Darragh O'Brien

Fianna Fáil · Dublin Fingal East

Activity on Health — 239 events (50 lobbying · 142 questions · 86 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 against the motion motion failed · 65–83
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  P. J. Carroll & Company Ltd Health

  • Future regulation of nicotine products
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Irish Second-Level Students' Union (ISSU) Health

  • Regarding the bill for endometriosis care
• 2026-01-19
  LOBBY
  Teiripe Pobail Éireann CLG Health

  • Community Therapy Ireland Clinical Governance Badge of Excellence
• 2026-01-12
  LOBBY
  Climate and Health Alliance Transport

  • Launch of the Climate and Health Alliance Active Travel report.
• 2026-01-08
  LOBBY
  The Union of Students in Ireland Health

  • Supporting Labour Party Motion for Drug Decriminalisation
• 2025-09-21
  LOBBY
  Vulcan Consulting Limited Health

  • Strategic Operations in Ireland & Healthcare Priorities
• 2025-09-20
  LOBBY
  National Infertility Support and Information Group Health

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

  • Climate and Health Alliance priorities
• 2025-09-18
  LOBBY
  P. J. Carroll & Company Ltd Health

  • Tobacco harm reduction and future regulation of nicotine products
• 2025-09-17
  LOBBY
  Irish Heart Foundation Transport

  • Urban speed limits.
• 2025-09-12
  LOBBY
  Creative Retail Distribution Limited Taxation

  • Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
• 2025-09-10
  LOBBY
  Prosper Fingal CLG Health

  • Email invitation to the Prosper Fingal Summer Fair, from the CEO
• 2025-09-04
  LOBBY
  Climate and Health Alliance Environment

  • Meeting to discuss the Climate and Health Alliance priorities
• 2025-07-09
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages · 3 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 86–69
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 67–86
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–86
• 2025-06-25
  LOBBY
  MSD Health

  • Strategic Operations in Ireland & Healthcare Priorities for MSD Biotech
• 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 reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–82
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86
• 2025-06-11
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024 · 2 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 reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–85
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–85
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Cancer Society Environment

  • Climate and Health Alliance
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  P. J. Carroll & Company Ltd Health

  • Tobacco harm reduction and proposed Bill on vaping and tobacco regulation
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland CLG Children and Youth Affairs

  • YAP Ireland Annual Report 2024 Launch
• 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
  Dexcom Health

  • Diabetes Policy in Ireland
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  St Patrick's Mental Health Services Health

  • The SPMHS advocacy manager was a co-signatory to a letter to the incoming Government calling for active and public transport to be prioritised and highlighting the public health benefits of same.
• 2025-05-19
  LOBBY
  Irish Heart Foundation Environment

  • Raise awareness of the health impact of climate change.
• 2025-05-18
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Environment

  • IFA Submission on Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara, Cíarraí
• 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.
• 2025-05-12
  LOBBY
  Climate and Health Alliance Environment

  • Raise awareness of the health impact of climate change.
• 2025-05-02
  LOBBY
  Prosper Fingal CLG Health

  • Invitations sent to Fingal TD's for the annual Rush panto
• 2025-05-01
  LOBBY
  Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health

  • Support for the Delivery of the Commitment within the Programme for Government to rollout the remaining community Neuro-Rehabilitation teams
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Epilepsy Ireland Health

  • Contacted listed DPOs in their capacity as General Election Candidates to support EI's advocacy campaigns if elected to the next Dáil
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Cancer Society Health

  • General Election campaign
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Kidney Association Health

  • Policy decisions on managing Chronic Kidney Disease
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Vulcan Consulting Limited 2 returns Health

  • Rare Disease Policy in Ireland
  • EU Pharmaceutical Legislation & Policy
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Patient Advocacy Service (National Advocacy Service) Health

  • Programme for Government
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Home and Community Care Ireland Health

  • Engagements during the General Election campaign & government formation talks.
• 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.
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Prosper Fingal CLG Health

  • Congratulatory letters sent to newly elected TD's in the 2024 General Election.
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Roche Health

  • Patient access to new medicines
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Pieta House Health

  • Requesting statutory support for Pieta's self-harm and suicide intervention programmes and for full implementation of Sharing the Vision
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  The Irish Hospice Foundation Health

  • Highlighting issues that Irish Hospice Foundation would like to have included in the next Programme for Government. These included implementation of the National Adult Palliative Care Policy and development of a register for Advance Healthcare Directives.
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Instinctif Partners Public Affairs Ireland 3 returns Health

  • Correspondence to political representatives regarding the implications of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive for the biosimilar, generic and off-patent medicines industry.
  • Correspondence to Minister Darragh O'Brien TD, seeking a meeting to discuss the implementation of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.
  • Correspondence to relevant political representatives in light of Government Formation talks.
• 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
• 2025-01-18
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Environment

  • Wildlife Legislation Review
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Dexcom Health

  • Diabetes Policy in Ireland
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Mental Health Reform Health

  • Programme for Government Briefing & LSE Launch Save the Date
• 2025-01-16
  LOBBY
  LauraLynn Ireland's Children's Hospice Health

  • Seeking the inclusion of specific commitments on children's palliative care in Programme for Government 2025.
• 2025-01-16
  LOBBY
  NCBI Health

  • Inclusion in Programme for Government of priorities for people who are vision impaired
• 2025-01-09
  LOBBY
  Sage Advocacy Health

  • Request for a meeting to discuss the housing needs and challenges of survivors of institutional abuse
• 2025-01-03
  LOBBY
  MSD Health

  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive
• 2025-01-02
  LOBBY
  MSD Health

  • Health Policy Development for New Programme for Government
• 2024-12-05
  LOBBY
  Clonmel Healthcare Health

  • Endorse Clonmel Healthcare's biosimilar to prescribers ahead of the outcome of the Best Value Biological (BVB) medicine process.
• 2024-11-21
  LOBBY
  UNICEF Ireland Health

  • Boost breastfeeding support, deliver timely interventions for children with developmental delays, Expand childhood mental health services to meet growing demands
• 2024-10-23
  VOTE
  Public Health Service Staffing · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 70–59
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 70–59
• 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 progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 93–45
• 2024-02-28
  VOTE
  Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023

  A bill to amend the Mental Health Act 2001.

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion _ · 72–60
• 2024-02-21
  VOTE
  Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 70–60
• 2024-01-24
  VOTE
  Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021 [Seanad]

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 74–54
• 2023-11-22
  VOTE
  Health Service Recruitment Freeze · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 74–58
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 74–59
• 2023-11-15
  VOTE
  Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages · 3 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 117–10
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 49–81
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–81
• 2023-11-08
  VOTE
  Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 49–67
• 2023-10-25
  VOTE
  Health Service Funding · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 75–59
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 73–58
• 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.

  • ~ abstained whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 67–64
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 61–74
• 2023-05-10
  VOTE
  Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 50–63
• 2023-01-25
  VOTE
  Capacity in the Health Services · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 68–59
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 68–58
• 2022-12-14
  VOTE
  Current Issues Affecting the Health Services · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 72–53
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 72–53
• 2022-11-09
  VOTE
  Mental Health (Capacity to Consent to Treatment) Bill 2021

  A bill to amend the Mental Health Act 2001 and for that purpose to provide for the right of minors over the age of 16 to consent to mental health treatment and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted to block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion failed · 60–75
• 2022-03-02
  VOTE
  Healthcare Waiting Lists · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 76–57
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 75–57
• 2022-02-02
  VOTE
  Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 54–76
• 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 for the motion the motion motion passed · 107–36
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 103–37
• 2021-12-08
  VOTE
  Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✓ voted for 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 progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 87–44
• 2021-12-02
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 48–60
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–63
• 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
• 2021-11-03
  VOTE
  Extension of Health (Amendment) Act 2020

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 82–43
• 2021-11-03
  VOTE
  Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 82–44
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 59–66
• 2021-10-06
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021 · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 78–55
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 59–73
• 2021-07-14
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 74–68
• 2021-07-14
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021

  A bill to— A. make, on a temporary basis, 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 for that purpose; to provide for the lawful operation of certain indoor premises subject to certain conditions notwithstanding restrictions in place in relation to such premises under that Act; to provide, for those purposes, for a robust and enforceable system of verification of the health status of certain persons, including vaccination or recovery status; to confer a power on the Minister for Health to prescribe matters related to the foregoing; to provide for enforcement; and to provide for related matters; B. amend certain provisions relating to pre-travel requirements in respect of certain persons arriving in the State; to amend the period to be spent by a person in quarantine at a designated facility in certain circumstances; to make provision in relation to the power of the Minister for Health to make regulations in relation to tests that may be taken for the purpose of detecting Covid-19 in the context of the requirement to quarantine at a designated facility and to confer a power on that Minister to prescribe the purpose for which such a test may be taken; to provide that quarantine at a designated facility shall not be required for certain persons arriving in the State in certain circumstances and to confer a power on the Minister for Health to make regulations in relation to those circumstances; for those purposes, and for related purposes, to amend the Health Act 1947; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 72–66
• 2021-06-02
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Act 2021

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

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 77–51
• 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 reject 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
• 2020-10-22
  VOTE
  Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3 · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 92–53
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 59–86
• 2020-09-10
  VOTE
  Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion failed · 15–125
• 2020-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the reason the gratuity due to certain home help workers in lieu of pension payments has not issued to date in line with the recommendations of the Labour Court. [2948/20]
• 2020-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health when the gratuity payment due to certain home help workers will be made in lieu of pension payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2947/20]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if the HSE ensures compliance with best practice in the provision of medical services by private contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51631/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if the HSE ensures compliance with best practice in the purchase of hyperbaric medicine services for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51632/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if HSE hospitals refer patients to non-compliant centres for hyperbaric medicine services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51633/19]
• 2019-12-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to improve mental health and primary care services for homeless persons; and the specific budget allocation in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [50519/19]
• 2019-12-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to address the rehabilitation needs of homeless persons with addiction issues through the new national drugs strategy which was to be effective from January 2017. [50520/19]
• 2019-12-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of a revised application by an organisation (details supplied) for HSE funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50503/19]
• 2019-12-04
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of plans to enhance inter-agency arrangements to ensure that accommodation, welfare and health supports for prisoners are in place prior to their release. [50516/19]
• 2019-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health when progress will be made on reducing waiting times in north Dublin for occupational therapy assessments especially for those under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48881/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of the two-year wait for a person (details supplied) to see the school age team the person has been referred to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44970/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the reason the gratuity due to certain home help workers in lieu of pension payments in line with recommendations of the Labour Court has not issued to date. [31781/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health when the gratuity payment due to certain home help workers will be made in lieu of pension payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31780/19]
• 2019-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to reduce the waiting list for home support hours in the north Dublin local health office area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27762/19]
• 2019-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a full-time home care package and the proposal for a centre to buy the person's home as a residential home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26921/19]
• 2019-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of an application for day service funding by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25931/19]
• 2019-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for atrial fibrillation ablation treatment across all hospitals conducting the procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25637/19]
• 2019-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the reason for the long waiting times for atrial fibrillation ablation treatment in the Mater hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25638/19]
• 2019-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant gaps that exist in patient access to ablation treatment for atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25639/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the reason the Department has not paid the gratuity due to certain home help workers in lieu of pension payments in line with recommendations of the Labour Court to date. [21829/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health when the gratuity payment due to certain home help workers will be made in lieu of pension payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21828/19]
• 2019-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of home support hours available for older persons in north Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20906/19]
• 2019-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the budget for disability services in CHO 9 is allocated without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20907/19]
• 2019-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that funding is granted by the HSE for breast prostheses, bras and swimwear for CHO area 8; the reason approvals are not being granted to women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21131/19]
• 2019-05-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that funding that has been recommended and approved to the CHO DNCC disability resource committee is released as a matter of urgency in the interests of the health and well-being of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20928/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13620/19]
• 2019-02-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of a competition (details supplied) which was due to go out to public tender in 2017; the progress with the tender; when it will be published or retendered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9629/19]
• 2019-02-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of a competition (details supplied); when it is due to be retendered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9630/19]
• 2019-02-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health when the tender for a matter (details suppled) will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9631/19]
• 2019-02-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health when the tender for a matter (details supplied) will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9632/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the procurement process entered into by the HSE before the engagement of an organisation (details supplied); the requirements for qualification, duration of contract or engagement and qualifications required by applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7905/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the payments made to an organisation (details supplied) in each year in respect of all engagements, contracts, secondments and consultations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7906/19]
• 2019-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of the human tissue Bill. [6194/19]
• 2019-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of an application for funding by a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3506/19]
• 2019-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if he has prepared plans to counteract delays to insulin delivery from Denmark should the UK landbridge be closed in the event that a no-deal Brexit occurs at the March 2019 deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2879/19]
• 2019-01-17
  VOTE
  Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2018

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

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 83–51
• 2019-01-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drug Cinryze; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54090/18]
• 2018-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to reduce the long waiting times for children in need of an assessment from early intervention teams in north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50717/18]
• 2018-12-05
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 · 12 divisions

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

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

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of an application for a home care package by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50543/18]
• 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 reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 8–88
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 6–89
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 10–84
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 8–89
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 8–84
• 2018-11-29
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 · 2 divisions

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

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 25–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 21–71
• 2018-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of hip replacement surgery for a person (details supplied); if the person will qualify for hip replacement under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49376/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drug Respreeza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47779/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of a revised application by an organisation (details supplied) for HSE funding which was resubmitted in August 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48172/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the long waiting times for primary care ophthalmology appointments in north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43613/18]
• 2018-10-23
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Referral to Select Committee

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

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

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 102–12
• 2018-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health when the gratuity payment due to certain home help workers will be made in lieu of pension payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42058/18]
• 2018-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment by early intervention teams in CHO 9; and the number waiting zero to three, three to six, six to nine, nine to 12, 12 to 18, 18 to 24 and more than 24 months, respectively. [42335/18]
• 2018-10-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the plans in place in order to address the shortage of anaphylactic pens here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40634/18]
• 2018-10-03
  VOTE
  Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015

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

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 23–65
• 2018-09-26
  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
• 2018-09-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) with very complex special needs and who requires specialised residential care will be examined; if funding will be granted to allow them to reside in a home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38502/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drug Ocrevus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30665/18]
• 2018-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home care packages in the north County Dublin LHO area. [28229/18]
• 2018-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health when a gratuity payment due to certain home help workers will be made in lieu of pension payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27012/18]
• 2018-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Culture

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost per annum of the town centre health check programme; the number of checks undertaken per annum since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23052/18]
• 2018-05-10
  VOTE
  Health Service Reform

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

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the number of staff manning the CervicalCheck helpline; his views on whether this is the necessary number of staff to deal with the level of calls to the helpline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19694/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drug Ocrevus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18587/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health when vacancies for an occupational therapist, a physiotherapist and a speech and language therapist who are leaving their posts or going on maternity leave in north County Dublin will be filled; the plans the HSE has to maintain the function and service of the early intervention team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18702/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the number of children up to 18 years of age who have been assessed and diagnosed with autism in north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18745/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the number of children with autism up to 18 years of age who are receiving the relevant appropriate supports in north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18746/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to abolish an in loco parentis rule in view of the unanimously accepted motion in Dáil Éireann on 27 March 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19009/18]
• 2018-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the revenue raised in each of the years 2013 to 2017 from charges for private patients in public beds by public or voluntary hospital in tabular form. [18267/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the reason for excluding persons over 21 years of age with type 1 diabetes from accessing the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring systems for diabetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16018/18]
• 2018-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the FreeStyle Libre Flash glucose monitoring systems for diabetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13014/18]
• 2018-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drug Ocrevus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8223/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drug otezla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54399/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the number of substance use education and-or prevention workers in each of the regional task force areas; the project promoter for each area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52834/17]
• 2017-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if additional resources will be provided to the assessment of need office in north Dublin in view of the HSE acknowledgement that it receives the largest volume of applications in the country and that under these circumstances, assessments are taking longer than three months. [51595/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health his plans to include the flash glucose monitoring system for diabetics in the general medical services scheme through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49240/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Culture

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of her Department’s decision to exclude public health from the reasons provided in the derogation schedule 2 for 2017/18 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43543/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Culture

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her or the NPWS's attention have been drawn to the scientific study by a person (details supplied) dealing with AMR in wildlife and the policy implications both for public health and for wildlife management functions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43545/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Culture

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her or the NPWS's attention have been drawn to the scientific study published by the national veterinary authorities of Serbia dealing with AMR specifically in gulls and the serious public health implications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43546/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Culture

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether scientific studies (details supplied) have implications for the NPWS's determinations in respect of the public health criterion in the derogation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43547/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the full case made to his Department by the applicants for the licence for the scientific study of a species (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43537/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if health risks from faecal contamination from gulls was a stated concern in a study of a species (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43539/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the procurement process entered into by the HSE before the engagement of an organisation (details supplied); the requirements for qualification, duration of contract or engagement and qualifications required by applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43922/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the references that were sought and provided from applicants in the competition in which an organisation (details supplied) was selected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43923/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the payments made to an organisation (details supplied) in each year in respect of its engagement by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43924/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the progress with regard to the provision of a primary health care centre in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42734/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the progress with regard to the provision of a primary health care centre in Malahide, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42735/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the way in which it is proposed to reduce the number of overdue assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005 in the Dublin north local health area. [40982/17]
• 2017-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drug Respreeza/Zemaira; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39975/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the reason there is only one tissue viability nurse serving north Dublin from Coolock to Balbriggan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34965/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to changes to the first aid certification process overseen by his Department and the HSE, including cost increases to employers, which apparently come into effect from September 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35478/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drugs Respreeza and Zemaira; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36028/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health when the gratuity payment due to certain home help workers will be made in lieu of pension payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36092/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drugs Respreeza and Zemaira; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32208/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if he will provide alcohol consumption statistics here and across EU member states since 2005, including those from the World Health Organization; if he will cite the source of each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30901/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the findings of the report commissioned by his Department and undertaken by a company (details supplied) on alcohol labelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30928/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a statutory duty of candour which will place a legal obligation on medical professionals to disclose negligence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31077/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the reason the publication of the national drugs and alcohol strategy has been delayed; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26646/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the reason the recent request for additional funding for a group (details supplied) which would provide key services not delivered by the HSE has been ignored; when a decision will issue on this additional funding application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26830/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the extent to which additional resources will be allocated for alcohol treatment and rehabilitation in the new national drug strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27361/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the resources which will be allocated to community action on alcohol in the new national drug strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27362/17]
• 2017-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Taiwan's continued participation in the World Health Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22777/17]
• 2017-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drug Respreeza/Zemaira; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23132/17]
• 2017-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the core funding grant application of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22186/17]
• 2017-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of new primary care centres in Dublin Fingal. [20796/17]
• 2017-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the details of a HSE campaign (details supplied); the planned duration of the campaign; the cost of the campaign for its duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15725/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health when the gratuity payment due to certain home help workers will be made in lieu of pensions payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13915/17]
• 2017-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if he will fast track the approval of the new drug Orkambi for the treatment of cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6405/17]
• 2017-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of the submission for reimbursement of the drug respreeza-zemaira that is currently before the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6406/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the grant programmes that are open in his Department for charitable organisations working in the disabilities sector with a specific focus on respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5636/17]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the measures that will be put in place to assist the 6,989 persons waiting more than a year for an outpatient appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38056/16]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the measures that will be put in place to assist the 4,027 persons waiting more than a year for an outpatient appointment in the Mater hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38057/16]
• 2016-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent on diabetes care in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36400/16]
• 2016-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent on admissions for diabetes in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36401/16]
• 2016-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent on diabetic foot care in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36402/16]
• 2016-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent on lower limb amputations in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36403/16]
• 2016-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the number of deaths due to carbon monoxide per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36405/16]
• 2016-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if cases of sudden hearing loss are categorised separately and coded for in terms of spending; if the total spent is quantified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36406/16]
• 2016-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent on radiation therapy for cancer patients in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36407/16]
• 2016-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent on HBOT for burn victims in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36408/16]
• 2016-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the total hospital spend on osteomyelitis treatment in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36409/16]
• 2016-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent on arterial lower limb surgery in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36410/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of the 2016 applications from community organisations under the national lottery funding scheme in terms of approval for applications and disbursement of the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36191/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if a Brexit sub-committee has been established in his Department; if so, when the sub-committee was convened; the number of times the sub-committee has met; the number of members on the sub-committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36206/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Arts

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if section 3(1)(a) of the European Communities (Wildlife Act 1976) (Amendment) Regulations 1986 (SI No. 254 of 1986) gives effect to the EU derogation that permits and legalises a range of control measures to be carried out on otherwise legally protected bird species, expressly and explicitly, for the protection of public health and safety and the prevention of disease or injury; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33483/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Arts

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there are any safeguards in the process used to produce the declaration under 3(1)(a)of the European Communities (Wildlife Act 1976) (Amendment) Regulations 1986 (SI No. 254 of 1986), and the derogation species list that it covers, to ensure that a protected species that may also be currently red listed as a species of conservation concern, would and will nonetheless be made amenable to control measures in circumstances in which it poses a risk to public health and safety, including injury or sickness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33489/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the targets in place for child and adolescent mental health service teams staff levels in CHO 9 in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30680/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the targets in place for psychiatry of old age service teams staff levels in CHO 9 in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30679/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the way in which children who need special needs assistant, SNA, support to enter into a second ECCE preschool year can do so when the budget allocation for the SNA programme in north Dublin for 2016 has been fully utilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29700/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list, county by county, of planned HSE primary health care facilities that have not yet been delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29415/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if he will grant night-time respite care for a 12-week period for a person (details supplied) as requested by their family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29469/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the way in which children who need special needs assistant, SNA, support to enter into a second ECCE preschool year can do so when the budget allocation for the SNA programme in north Dublin for 2016 has been fully utilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29699/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health when the gratuity payment due to certain home help workers will be made in lieu of pension payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29766/16]
• 2016-10-06
  VOTE
  Mental Health Services · 2 divisions

  • ~ abstained on the motion the motion motion passed · 59–37
  • ~ abstained on an amendment to the bill motion passed · 61–37
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the number of women newly diagnosed with ovarian cancer for each year from 2011 to 2015 and 2016 to date; the number diagnosed in the age ranges of 29 years and under, 30-39 years, 40-49 years, 50-59 years, 60-69 years and 70 years plus, in tabular form. [22690/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the mortality rates for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer for each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; the rates in the following age ranges: 29 and under; 30-39; 40-49; 50-59; 60-69; and 70 plus, in tabular form. [22691/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the costs incurred by the HSE in treating ovarian cancer in each year from 2011 to 2015. [22692/16]
• 2016-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health when he will activate Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationship Act 2015 to allow same-sex partners to be legally recognised as parents on a child's birth certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21796/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health when the gratuity payment due to certain home help workers will be made in lieu of pensions payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20819/16]
• 2016-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health why there are no primary care psychology services for children in north County Dublin and why no child has been seen by Swords Mater child and adolescent mental health services from the routine waiting list in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20422/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the annual budget allocated from the drugs programmes and policy unit within his Department for each of the ten regional drug and alcohol task forces and each of the 14 local drug and alcohol task forces here in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19217/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the total of section 38 and section 39 funding for each of the ten regional drug and alcohol task forces and each of the 14 local drug and alcohol task forces in each of the years 2010 to 2015 and 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19218/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the total Health Service Executive allocation to each of the ten regional drug and alcohol task forces, DATF, and each of the 14 local drug and alcohol task forces in 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016, and include both DATF and Health Service Executive mainstream funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19219/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of Health Service Executive whole-time equivalent addiction services front-line staff based in each of the ten regional drug and alcohol task forces and each of the 14 local drug and alcohol task force areas in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19220/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health to provide a status update on the recently evaluated cross task force community alcohol treatment programme CARE project including resources allocated by the Health Service Executive, HSE, in 2016 and an estimated date for reinstatement in the Ballymun local, Finglas local and north Dublin regional drug and alcohol task force areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19221/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health to confirm that the new national drugs strategy which is currently under development will be one integrated national substance misuse strategy inclusive of all drugs including alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19222/16]
• 2016-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if all muscular dystrophies are covered under the long-term illness scheme and, if not, the exceptions and the reason for their exclusion. [17544/16]
• 2016-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if there are any work placement or internship schemes available within the Health Service Executive for recently qualified psychologists to assist them in attaining the 450 hours practical experience to enable them to become fully accredited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16971/16]
• 2016-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if he will enter into further negotiations with a company (details supplied) in relation to the drug Orkambi, if he will call on the company to significantly reduce the price of Orkambi as part of these negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15154/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the scheme available for Irish residents to have medical procedures carried out here through the private health system, where they may receive a reimbursement of their medical fees similar to the cross-Border health initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14616/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the level of funding he has allocated in 2016 to Praxis Care and Prosper Fingal services in North County Dublin for services to adults with intellectual disabilities; specifically to identify the split between capital items, that is fit-out, refurbishment, equipment, planning and associated costs and ongoing revenue, that is for staffing resources, additional services such as occupational therapy, respite care and speech and language staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14665/16]
• 2016-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the legal position with regard to the provision of ongoing essential services by the State to an adult 18 years of age with recognised special needs, should their parents or guardians pre-decease them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11929/16]
• 2016-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the legal position with the provision of ongoing essential services by the State to a child under 18 years of age with recognised special needs, should their parents or guardians pre-decease them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11931/16]
• 2016-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health when the gratuity payment due to certain home help workers will be made in lieu of pension payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7329/16]
• 2016-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health to fast-track the approval of the new drug Orkambi for the treatment of cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7502/16]