ireland and the challenges that people living with rare diseases face.
• 2025-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide data regarding waiting times for cancer diagnostics, by CHO area, for 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24960/25]
• 2025-05-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide the current number of referrals to adult primary care OT service; the number of vacancies within the adult primary care OT service; the number of persons on a waiting list for the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24757/25]
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a decision was taken at Department of Health and HSE level, prior to the abortion law changing in 2019, to adopt an approach to pregnancy counselling services, such as including the withholding of public funding from any pregnancy counselling agency not prepared to engage in abortion referral under the new legal regime proposed in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24000/25]
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the figure of 10,021 payments for completed medical abortions (details supplied) represents the number of payments to general practitioners, family planning clinics and women's health clinics in 2023, but not to medical abortions provided in hospitals for women between 9 and 12 weeks' gestation; the number of such hospital medical abortions in 2023; the estimated total number of abortions in 2023, calculated by adding medical abortions in the community setting to medical and surgical abortions in hospitals; to compare this estimate of total abortions with the estimate, based on notifications received of 10,033 abortions in her Department’s annual report for 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24003/25]
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the way in which a reported figure of 10,021 early-pregnancy abortions in 2023 (details supplied) can be reconciled with a figure of 9,876 early-pregnancy abortions in the Department of Health abortion report for the same year, given that the figure of 9,876 includes early-pregnancy abortions in hospitals but the figure of 10,021 does not; the number of early-pregnancy abortions in 2023 that were in the community setting, that is, general practitioners, family planning clinics and women's health clinics; the number that were in hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24004/25]
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health her views on whether the current system of reporting abortion numbers based on abortion notifications from general practitioners, family planning clinics and women’s health clinics is seriously inadequate, with a large number of notifications being received late or not at all, and many of those that are received being incomplete; to undertake to change the system in order that the HSE payment for each abortion is delayed until a fully completed notification of that abortion is received by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24005/25]
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will include HSE abortion payment data for 2024 in the Department of Health abortion report due to be published end June 2025, specifically the number of payments of €300 to general practitioners, family planning clinics and women's health clinics in 2024, and the number of €100 payments to these same providers for post-hospital medical abortion patients who presented initially at nine to 12 weeks' gestation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24006/25]
• 2025-05-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to confirm that all Ministers of State within her Department have had their ministerial powers delegated to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22134/25]
• 2025-05-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no availability for the provision of respite care for elderly patients in Offaly; the reason elderly persons in need of such care continue to have to travel out of the county to access such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22271/25]
• 2025-05-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE operates a national reporting system in relation to adverse outcomes specific to medication used in the provision of termination of pregnancy services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22311/25]
• 2025-05-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken, or have been planned, to fulfil the recommendation in the 2023 Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 that "the HSE, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, including the RCPI, should develop specific guidelines for comfort (hospice) care for the short duration of the life of babies who survive birth following a termination of pregnancy"; the guidance currently available for staff providing comfort care in this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22401/25]
• 2025-05-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the policies and procedures that are in place for communication of information on perinatal palliative care, by the HSE and management of maternity hospitals, to ensure that parents who are considering terminating their pregnancy at a later stage when their baby could be born alive are informed and able to avail of perinatal palliative care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22402/25]
• 2025-05-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the proposal to prohibit the sale or purchase of flavoured vapes; if she is aware of industry concerns that such a ban may contribute to persons returning to smoking cigarettes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22470/25]
• 2025-05-06
  LOBBY
  Pro Life Campaign Health

  • Asked TDs to submit parliamentary questions on areas related to abortion policy
• 2025-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason chiropody services in general practice for people with diabetes have been discontinued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21851/25]
• 2025-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an impact assessment was carried out prior to the decision of the HSE to withdraw chiropody services in general practice for people with diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21852/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19323/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the relevant data regulations have yet to be signed off on which would finally enable the formal commencement of the non-statutory inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate in women of childbearing potential in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19786/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will recognise fibromyalgia as a long-term disability for the purposes of healthcare, in line with a recent decision taken on this matter in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21038/25]
• 2025-04-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health for details on ultrasound scans by private services contracted by the HSE, for the purposes of dating start of pregnancy for women considering abortion within the 12-week limit; to summarise total expenditure per year, in tabular form, from 2019 to present; to provide the current cost or range of costs per individual scan; the qualifications are held by staff operating these services; what oversight is in place to ensure quality and safety of the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16953/25]
• 2025-04-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs reimbursed (PCRS) for the year 2024 and Q1 in 2025, in tabular form, for first and second consultations for terminations of pregnancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16954/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in the aftermath of the legalisation of abortion here, any policy change took place with regard to the funding of overseas abortions; if funding from the State currently funds abortion abroad; if so, the amounts donated and to whom, for the years 2019-2024; the conditions or stipulations attached to any such funding, in the event that it occurs; to provide a comprehensive list of what is included and excluded in the full scope of sexual and reproductive health activities supported by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12603/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the incidents reported to the State Claims Agency which related to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, per year from 2019 to 2024, in tabular form, specifically incidents causing harm (broken down by severity); other reported incidents (including near miss); the number of complaints by service users/patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10966/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the numbers of claims settled by the State Claims Agency which related to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, per year, from 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; the number of ongoing claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10967/25]
• 2025-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will support funding for a self-powered wheelchair for a person (details supplied) with significant mobility issues and who is financially unable to access one from his own resources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10341/25]
• 2025-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of full and part-time staff employed by the HSE in each year from 2020 to 2024; the total cost of the gross salaries paid to these staff in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8967/25]
• 2025-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time or part-time HSE staff who have received written requests from the HSE seeking repayments of amounts purportedly overpaid to them in each year from 2020 to 2024, inclusive; the breakdown of these staff, by gross salary bracket; the total amount of repayments which were sought in each year; the amounts received or written off; the total overpayments which are currently outstanding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8968/25]
• 2025-02-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7226/25]
• 2025-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of America International Development for the period 2016 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5651/25]
• 2025-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health for a timeline on the drafting, publication and introduction of the general scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024; if pre-legislative scrutiny is planned in respect of the same planned legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3663/25]
• 2025-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the proposed new license fees for retail of tobacco products will be collected by the Revenue Commissioners similar to the collection of fees for licenses for other excise categories such as intoxicating liquor, betting, mineral oils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3664/25]
• 2025-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health for detailed guidance to retailers on the operation of the new licensing system for tobacco and vapes, including details of how to register and deadlines for registration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3666/25]
• 2025-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the revenue generated from the new licensing system for tobacco and vapes will be ring-fenced for expenditure on increased inspection and test-purchasing of retail units to ensure compliance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3667/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will support a proposal to ensure that community audiologists who already provide care to PRSI contributors through the treatment benefit scheme are allowed to serve medical card holders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2735/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of communications received by HSE MyOptions from women in unplanned pregnancies in 2020-24, inclusive, by category, by month, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2831/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the drafting, publication and introduction of the proposed nicotine inhaling products Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2832/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of inspections carried out by the HSE environmental health service of each of manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers of e-cigarettes and refill containers during 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2834/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of test purchase inspections of the sale of tobacco and vaping products carried out in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2835/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health her views on the Report of the Review of the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; if she is taking steps to implement the recommendations of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3514/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if her Department supports the policy of conscientious objection in the Irish health service; if her Department has engaged with the HSE or any of the professional medical bodies to discuss changes to the current guidelines on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3515/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to immediate action on the fair deal pricing review, releasing the review within 100 days of Government formation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46310/24]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure equal access for all nursing home residents, private and public to primary care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46311/24]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if concerns regarding the lack of supply for a certain medicine (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46362/24]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will make urgent representations for a child with the child and adolescent mental health services (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1078/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the funding provided by the Government to the joint Irish College of General Practitioners/Health Service Executive non-EU rural GP initiative to recruit GPs from outside Ireland in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1202/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health for the costs incurred to date in the development and rollout a public awareness campaign (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1603/25]
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Cancer Society Health

  • General Election campaign
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Tullamore & District Chamber of Commerce Employment

  • Loss of Jobs in Cardinal Health Tullamore
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Home and Community Care Ireland Health

  • Engagements during the General Election campaign & government formation talks.
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Muiriosa Foundation Health

  • 1 - Disability Service Providers lobby Government on the run into the General Election 2024 to highlight issues facing people with intellectual disability & familes in a campaign spearheaded by the NFVSP. 2 To lobby newly elected represenatives to ensure key disablity issues remain a prominent feature on the agenda of the upcoming programme for government from service provider perspective and the disability sector nationally.
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Reduced Risk Products Association Company Limited Health

  • The Reduced Risk Products Association conducted analysis of Census 2022 and the results of the Healthy Ireland Survey 2024 to examine the likely implications of proposed restrictions on flavoured vapes for adult vapers including smokers who rely on vapes to quit or reduce their smoking returning to smoking, with consequent impacts on deaths from smoking. This analysis was prepared on a Dail constituency basis and sent to all members of Dáil Eireann.
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

  • Development of Vaccine for TB - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Irish Sports Matters Ltd t/a the Federation of Irish Sport Sports and Recreation

  • Programme for Government
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Veterinary Ireland Agriculture

  • Communications with Taoiseach, Tanaiste, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Minister for Health, Chief Veterinary Officer, and other DPOs, regarding Veterinary Ireland concerns on the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023, and associated Statutory Instrument.
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  College of Psychiatrists of Ireland Health

  • Letter to all TDs whom attended the 2nd stage Dail debate on the Mental Health Bill 2024 (18th & 19th Sep 2024) re comments that included incorrect details, inaccuracies and assumptions on both aspects of the Bill and its intended purpose and on aspects of services.
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Alcohol Action Ireland Health

  • Alcohol policy development in relation to a new strategy for alcohol and the establishment of an Alcohol Office
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  ALONE Health

  • Support for services and policies relating to older people in the General Election and Programme for Government
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Nursing Homes Ireland Health

  • Request for Meeting on Prioritising Older Person Care in the Programme for Government and congratulate the deputy on their election to Dáil Eireann. We outlined the nursing home sector faces urgent challenges that require immediate attention:Fair Deal Pricing Review, Workforce Challenges,Equal Access to Primary Care Services. Including these in the programme for Government is essential for the sustainability of the nursing home sector.
• 2025-01-18
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

  • Soil Monitoring and Resilience
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Mental Health Reform Health

  • Programme for Government Briefing & LSE Launch Save the Date
• 2025-01-16
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Finance

  • VAT & Taxation on Farm Inputs
• 2025-01-15
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 4 returns HealthEnvironmentSports and Recreation

  • Fair Deal & Support for Older People
  • Health - Primary Care Services - Rural Ireland
  • Water
  • Recreational Routes
• 2025-01-15
  LOBBY
  Multiple Sclerosis Ireland Health

  • General Election manifesto provided to all members
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health whether he has confidence in a person as chairperson of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44091/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of civil servants, by grade, in his Department who were on a career break in 2023 and 2024; the number of those who in 2023 and 2024 were on a career break of five years or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44305/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the provisions of the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform Circular 4/2013 are being properly implemented by his Department; if he is satisfied that civil servants whose career breaks are coming to an end are being notified of appropriate vacancies; if he is concerned by instances where civil servants are having their career breaks extended unnecessarily where the Department has appropriate vacancies to fill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44378/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to full implementation of the National Radiation Therapy Review report and recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45142/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason €10 million of public expenditure was utilised for outsourcing radiotherapy treatments when public services were lying unused for patient treatments; the reason this expenditure was not channelled into existing public service capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45143/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason radiotherapy patients wait on waiting lists for cancer treatment whilst public services remain vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45144/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason public radiation therapy centres do not achieve the NCCP target of 90% of patients starting radiotherapy within three weeks of being ready to start; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45145/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will support the recommended workforce planning task to ensure that current and future radiotherapy services meet national demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45146/24]
• 2024-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill; the measures taken to date to provide a licensing framework for home support providers, while making it an offence to operate a home support service without a licence and incorporating transitional arrangements for existing home support providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43722/24]
• 2024-10-23
  VOTE
  Public Health Service Staffing · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 70–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 70–59
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if gene therapy is available for persons diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy; if there are plans to make it available, as per the situation in the United States, the United Kingdom and a number of other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42744/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to detail the oversight, if any, his Department has relating to the content of the graduate diploma in social, personal and health education and relationships and sexuality education course at DCU to date; if the course material or objectives are approved by his Department prior to delivery; if any officials in his Department have any input into the course content or course objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42990/24]
• 2024-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide details of all social enterprise organisations or bodies funded by his Department in each year from 2021 to date in 2024; the amount allocated in funding to each during this time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42274/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the costs in fees and accommodation paid by her Department to teachers attending the graduate diploma in social, personal and health education/relationships and sexuality education course at DCU to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40742/24]
• 2024-10-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore has been excluded from the expansion of elective surgery capacity procedures such as those planned for four elective hospitals at two sites in Dublin, one in Connolly, one at the children’s hospital in Crumlin, one in Cork, one in Galway, as well as the surgical hubs for Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40568/24]
• 2024-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns in relation to delays to the medicinal products seventh schedule in the context of the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39763/24]
• 2024-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the total number of such requests that were rejected in their entirety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37598/24]
• 2024-09-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recently published study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (details supplied) indicating accelerated maturation of adolescent brains, particularly female brains, as a result of pandemic-related lockdown measures; if he will research this issue in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37163/24]
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of claims made by GPs under the PCRS for terminations of pregnancy, per month, between January 2024 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36645/24]
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total amount of money paid to GPs under the PCRS for terminations of pregnancy, per month, between January 2024 to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36646/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the concerns of a group (details supplied) can be addressed with respect to the provision of palliative care in the midlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33789/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will allocate sufficient capital funding to deliver a mid-level ambulance station for Tullamore, County Offaly as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33859/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will positively consider requests from community cancer support centres (details supplied) for an allocation of €5.5 million in core funding in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35151/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total cost of payments made to all providers of termination of pregnancy services for completed abortion procedures from 1 January 2024 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35272/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent by the State across all possible categories on abortion provision in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35273/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of conflict-of-interest declarations that were made relevant to the development of the National Clinical Guideline programme of work agreed between the national women and infants health programme; the outcome of such declarations; the number of such declarations that included indirect, financial and non-financial professional and personal interests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35274/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that approximately forty thousand terminations of pregnancy have been notified to his Department since 2019; if he will accept that this represents an alarming increase in the number of terminations from preceding years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35346/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the funding made available to support access to assisted human reproduction treatment via private providers; the number of applications received for such funding; the amounts distributed to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35389/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work of the regional fertility hubs; if there are plans to expand the network of such hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35390/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason persons travelling to the north of Ireland will no longer receive €1,928 reimbursement for their cataract surgery, as the HSE has decided to cut this by more than half to €863; if he will consider reversing this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30960/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to address concerns relating to the alignment of pay for clinical nurse-midwife specialists within the health service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31254/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number and severity scale of all adverse events reported to the HSE related to termination of pregnancy from January 2019 to May 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31873/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the action he is taking following recent reports that parents of children with spina bifida and scoliosis sent a dossier to HSE auditors outlining concerns over alleged anomalies in how a €19 million fund for children’s spinal surgeries was spent by the children’s hospital group; the steps being taken to ensure that children in need of urgent spina bifida and scoliosis surgical intervention will not be further disadvantaged by this use of the funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32261/24]
• 2024-07-10
  VOTE
  Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024

  A bill to prohibit the sale by retail of tobacco products to persons under the age of 21 years; and for those and other related purposes, to amend the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002 and the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted to block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 93–45
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will support the proposal that the carer’s allowance means test should be based on net, not gross, income, in line with the assessment of earnings under carer’s benefit which is based on earnings less income tax, USC, PRSI, superannuation (pension payments), pension levy, union dues, subscriptions to friendly societies and health insurance premiums; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29194/24]
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure pay parity for section 39 organisations who provide vital dementia services and standardise rates of pay for critical home care workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29208/24]
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will support the request of an organisation (details supplied) to invest €5.5 million, including €1 million for dementia-specific day care at home services, to bring the service to 250 more families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29197/24]
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will support the request of an organisation (details supplied) for €1 million for dementia-specific day care at home services, to bring the service to 250 more families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29198/24]
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will support the request of an organisation (details supplied) for €600,000 to expand day centres outside of major cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29199/24]
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will support the request of an organisation (details supplied) for €300,000 year-on-year for weekend and activity clubs for people with young-onset dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29200/24]
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will support the request of an organisation (details supplied) for €1.8 million in 22 clinical nurse specialist in dementia roles in acute settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29201/24]
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will support the request of an organisation (details supplied) for €608,000 in eight new dementia adviser roles and three new regional leads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29202/24]
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will support the request of an organisation (details supplied) for €1 million in dementia research network Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29203/24]
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will support the request of an organisation (details supplied) for €59,000 to support people affected by dementia to participate in quality dementia research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29204/24]
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will support the request of an organisation (details supplied) for €62,000 to develop a framework for a dementia-specific counselling service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29205/24]
• 2024-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the remuneration package of the chief executive of the Health Service Executive includes the free use of a car owned or provided by the executive; the terms under which it is offered; the estimated cost of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28920/24]
• 2024-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to address concerns about the absence of endometriosis specialists in Ireland; if he is aware that this shortage is causing acute distress to the many thousands of women who suffer from the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25888/24]
• 2024-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will support the work of an organisation (details supplied) dedicated to improving cardiovascular health and providing support services to people with a cardiovascular condition; if he will commit to engaging with the organisation with a view to increasing its funding requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25940/24]
• 2024-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against his Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the period 2010 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26136/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health Minister to provide details of any anti-racism or unconscious bias training and presentations made available to staff in his Department during the period 2021 to date; the content of such training and presentations; the provider of any such training and presentations and the costs incurred for each event; if attendance at such training and presentations is mandatory or voluntary for staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24672/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reported rate of elder abuse incidences in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, area; the total national reported incidence rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24693/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department will be prioritising the progression of any specific pieces of legislation prior to the Dáil summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24704/24]
• 2024-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital media platforms; the names of the online platforms involved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23448/24]
• 2024-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a particularly urgent medical case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22724/24]
• 2024-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the health service of providing medical cards, including GP visit cards, to international protection applicants from 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22258/24]
• 2024-05-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print media publications involved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21867/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons awaiting assessment nationally; the duration of the waiting time for speech and language therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20200/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons awaiting assessment nationally; the duration of the waiting time for occupational therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20201/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons awaiting assessment nationally; the duration of the waiting time for HSE contracted psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20202/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons awaiting assessment nationally; the duration of the waiting time for HSE contracted psychiatrists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20203/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons awaiting assessment nationally; the duration of the waiting time for HSE contracted social workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20204/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of vacancies within the HSE for speech & language therapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20205/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total numbers currently employed by the HSE, differentiating between those on full-time, part-time and fixed-term contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20304/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of HSE employees who are currently suspended on full pay pending disciplinary investigations; to outline, in tabular form, the length of time these employees have been under suspension; the gross salary of these employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20305/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of HSE employees who have been on sick leave for longer than two months; to outline, in tabular form, the length of time these employees have been on sick leave; the gross salary of these employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20306/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of employees within his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department who are currently suspended on full pay pending disciplinary investigations; to outline, in tabular form, the length of time these employees have been under suspension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20317/24]
• 2024-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will amend the Patient Safety Bill to include amendments to Section 9 of the Health Act, 2007 in order to widen the powers of the Minister for Health to direct a statutory enquiry in certain cases of maternal and infant deaths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20030/24]
• 2024-04-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1586 of 9 April 2024, to provide a breakdown of funding made under the sexual health and crisis pregnancy programme to organisations which focus on crisis pregnancy counselling, in each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19075/24]
• 2024-04-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to clarify the difficulties he has identified with the independent scoring assessment conducted with respect to the new Offaly hospice; if he has engaged in consultation with any developers regarding the new Offaly hospice and if his Department has conducted any public consultation on the preferred site for the hospice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19119/24]
• 2024-04-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to ensure the expansion of newborn screening of babies for diseases; his views on whether the current screening levels means that Ireland screens less than 75% of European countries, making Ireland a significant negative outlier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18205/24]
• 2024-04-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has at any time engaged the services of a company (details supplied) or allocated the company funding or support in any capacity; if he or his officials have engaged with personnel from the company; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18446/24]
• 2024-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene to secure treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17168/24]
• 2024-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene to secure urgent scoliosis treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17169/24]
• 2024-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he has read the final report of the independent review of gender identity services for children and young people, known as the Cass review, published recently in relation to sex-change treatments being offered to children in the United Kingdom; what changes it will bring about to his Department's position on this issue and specifically the referral of Irish children to the UK to receive such treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17231/24]
• 2024-04-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the health service of providing medical cards including GP visit cards to international protection applicants and beneficiaries of temporary protection from 2022 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16231/24]
• 2024-04-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of compensation to persons diagnosed with vaccine related narcolepsy and cataplexy; the number of payments made to date and the number of claims outstanding or still in the process of mediation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16514/24]
• 2024-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of his Department with respect to the WHO International Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness, Response and Recovery (Pandemic Treaty); if he will make available the text of Ireland's suggestions, and amendments to comments proposed by the EU negotiator as part of the EU coordination process run by the EU delegation in Geneva; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15865/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Public Expenditure

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the reason a reduced rate pension paid by An Post to a former employee, who after leaving that company took up a job with the HSE and became entitled to a separate pension under the nominated health agencies superannuation scheme, is taken into account for rebatement purposes under the latter scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15222/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide an outline on the current status of the Implementation Group examining the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; to provide an outline of the number of occasions it has met to date; a timeline for when it is to report to Government; if an outline of its remit can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13973/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health how many payments of the initial €150 were made in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, by termination of pregnancy provider; how many payments of the final €300 were made in these years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14600/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE collects data on the incidence rate at national or CHO area level of women who obtained a medical abortion and who were subsequently found to have had an ectopic pregnancy; if so, will he seek to provide that data for the years 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14749/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the names of organisations funded by the Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme; the total amount received yearly from 2019 to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15216/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has had the need to contact An Garda Síochána due to verbal, written (including electronically) or physical threats being addressed to staff or Ministers, at any level, working within the Department during the period 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11597/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings that he or officials from his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have had with an organisation (details supplied) including its representatives from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12742/24]
• 2024-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel at any level of seniority in his Department, or in any agency or body under the aegis of his Department, from 2018 to date; the value of each and the total value, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10988/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health how much of the €5 million investment from Budget 2023 to target backlogs in dental services for children and adult medical card holders has been spent in the way that it was intended; if the remainder of this money is still ringfenced to target dental waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10284/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists contracted to the DTSS for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10285/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the spend on the DTSS for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10286/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated for the DTSS for each year from 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10287/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card patients seen by dentists on the DTSS for each year from 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10288/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists contracted to the DTSS per CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10289/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when his officials will next meet an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10290/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists contracted to the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10291/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the allocated budget to the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10292/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the spend on the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10293/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children seen by dentists on the school dental screening service for the years 2012 to date inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10294/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists WTEs contracted to the school screening service per CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10295/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of dentists or WTEs contracted to the public dental service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10296/24]
• 2024-02-28
  VOTE
  Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023

  A bill to amend the Mental Health Act 2001.

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion _ · 72–60
• 2024-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total cost of defending medical negligence litigation against the HSE and Department of Health in each year from 2010 to date, including awards made in the courts or settlements made out of court to resolve disputes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8462/24]
• 2024-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure that organisations, including State bodies under the aegis of his Department as well as non-governmental organisations and charities that are in receipt of funding from his Department, do not use any portion of such funding to campaign or promote a position in favour or against any outcome of the forthcoming referenda on Articles 41.1.1, 41.2.1 and 41.2.2 of the Constitution, thereby breaching the McKenna principles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6763/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide the names of the members of the National Termination of Pregnancy (TOP) Service Improvement Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5291/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to identify the ten work-streams identified by the National Termination of Pregnancy (TOP) Service Improvement Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5292/24]
• 2024-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide, in tabular form, the number of GPs reimbursed (PCRS) for the years 2019 to date for first and second consultations for terminations of pregnancy; the number of payments issued for all termination of pregnancy consultations by all other providers for the years 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4511/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will take action to assist in an urgent case of a person requiring access to the National Treatment Purchase Fund (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2236/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of minors who have come to the attention of his Department or the HSE as having questioned their gender or expressed a desire to change their gender in each year from 2010 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2249/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide, in tabular form, the number of GPs reimbursed under the primary care reimbursement service for the years 2019 and to date in 2023 for first and second consultations for terminations of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56483/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 804 of 12 December 2023, to supply the number of and severity scale of all adverse events reported to the HSE related to remote consultations for termination of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56484/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of terminations carried out under ss. 9-12 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, by the Ireland East Hospital Group for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57164/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a copy of the implementation action plan, drafted to implement operational recommendations contained in the termination of pregnancy review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1187/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a copy of the Regulatory Impact Analysis - Termination of Pregnancy Safe Access Zones prepared by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1191/24]
• 2023-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on proposals to introduce a law requiring health warnings on alcohol products; the engagement his Department has had on this matter with the European Commission at the World Trade Organisation and the Technical Barriers to Trade Committee Meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55607/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a soft copy of the report of the review by the HSE of the model of care with regard to remote consultation as part of termination of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54869/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting to be reimbursed under the cross-Border health scheme. [53633/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department operates an X account (formerly Twitter) or any other social media account, and if such accounts are verified through a subscription fee; the policy in place that guides when any of these accounts can ‘like’, endorse or support a posting on X or other social media platforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53657/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the titles of the White Papers published by his Department from 2008 to date; if he will provide online links to these papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52982/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of consultancy reports commissioned or funded by his Department that have been categorised or designated as not for external publication from 2011 to date; the total costs incurred on commissioning or funding these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53003/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of people employed full time, part time and as contractors by the HSE in each year from establishment to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51924/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such requests that were rejected in their entirety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51975/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total costs incurred by his Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any format, for each of the years 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52166/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by organisations (details supplied) from 2020 to date; if so, the topic discussed; the fees paid to the organisations for these briefings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52193/23]
• 2023-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a service (details supplied) applied for and received the Covid recognition payment on behalf of its staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51346/23]
• 2023-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the policy of his Department with respect to the development of synthetic food; if he has engaged with the Food and Safety Authority on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51357/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has or is planning to conduct a risk assessment on the recently announced recruitment freeze within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51111/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total costs arising from refugees from Ukraine in 2022, including accommodation, assistance payments, health benefits, additional staffing and administration costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49397/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total costs of maintaining all asylum seekers in Ireland (excluding those from Ukraine) in each year from 2016 to 2022, including the cost of accommodation, allowances, assistance payments, health benefits, additional staffing and administration costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49398/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of medical doctors and former general practitioners who are employed either in the Department or by the HSE in policy, advisory or other internal administrative or human resources roles, but who do not see patients from the general public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49402/23]
• 2023-11-08
  VOTE
  Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 49–67
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of abortions performed at the Ireland East Hospital Group, broken down by category of the 2018 Health Act (ss. 9-12) for the years 2019 to 2023 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48443/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of abortions performed at the RCSI Hospital Group, broken down by category of the 2018 Health Act (ss. 9-12) for the years 2019 to 2023 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48444/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of abortions performed at the Saolta Hospital Group, broken down by category of the 2018 Health Act (ss. 9-12) for the years 2019 to 2023 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48445/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of abortions performed at the UL Hospitals Group, broken down by category of the 2018 Health Act (ss. 9-12) for the years 2019 to 2023 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48446/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the number of abortions performed at the South/Southwest Hospital Group, broken down by category of the 2018 Health Act (ss. 9-12) for the years 2019 to 2023 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48447/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff currently on secondment to universities in Ireland; how the policy on secondment will be impacted by the recent embargo on recruitment of certain grades in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48615/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with the HSE in order to prevent total blindness from occurring in a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48635/23]
• 2023-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from organisations (details supplied) from 2021 to date; if so, the topic discussed; the fees paid to the organisations for these briefings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46754/23]
• 2023-10-25
  VOTE
  Health Service Funding · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 75–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 73–58
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if he will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46546/23]
• 2023-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will urge the HSE to reconsider its decision to refuse funding to a cancer support group (details supplied); the reason this group is being denied funding at CHO 8 level despite CHO 8 funding being provided to other organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45384/23]
• 2023-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to direct the HSE to respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); the reason the HSE has not responded to a number of representations on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45385/23]
• 2023-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if support centres (details supplied) have been allocated any funding in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45518/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 832 of 11 July 2023, the estimated number of religious buildings which can avail of the exemption outlined in section 3 of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44640/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1724 of 11 September 2023, the scope of his engagement with Taillte Éireann, the information was elicited from this engagement, and how this informed the drafting of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44641/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if dementia is classified as a disability in his Department's healthcare policy or the policy of the HSE; if not, the reason for same; if there are plans to change this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44741/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to address concerns that some older persons who do not hold a medical card are being asked to pay extra money at their chemist in order to get their medication put into a blister pack; if reimbursement options are available for such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44742/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a comprehensive breakdown of the €31.5 million allocated in 2023 to the free contraception scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44951/23]
• 2023-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 644 of 3 October 2023, if any research has been conducted or commenced by his Department into the likely number of safe access zones which will be created by the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44230/23]
• 2023-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the decision by the Health Secretary in the UK to implement a single sex policy in NHS hospitals meaning that transgender women who were born biological males will no longer have access to female-only wards; if he will support such a policy here for the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43553/23]
• 2023-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health how much territory, in metres, in Táilte Éireann or any other relevant body which has informed the Government's introduction of exclusion zone legislation, it is estimated will be covered by prospective abortion exclusion zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43678/23]
• 2023-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will support the request from an organisation (details supplied) for funding support to enable its vital work of providing financial assistance directly to parents of children with life-limiting or chronic complex care needs across Ireland to help with the non-medical expenses related to caring for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43757/23]
• 2023-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason recruitment for new genomic resource associate roles at the department of clinical genetics at CHI Crumlin, as specified as part of implementation of the national genetics and genomics strategy, is being held up, in spite of the fact that €2.7 million was allocated to implementation of the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43210/23]
• 2023-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if it is the policy of his Department to support measures designed to ensure that the number of termination of pregnancies can be reduced year on year; the practical supports he is putting in place to ensure that the number of termination of pregnancies does not continue to grow year on year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43211/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of proposed 'safe access zones' that Tailte Éireann and his Department estimate will be created by the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42498/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health whether the proposed 'safe access zone' legislation will apply to institutions whereby a healthcare provider is located within a larger campus, for example, a university or hospital complex; if the 100-metre zone extends around the whole institution in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42499/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the proposed 'safe access zone' legislation will apply to situations whereby a healthcare provider is located within or adjacent to a family home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42500/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department supports the decision of the European Parliament to adopt a common EU framework to allow the sale of human embryos and other bioproducts through its approval of new rules on the management of substances of human origin (SoHO), which took place at a plenary session 12 September 2023 in Strasbourg; if his Department contributed any policy analysis or objections to this proposal prior to the vote; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42565/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate serious concerns regarding a lack of information raised by the parents of a child (details supplied) who has undergone treatment at Temple Street Hospital for hip dysplasia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42025/23]
• 2023-09-27
  VOTE
  Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Referral to Select Committee

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 113–10
• 2023-09-27
  VOTE
  Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023

  A bill to prohibit persons from engaging in certain conduct in safe access zones, that is to say, in certain areas in and adjacent to certain healthcare premises; to make provision for enforcement in respect of engaging in conduct prohibited in such safe access zones, and to provide for offences in relation to such prohibited conduct; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

  • ✗ voted to block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 111–10
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of a recent study (details supplied) that has found strong evidence of a link between autism and gender dysphoria and gender/body incongruence; whether his Department or the HSE has conducted any research into a link between these conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41082/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the policy change implemented in Denmark this summer whereby teenagers who present with gender dysphoria for the first time will be offered counselling rather than be prescribed medication such as ‘puberty blockers’; whether this development will inform the policy of his Department or the HSE on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41084/23]
• 2023-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to clarify the reason that certain cohorts of healthcare workers are denied access to the Covid pandemic payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40884/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the measures his Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40234/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns of the private and voluntary nursing home sector with respect to the payments available to them to cover staff and operational costs under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37963/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he has had engagement with representatives from the nursing home sector, private and voluntary, with respect to any difficulties that are arising in relation to the operation of the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37964/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide the total number of first initial consultations for a termination of pregnancy made in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37965/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a copy of the map produced by Tailte Éireann in collaboration with the Department of Health covering healthcare facilities, acute hospitals and all GP clinics where prospective safe access zones would apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38209/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to clarify the reason supply of PPE that private and voluntary nursing homes have been receiving through the HSE since the start of the pandemic to support residents needs is being discontinued except in outbreak circumstances; if he will accept that this will place additional financial burdens on these facilities including a nursing home (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if he will reconsider proposals to discontinue the supply of HSE PPE in order to create parity of treatment with HSE run nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38780/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will support the allocation of more funding towards targeted QUIT campaigns and support initiatives towards populations most likely to smoke; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38781/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to develop education and awareness campaigns on the dangers associated with e-cigarette use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38782/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the funding and development of a National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38783/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure the full financial resourcing and implementation of the National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026 recommendations around genetic services, reducing genetic testing wait times and best optimise the health benefit advancements in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38786/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will support ring-fenced funding to implement a hub and spoke model with genetics expertise within the dispersed oncology system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38787/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Enterprise

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding will be secured to establish the HSA's health and social care advisory committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36344/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health how many new contracts for whole-time equivalents in maternity hospitals have included a responsibility to perform terminations of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35811/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to set out the total amounts of expenditure earmarked and spent on abortion provision (including preparation for abortion provision) for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, where issues like "recurring funding" are explained and clarity ensured as to the precise amounts of moneys spent each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35812/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of all the categories and amounts spent in each category in the provision of abortion (including preparation for abortion provision) in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, to include amounts spent on abortion provision in GP settings, hospital settings, family planning settings, on training of healthcare workers with regard to abortion, on training of healthcare students with regard to abortion, on values clarifications courses with regard to abortion, on capital expenditure to do with abortion and any other relevant categories relevant to abortion provision, complete with an individual breakdown for each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35813/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of claims for the combined termination procedure and aftercare made to the HSE via the primary care reimbursement scheme which were successfully remunerated in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35970/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will take steps to support a funded workforce plan to immediately grow the nursing and midwifery staff by 2,000 whole-time equivalent staff annually for the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36340/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to establish a health service division within the HAS to ensure adequate protections for nurses, midwives and other healthcare workers in response to the increase in workplace assaults, burnout and occupational infections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36341/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the no-fault compensation scheme will be extended to cover nurses and midwives across all sectors of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36342/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he is engaged in discussions with Cabinet colleagues to address the accommodation shortage for key sectoral workers such as nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36343/23]
• 2023-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to clarify the policy position of his Department with respect to the allegedly carcinogenic impact of red meat consumption; if he agrees that the messaging and promotion of such research needs to be heavily qualified and balanced by stressing the clear health benefits of meat consumption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34245/23]
• 2023-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the funding he has provided specifically to support patients with a diagnosis of multiple system atrophy in the midlands region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34606/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department operates a ‘barter account’ for the provision of goods or services; if so, if payments have been directed to be made to a barter account during the period 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34150/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if, on foot of his Department's preparation for the introduction of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023, he will state the total number of GP practices, obstetrical practices, and hospitals providing acute in-patient services to which the Bill will apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34246/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if, on foot of his Department's preparation for the introduction of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023, he will state how many places of religious worship, and/or grounds or other land associated with the building, will fall within the so-called "safe access zones" which will be established by the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34247/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reasons it took five years for his Department to draft the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023, a Bill containing just seven sections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34248/23]
• 2023-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total amount of money spent on abortion services in 2022 (including abortions carried out in hospitals, community settings or via telemedicine, and including the cost of the operation and promotion of the MyOptions government helpline) broken down by category in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32386/23]
• 2023-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of the number of adverse incidents, in tabular form by severity scale and broken down by month, reported to the State Claims Agency which related to the Health Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy Act 2018 from January to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32387/23]
• 2023-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to address concerns (details supplied) regarding the funding of current trainee educational psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32738/23]
• 2023-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department purchased or produced any memorabilia such as pens, stationery, pins, badges, mugs or other types of souvenirs to mark or celebrate Pride 2023; if so, the costs incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31812/23]
• 2023-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) as he is obliged to do under Public Pay and Pensions Act 2017 legislation, to review the nature of community pharmacies services before the end of June 2023; the reasons for the delay in meeting the organisation and the lack of response to requests for a meeting from the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31881/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to address concerns that medical card patients are being charged for blood tests; to clarify what precisely the policy is on this matter; if medical card patients have any options to seek reimbursement of the costs incurred for blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30598/23]
• 2023-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a tender was published for the commissioning of the report of the Public Consultation Relating to the Review of the (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2015; how a company (details supplied) was selected for the position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30299/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 466 of 18 May 2023, if he will confirm that the reduction in the definition of the threshold of foetal viability from 24 weeks to 23 weeks for the purposes of the Civil Registration Act 2004 will also apply to the definition of viability in the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; if he will outline what amendments to the Act existing policy he proposes in order to implement this change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27372/23]
• 2023-05-31
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023 · 2 divisions

  A bill to amend the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 to provide for abortion on request prior to foetal viability; to abolish the 3 day waiting period for abortion on request; to allow for abortion on grounds of fatal foetal abnormality that are likely to lead to the death of the foetus either before or within a year of birth; to allow for abortion where there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman; and to decriminalise the provision of abortion.

  • ✗ voted to block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 67–64
  • ~ abstained on an amendment to the bill motion failed · 61–74
• 2023-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department assists with, or makes a financial contribution to, the sourcing or provision of childcare or crèche facilities for the children of staff members of any grade or position; if so, the names of the providers; the costs incurred for the period 2020 to date in 2023; the number of staff who have availed of such assistance over this timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25975/23]
• 2023-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether it is permissible for terminations of pregnancy based on sex-selection criteria to take place under the provisions of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26046/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on proposals to establish an independent inquiry into the use of, and adverse outcomes related to, sodium valproate (epilim) in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22621/23]
• 2023-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide, in tabular form, the number of second consultation claims were made in 2021 via the primary care reimbursement scheme for termination of pregnancy in the respective years 2019, 2020, and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21931/23]
• 2023-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide the total number of surgical abortions carried out in the State, in tabular form, in the respective years 2019, 2020, and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21932/23]
• 2023-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health whether the supplementary note accompanying the notification report on termination pregnancy in 2021 which indicated that 6,700 second consultation claims were made via the PCRS was limited to abortions provided by GPs/community providers or whether it included surgical abortions performed in hospital settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21933/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will list all reviews of Acts carried out by his Department in line with the provisions of the Act in question from 2000 to date; if a summary will be provided of any substantive amendments of the Act in question that occurred on foot of each review and the amending legislation, if any, in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21186/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if there any options available for a person to be reimbursed for genetic testing which had to be sourced privately (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21628/23]
• 2023-04-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of people under the age of 70 years who held GP-only medical cards for each year from 2016 to 2022; the total number of GP visits made by the holders of these cards in each year; the number who visited the GP more than five times in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20112/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the proposed new national maternity hospital at St. Vincent's will be offering gender-affirming care; if this will include the provision of sex-reassignment surgery; if so, which age groups this service will be extended to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19131/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the new national children's hospital will be offering gender-affirming care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19132/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of his Department with respect to the WHO International Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness, Response and Recovery (Pandemic Treaty); if his Department supports the treaty; if his Department has made any submissions to the deliberative process of the international treaty; if so, if he will publish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19152/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the operation of the fair deal scheme and the changes which are being made relating to rental income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17041/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the entitlements that exist for elderly dementia patients living at home; if such entitlement differs around the country (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17042/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when staff and former staff of an organisation (details supplied) will receive the pandemic unemployment payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17176/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to address concerns that there are insufficient funding supports available to trainee counselling psychologists who incur significant debt while completing their course work (details supplied) and if he will make a statement on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17177/23]
• 2023-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the actions that termination of pregnancy providers, including GPs and community providers, must take in instances where they suspect coercion in a request for a termination of pregnancy; the steps being taken to ensure that termination of pregnancy providers can identify possible instances of coercion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15674/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 650 of 14 February 2023, and the written reply from the HSE dated 20 February 2023, his views on whether any amendment is needed to the legal position as outlined by the HSE in its letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15141/23]
• 2023-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of people employed by the Health Service Executive at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14050/23]
• 2023-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of employees of the Health Service Executive who have been on sick leave for a continuous period of longer than three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14051/23]
• 2023-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of employees of the Health Service Executive who were on sick leave, but whose employment was terminated for failing to return to work having been assessed that they are fit enough to do so, from the establishment of the HSE to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14052/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 823 of 14 February 2023, if the contracts for the 73 WTEs recruited in 2019 were hired specifically to provide termination of pregnancy; and/or if the facilitation of abortion/termination of pregnancy is stated in their contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12498/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of HSE and staff in his Department that were hired between 2019 and 2022 with abortion/termination of pregnancy mentioned in their contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12499/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm the changes made to the medical card eligibility criteria in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12500/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 823 of 14 February 2023, the breakdown, by category of the €7 million allocated towards abortion provision in 2019; if a portion of this money rolled into the following year; the breakdown, by category of the €9.5 million allocated to abortion in 2020; if portion of this money rolled into the following year; the breakdown of the €12 million allocated for the roll-out of abortion provision in maternity hospitals and units; the breakdown of any additional expenditure on abortion provision in each of the years 2018 to 2022; the total amount spent on abortion provision from 2018 through to the end of 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12538/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work his Department has engaged in to implement the nine recommendations of the Value for Money Review on Nursing Home costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13397/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health in response to the Programme for Government commitment to supporting the genetics service at CHI, Crumlin; if he will allocate additional funding and supports to the department of clinical (medical) genetics at CHI, Crumlin to halve the waiting list for genetic services for people living with rare diseases in the next one to two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13607/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the response of both his Department and the HSE to address and prevent issues of foetal misdiagnosis occurring within the maternity and termination of pregnancy services; if he will specifically address as part of his response any policy or regulatory changes occurring in this space following an incident of fatal misdiagnosis that occurred in a case (details supplied); if an independent review is taking place; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13608/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies initiated by or originating in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11273/23]
• 2023-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the operation of the Children’s Palliative Care Programme, including the number of children who have availed of the programme’s supports; if there are vacancies for the consultant post or clinical nurse co-ordinators at the present time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9775/23]
• 2023-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he is familiar with a recent Cochrane study (details supplied) a meta-analysis of seventy-eight studies including over a million people, which has concluded that "face coverings make little to no difference" in Covid infection and fatality rates; whether this will inform his Department's advice in relation to the wearing of face coverings at present; and whether it will inform policy for the outbreaks of future respiratory viruses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8449/23]
• 2023-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address urgent concerns relating to the dental health of a child (details supplied) and delayed access to treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8850/23]
• 2023-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he has received a request from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify properties under the control of his Department or under the control of agencies under the remit of his Department for the purposes of providing accommodation to international protection applicants or beneficiaries of temporary protection; if he has identified potential properties and their locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7938/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the age of consent to medical treatment, as well as the policy basis for the current law on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6741/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent by the State across all possible categories, in tabular form, on abortion provision in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7259/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent by the State on advertising campaigns related to abortion provision broken down by year and category, in tabular form, in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7260/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a summary report of the public submissions to the abortion legislative review has been compiled and provided to the chairperson of the review; if so, if such a report will be made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5533/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of submissions from the total 6,968 public submissions to the abortion legislative review that advocated the retention of the three-day waiting period; the number that advocated for the reduction of the three-day waiting period; the number that advocated for the extension of the three-day waiting period; the number that advocated for the abolition of the three-day waiting period; the number that expressed no view on the three-day waiting period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5534/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of submissions from the total 6,968 public submissions to the abortion legislative review that mentioned the issue of foetal pain relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5535/23]
• 2023-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he or his Department have taken note of the decision by the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to cease offering a third Covid booster jab to persons aged 16 to 49 years who are not in a clinical risk group at the close of the autumn 2022 vaccination campaign; if he will support such a policy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5348/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide data associated with his Department’s air travel and air travel associated with agencies under the aegis of his Department (details supplied) from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4250/23]
• 2023-01-25
  VOTE
  Capacity in the Health Services · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 68–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 68–58
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when he intends to publish the report into the secondment of the former Chief Medical Officer to a position in Trinity College Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63417/22]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted any analysis with respect to the impact of the roll-out of universal access to GPs for under-sixes and over on the ability of persons to book an appointment with their local GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1411/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with representatives of an association (details supplied) in an effort to address the crisis in access to dental and orthodontic care that has emerged in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1412/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when he expects the three-year review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 should be completed and published; the engagements that he has had with the independent head of the review during 2022 and to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1413/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the work that is being undertaken by his Department with respect to the reported shortage of medicines within the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1498/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the name of the company, organisation or persons contracted to provide media training to him from 1 January 2021 to date; the costs incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1509/23]
• 2022-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the services currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way that families can access these services within their communities following a diagnosis; the status of discussions between the HSE and his Department to improve access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62324/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the date ranges from 1 March 2020 to date that licensed premises were legally prohibited from opening as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. [58899/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the date ranges from 1 March 2020 to date that gatherings for public worship and religious services were prohibited as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. [58900/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will support the ability of the Tallaght University Hospital neurofibromatosis clinic to continue to accept referrals for new patients; if he will ensure that the clinic has adequate staffing resources; if he will take steps to address the lack of diagnostic equipment at the neurofibromatosis clinic in Tallaght University Hospital; if he will address concerns in relation to the absence of a paediatric dermatologist, a paediatric neurologist and the unavailability of an optical coherence tomography machine in the ophthalmology department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59327/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he or any officials from his Department or from bodies under the aegis of his Department travelled to the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference; the number who travelled; the costs incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57317/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of any legal claims brought by women following consultations by telemedicine under section 12 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; if he is contemplating introducing support services for person who may be or who already been adversely impacted following their access to telemedicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57329/22]
• 2022-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the private companies that have been contracted to deliver the home support scheme home help service from 2018 to date; the costs paid out for the delivery of these contracts in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57164/22]
• 2022-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken by his Department to support and increase the provision of disability respite in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57036/22]
• 2022-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he has spoken formally with his UK counterpart since their appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56556/22]
• 2022-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the number of nurses who are advanced nurse practitioners by 2.5%; the increased number of nurses becoming an advanced nurse practitioner that this would involve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56557/22]
• 2022-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the policies and procedures in place in relation to the treatment of the remains of unborn children whose lives are ended under sections 9, 10 and 11 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56021/22]
• 2022-10-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of initial consultations for termination of pregnancy services that were provided by general practitioners, family planning clinics and women's health clinics in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54062/22]
• 2022-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will list the international scientific studies which informed his Department's decision to impose compulsory mask-wearing in certain settings during the Covid-19 pandemic, and which have informed his recent advice that the public should wear masks on public transport this winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52705/22]
• 2022-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 820 of 18 October 2022, if he will outline the way that he concluded that the terminology used represents the most commonly understood; if he will outline the empirical analysis or study that was undertaken to reach this conclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53012/22]
• 2022-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the studies that are informing the evidentiary basis demonstrating conclusively that mask wearing significantly reduces the spread of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53145/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason that "exclusion zones", as referred to in commitment in the Programme for Government, are now being referred to as "safe access zones" in the general scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2022; the reason that this change of language was necessary; if the proposed change of language was suggested to his Department by any statutory body, non-governmental organisation or campaign group; if so, the name of that organisation; the reason for the substantive difference between an "exclusion zone" and a "safe access zone"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51871/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of abortions carried out by general practitioners for each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51872/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of abortions carried out in hospitals under section 12 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51873/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the engagements his Department has had with the Department of Health and other Departments regarding the way the increased costs of the national children's hospital project will be managed within the overall agreed national development plan capital allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48255/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if workers within an organisation (details supplied) are eligible to receive the Covid-19 pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47967/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant paediatric rheumatologists attached to Children’s Health Ireland Temple Street in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48594/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the average wait times by facility for residential rehabilitation or detoxification treatment in September 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48595/22]
• 2022-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will give detailed consideration to the pre-budget 2023 submission by an organisation (details supplied), particularly its call for fair pricing for prescription charges and increased support for community pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47798/22]
• 2022-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate a matter (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47800/22]
• 2022-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will give detailed consideration to the pre-budget 2023 submission by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47127/22]
• 2022-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children under the age of 16 years who have been referred by the HSE to a clinic (details supplied) in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46458/22]
• 2022-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to providing an increase of €600,000 in annual investment in the National Multiple Sclerosis Care Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45833/22]
• 2022-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will increase sustainable funding for national physiotherapy services for people with Multiple Sclerosis, and other neurological conditions totalling €880,000 per annum across all 9 Community Healthcare Organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45834/22]
• 2022-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) say there is a need for the provision of a further 100 neurology nurses in order to address unacceptable waiting period, delays with diagnosis and treatment, with at least 20 to be provisioned in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45835/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the policy position of his Department concerning fetal alcohol spectrum disorder which is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disability that can result from alcohol-exposed pregnancies; the reason that Ireland remains the only country in the developed world that doesn’t recognise FASD and does not have a pathway to diagnosis or the provisions of support to persons living with FASD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42737/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of adults awaiting audiology appointments in counties Laois and Offaly; the length of time they have been waiting; the steps that are being taken by his Department to address the waiting lists for adult audiology services in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42930/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that front-line non-residential staff working in section 39 agencies are eligible for the pandemic bonus payment (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42990/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate if, in 2021 any acute hospital in CHO areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 reached the target set out in The Emergency Medicine Programme for Ireland namely, that 95% of patients should be either admitted or discharged within six hours of arriving at an emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43141/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to urgently assess the number of acute inpatient psychiatric beds required to ensure timely admission of patients presenting with acute psychiatric illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43142/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to increase the number of rehabilitative care beds, long-term nursing home beds and the financing of homecare packages to free-up acute hospital beds for admissions from the emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43143/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the expenses paid to Ministerial advisers in his Department in each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43155/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly who are on a waiting list for hip replacements; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43451/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly who are on a waiting list for knee replacements; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43452/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the funding allocated by his Department to providers of adult respite services in counties Laois and Offaly from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43614/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the measures that he is taking to address the difficulties that private patients are facing in accessing general practitioner services and registering with a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43829/22]
• 2022-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the actions that his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department are taking to increase recruitment of members of the LGBTQIA+ communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38411/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that an estimated 21% of persons with Parkinson’s disease reported having had access to a Parkinson’s disease nurse specialist since diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38142/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for speech and language therapy and occupational therapy in counties Laois and Offaly; the length of time that these children have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37156/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have engaged the services of two organisations (details supplied) at any point from 1 January 2020 to date; the costs associated with or incurred by the provision of services from these organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37285/22]
• 2022-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will immediately publish the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review, in order that its inclusion in the budgetary plan for 2023 will ensure that another year does not pass with families and persons left without any indication of when or the way that the urgent needs they are experiencing will be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36653/22]
• 2022-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an accessibility budget for disability supporting existing and new residential supports, day places and respite supports will be provided for in Budget 2023. [36654/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the level of funding that Irish Aid has provided to the 10th Africa Conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights being held in Sierra Leone from 27 June to 1 July 2022; if funding has been provided in previous years to the Africa Conference; if so, the amounts for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34182/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason that his Department has made €60,000 available to a team of researchers based at a non-European Union university to gather the views of abortion providers to inform the abortion law review given that it is apparent from recent publications by the lead researcher in academic journals in May 2022 including SSM - Qualitative Research in Health and SSM - Population Health that these researchers have already conducted interviews with abortion providers and the research is widely available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30460/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of failed medical abortions which required referral to hospitals for surgical abortion in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30461/22]
• 2022-06-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the allocations for counties Laois and Offaly contained in the HSE Capital Plan 2022; if he will address concerns that there is a major disparity in the funding allocated to County Offaly in comparison to other midlands counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28560/22]
• 2022-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will make available the correspondence that he received from the 52 senior National Maternity Hospital clinicians in February 2022. [25329/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1722 of 26 April 2022, if the legally binding instrument that emerges from the negotiating process will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas for debate; if a majority vote will be required before the instrument is transposed into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23406/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the special leave with pay payment that many health care workers are currently in receipt of is due to be terminated in June 2022; if he will consider extending this payment in order that health care workers do not have their normal sick pay days eroded, particularly given that many of them are still coping with the symptoms of long-Covid after having contracted Covid-19 in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20500/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently employed in his Department who have been seconded from other areas of the public sector; the number of his Department’s officials who are currently working on secondment in other areas of the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19611/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed by his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department with a rate of pay below the living wage of €12.30; the role that those persons occupy within his Department or relevant body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19631/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if there are circumstances in which hospital parking fees for oncology patients can be waived or remitted; if there are plans to reduce the financial burden placed on oncology patients and their families by such parking fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19654/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 408 of 7 April 2022, when the Secretary General of his Department drew his attention to the circumstances in which the Chief Medical Officer would be seconded to Trinity College; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20029/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he has conducted an analysis of the potential impact of long-Covid diagnoses among healthcare staff on the operation and functioning of the health service; if he will make such an analysis available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20552/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question No. 230 of 9 March 2022, the details of the positions held by his departmental officials who are working with Ireland's permanent representation to the United Nations in Geneva, who are engaging with the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body; the number of engagements that have taken place to date including through webinar, conferencing or in person meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20750/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns regarding the provision of intellectual disability placements for older persons with high-care needs and the choice to live in a care nurse-led social care model facility for the last phase of their lives (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21033/22]
• 2022-04-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the engagements that he, his Department and the Office of the Chief Medical Officer had with Trinity College Dublin prior to and regarding the appointment of a person (details supplied) at their new post at the college; the costs that have been and will be incurred on an ongoing basis such as, the cost of their salary being covered by his Department following their appointment to the new role at the college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19055/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 29 March 2022, if he will publish the review the HSE conducted of the Revised Model of Care for Termination of Pregnancy at the request of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18060/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when the three-year review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18191/22]
• 2022-03-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 696 of 1 March 2022, if he will provide details on the membership of the Clinical Advisory Forum established under the auspices of the National Women and Infants Health Programme in 2020; the number of times it has met; the names of the representatives from primary, community and hospital-based providers who attended these meetings; the organisation or provider they represented while doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17007/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has carried out any risk assessment research into the operation of telemedicine abortion in Ireland, particularly in relation to the potential health dangers and related issues of possible coercion in advance of the impending decision on whether to adopt a blended approach or revert to full in-person consultations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16039/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the costs associated with such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16377/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the cost incurred by his Department for the supply of Covid-19 related face masks and face coverings since March 2019 to date; the name of the supplier involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13894/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the cost incurred by his Department for the supply of Covid-19 related hand sanitiser since March 2019 to date; the name of the supplier involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13912/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he or officials from his Department have engaged in any form of communication with the World Economic Forum or representatives of the World Economic Forum including by phone call, webinar, email or any event organised by the World Economic Forum from 1 January 2019 to date; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14162/22]
• 2022-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of external consultant's reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the cost of same; the company involved; the title and publication date of the report in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13564/22]
• 2022-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the response of his Department to the Ukrainian war crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13725/22]
• 2022-03-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the independent non-governmental organisations, including organisations with charitable status, non-profit organisations, religious bodies including churches, social enterprises, clubs, societies that his Department has supported with financial assistance from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13242/22]
• 2022-03-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 696 of 1 March 2022, if he will provide details on stakeholders and persons consulted as part of the HSE review of the Model of Care; the name of the START survey referred to in the reply (details supplied); if he will direct the HSE to make a copy of the survey available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13344/22]
• 2022-03-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his attention or that of his Department has been drawn to the World Health Assembly adopted decision of 1 December 2021 titled, The World Together: Establishment of an intergovernmental negotiating body to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response; if his attention or that of his Department has further been drawn to the fact that the Second Special Session of the World Health Assembly adopted a decision to establish an Intergovernmental negotiating body under Rule 41 of its Rules and Procedures and that under paragraph 1(1) the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body will draft and negotiate a WHO convention agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention and response with a view to adoption under Article 19 or under other provisions of the WHO constitution as may be deemed appropriate; his views on this adopted decision of 1 December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13450/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the measures that are currently in place to verify an accurate gestational age of a woman seeking an abortion under current temporary telemedicine provisions to ensure she is within the gestational limit set out in the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11178/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the way he plans to address the risks posed to privacy and informed consent by the provision of abortion by telemedicine; the way he has been assured that a doctor can verify that a woman is not being coerced into having an abortion in these situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11179/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10579/22]
• 2022-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will expand the current audit of the child and adolescent mental health services with respect to inappropriate prescribing to include public adult mental health services in order to assess its practices and look to examine the areas in which improvements can be made; if he will provide an opportunity for adult individuals who have availed of the services to contribute to this audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10229/22]
• 2022-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if financial support is provided for the purchase of medication for hyperemesis gravidarum; if assistance is provided through the medical card scheme or the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8934/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of incident types recorded on the Garda PULSE system under the Mental Health Act 2001 detained under category in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7709/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 26 January 2022, if he notified the external stakeholder that the information that was made public stating records had been lost was inaccurate; if not, if he plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5876/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of contracts his Department is currently a party to involving a company (details supplied); the combined costs of such contracts; if not available, the estimated combined costs of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5877/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns on the impact of Covid-19-related restrictions on the well-being of older persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6478/22]
• 2022-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his views that anyone appointed to the research strand of the review of the Health Regulation (Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 should not have demonstrated or campaigned on either side of the Eighth Amendment campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5639/22]
• 2022-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2191 of 27 July 2021, the names of the civil society organisations brought together by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5368/22]
• 2022-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs of 25 March 2015 has not been signed; the necessary legislative or administrative measures required to implement the Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4426/22]
• 2022-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the World Health Organization Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products of 12 November 2012 has not been signed; the necessary legislative or administrative measures required to implement the protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4427/22]
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the remit of his Department for the period 1 January 2021 to date; if so, if he will provide details of the policies; the costs incurred for each individual poll; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4046/22]
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he or officials from his Department met with an organisation (details supplied) or any of its representatives during the period 1 January 2021 to date; if so, the purposes of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4079/22]
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of times that he or his Department officials have engaged with a group (details supplied) from 1 January 2020 to date; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4080/22]
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he or officials from his Department met with an organisation (details supplied) or any of its representatives during the period 1 January 2021 to date; the purposes of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4056/22]
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will make available a copy of each the four detailed notes (details supplied) that he committed to provide to members of the Oireachtas Health Committee during its meeting on 8 December 2021 given the wider public interest in the scope and implementation of the three year review. [4057/22]
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will request from NPHET the status of its deliberations on and ethical analysis of mandatory vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4081/22]
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the expert advisors invited to attend NPHET meetings as provided for in the NPHET terms of reference; if these expert advisors were paid a fee; if so, the individual and total amounts incurred from February 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4084/22]
• 2022-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the efforts his Department has taken to recover the contract between his Department, a private company (details supplied) and the HSE; if no such steps have been taken, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3683/22]
• 2022-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate and consistent with the proclaimed neutrality of the MyOptions service for a counsellor to advise a woman uncertain of whether they want an abortion to make the appointment in view of the recent research into the HSE MyOptions phoneline presented by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3849/22]
• 2021-12-15
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021 · 2 divisions

  A bill to provide for pain relief for the foetus in certain cases of termination of pregnancy; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 107–36
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 103–37
• 2021-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if there are plans for the inclusion of obesity in the HSE Integrated Care Programme for the Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease; if supports will be made available to assist those with a diagnosis of obesity to reduce the financial cost of medications associated with the management of obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61628/21]
• 2021-12-08
  VOTE
  Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 87–48
• 2021-12-08
  VOTE
  Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021

  A bill to provide for the continuation in operation for a further period, which may be extended in certain circumstances, of certain provisions of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020, the Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020, the Health (Amendment) Act 2020 and the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021, in the public interest and having regard to the continuing manifest and grave risk to human life and public health posed by the spread of the disease known as Covid-19 (and variants of the virus that causes that disease) in order to mitigate, where practicable, the effects of the spread of that disease; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted to block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 87–44
• 2021-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 163 and 203 of 1 December 2021, the international guidance, practice and evidence for the use of face coverings in children, and the potential benefits and harms from such recommendations, that were considered as part of the NPHET deliberations on this matter. [60518/21]
• 2021-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when his attention was drawn by NPHET to the fact that it was proposing to make mask-wearing for children in schools and other settings a recommendation; his response to this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59401/21]
• 2021-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will make available the advice provided to government from NPHET justifying its Covid-19 related proposal to have primary school age children wear a mask; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59400/21]
• 2021-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is continuing to charge costs significantly in excess of private nursing home care to elderly patients in public and HSE run nursing home facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58333/21]
• 2021-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will increase the number of neurology nurse specialists at St. James’s Hospital Dublin 8; the number of such nurses currently available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58400/21]
• 2021-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of National Paediatric Hospital Development Board members who have left their positions on the board since it was first appointed in 2013; the positions that such persons held prior to their leaving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58596/21]
• 2021-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the costs incurred to date by the HSE social media advertising campaigns in order to promote public health guidelines, advice and vaccine uptake; the payments made to organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58702/21]
• 2021-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of COVID-19 Recovery Certificate requests that have been made from the time the application process for same began; the number that have been issued and rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57891/21]
• 2021-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if personnel in his Department have been removed from their positions, have been transferred to another role or had their employment terminated from 2011 to date due to breaches of Departmental standards or professional misconduct or incompetence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57901/21]
• 2021-11-24
  VOTE
  Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021

  A bill to amend the Education Act 1998 and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 82–46
• 2021-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 562 of 16 November 2021, if the three-year review must be initiated or completed by January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57255/21]
• 2021-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will he consider making a statement and taking questions in Dáil Eireann on the contract issued by his Department to a company (details supplied) given the clear concerns that have arisen around the miscategorisation of statements made by Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas with respect to Covid-19, vaccines and Government policy in this area more generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57408/21]
• 2021-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 492 of 12 October 2021, the amount paid by his Department to a laboratory (details supplied) in view of reports that excluding VAT it was paid €87,750 for its work with his Department and not €78,000 excluding VAT as previously indicated; if the laboratory was engaged in work on a trial basis by his Department in December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55539/21]
• 2021-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a laboratory (details supplied) was engaged by his Department on a trial basis at any time during the period from 1 January 2017 to 1 November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55540/21]
• 2021-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to fulfilling the three year review of abortion legislation by 1 January 2022 as set out under section 7 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the length of time he plans to leave open the period of public consultation during this process; his views on whether this period will be sufficient time to receive and reflect upon submissions adequately before the full report is submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55745/21]
• 2021-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the dialogue that has been conducted between his Department and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with respect to the regulation of surrogacy in this State; the detail of the proposed committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas that will be established to examine this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54896/21]
• 2021-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will request the State Claims Agency to provide details on the 94 incidents reported to same via the National Incident Management System between 1 January 2019 to 26 October 2021 which relate to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54897/21]
• 2021-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an updated report will be issued following on from the Clinical Incidents and Claims Report In Maternity and Gynaecology Services: A Five Year Review, 2010-2014, issued in October 2015 by the State Claims Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55005/21]
• 2021-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns relating to the validity of the Covid recovery certificate (details supplied); the options available to a person who has the recovery certificate rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54934/21]
• 2021-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 897 of 2 November 2021, the breakdown of the 94 incidents reported to the State Claims Agency via the National Incident Management System related to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 by severity rating categorisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55003/21]
• 2021-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an updated report will be issued following on from the Clinical Incidents and Claims Report In Maternity and Gynaecology Services: A Five Year Review, 2010-2014, issued in October 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55004/21]
• 2021-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide explicit assurances that no plans are in place to downgrade services currently in operation at Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, including a downgrading of the emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54312/21]
• 2021-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the obligatory notification reports that must be made to Tusla by doctors, community sexual health and family planning services with respect to children under 15 years of age who have engaged in sexual activity, includes data on whether or not a termination of pregnancy was sought; the number of such notification reports made by these service providers to Tusla for the period 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53771/21]
• 2021-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of requests for information and support that have been made to the My Options freephone line or webchat option that required an interpretation service, including Irish Sign Language for the period 1 January 2019 to date by language in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53769/21]
• 2021-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the measures being taken by the National Women and Infants Health Programme, working with his Department in developing mechanisms and data collection methods regarding post abortion care for quality assurance purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53770/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of adverse events reported to and-or dealt with by the State Claims Agency since 1 January 2019 related to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52362/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that a person (details supplied) who has been medically assessed and certified as unsuitable to receive a Covid-19 vaccine is being denied access to a written exemption, thus preventing them from accessing various services and facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52466/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when respite services will resume at a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52475/21]
• 2021-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to address the inappropriate placement of young persons with disabilities in nursing homes; the number of such young persons currently placed in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51864/21]
• 2021-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the number of therapeutic staff currently in place to deliver the Children’s Disability Network Team Network model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51865/21]
• 2021-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the way the figure of some 7,000 new posts to be created across the health service announced in budget 2022 was arrived at; the locations and areas in which these posts will be created; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51866/21]
• 2021-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address the significant public concerns that the 13,243 abortions that have taken place under the provisions of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 stands in contrast to the numerous commitments provided to the persons that the rate of abortions, post-enactment of this legislation would be rare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51870/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) is still in receipt of funding from either the HSE or his Department; if it has had its funding suspended as was reported in July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50448/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he or any official from his Department has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details supplied) from 1 January 2017 to date; if his Department has engaged the services of the company for any purposes from 1 January 2017 to date; if so, the nature of such services and the costs incurred; if a tender process was conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49211/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has held meetings or conducted correspondence with a company (details supplied) from 1 January 2017 to date; if the HSE has engaged the services of the company for any purposes from 1 January 2017 to date; if so, the nature of such services and the costs incurred; if a tender process was conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49212/21]
• 2021-10-06
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021 · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 78–55
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 59–73
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1364 of 24 March 2021, the names of the individuals and groups from whom he received representations in relation to lobbying for the introduction of the remote provision of abortion services telemedicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48328/21]
• 2021-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine booster programme for vulnerable persons; the way in which appointments will be issued; the basis upon which vulnerable patients are being decided; the criteria being used to determine the higher risk category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47261/21]
• 2021-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if cardiac patients will be contacted in the early stages of the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine booster programme for vulnerable persons; if heart failure patients will be considered as vulnerable patients given their high-risk category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47262/21]
• 2021-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the timelines for the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine booster programme for all vulnerable persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47263/21]
• 2021-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with the National Ambulance Service to determine the significant delays in ambulance response time in counties Laois and Offaly; if he will establish the standard response time from call-out to arrival on the scene in those counties in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46971/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide €5 million in annual funding to deliver the carer’s guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46289/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide €5 million to publish a refreshed National Carers’ Strategy Action Plan 2021-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46292/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce the statutory home care scheme including an annual entitlement to 20 days respite and a carer needs assessment for full-time carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46293/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will work to establish a commission on care to include an examination on the role, reliance and recognition of family carers in long-term care provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46294/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ring-fence funding for the eye clinic liaison officer programme until 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46479/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the point of care for appropriate conditions such as wet AMD, out of acute hospitals into primary care settings in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46480/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will support the recruitment of 50 additional ophthalmologists at a cost of €10.3 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46481/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to the standardisation of the technical aids grant scheme run by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46482/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to produce CHO segregated annual figures related to adults and children with a diagnosis of vision impairment and in relation to their engagement with health and or disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46483/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with HSE offices to offer the blind welfare allowance payment electronically to recipients going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46495/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to expand the eye clinic liaison officer service countrywide with seven posts in total at an estimated cost of €490,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46496/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason dentists in Birr and Ferbane, County Offaly are refusing to take on persons in receipt of medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44627/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to general practitioners for the provision of termination of pregnancy services in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44968/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of initial consultations for the termination of pregnancy services that were provided by general practitioners, family planning clinics and women’s health clinics in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44969/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the work of the Women's Health Taskforce; the members of the taskforce; the number of times it has met since it was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44981/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he has deleted text messages or email correspondence related to Government or official communications at any point since January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45039/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he and the Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People will address concerns raised with their respective offices by care champions pertaining specifically to safeguarding concerns within the nursing home sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45098/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has utilised the services of organisations (details supplied) at any time from 1 January 2015 to date; if so, the expenditure costs related to same; the purpose of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43241/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the companies or organisations that provide prenatal diagnostic testing to women accessing abortion in Ireland; if Irish general practitioners or hospitals use prenatal diagnostic screening tests by a group (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it has recently become a matter of public record that the group is allegedly using these test results from other jurisdictions to collect the genetic data of women and their unborn children and maintaining this on a genetic database of the Government of China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41856/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to promote or facilitate remote working for staff in his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the costs this has generated in terms of the provision of laptops, desktop computers or contributions to wi-fi costs or phone-related expenses; the number of staff who have applied for permission to work from home on a permanent or hybrid-model basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41955/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for a five-year hypertension awareness and behaviour change campaign led by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42451/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure full funding for the recommendations of the new stroke strategy and ensure its publication alongside a comprehensive implementation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42452/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide priority funding for research to establish the number of stroke survivors living in Ireland along with a full assessment of their service and support needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42453/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure access to diagnostic testing brain natriuretic peptide blood testing and echocardiography at primary care level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42454/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his views on the roll-out of heart failure community integration teams countrywide and on ensuring that their roles are standardised across all CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42455/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure that heart failure virtual clinics will be rolled out as a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42456/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve investment in the heart failure workforce; his views on the delivery of four heart failure clinical nurse specialists per 150,000 population starting with filling currently funded whole-time equivalents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42457/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his views on measures that will enable consultant cardiologist-led heart failure services for inpatients and outpatients in all areas as well as a dedicated cardiac physiologist as part of heart failure units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42458/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to long-term financing and resourcing for the maintenance and upkeep of an AED register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42459/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will expand cardiac rehabilitation services to be widely accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42460/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure adequate national capacity to deliver cardiac rehabilitation to all patients for whom it is recommended, ensuring staffing and resources are protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42461/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will remove inpatient charges for public hospital care at a cost of €30.6 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42462/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will reduce prescription charge for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42463/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will reduce the drugs payment scheme threshold to €100 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42464/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the due diligence his Department and the HSE took to ensure that any personal protective equipment procured by the State during the Covid-19 pandemic had not been made using slave or forced labour and was of a sufficient standard to ensure a proper protection level in view of a report in the UK (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42594/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his Department’s farm safety research project BESAFE - Behaviours for Safer Farming: The health and safety of farmers is a significant challenge for the social sustainability of Irish agriculture; the funding allocated for the purposes of conducting this research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42057/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of Ireland’s ratification with respect to the EU Convention for the protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33386/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has provided funding either directly or through the aegis of the HSE in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, to any research facilities and or organisations involved in embryonic stem cell research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33387/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if Irish citizens returning from green list countries must quarantine upon arrival in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34577/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if Irish citizens returning from green list countries via red list countries must quarantine upon arrival in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34578/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in establishing an inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; if he will take measures to rectify this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35783/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 448 of 1 July 2021, the details of the recruitment process and selection criteria through which the independent expert chosen to lead the review of the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 is being made; if the independent expert has been selected; if so, the name of this person; the remuneration being provided to the Independent expert; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36886/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 448 of 1 July 2021, the details of the stakeholder groups he has met as part of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; when and the locations in which such meetings were held; if they were sought by his Department or by the stakeholder groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36887/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 1 July 2021, the reason he completely ignored the substance of the question that was asked and provided an identical answer as that provided to Parliamentary Question No. 448 of 1 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36898/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department's 2021 output target to establish a nursing home expert panel and report with a view to developing a bill to enhance the regulation and oversight of nursing homes, including increased enforcement powers and the establishment of licensing framework for the professional home support providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38299/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the recently announced reforms to the nursing home support scheme include any distinction between land which is farmed versus land which is leased; if so, the different treatments that would apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38300/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if children of farmers that inherit land from a parent who has land and entitlements leased to a non-relative under the tax incentive scheme are to be afforded the same proposed three year capping at 7.5% as other inheritors whose parents did not lease out land under the recently announced reforms to the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38301/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns in relation to a child (details supplied) who has been waiting six years for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38302/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of initial consultations for termination of pregnancy services that were provided by general practitioners, family planning clinics and women’s health clinics in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38774/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to general practitioners for the provision of termination of pregnancy services in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38775/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to revert to the model of care that required physical attendance at a general practitioner practice before a person can obtain an abortion inducing medication once the Covid-19 related restrictions are lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39098/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in his Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30919/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30920/21]
• 2021-07-14
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 74–68
• 2021-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed on whole-time equivalent terms in each of his Department’s twelve divisions on 1 June 2020 and 1 June 2021, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30662/21]
• 2021-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any meetings or engagements he or officials from his Department have had with representatives of the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2020 to date; the purpose of each meeting and engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30663/21]
• 2021-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of his Department’s 2021 output target to establish a nursing home expert panel and report with a view to developing a Bill to enhance the regulation and oversight of nursing homes, including increased enforcement powers and the establishment of a licensing framework for the professional home support providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30664/21]
• 2021-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the recently announced reforms to the nursing home support scheme include a distinction between land which is farmed versus land which is leased; if so, the different treatments that would apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30665/21]
• 2021-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if children of farmers who inherit land from a parent who has land and entitlements leased to a non-relative under the tax incentive scheme are to be afforded the same proposed three-year capping at 7.5% as other inheritors whose parents did not lease out land under the recently announced reforms to the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30666/21]
• 2021-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department’s IT systems have been the subject of ransomware or any other variation of cyber-attack from 1 January 2020 to date; if so, the number of such incidences that have occurred; the response made by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29575/21]
• 2021-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if concerns will be addressed in relation to the removal of audiology services at Portlaoise Hospital which will cause considerable difficulties for existing service users; the measures he is taking to support the growth of audiology services and supports in counties Offaly and Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29745/21]
• 2021-07-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of unborn children known to have been adversely impacted through the prescription of sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28420/21]
• 2021-07-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the scheduled three-year review of the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 will be conducted independently of his Department and the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29105/21]
• 2021-07-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to abide by the commitment provided by a former Minister for Health with respect to the formulation of the terms of reference for the three-year review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 (details supplied); if he will facilitate the agreement of all Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas on the terms of reference for the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29106/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that substitute or replacement home help care is not being provided in some instances in cases in which the usually assigned home help and or carer takes holiday leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27141/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that persons with ill health and other limiting factors in counties Offaly and Laois are being requested to travel long distances outside their counties and place for residence for receipt of the Covid-19 vaccine despite local vaccine centres being available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26611/21]
• 2021-06-02
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Act 2021

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 90–50
• 2021-06-02
  VOTE
  Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 73–68
• 2021-06-02
  VOTE
  Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 77–51
• 2021-05-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount expended by his Department excluding expenditure incurred by the HSE, on advertising related to Covid-19 awareness campaigns from March 2020 to date in 2021; the print, online and broadcasting media organisations contracted to provide this service; the amount provided to each in the timeframe concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24770/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding from his Department; the amount of funding allocated to same in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24376/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of commitments provided by the HSE that it will revise and update the 2015 model of care for neonatology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24616/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of commitments provided by the HSE to develop a national strategy for the provision of neonatal resuscitation training nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24617/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the measures being taken to expand access to termination of pregnancy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24618/21]
• 2021-05-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the safe access to termination of pregnancy Bill which is listed in the Summer 2021 Legislative Programme as preparatory work underway; the reason this identical status was included in the Autumn 2020 and Spring 2021 Legislative Programmes; the nature of the preparatory work in view of the fact that the drafting of the Bill was approved in July 2018; if there is precedent for the drafting of a Bill by his Department to take up to three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23373/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns (details supplied) from representatives of the fitness industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23168/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE senior trainees that are undergoing international training in the dilation and evacuation procedure (details supplied); the location such training is being provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21888/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the generation of interspecies chimeric, hybrid embryos are subject to regulation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22099/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly currently on waiting lists for home help hours, homecare packages and respite by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22106/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if it is mandatory for student nurses and medical students on placements and all HSE healthcare staff including fully qualified nurses, doctors and consultants to receive a Covid-19 vaccine; the basis on which such a condition can be enforced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18700/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount expended by the HSE on advertising related to Covid-19 awareness campaigns from March 2020 to date in 2021; the print, online and broadcasting media organisations contracted to provide this service; the amount provided to each in the timeframe concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19360/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the payments issued to date to each of the 352 general practitioners providing termination of pregnancy services within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20058/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the attempts made to reflect the wide diversity of opinion in society on the definition of best practice and an evidence-based approach to pregnancy counselling and unplanned pregnancy when establishing the Clinical Advisory Forum; and the steps he will take to ensure that individuals offering all perspectives are invited to join the Clinical Advisory Forum and other bodies operated by the HSE in the area of unplanned pregnancy. [20234/21]
• 2021-03-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if it is a condition that charitable voluntary groups must first be in compliance with the company law requirement to file annual audited accounts before they receive funding from his Department or from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16143/21]
• 2021-03-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if patients admitted to hospital for non-Covid-19-related illnesses or treatment but who are later found to be Covid-19-positive while in hospital are being included in the numbers of patients admitted with Covid-19; his views on whether the failure to differentiate between both categories may lead to confusion regarding the number of persons who are said to have been hospitalised with Covid-19 especially if they are asymptomatic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16238/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns with respect to the education, training and retention of student radiographers (details supplied); if he will accede to a request for a meeting with student radiographer representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13988/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if third-party campaigning groups lobbied him or his Department to establish telemedicine abortions; if so, the organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14061/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total and individual amounts paid to third-party organisations to provide training and ongoing support for doctors and healthcare workers providing termination of pregnancy services; the relevant organisations in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14062/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if pharmaceutical companies and or agencies contracted to deliver Covid-19 vaccines have been indemnified with respect to penalties arising from non-delivery or late delivery of vaccine consignments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14536/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question No. 1021 of 3 March 2021, if the safe access to termination of pregnancy Bill outlined in the legislation programme spring session 2021 has been put on hold, deferred or abandoned as indicated in his reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14963/21]
• 2021-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when the legislation that will reform the nursing home support scheme or fair deal will be introduced; the reason for the ongoing delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12306/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will address concerns that transfer of a school (details supplied) is being delayed due to the inability of the community mental health services in Birr, County Offaly to acquire temporary premises while the transfer is in progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11680/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 788 and 789 of 17 February 2021, the status of the evaluation currently underway of the sugar-sweetened drinks tax; when details of the tax are due to be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11347/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 788 and 789 of 17 February 2021, when the obesity policy and action plan will be reviewed in 2021; the process for same; if his Department will be meeting stakeholders or undertaking a consultation process in relation to same; the timeline for the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11348/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if cases of Covid-19 of the so-called Brazilian variant have been detected or confirmed in meat plant workers since January 2021; if so, the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11351/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if visiting restrictions must remain in place for nursing home residents in cases in which all residents and staff have been fully vaccinated; if he has plans to amend this restriction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11358/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the meetings, correspondence and engagements he and his officials have had with a group (details supplied); if he will specifically address the concerns outlined by the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11411/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of HSE work to transfer the community mental health services in Birr, County Offaly; if the attention of the HSE has been drawn to the delays this is subsequently causing to the transfer of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11679/21]
• 2021-02-25
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Bill 2021 · 3 divisions

  Bill entitled an Act, to make exceptional provision, in the public interest and having regard to the manifest and grave risk to human life and public health posed by the spread of the disease known as Covid-19 and variants of that disease and in order to mitigate, where practicable, the effect of the spread of that disease; to amend the Health Act 1947 to make further and better provision for the enforcement of regulations under section 31A of that Act; to provide for the mandatory quarantine of persons coming into the State from certain areas from where there is known to be sustained human transmission of Covid-19 or any variant of concern, or from which there is a high risk of importation of infection or contamination with Covid-19 or any variant of concern by travel from that area; to provide for the designation of such areas by the Minister; to provide for the mandatory quarantine of persons coming into the State who fail to comply with certain requirements relating to testing for the disease; to provide for the designation of facilities for such quarantine; to provide for the conveying of persons to those facilities; to provide for the making of service agreements to facilitate such quarantine; to provide for alternatives to such quarantine for persons coming into the State where such persons indicate an intention to apply for international protection or where such persons are children who are not accompanied by an adult; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 58–86
  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 125–5
  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 131–11
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if there is specific data available on the contribution that attendance at religious services and public worship has made to the R number with respect to Covid-19; if so, if he will make that data available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9704/21]
• 2021-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE considers the Dutch Protocol to be best practice internationally with respect to gender dysphoria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9034/21]
• 2021-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if there are obstacles to the private purchase of Covid-19 vaccinations from either within or outside the EU by private Irish medical organisations or hospitals, private companies or philanthropic organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9271/21]
• 2021-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if it is possible for residents and or citizens of Ireland to travel to Northern Ireland for receipt of the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9272/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda interventions involving persons self-harming or harming others due to mental health issues; the resources that have been made available to ensure that members of An Garda Síochána are adequately trained to deal with these complex situations and that they have 24/7 access to the supports of appropriate specialist services when required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8114/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if arrangements and funding have been put in place for an adult insulin pump clinic to be provided at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8106/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of ventilators the HSE has in each hospital by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8107/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent general practitioners operating in County Offaly in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8108/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent general practitioners operating in County Laois in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8109/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the commitment to deliver a primary care centre in Birr, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8110/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a review has been carried out on the storage capacity of bulk medical liquid oxygen across all acute hospital sites; if there is sufficient oxygen storage capacity to meet the projected Covid-19 demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8111/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the legal costs incurred by the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board in challenging claims brought against it by contractors associated with the national children’s hospital from 2017 to date; the anticipated legal costs until 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8150/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the costs associated with implementing the recommendations contained within the new children's hospital independent review of the escalation in costs prepared by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8153/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason persons providing homecare services to the elderly, vulnerable and those with underlying conditions are not being prioritised for vaccination; if he will seek to amend this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8372/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the plans in place under the obesity policy implementation oversight group to progress action 1.8 of the obesity policy and action plan; if a timeline will be developed for progressing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8393/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the evidence aside from that on the impact of the sugar sweetened tax that has been or will be reviewed on the effectiveness on the implementation for fiscal measures on HFSS products to reduce their consumption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8394/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the next steps being taken by the physical activity group and obesity policy implementation oversight group following the November 2018 stakeholder forum on the built environment undertaken as part of action 2.1 of the obesity plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8395/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the scoping work that was underway with the Institute of Public Health and the WHO to develop and implement a nutrition policy and action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8396/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide assurances that a health centre (details supplied) is not being closed and that existing services are not being transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8665/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE gender identity development services have taken note of the Tavistock judgment in the United Kingdom particularly with respect to the finding that children under 16 years of age considering gender reassignment are unlikely to be sufficiently mature enough to provide informed consent to be prescribed puberty-blocking drugs and medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8880/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will establish the position of the HSE with respect to the reversibility of hormone suppressants and puberty-blocking medication for children under 16 years of age considering gender reassignment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8881/21]
• 2021-02-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated to the health service since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic for building additional hospital capacity in beds, ICU beds and staff recruitment; when the funds were allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7780/21]
• 2021-02-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the achievements in the ten months since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of additional hospital beds and staff that are actually operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7781/21]
• 2021-02-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of ICU beds that existed in public hospitals in February 2020; the number that currently exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7782/21]
• 2021-02-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the length of time healthcare staff are off work waiting for a Covid-19 test result on average; the proportion of current staff shortages which are due to issues such as this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7783/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on the waiting list for juvenile arthritis treatment in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin; the number of those in counties Laois and Offaly; the waiting times for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6484/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns expressed by general practitioners that they are not being adequately informed with respect to their participation in the vaccine roll-out plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6922/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the national cancer strategy specifically the strategies recommendation to develop a systematic, evidence-based mechanism to ascertain the potential benefits and the cost effectiveness of various initiatives including chemoprevention which will inform future cancer prevention programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6923/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if any applications have been made to the HSE to provide dental services in Birr, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6924/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the work of his Department with respect to the three year review of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6928/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the way in which the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines for persons with underlying conditions is being implemented; the underlying conditions being prioritised; the reason they are being prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7092/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns expressed by general practitioners that they are not being adequately informed with respect to their participation in the vaccine roll-out plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7094/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is using a polymerase chain reaction, PCR, test to test for Covid-19 rather than an antigen test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3990/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the payments being provided to general practitioners and pharmacists for the provision of individual vaccinations; the reason the payments are significantly higher than those provided to general practitioners and pharmacists in the United Kingdom who are delivering the same service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4037/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when the progress report on A Healthy Weight for Ireland, the Obesity Policy and Action Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4042/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the evaluation of A Healthy Weight for Ireland, the Obesity Policy and Action Plan that is being prepared by the Health Research Board Centre for diet and health research, University College Cork; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4043/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 909 of 13 January 2021, if he will provide further detail on the Childhood and Adolescent Obesity Prevention and Treatment Model being developed by the HSE; the aspects of prevention being looked at in this model; if the HSE is working with external stakeholders on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4044/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 909 of 13 January 2021, if he will provide further information on the Budget 2021 funded project to develop healthy communities by addressing health and well-being in areas of deprivation; the range of stakeholders being included; the way in which child obesity is being dealt with in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4045/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been undertaken by his Department on foot of the recommendations of the Report on Tackling Childhood Obesity published by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs in November 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1043/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently address concerns that the same insulation cladding that was found to have escalated the Grenfell fire in London is being used in the construction of the National Children's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1344/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when the legislation giving effect to the nursing home support schemes will be brought before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1345/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if concerns or obstacles have been identified by his Department with respect to the introduction of aspects of the proposed reforms to the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1346/21]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to a consultancy firm (details supplied) by his Department from 1 January 2019 to date in 2020; the reason for such contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43276/20]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his views on the agreement reached at the Workplace Relations Commission in 2018 on a process of pay restoration for section 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43278/20]
• 2020-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the overall number of consultancy posts currently vacant or unfilled at the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42298/20]
• 2020-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant or unfilled consultancy posts for each of the seven clinical sites within the Dublin Regional Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42299/20]
• 2020-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason medical card holders must pay for access to MRI scans; if he will address concerns that this disproportionately impacts persons on low incomes who may then avoid or be unable to seek urgently needed treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42377/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of cases in which a woman received a scan to confirm the gestation of pregnancy since the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41098/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if there is data available on the number of pre-born children diagnosed with cleft lip, cleft palate and clubfoot for the period 1 January 2019 to date; if so, if he will make such information available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41099/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to a consultancy firm (details supplied) by his Department from 1 January to date in 2020, including consultancy work on the deterioration of the mental health of the population since the introduction of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41101/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the Health Products Regulatory Authority operates a national adverse reaction reporting system for all medications which members of the public and healthcare professionals are encouraged to submit any suspected adverse reactions to; if the Authority has been notified of any such adverse reactions with respect to mifepristone and or misoprostol in the context of early medical termination of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41508/20]
• 2020-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the process for a woman to report a medical complication after an at-home abortion; if such reports are recorded by general practitioners, sexual health or family planning clinics; if he will seek such reports and make them available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39059/20]
• 2020-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) has made an application during the period from 1 January 2019 to date to become a registered provider of termination of pregnancy services; the status of such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39060/20]
• 2020-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a service (details supplied) has made an application during the period from 1 January 2019 to date to become a registered provider of termination of pregnancy services; the status of such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39061/20]
• 2020-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the use of direct foetal analgesia prior to late-term abortions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39062/20]
• 2020-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of women who attended a hospital in CHO 1 for haemorrhaging or complications after an early medical abortion from 1 January 2019 to date; the number admitted and not admitted, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39063/20]
• 2020-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of women who attended a hospital in CHO 2 for haemorrhaging or complications after an early medical abortion from 1 January 2019 to date; the number admitted and not admitted, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39064/20]
• 2020-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of women who attended a hospital in CHO 3 for haemorrhaging or complications after an early medical abortion from 1 January 2019 to date; the number admitted and not admitted, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39065/20]
• 2020-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of women who attended a hospital in CHO 4 for haemorrhaging or complications after an early medical abortion from 1 January 2019 to date; the number admitted and not admitted, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39066/20]
• 2020-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of women who attended a hospital in CHO 5 for haemorrhaging or complications after an early medical abortion from 1 January 2019 to date; the number admitted and not admitted, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39067/20]
• 2020-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of women who attended a hospital in CHO 6 for haemorrhaging or complications after an early medical abortion from 1 January 2019 to date; the number admitted and not admitted, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39068/20]
• 2020-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of women who attended a hospital in CHO 7 for haemorrhaging or complications after an early medical abortion from 1 January 2019 to date; the number admitted and not admitted, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39069/20]
• 2020-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of women who attended a hospital in CHO 8 for haemorrhaging or complications after an early medical abortion from 1 January 2019 to date; the number admitted and not admitted, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39070/20]
• 2020-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of women who attended a hospital in CHO 9 for haemorrhaging or complications after an early medical abortion from 1 January 2019 to date; the number admitted and not admitted, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39071/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the names of the manufacturing companies in China from which the Government and or the HSE has purchased Covid-19 related PPE products such as face masks; the amount paid to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37789/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted any investigations to ensure that the purchase of PPE equipment or material from China is not being produced by any Chinese company that uses state-imposed Uyghur Muslim labour in its factories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37790/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of contracts of €25,000 or more than have been awarded by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department that were found to be non-compliant with procurement guidelines from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37800/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of all applications made by his Department to the Oireachtas Business Committee to waive pre-legislative scrutiny of primary and secondary legislation sponsored or initiated by his Department from 1 January 2017 to date; the outcomes of such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37897/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of feticide procedures performed after 21 weeks and six days of gestation in tertiary referral centres from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38379/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised (details supplied) which suggests that unborn children who underwent late term abortions in Irish hospitals survived the procedure resulting in conflict between foetal medical specialists and neonatologists with respect to the provision of palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38367/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of foetuses and-or unborn children who have been known to survive attempted foeticide or late term abortion in Irish hospitals from 1 January 2019 to date (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38368/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if concerns regarding the failure to employ a specialist diabetic nurse for Mullingar Regional Hospital will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38558/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he has been notified by the HSE of any incidence of misdiagnosis involving prenatal screening and diagnostic tests for foetal abnormalities prior to a termination of pregnancy being administered during the period of 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38741/20]
• 2020-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that medical card holders in Birr, County Offaly are unable to access to dental treatment in the area; the interventions that can be put in place to address this service deficit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37455/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if it is permissible under existing regulations for a shop or premises to display a "no mask, no service" sign with respect to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36235/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if private chartered physiotherapy and foot health clinics can provide services during the current level 5 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36234/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 4 November 2020, if expenses relating to consultant fees, scans, treatment and future medical expenses can be covered or reimbursed to front-line workers during their recovery from an illness contracted while working on the front line caring for patients with Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36532/20]
• 2020-11-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of an independent external facilitator to engage in a consultative process in respect of the Midland Regional Hospital, Port Laoise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35892/20]
• 2020-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if there is provision for healthcare workers that have had to temporarily leave employment to reclaim medical expenses incurred as a result of contracting Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33973/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the 5 km travel limit for persons who live in rural areas in view of the unreasonable restrictions this will place on persons who reside in isolated or low-population density areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32933/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if additional funding has been assigned in budget 2021 to address the digital divide to ensure that persons with disabilities and other disadvantages are not left behind during the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32976/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if additional support will be provided for specialist training providers for persons with disabilities such as National Learning Network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32977/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a commitment will be given to fully implementing the report on the role of voluntary organisations in the provision of public disability services and to providing sufficient funding to address pay inequality among section-39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32979/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason there is only one dedicated nurse, focused on those aged 0 to 18 years that specialises in Down syndrome; if he will provide investment for a dedicated specialist nurse in each of the nine CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32980/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if personnel or section within his Department or the HSE have ever conducted an ethical review of the Groningen protocol which originated in the Netherlands and which permits the active euthanasia or physician assisted death of premature and severely ill newborns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32981/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of and position regarding the use of do not resuscitate orders within the health care system here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32982/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the specific evidentiary basis for the restrictions on public worship; if he will reconsider permitting physical attendance at religious services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33499/20]
• 2020-10-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he had discussions or engagements with palliative care consultants or medical professionals prior to the Dáil Éireann votes on the Dying with Dignity Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30513/20]
• 2020-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of his Department's efforts to progress reforms to the fair deal, nursing home support scheme specifically reforms that will provide for the inclusion of farm land leased to third parties, in line with other Government policy on inheritance under agricultural relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29623/20]
• 2020-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of the primary care centre in Birr, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29767/20]
• 2020-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to prioritise the full reopening of day care services for adults with an intellectual disability in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30051/20]
• 2020-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the progress made to replace the motorised transport grant and provide an alternative transport support scheme to assist with costs for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28991/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients whoreceived care post termination of pregnancy in maternity hospitals from January 2019 to date; the number of those who were for medical abortions provided by general practitioner or community, family planning or sexual health clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28741/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to include data on all adverse outcomes specific to medication used in the provision of termination of pregnancy services in the annual national healthcare quality reporting system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28742/20]
• 2020-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the three-day waiting period with respect to termination of pregnancy services remains in place; if there are no plans to amend or abolish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27743/20]
• 2020-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the scheduled review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the persons, Departments or organisations that will be involved in the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27624/20]
• 2020-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of commitments to introduce exclusion zones; if he has had further consultation with the Garda Commissioner on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27625/20]
• 2020-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the funding provided by his Department for the provision of adult and paediatric palliative care in each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27626/20]
• 2020-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will consider directing the National Advisory Committee on Bioethics to investigate the ethical implications of assisted suicide, assisted dying and physician-assisted suicide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27627/20]
• 2020-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of his engagements with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board from 1 January to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27628/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his policy position and that of the HSE regarding the development of primary care centres will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26486/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when the day care services in counties Laois and Offaly will reopen, in particular the day care centre in Mountmellick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26818/20]
• 2020-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when the vacant position for a paediatric diabetic nurse at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26182/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the maternity hospitals in which values clarification workshops have taken place from 2018 to date in 2020; the number of HSE staff that have participated in the workshops; if such participation is mandatory; the organisation which delivered same; the nature of the workshops in terms of content and structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24790/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if regulations or legal requirements are in place to prevent the establishment of rehabilitation centres close to schools, residential areas and public houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25112/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a service level agreement is in place between the HSE and a proposed development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25113/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the service level agreement between the HSE and a planned rehabilitation centre (details supplied) if such an agreement is in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25114/20]
• 2020-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget for Portlaoise Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24238/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department provides supports or services for families or individuals experiencing parental alienation syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23803/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to remove the restrictions that deny fathers and partners the right to be present with a woman at her antenatal scans and appointments and to be able to provide support throughout the entirety of the labour and beyond one hour after the birth of the baby for the duration of the hospital stay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23282/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE provides supports or services for parental alienation syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23802/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when legislation amending and updating the fair deal scheme will be brought to Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23804/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has been notified of significant adverse outcomes including hospitalisation in women who were prescribed mifepristone and misoprostol in 2019 and to date in 2020. [23807/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when the changes under budget 2020 to reduce the maximum expenditure of €124 on prescription drugs will be reduced to €114 in view of the fact that this reduction was to come into effect on 1 September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24062/20]
• 2020-09-10
  VOTE
  Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 15–125
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.793 of 7 July 2020, the number of first initial consultations for termination of pregnancy services that were provided by general practitioners, family planning clinics and women’s health clinics in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22277/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.793 of 7 July 2020, the number of termination of pregnancies provided by each general practitioner in a community setting, family planning clinics and women’s health clinics, respectively in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22278/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to increase the number of base adult critical care beds within the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22561/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason there was an increase of just 19 adult critical care beds within the public health system from March 2020 to 20 August 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22562/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the critical care capacity within the public health system is sufficient to admit up to 15% of hospitalised cases to critical care as recommended by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) guidance 25/3/2020; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the same EDC guidance has identified Ireland as being at an extremely high risk of saturation of its baseline intensive care unit capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22563/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns on the delay in reopening day-care services for persons with intellectual and other disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18398/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the Chief Medical Officer or the Office of the Chief Medical Officer were consulted prior to the decision in March 2020 to revise the model of care for the termination of pregnancies; if the Chief Medical Officer or the Office of the Chief Medical Officer have been consulted in relation to the same revised model of care since March; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19101/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if measures that encourage adoption as an alternative to abortion are being supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19102/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to the midlands crisis pregnancy counselling service from 2018 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19104/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided specifically for post-abortion counselling services on an annual basis from 2013 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19105/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if progress is being made on introducing a laboratory information system and national individual health identifier within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19110/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of medical scientists employed in public hospital laboratories by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19111/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if progress is being made on the appointment of an independent facilitator for the Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19112/20]
• 2020-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the revised model of care for the termination of pregnancy which currently permits the use of telemedicine will be maintained beyond the period of the Covid-19 emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16731/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address the inequality that is being created by denying patients diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma in the public system to access refunds for adjuvant immunotherapy, nivolumab and pembrolizumab, and targeted therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14711/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of terminations of pregnancies that were carried out in each hospital providing the service from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15425/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department from 2018 to date; the costs associated with such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14057/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the expenditure his Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14074/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to general practitioners for the provision of termination of pregnancy services in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14240/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the measures and supports in place to reduce the number of abortions from the recorded 6,666 abortions that took place in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14241/20]
• 2020-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the membership and terms of reference of the clinical advisory forum that was established to provide guidance on termination of pregnancy services; the number of times the forum has met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11812/20]
• 2020-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the payments issued to date to the 352 general practitioners providing termination of pregnancy services within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11814/20]
• 2020-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11827/20]
• 2020-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that non-Covid-19 patients are being adversely impacted by the HSE contract with the private hospital sector; if a matter will be investigated regarding the case of a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9721/20]
• 2020-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the basis for the 2018 estimate that three women per day use abortion pills which have been illegally imported; the information sources which were used to reach this estimate; the estimates compiled by his Department for the number of women using such pills in each of the years 2010 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7641/20]
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the engagements he has had with the voluntary disability organisations as part of the response to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7034/20]
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address the shortage of PPE in private and public nursing homes in counties Offaly and Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7035/20]
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the engagements he has had with an organisation (details supplied) with respect to the Covid-19 crisis from February 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7036/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to clear the waiting list for ophthalmic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4528/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with cataracts waiting for treatment in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4529/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if more timely access will be ensured for persons awaiting outpatient ophthalmic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4530/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a target for eye care patients based on the urgency of the condition will be introduced alongside referral to treatment targets to prevent avoidable blindness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4531/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department will work with an organisation (details supplied) to ensure the eye clinic liaison officers are in the right place at the right time across major eye clinics by helping patients maintain independence and well-being whilst reducing the burden on ophthalmologists and clinic based staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4532/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will consider setting up a central agency to be mandated with the responsibility of ensuring coordinated delivery of the technical aids grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4534/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to the HSE to adequately resource the technical aids grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4535/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to the technical aids grant in order that it can be extended to smartphones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4536/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if high spec sunglasses, filters and specialist spectacle lenses will be included for those with vision impairment within the definition of HSE aids and appliances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4537/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will consider providing a second back-up pair of high spec lenses and sunglasses for each pair received in order to mitigate against the high risk of accidental damage and reduce the cost of reassessment for the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4538/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department will enable those with an ophthalmic diagnosis to change their low vision aid if their eye specialist or optometrist has identified that their sight has deteriorated further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4539/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if each HSE region will adopt standardised criteria for approving low-tech magnification aids as an entitlement under the General Medical Services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4540/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a new transport support payment scheme will be set up to provide transport to health-related appointments; if so, if it will be made available to those who need transport to and from work in cases where they are unable to drive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4541/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) will be involved in the consultation process when proposals are put forward in relation to the development of a new transport support payment scheme in order to ensure that the needs of blind and vision impaired persons are fully considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4542/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if one cane per year will be funded for each blind or vision impaired person who needs to use one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4543/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will be supported in extending the personal assistant service to include persons who are blind and vision impaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4544/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if personal assistant services for blind and vision impaired persons will be funded regardless of their area of residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4545/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the funding allocation to an organisation (details supplied) will be restored by at least 16%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4546/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will involve an organisation (details supplied) in the consultation process when proposals are put forward regarding the development of a new transport support payment scheme in order to ensure that the needs of persons who are blind and vision impaired are fully considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4547/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the financial resources will be provided to introduce a subsidised taxi transport scheme for persons with sight loss; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4553/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if one single national budget will be considered for an organisation (details supplied) to facilitate equal access to services nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4562/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will consider lowering the 100% taper rate of the blind welfare allowance in view of the fact it is regarded as too steep and creates an income plateau for some persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4567/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department will digitalise its records in order that it can easily retrieve statistics on the number of blind and vision impaired persons who have received its supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4571/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the new transport support payment scheme will not only provide transport to health-related appointments but will also be available to those who need transport to and from work in cases where they are unable to drive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4575/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department will resource local authorities in order that they can subsequently ensure that the accessibility needs of persons who are blind and vision impaired can be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4587/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that each local authority puts an access officer in place in line with the Disability Act 2005; if the necessary resources and training will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4589/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department will ring-fence adequate funding to facilitate a project (details supplied) and its associated costs in continuing to better support the evolving access needs of students with print disability in further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4592/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department will seek to officially recognise and support an organisation (details supplied) as a complementary service provider to support and strengthen the structures to become more individualised, equipped and responsive to the needs of children with impaired vision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4593/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board since it made its decision to pursue legal action against a company (details supplied); his views on the action being taken by the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5251/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Immunisation Advisory Committee has no representative from a society (details supplied); the length of time the position has been vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5252/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the work being carried out with respect to revising the model of care applied to terminations of pregnancy; the person or body he has assigned to revise the model of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5254/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 13 November 2019, if an independent external facilitator to engage in a consultative process in respect of Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise has been appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5330/20]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an increase in funding of €1.5 million annually will be granted to an organisation (details supplied) from the HSE to enable it to be sustainable in view of the fact there are reported shortfalls concerning the current funding model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51393/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an investment of €5 million to open a regional neuro-rehabilitation centre to provide rehabilitation beds outside of Dublin will be granted to an organisation (details supplied). [51394/19]
• 2019-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the action he will take to ensure that the air ambulance service does not close for a period of 16 days or for a period of time in view of the crucial role it plays in saving lives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48649/19]
• 2019-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if review of discretionary medical cards will be ceased; if terminally ill patients will be permitted to have automatic entitlement to a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48650/19]
• 2019-11-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an independent external facilitator to engage in a consultative process in respect of Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, has been appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46765/19]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when the legislation regarding the fair deal scheme, which has been approved at Cabinet level, will progress further; the timeframe for the next steps in the legislative process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42017/19]
• 2019-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to obtain funding for a transport support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40050/19]
• 2019-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will expand newborn screening tests to detect conditions such as MLD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40031/19]
• 2019-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with stakeholders regarding the expansion of newborn screening tests since his appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40032/19]
• 2019-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if funding of €80,000 has been cut from the budget of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40033/19]
• 2019-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that adequate funding is allocated to a named organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40034/19]
• 2019-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that funding of at least €40 million is allocated to the disability sector in order for it to maintain existing services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40042/19]
• 2019-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure 300 extra therapy staff are recruited in order to improve disability services for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40043/19]
• 2019-09-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a stakeholder forum will be convened on the crisis affecting the provision of rural general practitioner services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38952/19]
• 2019-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the weighting percentages to be used as part of the upcoming HSE FreeStyle Libre review decision making process that will be given to criteria (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38950/19]
• 2019-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the reimbursement dataset will specifically cover only current HSE funded users of FreeStyle Libre device; if not, if the Health Technology Assessment Group review will compare total blood glucose strip usage spend year on year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38951/19]
• 2019-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will allocate annual funding of €3.2 million in budget 2020 to an organisation (details supplied) to assist it in the delivery of vital core services to carers nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38471/19]
• 2019-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will replace the mobility and transport grant which was withdrawn in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38472/19]
• 2019-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the general practitioner visit card to carers in receipt of the carer's support grant in Budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38473/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the retention of an MRI scanner at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, referred to in the capital plan; and the number of staff required to operate the service. [37150/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of staff recruited to date to operate an MRI scanner at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [37151/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to difficulties regarding the lack of key staff to operate an MRI scanner at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37152/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the implementation of a peer-led support programme to assist students experiencing mental health issues in third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32158/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if €18 million in funding will be allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in budget 2020 towards community supports and home care for persons with dementia. [32099/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the national cancer strategy in its entirety. [32100/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to remove inpatient charges for cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32101/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the drugs payment scheme threshold for families in which a member of the family has been diagnosed with cancer and for single persons with a cancer diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32102/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to remove the prescription charge for persons with a cancer diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32103/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to introducing the reduced car parking charges for cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32104/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the national cancer strategy key performance indicators which have been met to date; the other indicators being prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32105/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to completely centralise cancer surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32106/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that general practitioners treating cancer patients have direct access to diagnostics and are enabled to make e-referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32107/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement a skin cancer prevention action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32108/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount to be allocated to counties Laois and Offaly in respect of services for persons with lymphoedema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32109/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to make funding available to an organisation (details supplied) in County Laois which assists patients with lymphoedema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32110/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if €18 million in funding will be allocated to a society (details supplied) in budget 2020 towards supports and community care for patients with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32147/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take with the HSE and if he will request it to suspend its plans to abolish the rehabilitative training allowance for disabled school leavers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33125/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if home help hours and home care packages will be increased in counties Laois and Offaly for the elderly and persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33126/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if speech and language services and occupational therapy services will be increased for children with disabilities who are waiting long periods of time to access the services in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33127/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the health (transport support) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33165/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly on waiting lists for home help hours, homecare packages and respite by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29475/19]
• 2019-07-04
  VOTE
  Mental Health Services Reports · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 38–81
  • ✓ voted for Amendment again put: motion passed · 78–41
• 2019-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when two new treatments for colon cancer (details supplied) will be made available in hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28364/19]
• 2019-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason new treatments for colon cancer have not been made available to patients in view of the fact that some oncologists working in hospitals here have been trained to deliver the new treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28367/19]
• 2019-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly on waiting lists for home help hours, homecare packages and respite care by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28366/19]
• 2019-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delays in respect of the drafting of legislation to update the Mental Health Act 2001. [26531/19]
• 2019-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when draft legislation to update the Mental Health Act 2001 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26532/19]
• 2019-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when he expects to bring legislative changes in respect of the fair deal scheme before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26533/19]
• 2019-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an appointment for urgent surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [26536/19]
• 2019-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to allocate funding of €23.7 million to the building of a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26537/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who had a recent surgical appointment deferred at a hospital, will receive an appointment; and if the appointment will be expedited. [18697/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to assist women injured by vaginal mesh implants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18720/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to women injured by vaginal mesh implants in order to enable them to travel to the UK to have mesh removed by consultants with extensive experience in the UK. [18721/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with women injured by vaginal mesh here. [18722/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason women suffering from vaginal mesh complications have recently been informed by a hospital (details supplied) that they must wait in excess of 52 weeks for gynaecology services at the hospital. [18723/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints made in respect of the pathways programme which has the role of assisting women injured by mesh. [18724/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason there is unclear, disjointed and delayed communication between the personnel operating the pathways programme and women affected by mesh complications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18725/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a review of the pathways programme, in respect of its role in assisting women injured by vaginal mesh implants here, is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18726/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Mesh Advisory Group has refused to meet with women injured by mesh. [18727/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the National Mesh Advisory Group meets women injured by mesh as soon as possible in the interest of their health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18728/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of funding and support being offered to the Midland Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18865/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if discretionary medical cards can be assessed on the basis of need rather than income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18869/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the way in which the criteria for long-term illnesses was decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18870/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the long-term illnesses list will be reviewed or amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18871/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason persons with fibromyalgia can no longer access protocol 6 on the online Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18872/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if drainage work on land that is sanctioned by local authorities on health and safety grounds to prevent flooding to houses and roads in the location affects farmers' basic payments. [18701/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of disability managers allocated to counties Laois and Offaly. [16511/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of disability manager posts filled in counties Laois and Offaly. [16512/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of posts allocated to early intervention and school aged 0 to 18 teams in counties Laois and Offaly. [16513/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of posts filled with regard to to early intervention and school aged 0 to 18 teams in counties Laois and Offaly. [16514/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the specific posts relating to early intervention and school aged 0 to 18 teams in counties Laois and Offaly that still need to be filled. [16515/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent posts in respect of early intervention and school aged 0 to 18 teams in counties Laois and Offaly. [16516/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of temporary posts in respect of early intervention and school aged 0 to 18 teams in counties Laois and Offaly. [16517/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of agency staff recruited to fill posts in respect of early intervention and school aged 0 to 18 teams in counties Laois and Offaly. [16518/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of additional therapy staff allocated in counties Laois and Offaly in the context of rolling out the 0 to 18s programme. [16519/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of psychology posts allocated in counties Laois and Offaly in the context of early intervention and the 0 to 18s programme. [16520/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of psychology posts vacant in counties Laois and Offaly in the context of early intervention and 0 to 18s programmes. [16521/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of agency psychologists filling posts in counties Laois and Offaly in respect of the early intervention and 0 to 18s programmes. [16522/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of private psychologists filling posts in respect of the early intervention and 0 to 18s programme in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16523/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated by the HSE to trainee clinical psychologists posts since 2016. [16524/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the positions both allocated and filled in counties Laois and Offaly in the context of early intervention and school aged 0 to 18s teams in respect of speech and language therapy, social work, physiotherapy and occupational therapy, in tabular form. [16525/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the additional amount of funding allocated to provide personal assistants for persons with disabilities in each budget since 2016. [16526/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a new scheme will replace the motorised transport grant which was previously cut; and if so, when the new scheme will be implemented. [16530/19]
• 2019-04-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when the legislative changes to the fair deal scheme, to cap the time charge on farm and small business assets, will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15536/19]
• 2019-04-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason for the ongoing delays regarding the legislative changes pertaining to the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15537/19]
• 2019-04-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when the review of the system for setting nursing home prices, under the nursing home scheme, will be published. [15538/19]
• 2019-04-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the healthcare assistant role will be removed from the ineligible categories of employment on the employment permits list on a controlled basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15541/19]
• 2019-04-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the new and revised general practitioner contract will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15543/19]
• 2019-04-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when the compassionate access programme will be in place. [15616/19]
• 2019-04-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if there will be changes to the licensing system to allow ill persons, under the guidance of general practitioners, to receive CBD. [15617/19]
• 2019-04-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the new and revised general practitioner contract will recognise and resource general practitioners to meet the regulatory requirements, obligations and the duties of them to meet the general practitioner care needs of nursing home residents. [15542/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that Spinraza is made available to persons with spinal muscular atrophy here. [11048/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to date in relation to ongoing requests by persons with spinal muscular atrophy and their families to have Spinraza made available. [11049/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to assist persons with spinal muscular atrophy. [11050/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of agency nurses employed at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [11051/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of agency nurses employed at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore from 1 January to 31 December 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11052/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Ambulance Service has embarked on a process of converting ambulances with excessive mileage that have been withdrawn from front-line service to emergency equipment carriers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11053/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the cost involved in converting ambulances with excessive mileage to emergency equipment carriers. [11054/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the possibility of purchasing modern vehicles for use as equipment carriers was explored; and the cost of this particular option. [11060/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the decision to use ambulances with excessive mileage as equipment carriers was deemed appropriate; and the factors that influenced this decision. [11061/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the maintenance costs by year for the use of ambulances with excessive mileage as equipment carriers. [11062/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns that four of the five helicopters in use for interhelicopter transfers are not capable of landing on the rooftop of the new national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11063/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the aviation providers were consulted in the design process of the new national children's hospital. [11064/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding night-time helicopters being unable to land on the proposed helipad at the new national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11065/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason there are still only two ambulance controls in Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11066/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand the number of ambulance controls in Dublin city. [11067/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on private ambulances at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore from 1 January to 31 December 2018. [11068/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on private ambulances at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise from 1 January to 31 December 2018. [11069/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount paid out by the HSE to members of the ambulance service in the past 15 years in relation to alleged bullying cases. [11070/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of alleged bullying cases made to the HSE by ambulance personnel over the past 15 years. [11071/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of alleged bullying cases made to the HSE by male ambulance personnel over the past 15 years. [11072/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of alleged bullying cases made to HSE by female ambulance personnel over the past 15 years. [11073/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of stage 2 and 3 grievances pursued by ambulance personnel who were dealt with under the grievance procedure in the timeframe set out by the HSE over the past 15 years. [11074/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of calls that required ambulance personnel to work beyond their rostered finishing time from 1 January to 31 December 2018. [11218/19]
• 2019-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether a tax on products that will have a positive impact on health goes against the Healthy Ireland initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8654/19]
• 2019-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the VAT rate of 23% on all food supplements if implemented could lead to the closures of health food stores and the loss of jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8655/19]
• 2019-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of agency nurses recruited to fill vacancies at Portlaoise hospital in 2018. [5860/19]
• 2019-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of agency nurses recruited to fill vacancies at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore in 2018. [5861/19]
• 2019-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency nurses at Portlaoise hospital in 2018. [5862/19]
• 2019-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency nurses at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore in 2018. [5863/19]
• 2019-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatients awaiting orthopaedic treatment at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [5864/19]
• 2019-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatients awaiting orthopaedic treatment at Portlaoise hospital. [5865/19]
• 2019-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the shortage of nurses at hospitals in Tullamore and Portlaoise. [5866/19]
• 2019-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason new beds announced in the winter plan have not been opened at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [5867/19]
• 2019-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Laois on waiting lists for home help hours and home care packages. [5868/19]
• 2019-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Offaly on waiting lists for home help hours and home care packages. [5869/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an orthopaedic appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [5215/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly on the waiting list for six months or more for speech therapy. [5216/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly on the waiting list for 12 months or more for speech therapy. [5217/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly on the waiting list for 18 months or more for speech therapy. [5218/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly on the waiting list in excess of 24 months for speech therapy. [5219/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly on the waiting list for six months or more for occupational therapy. [5220/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly on the waiting list for 12 months or more for occupational therapy. [5221/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly on the waiting list for 18 months or more for occupational therapy. [5222/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly on the waiting list in excess of 24 months or more for occupational therapy. [5223/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an assessment of need in counties Laois and Offaly. [5224/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented with respiratory conditions at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore in 2018. [5225/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented with respiratory conditions at Portlaoise Hospital in 2018. [5226/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of respiratory specialists at Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [5227/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of respiratory specialists at Portlaoise hospital. [5228/19]
• 2019-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he and the HSE will engage with a union (details supplied) to resolve the ongoing issues which have led to paramedics going on strike. [4072/19]
• 2019-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the actions he plans to take to resolve a dispute (details supplied). [4196/19]
• 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
• 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 against the motion motion passed · 90–15
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 9–101
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 10–89
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 90–16
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 30–63
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 29–65
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 27–75
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 38–67
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 30–75
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 21–64
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 10–75
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 21–69
• 2018-12-04
  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 add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 8–88
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 6–89
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 10–84
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 8–89
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 8–84
• 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 add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 25–59
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 22–61
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 21–71
• 2018-11-28
  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 · 31–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 31–61
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 9–90
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason Lyme disease is not included in the long-term illness scheme; the criteria for adding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45439/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve diagnostic screening and testing for Lyme disease here and to monitor and record data on all cases of Lyme disease and not just the more extreme form, that is, neuroborreliosis. [45440/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have applied for and been approved funding treatment for Lyme disease under the directive on patients' rights in cross-border healthcare scheme or the treatment abroad scheme. [45441/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve treatment for Lyme disease here to mitigate the need for persons to travel abroad. [45442/18]
• 2018-10-23
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Referral to Select Committee

  • ✗ voted against 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 against the motion motion passed · 102–12
• 2018-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the allocation of home care package funding to CHO area 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41889/18]
• 2018-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ring-fence an allocation of home care package funding for dementia care in the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41890/18]
• 2018-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the allocation of mental health service funding to CHO area 8 will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41891/18]
• 2018-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to ring-fence an allocation of mental health service funding to extend delivery to a 24-7 service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41892/18]
• 2018-09-26
  VOTE
  Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 · 2 divisions

  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

  • ~ abstained on an amendment to the bill motion failed · 27–55
  • ~ abstained on an amendment to the bill motion failed · 25–56
• 2018-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when he expects to have sight of the chief medical officer’s report on the clinical and technical implication of using transvaginal mesh implants in surgical procedures [38165/18]
• 2018-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the transvaginal mesh implant clinical protocols in place for surgical training, reporting and registration of procedures, reporting and publication of guidelines; and if the protocols in place meet the recommended standards of the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence [38166/18]
• 2018-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of transvaginal mesh implant removals that have been performed here; if these were full or partial removals; the number that were publicly or privately funded, respectively; and the number as a percentage of total implant procedures performed in this regard. [38167/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting access to ophthalmology services for periods (details supplied). [33462/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of orthodontists employed by the HSE in counties Laois and Offaly; and the number of persons under 18 years of age awaiting access to treatment for periods (details supplied). [33463/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical child psychologists currently providing services to children under 18 years of age in counties Laois and Offaly. [33464/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting an assessment of need. [33465/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists employed in counties Laois and Offaly to provide dentistry services to primary school children; and his plans to improve the service. [33466/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting access to audiology services for periods (details supplied). [33467/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting access to CAMHS services for periods (details supplied). [33468/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting access to speech and language therapy services for periods (details supplied). [33469/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting access to occupational therapy services for periods (details supplied). [33470/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the fair deal scheme; the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33471/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the arrangements in place at Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, to fill the vacancy created in March 2018 by the departure of a consultant dermatologist (details supplied); and if there are plans to outsource the doctor's patient list for treatment to the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [34173/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the referral to the National Treatment Purchase Fund of a person (details supplied) who has been on a waiting list for urgent treatment for more than three years will be authorised. [34174/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when he plans to publish the reform of the Mental Health Act 2001; if it will provide both for mental health patients' right to have control over their own treatment and the regulation of community mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34196/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when the chief medical officer’s report into the investigation of claims regarding transvaginal mesh complications will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30335/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of applications received by the HSE for transvaginal mesh removal in the UK through the treatment abroad scheme; the number approved and denied, respectively; the grounds for refusal in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30336/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if proposals have been made to commission scanning, imaging or ultrasound devices in hospitals to detect polypropylene transvaginal mesh or sub-urethral sling complications; his plans to train or recruit specialised radiologists and or technicians to carry out this function; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30337/18]
• 2018-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on the waiting list for juvenile arthritis treatment in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and the waiting times for same. [22123/18]
• 2018-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the World Health Organization, WHO, recommendation for paediatric rheumatologists for a population the size of Ireland is six; the ratio of patients to paediatric rheumatologists; and his plans to recruit additional doctors. [22124/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21273/18]
• 2018-05-10
  VOTE
  Health Service Reform

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 48–77
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a decision (details supplied) will be reversed [9993/18]
• 2018-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was denied a discretionary medical card. [5579/18]
• 2017-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an MRI scan at Tullamore hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52442/17]
• 2017-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an MRI scan at Tullamore hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52443/17]
• 2017-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when FreeStyle Libre will be available for persons with diabetes on the long-term illness scheme; the reason this treatment is not available on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52444/17]
• 2017-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the drug kuvan will be made available for persons with PKU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47638/17]
• 2017-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason Tullamore hospital has been without a chiropodist for the treatment of diabetic patients; if the HSE plans to recruit for this post; the timeframe for the position to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48070/17]
• 2017-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the actions he plans to take in order to address the shortfall in home help hours in counties Laois and Offaly; the amount allocated under budget 2018 for home help in these counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47516/17]
• 2017-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the numbers of persons on the waiting lists for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy in counties Laois and Offaly; the waiting times for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47517/17]
• 2017-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an assessment under the early intervention team in counties Laois and Offaly; the number of these that have been waiting over six months; the number that have been waiting over a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47518/17]
• 2017-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for assessment under the school age team in counties Laois and Offaly; the number of these that have been waiting over six months; the number that have been waiting over a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47519/17]
• 2017-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 951 of 26 July 2017, the status of the provision of the drug Spinraza to persons with muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47520/17]
• 2017-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement a similar practice to that in Germany for the detection and treatment of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47521/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay for a person (details supplied) to receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45512/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason some supports for women with breast cancer such as breast prosthesis and post mastectomy bras have been reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42329/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when the new legislation to provide for transport supports for persons with disabilities will be brought before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42330/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners availing of a rural general practitioner allowance by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42331/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the ratio of general practitioners to population by HSE area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42332/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the steps he plans to take to eliminate the discrimination against farmers under the fair deal scheme; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42333/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the legislation or regulations in place in relation to the protection of health and safety of children in privately owned recreational facilities such as theme parks, amusement centres and activity parks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42351/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the progress regarding the commitment under the programme for Government to address the discrimination faced by farmers in respect of the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41013/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have been diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35817/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the drug Spinraza will be made available to sufferers of spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35818/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be transferred to another hospital for treatment in view of the waiting times for the procedure in the local hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35819/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason no replacement was put in place for a person (details supplied) in Tullamore hospital; the measures the HSE will put in place to alleviate the increased waiting times for persons as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35820/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the funding for home help in counties Laois and Offaly over each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33726/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who are awaiting a home help package in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33727/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount of home help hours granted in Laois and Offaly over each of the past ten years; the number of persons who have availed of home help hours in these counties for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33728/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the orthodontic service in Tullamore is without staff with no relief cover put in place to cover staff leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33729/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for child and adult orthodontic services in counties Laois and Offaly; the number of persons on each waiting list; the number of persons waiting six months, one year, 18 months, two years or over two years for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33730/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the way in which he intends to address the waiting times for orthodontic treatment in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33731/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reasons home help hours have been cut by 27% in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33732/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that are waiting for respite services in counties Laois and Offaly; the number of persons waiting six months, one year, 18 months, two years or two years or more; his plans to address waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33733/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE midlands area has submitted a request for additional staff in the area of occupational therapy; if this request will be approved by his Department; the timeframe for a decision on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33734/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 27 June 2017, the number of additional staff that have been requested by the HSE midlands area to address the waiting lists in occupational therapy; the costs of providing the posts requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33735/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for additional staff made by the HSE midlands area over each of the past ten years; the number of posts sought by grade and division; the number of posts that were approved by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33736/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if art therapists are employed by the HSE; if so, the number of same, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32448/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the adult clinical psychologist post for County Offaly remains vacant; the length of time this post has remained vacant; if the HSE plans to fill the post; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29728/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the child clinical psychology post for County Offaly has been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29729/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the action he plans to take to address the lengthy waiting lists for occupational therapy in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29730/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the service level agreements with private ambulance operators for the transport of public patients; the locations from which the ambulances are being dispatched and the areas covered; the value for money audit mechanisms in place for the service level agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29732/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the progress to date on the Edenderry ambulance station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29733/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints received relating to adult abuse per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29734/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of home help hours over each of the past ten years by county, in tabular form; the number of hours granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29736/17]
• 2017-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has completed the assessment of supports to schools in the areas of mental health and social and emotional competence as outlined in the action plan for education; the findings of the assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26132/17]
• 2017-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the terms of reference for the review of ambulance services; the timeframe for the completion of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26145/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an internal investigation was carried out on the complications arising from the delivery of a person (details supplied) at Portiuncula Hospital 25 years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23728/17]
• 2017-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be granted an appointment in Tallaght or in another hospital offering the same service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23405/17]
• 2017-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to each of the various Alzheimer's associations across the State in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23406/17]
• 2017-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason tests in German laboratories for the detection of Lyme disease are not recognised here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23407/17]
• 2017-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns about the accuracy of tests carried out here to detect Lyme disease; the testing process; the mechanisms in place to ensure accuracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23408/17]
• 2017-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if there is a specific module or component in medical training covering the detection, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease; if such training is compulsory; the length of training required on this particular issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23409/17]
• 2017-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the diagnosis of a person (details supplied) will not be confirmed in a report prior to the enrolment of the person in preschool; if the report can be provided in time for the person to enrol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23411/17]
• 2017-04-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to set down the estimated cost of recruiting 100 additional speech and language therapy posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18518/17]
• 2017-04-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for complying with the programme for Government commitment to end the discrimination against persons in the fair deal nursing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18684/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of filling all vacancies in early intervention and school age disability teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17896/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints that have been made to the disability complaints officer in relation to failure to provide an assessment within the timeframes envisaged in the Disability Act or the EPSEN Act; the number of these that have been processed; the waiting time for a decision; the number that have been upheld; the number that have been deemed invalid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17897/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of private ambulances being used to service public hospitals or to provide an inter hospital service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17898/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of immediate care vehicles available in the HSE midlands region; if the HSE has considered utilising these vehicles in place of private ambulances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17899/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount of money that is currently being spent by the HSE midlands region on private ambulance operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17900/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance staff over each of the past ten years; the arrangements in place to provide holiday cover for ambulance staff; the number of requests for annual leave that have been refused in the past three years due to lack of cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17901/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount of money spent on private ambulances by the HSE over each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17902/17]
• 2017-04-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the progress in the provision of the Orkambi drug for those persons diagnosed with cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16193/17]
• 2017-04-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the details of the current waiting lists for children with scoliosis; the number of children on the waiting list for treatment; the steps he is taking to ensure that scoliosis patients receive treatment in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16194/17]
• 2017-04-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when the new legislation will be introduced to provide for the replacement scheme for the motorised transport and mobility allowance; the reason for the delay in bringing forward this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16197/17]
• 2017-04-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will increase the capacity of the HSE to conduct medicated food testing in order to benefit persons such as those that suffer from PKU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16332/17]
• 2017-03-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to reducing the age at which women are eligible for free smear tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12462/17]
• 2017-03-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting over a year to see a dermatologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12463/17]
• 2017-03-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to outline the progress on the new Edenderry ambulance station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11083/17]
• 2017-03-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to outline the reason for the excessive delay in an operation for a person (details supplied); when the operation will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11086/17]
• 2017-03-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of vacancies under each school age team in the areas of speech and language, clinical psychology and occupational therapy; the length of the vacancy; if staff are currently on extended leave, the number of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11087/17]
• 2017-03-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to outline the terms of reference of the review of speech and language therapy services; when the review is due to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11088/17]
• 2017-03-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to set down the number of children currently waiting over six months for speech and language therapy, clinical psychologist or occupational therapy; if the waiting list is for an assessment or therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11089/17]
• 2017-03-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of new posts appointed to speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and clinical psychology under the school age teams since the Government took office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11090/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement policy measures in schools to tackle the growing issue of obesity and to encourage healthy eating and awareness of a balanced lifestyle among children and teenagers; the funding that has been allocated to this issue; the resources that have been put in place to implement the measures proposed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9250/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE review of the list of products available to phenylketonuria patients under the reimbursement scheme has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9216/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding the list of products available to phenyltketonuria,PKU, patients under the terms of the HSE reimbursement scheme; if he will update the current list to reflect products that are no longer available to patients; his views on whether the restriction of products available to PKU patients is in contradiction of the HSE's promotion of healthy diet for children and diet for life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9217/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing additional supports and resources in order to improve the treatment and care of phenylketonuria patients here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9219/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the early intervention psychologist post in County Offaly, which has been vacant since February 2016, has not been filled; when the vacancy will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9220/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Offaly who are currently awaiting assessment by a psychologist for early intervention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9221/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has introduced a strategy to effectively manage rare diseases; the progress under this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9223/17]
• 2017-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of nursing positions available through the CAO system in order to address the shortfall that exists; if the Department of Education has been in discussions with his Department on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6468/17]
• 2017-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason hip operations have been cancelled at Tullamore Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5027/17]
• 2017-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health when approved home help hours will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3956/17]
• 2017-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has still not received the results of their scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3593/17]
• 2017-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be allowed transfer to another hospital to have an urgent operation carried out for which they have been waiting two years; if the person can undergo the operation sooner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3594/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for speech and language therapy and occupational therapy, both in terms of initial appointment and treatment, for County Donegal for both adults and children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41479/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons outsourced at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore for each the years, 2013 to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40235/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore for each the years, 2013 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40236/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore for each the years 2011 to date in 2016, by year and by speciality and in the wait time bands of up to three months, up to six months, up to 12 months, up to 15 months, up to 18 months, up to two years, and more than two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40237/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on trolleys at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore for each of the months of 2015, by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40238/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on trolleys at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore for each of the months of 2016, by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40239/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the operating budget for the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore for each the years 2009 to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40240/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore for each the years, 2009 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40241/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total agency spend at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore for each the years, 2013 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40242/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nursing positions in place at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore for each the years, 2009 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40243/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore for each the years, 2009 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40244/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore for each the years, 2013 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40245/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient hospital cancellations at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore for each the years, 2013 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40246/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient and outpatient did not attends at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore for each the years, 2013 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40247/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of theatres operational at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore for each the years, 2011 to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40248/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the capital projects agreed and funded at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore; the details and an overview of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40249/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the cost of each capital project funded by the HSE and or his Department at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore for each the years 2009 to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40250/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was initiated at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore for each the years, 2011 to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40251/16]
• 2016-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange for the HSE and relevant personnel from RehabCare to meet with persons (details supplied) in respect of the immediate reinstatement of support services for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39982/16]
• 2016-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE and RehabCare to reinstate support services for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39983/16]
• 2016-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Director General of the HSE to meet with persons (details supplied) to discuss issues relating to the supports for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39998/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount of money ring-fenced under budget 2017 for the progression of the new ambulance station in Edenderry, County Offaly, as was committed to by the Minister for State with responsibility for health promotion in a recent local meeting with the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38384/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the action plan that has been put in place as a result of local meetings with HSE management in order to address the ongoing issues affecting children in counties Laois and Offaly with disabilities; the timeframe for resolution of these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38388/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances that will operate out of the new station in Edenderry, County Offaly, when it is completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38389/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances that will be accommodated at the temporary accommodation for the ambulance service in north Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38390/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of private or agency psychologists who are currently employed to advance the progressing disability services initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38391/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for both appointments and assessments in the early intervention and school age psychology services in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35777/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for appointments, assessments and treatment under the child and adolescent mental health services in County Tipperary, in tabular form; the number of staff employed by the service; the number of referrals to the service on average per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35778/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been treated for mental health difficulties under the child and adolescent mental health services in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35779/16]
• 2016-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will consider extending enhanced medical card provision similar to that of survivors from the Magdalene laundries to survivors of abuse in other institutions of the State, in particular those who are eligible to apply to the Caranua organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35542/16]
• 2016-11-17
  VOTE
  Mental Health Services Funding

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–88
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will increase funding to an organisation (details supplied) in order to allow it to continue to provide services for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34806/16]
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the actions undertaken by his Department after a recent meeting with Laois Offaly Families for Autism, LOFFA, in order to address current issues with services for children with autism spectrum disorder in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34808/16]
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted an impact assessment of the decision to remove accident and emergency provision in Nenagh hospital; if his Department plans to review this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34809/16]
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the spend on agency staff at Nenagh hospital over each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34810/16]
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for assessments and appointments with child psychologists in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34811/16]
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children that are currently waiting an appointment with a child psychologist in counties Tipperary, Laois and Offaly respectively; the number of these that have been waiting more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34812/16]
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times across all departments in Nenagh hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34813/16]
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children that are currently waiting more than six months for speech and language therapy in counties Laois, Offaly and Tipperary respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34814/16]
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to current plans to construct a facility in the Tullamore area that will be used to treat persons with forensic mental health needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34819/16]
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with forensic mental health needs currently being treated in community health care facilities across the state; the counties in which the facilities are situated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34820/16]
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if there are any specific requirements in terms of staffing or security measures required for a health care facility to be approved as suitable for the treatment of those with forensic mental health needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34821/16]
• 2016-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the changes to the fair deal scheme in budget 2017, particularly in respect of asset value of farm land; if any further changes are proposed to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32715/16]
• 2016-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been allocated under budget 2017 for the commencement of the new ambulance centre in Edenderry, County Offaly; the overall amount that has been committed for the project; the timeframe for completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32719/16]
• 2016-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status in relation to the identification of a suitable short-term base for the ambulance service in Edenderry, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32981/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for occupational therapy and speech and language therapy in counties Laois and Offaly by persons waiting less than six months, persons waiting less than one year, persons waiting less than 18 months and the remainder in tabular form; if he will provide a breakdown of this by age groups of zero to four years of age, four to 12 years of age, 12 to 18 years of age, and the remainder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31848/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for all procedures at Tullamore hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31849/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by Tullamore hospital, broken down into each grade and hospital department, over each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31850/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount of money spent on agency staff over each of the past ten years in Tullamore hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31851/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated across each county over each of the past ten years for home help hours; the number of hours allocated by county; the number of hours remaining to be allocated by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31853/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the specific measures contained in budget 2017 with respect to the provision of respite services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31854/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been allocated under budget 2017 for the provision of home help packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31855/16]
• 2016-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of inspectorate memos that have been filed with his Department in respect of issues with school buildings or facilities over each of the past ten years; the number of these that are related to health and safety concerns; the number that relate to the need for upgrade or repair; the number that relate to the need for additional buildings or facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31087/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of the assessment by the HSE of the NCPE, National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, health technology assessment of ataluren brand name (details supplied); when a decision on the funding of this drug will be taken by the HSE as to whether to include it in the reimbursement list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30505/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve disability services for children in counties Laois and Offaly. [30296/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the current provision of forensic mental health services here; if there are currently any plans to extend this service through the construction of new facilities, particularly in County Offaly; the procedures employed to ensure that those with forensic mental health backgrounds who have committed a criminal offence are suitably cared for in community settings without risk to members of the local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30371/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists currently working in Offaly early intervention team and school age team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30374/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists currently working in the Laois early intervention team and school age team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30375/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with members of the Laois-Offaly Families for Autism to discuss the ongoing issues affecting access to services for children with disabilities in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30376/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for both appointments and assessments in the early intervention and school age psychology services in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30377/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the recruitment of additional psychologist positions that had been approved under the progressing disability services by county in tabular form; the number of these that have been recruited; the number that are still vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30378/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the interim measures in place pending the recruitment of vacant posts under the progressing disability services initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30379/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 28 June 2016, the reason the contact person appointed to the case has not yet made contact with the family; the expected timeframe for a determination of the family’s application under the treatment abroad scheme to attend a feeding clinic for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30381/16]
• 2016-10-06
  VOTE
  Mental Health Services · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 59–37
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 61–37
• 2016-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the measures his Department has taken to retain nursing staff and reduce the annual spend on agency staff within the health sector; if he has specifically considered any measures to reduce early retirement, in particular, among nursing staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28493/16]
• 2016-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has considered any measures to incentivise nurses and health care staff to work public holidays; if the terms of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 has had any adverse impact on the availability of staff for public holidays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28495/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the consultation that has taken place with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland with respect to working towards interoperability of cross-Border e-health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20919/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health following approval to proceed in 2016 with an initial phase that will facilitate the electronic transfer of prescriptions, utilising Health Information and Quality Authority standards developed to date, and the national message broker health link, the current progress with this initiative; the progress being made with phased implementation towards a national e-prescribing solution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20918/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing a health amendment card for Magdalen laundry survivors; to define the entitlements under the current scheme particularly in respect of aids, appliances and medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20665/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting 14 months for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20666/16]
• 2016-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health why local Health Service Executive officials have not met with persons (details supplied) since September 2015 despite stating publicly that they would be willing to do so; if he will order an independent review into the handling of this case; if members of HSE senior management will meet with the family concerned as a matter of urgency to discuss the concerns in relation to this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18309/16]
• 2016-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health why the recommendations from the disabilities appeals office have not been implemented in the case of a person (details supplied); if he will ensure that these recommendations are implemented as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18310/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health his plans to resolve the situation in respect of the ambulance service in Edenderry; his proposed plans to repair or replace the existing ambulance building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15007/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the condition homocystinuria, related to the condition phenylketonuria, PKU, is not covered under the long-term illness scheme similar to PKU; his plans to include this condition under the terms of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15008/16]
• 2016-06-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of children on public waiting lists for extractions under general anaesthetic; the cost of sending children to private hospitals for extractions under general anaesthetic; the cost for each year since the closure of the children’s dental clinic at St. James’s; his plans to source a new location for this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13713/16]
• 2016-06-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the progress being made to date on the European Commission proposal to establish a common training framework for health care assistants; the input his Department has had in this; the actions that have been taken to date; his plans and proposals in respect of registration, ongoing training, budget for recruitment and accountability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13712/16]
• 2016-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated for mental health initiatives in schools in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11034/16]
• 2016-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to mental health service and the number of staff who are in place in the service in County Offaly in each of the past six years, in tabular form; the number of positions to be filled; the number of staff members expected to retire or take other leave from the service within the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11049/16]
• 2016-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to reinstate the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11050/16]
• 2016-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding he will specifically allocate to the new model of in-school speech and language therapy; the number of Health Service Executive therapists he will redirect to this model; the number of additional posts he will recruit to specifically service this model; the timeframe for establishing the model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10916/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will progress the primary care centre in Banagher, County Offaly; if he has identified a suitable site for it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10082/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health why he has cancelled the respite services in Birr, County Offaly for the next two weeks; the number of persons affected by this cancellation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10102/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of new therapy posts he has filled in children's disability services in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10103/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he has considered a proposal by the Laois Offaly Families for Autism group to deploy psychologists from community and primary care services to clear the backlog for assessments and referrals for services for school age children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10104/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists for assessment and referral to a psychologist for school age children with disabilities in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10105/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists for referrals to individual therapists for school age children with disabilities in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10106/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists for the Midlands Regional Hospital in Tullamore, County Offaly, by speciality and by six-month period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10107/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the best practice in terms of frequency of check-ups for those diagnosed with diabetes; if it is recommended that those with diabetes attend a quarterly check-up; if this level of frequency is considered necessary to manage the condition; if the HSE has outlined targets in respect of the number of check-ups for those diagnosed with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10117/16]