Jackie Cahill

Fianna Fáil · Tipperary

Activity on Health — 816 events (5 lobbying · 763 questions · 84 votes) full profile →

• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Macra na Feirme Agriculture

  • Macra's advocacy and lobbying at the National Ploughing Championships
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation Health

  • INMO Pre-Budget Submission for 2025 Budget
• 2025-01-18
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 2 returns AgricultureFinance

  • Tipperary North IFA Budget 2025 Priorities
  • Budget 2025
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Mental Health Reform Budgetary matters

  • MHR's event in Leinster House on 18th September; 'Meet&Greet'
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland CLG Health

  • Mental Health Reform hosted meet and greet in Leinster House
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health for an update on the application for pricing and reimbursement of fenfluramine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42981/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of a fair deal application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38698/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 408 to 412 of 2 July 2024, and the responses received from the HSE for same, which repeatedly stated that it is at local management’s discretion to request medical certificates at alternative intervals, if he will outline, given that the HSE HR Circular 014 2018 Appendix B states that a manager should take into consideration their approach in other cases and most notably, “the need for consistency of approach”, the action taken by the HSE’s National HR Office to ensure that there is consistency in the approach taken by local managers and their departments in the requesting of sick certificates and the implementation of CIP; if any action or review process is taken if inconsistencies are found in approaches taken and decisions made; if the HSE’s National HR Office takes a proactive approach to ensure that there is a general level of consistency in local managerial approaches to the CIP, or at the very least, the handling of similar cases that arise under the CIP, across the service; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31003/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 408 to 412 of 2 July 2024, and the responses received from the HSE for same which repeatedly stated that it is at local management’s discretion to request medical certificates at alternative intervals, if he will outline, given that the HSE HR Circular 014 2018 Appendix B states that a manager should take into consideration their approach in other cases and most notably, “the need for consistency of approach”, whether the HSE’s National HR Office would agree that a consistent approach is generally taken by local management teams across the service with regards the CIP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31004/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 408 to 412 of 2 July 2024, and the responses received from the HSE for same which repeatedly stated that it is at local management’s discretion to request medical certificates at alternative intervals, if he will outline, given that the HSE HR Circular 014 2018 Appendix B states that a manager should take into consideration their approach in other cases and most notably, “the need for consistency of approach”, whether the consistency in approach is expected to apply across the board for all staff under that managements’ purview, or if the consistency in approach may vary by staff role and level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31005/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 408 to 412 of 2 July 2024, and the responses received from the HSE for same, which repeatedly stated that it is at local management’s discretion to request medical certificates at alternative intervals, if there are any parameters set for these intervals local management may decide on; if so, to outline these time parameters; if these parameters can vary by staff title/role/level, and so on; the oversight there is of the intervals decided on by local management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31006/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of people who have undertaken the mandated health and safety course, by county, since the introduction of the Sustainable Use Directive governing the application of pesticides; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30025/24]
• 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 progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 93–45
• 2024-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the standard procedure in CHO3 and CHO5 with regard to the submission of sick certificates for HSE staff on sick leave with a critical illness, such as cancer and on TRR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27891/24]
• 2024-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health how regularly sick certificates must be submitted to HR by staff on leave with critical illness in CHO3 and CHO5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27892/24]
• 2024-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if it would be standard practice for a person on sick leave with a critical illness to be obligated to submit sick certificates once a week in CHO3 and CHO5; if so, if this would be the case when the individuals reason for leave has been identified as critical illness and their ability to return to work can be identified in advance, and should not need to re-confirmed on a weekly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27893/24]
• 2024-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there is a standard procedure for the handling of sick certificates and staff on leave with critical illness across the HSE in all CHOs, or if it differs area to area; if it does vary area-to-area to any great degree, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27894/24]
• 2024-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the regularity in which staff on leave with critical illness must submit sick certificates varies depending on their role/position in the HSE and CHO area; if so, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27895/24]
• 2024-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the length a staff member may remain on TRR once they have used all TRR; the options available to staff who are still incapacitated with a critical illness and are unable to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27896/24]
• 2024-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will review the cost demands being placed on private nursing homes by HIQA, considering the large financial cost that can be placed on a nursing home after a HIQA inspection, and considering that numerous HIQA inspections at the same nursing home and the demands arising out of these can make the operations of a private nursing home financially unviable, resulting in their closures across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24435/24]
• 2024-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education for an update on a primary school’s ASA project (details supplied), which is currently at stage 1 under review, given the serious health and safety concerns posed by the current situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22906/24]
• 2024-05-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if, following the closure of the medical clinic in Emly, the HSE would consider running a monthly clinic in the building, with a nurse to take bloods, and so on, for older local residents, who are otherwise forced to attend GPs and run the risk of picking up an illness or infection or travelling a greater distance to Tipperary town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21220/24]
• 2024-04-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the travel options that may be available to an elderly patient travelling from Thurles, County Tipperary, to Croom, County Limerick for a rheumatology appointment, who has no other means of transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18790/24]
• 2024-04-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on maternity cover for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16509/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if his Department uses community radio for advertising and public awareness campaigns; if not, the reason, given the vital role community radio often plays in the dissemination of information to local communities; if his Department will consider using community radio for public awareness campaigns in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14166/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the average wait times for an adult in north Tipperary to see both a speech therapist and physiotherapist after receiving a referral from their doctor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11873/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a patient transport service is available to patients in north and south Tipperary who are receiving radium treatment in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12430/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have their home care package hours filled, given the urgent nature of the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13179/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health for a list of services offered in the Thurles primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9747/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health following the installation of an MRI machine in Thurles primary care centre, if ultrasounds are also provided in the centre; and if not, if the Minister will consider introducing this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9748/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he has considered offering breast screening services in County Tipperary, given that Tipperary residents must travel to other counties; why these services have not been offered in Tipperary to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9749/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if it is possible for a Tipperary resident, located in the Thurles area, to be sent to Kilkenny for breast screening services instead of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9750/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health what patient transport services/supports are available to elderly patients based in the Thurles area and travelling to Nenagh Hospital, University Hospital Limerick or Saint Luke’s General Hospital Kilkenny, who do not have access to or cannot afford private transport, and public transport is difficult due to limited mobility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9751/24]
• 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
• 2024-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if romosozumab, which is used to treat women with severe osteoporosis, is also approved by the EMT for use in Ireland for men with severe osteoporosis (details supplied); if romosozumab is approved by the EMT to be used under medical supervision by a registered consultant in Ireland for a 45-year-old male with severe osteoporosis with a very high risk of bone fracture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8732/24]
• 2024-02-21
  VOTE
  Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 70–60
• 2024-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he has considered providing the MMR vaccine to children aged 6-12 months in cases of outbreak or foreign travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6741/24]
• 2024-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a gallium scanner will be installed in Cork University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6175/24]
• 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
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health for an update on his work to resolve the industrial action currently underway by HSE staff who are members of a union (details supplied), including their action to not respond to elected representatives’ Parliamentary Questions and direct HSE representations; when he expects this to be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56293/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if it is possible for a person on a GP visit card to be assigned to another GP practice locally, in circumstances where they wish to change GPs but other GPs in the area are stating that they do not have spare capacity to take a patient on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54550/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health how the fair deal scheme applies in the case of joint tenancy of a farm of land; if the annual cap can be applied to the land when it is owned in joint tenancy and where the surviving joint tenant cannot be considered as a ‘successor’ when they will not strictly be inheriting the land, but rather assuming full ownership through the principles of joint tenancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53773/23]
• 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
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if re-consideration will be given to PSRP eligibility to include day service Section 39 staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51021/23]
• 2023-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if persons (details supplied) can be provided with an assessment for a primary medical certificate on a certain date; when the next round of assessments are taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50133/23]
• 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
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the complement of nursing staff at St. Mary's Health Centre, Thurles, County Tipperary, can be increased if more permanent nursing staff could be employed there, rather than agency staff, considering that many patients with mental health difficulties who avail of the mental health centres such as this often build up a relationship with a nurse on duty and find it very upsetting when such staff members leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48414/23]
• 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
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the current number of patients awaiting cataract surgery in UHL that are currently listed as urgent; how long these urgent patients have been awaiting surgery that is, less than 3, 0-6, 6-12, 12-18, 18-24 and 24+ months in UHL by county, in tabular from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46125/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the current number of patients awaiting cataract surgery in UHL that are currently listed as semi-urgent; how long these semi-urgent patients have been awaiting surgery that is, less than 3, 0-6, 6-12, 12-18, 18-24 and 24+ months in UHL by county, in tabular from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46126/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the current number of patients awaiting cataract surgery in UHL that are currently listed as routine; how long these routine patients have been awaiting surgery that is, less than 3, 0-6, 6-12, 12-18, 18-24 and 24+ months in UHL by county, in tabular from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46127/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the current average waiting times, from referral to procedure, for patients awaiting cataract surgery in UHL; if there is a delivery timeline guideline in place by which the service aims to treat these patients; if so, the timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46128/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting cataract surgery in UHL that have had their urgency category upgraded within the past 12 months due to prolonged waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46129/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure an appropriate inspection regime commences from the start of 2024, with regard to the contracts between the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and local authority veterinary inspectors, which are to terminate on 31 December 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46225/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a medical card application by a person (details supplied) can be reopened to allow for up-to-date supporting documents to be submitted in support of this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46454/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health how long, on average, Coru is currently taking to process appeals for physiotherapists trying to register in Ireland; what steps he is taking to reduce this time period considering the shortage of physiotherapists in Ireland, particularly in light of the extended time periods Coru are taking to consider applications for registration to begin with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44702/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is entitled to free prosthesis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44844/23]
• 2023-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if his Department plans to re-open the civil registration office in Roscrea, County Tipperary, following its closure earlier in 2023, given that its closure has been a huge loss to the community; if not, if his Department will examine the feasibility of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43455/23]
• 2023-09-27
  VOTE
  Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Referral to Select Committee

  • ✓ voted for 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 progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 111–10
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health what plans his Department has to establish a national register of patients with cardiac conditions to allow better analysis of heart and stroke incidences and to ensure relevant organisations are able to deliver adequate patient services in line with patient needs across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37349/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health to adapt the medical card scheme to ensure the qualification of heart failure patients by virtue of diagnosis, given the financial burden these patients face following diagnosis of a lifelong condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37350/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health to improve and extend cardiac psychological services across the country, given the very limited services currently available to heart failure patients following diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37351/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health to expand the cardiac referral service to ensure all heart failure patients are referred for rehab following diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37352/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health what action is being taken to improve and expand community support services for heart failure patients to address physical and mental health, social and financial challenges that may arise for patients following diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37353/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if blood tests through one’s GP are covered under the medical card, meaning those in receipt of medical card assistance do not have to pay for such tests; if not, the reason this is the case; if he will consider extending the medical card to cover blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35667/23]
• 2023-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if his Department has investigated the reason that fewer young pharmacists appear to be going into community practice; if any studies are ongoing in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34958/23]
• 2023-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he intends to increase the income threshold for the over-70s medical card in Budget 2024; if he would take this into consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32101/23]
• 2023-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there is a prohibition on price discounting or special offers for infant formula in Irish shops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32147/23]
• 2023-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he can confirm when the HSE older persons’ services in the south east region will meet with local representatives in south Tipperary and local Clonmel-based palliative care groups, considering this meeting has been postponed numerous times and a new date is yet to be set despite assurances it would be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32727/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health why Tipperary University Hospital is being grouped with hospitals from Dublin and the South East as part of the realignment process, rather than with hospitals in Cork; if he will examine this matter and give it further consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29219/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health how many of the 22 neurologist speciality nurse positions that were announced have been filled to date; if he will list the areas that still have vacancies in these positions after funding being allocated to hire these nurses, by HSE region, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29576/23]
• 2023-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if an individual who paid €750 in private healthcare for a minor medical procedure can claim this payment back against their taxes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28961/23]
• 2023-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if an individual with a medical card who had a procedure performed on private healthcare can have a part reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28960/23]
• 2023-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he intends to review the fees that pharmacies receive from the State for all State drug schemes before the end of June 2023; if he will engage with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28977/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a pharmacy will be located in the new primary healthcare centre in Roscrea, County Tipperary; if so, if a contract has already been agreed with a provider; if the position has not yet been filled, if the position will be going to tender; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28396/23]
• 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
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 61–74
• 2023-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the additional community health services being provided in each county in CHO 5 since 2020, in tabular form. [26171/23]
• 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
• 2023-04-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the future plans of the HSE for the use of romosozumab in Ireland; if he will consider a meeting request (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20034/23]
• 2023-04-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the new-build community nursing home in Nenagh, County Tipperary, will include a dementia unit, or provide beds for people with dementia and Alzheimer’s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20093/23]
• 2023-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there are financial supports available to those with limited mobility and wish to purchase a motorised scooter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18657/23]
• 2023-04-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent allocations in therapeutic roles for inpatient and outpatient services in Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel campus, broken down by discipline in tabular form; the number of those WTE posts that were vacant on 31 March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18471/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when an individual (details supplied) will be seen for an appointment with the Orthopaedics Section of UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16335/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of a Parkinson’s nurse specialist for Waterford and Tipperary University Hospitals, following a funding allocation under Budget 2023 for the provision of 22 neurologist speciality nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16351/23]
• 2023-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his work to introduce free IVF treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15573/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if financial assistance is available to medical card holders who require ArtAssist treatment in their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15424/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when an individual (details supplied) will receive their pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12507/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when an individual (details supplied) will received their pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12519/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Rural

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason a community-based organisation that promotes health and wellbeing through sport cannot be designated as charity under the Charities Act 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13160/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health in relation to the three-year cap on farm land in the fair deal scheme, if that cap takes effect following three years of the individual being in nursing home care under fair deal, or when the successor is appointed, if the successor is not appointed until after the three-year mark; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11234/23]
• 2023-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the mental health day services that are currently operating in Thurles, County Tipperary; how an individual may avail of such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10358/23]
• 2023-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE will not assist with the cost of taxis for persons attending private medical appointments, even when an individual is being provided care at home by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9357/23]
• 2023-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm when the PRSP will be paid to a healthcare assistant, (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9006/23]
• 2023-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of agencies that met the pandemic special recognition payment criteria and have been engaged with by a company (details supplied); the number of claims processed by the company to date; the number of claims queued for processing by the company; the number of claims currently being processed by the company; the number of agencies that have yet to provide the necessary information to the company in order for their claim to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9015/23]
• 2023-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 573 of 25 October 2022, if the review has been completed on GP services in Rearcross, Newport, County Tipperary; when GP services will resume there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9098/23]
• 2023-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the tendering process will next open for the transport of patients for dialysis and other treatments to hospitals in the HSE mid-west region, particularly north Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8078/23]
• 2023-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the length of time it takes KOSI to process and issue payment on employer claims for the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8592/23]
• 2023-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if reconsideration will be given to PSRP eligibility to include day service section 39 staff, including an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8670/23]
• 2023-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the engagement of an organisation (details supplied) with the federation of voluntary bodies and HSE disability services in relation to the exclusion of section 39 day service staff under the PRSP programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8671/23]
• 2023-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason day service staff in section 39 organisations have not been included in the issuance of the pandemic special recognition payment, given they faced risks throughout the pandemic, were deemed essential workers during the pandemic and were deemed priority one under the HSE vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8744/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of purchasing an ambulance and staffing it with an appropriate team of paramedics in order to provide transport services from Nenagh General Hospital to local nursing homes, to transport patients who are leaving Nenagh Hospital and are being moved to local nursing homes in north Tipperary; the estimated cost for this one-off capital expenditure; the estimated running costs of this on an annual basis thereafter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6502/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the process by which pregnant people with Hyperemesis Gravidarum may obtain the drug cariban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6684/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason cariban cannot be prescribed by GPs on the DPS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6685/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the other options that are available to pregnant people who experience Hyperemesis Gravidarum in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy given the current inability to obtain a prescription for cariban without first being seen by a consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6686/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the current standard of practice in other EU countries for the prescription of cariban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6687/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of cariban prescriptions processed through DPS to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6688/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when he expects an outcome of the review he requested from the HSE and his Department on the current approach to the reimbursement of cariban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6689/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that pregnant people affected by hyperemesis gravidarum are currently forced to present at emergency departments in order to obtain consultant prescriptions for Cariban; if his Department has identified the unnecessary delays and additional cost burden this has caused in emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6722/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the engagement the Department has made with Hyperemesis Ireland, the ICGP, and other expert bodies, regarding the implementation of reimbursement of cariban for hyperemesis gravidarum sufferers; his future plans to engage with relevant bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6723/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the drug romosozumab will shortly be regulated by the Health Products Regulatory Authority in Ireland and be made available on the drug payment scheme and to medical card holders, given that this drug is used to treat osteoporosis in many countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5689/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the circumstances under which an individual may reapply for a primary medical certificate following a past refusal; if a certain time period must lapse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4166/23]
• 2023-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the criteria one must meet in order to qualify for free orthodontic treatment from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3892/23]
• 2023-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health what options are available to children who have been refused free orthodontic treatment from the HSE; if there is an appeals process or an option to seek a second opinion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3893/23]
• 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
• 2023-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on when the Covid-19 pandemic recognition payment will be issued to TTM healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2769/23]
• 2023-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 pandemic recognition payment will be issued to workers of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3252/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the HSE region in the country that has the lowest ratio of whole-time equivalent clinicians as per 100 children of any children’s disability network team; if he will outline the ratio; the way that it compares to the ratio in north Tipperary and in south Tipperary, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63363/22]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of children who are currently on a waiting list to be seen by a psychologist in the south Tipperary children’s disability network team; the total number of patients that the children’s disability network team has in south Tipperary; the staffing levels that are in place in the south Tipperary children’s disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63364/22]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the way in which a child (details supplied) can access GP services when the local GP states that they cannot accept them onto their list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63927/22]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their full provision of care hours following their allocation of a full home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1278/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a rebate or grant is available to parents who avail of private orthodontic treatment for their children in time-sensitive situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2194/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the amount that was spent in 2022 on private ambulances to transfer patients from Nenagh Hospital to nursing homes, when they were being discharged from the hospital; the breakdown of the locations from which these ambulances travelled from originally in order to transfer these patients from Nenagh Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2203/23]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department’s attention has been drawn to the additional funding that can be made available to parents of children with additional needs under the national childcare scheme to cover the additional costs of care for children with additional needs, whereby the child’s healthcare nurse can fill out a sponsored referral form to the NCS for additional funding by the HSE for childcare hours; the work that is being done by his Department to draw the attention of parents of eligible children to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62458/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the services currently available to those diagnosed with Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder; the way families can access these services within their communities following a diagnosis; if he will provide an update on discussions between the HSE and his Department to improve access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62364/22]
• 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
• 2022-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the healthcare staff of an organisation (details supplied) will receive the Covid-19 recognition payment; the category and cohort that they fall under; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61688/22]
• 2022-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE has not published a performance assurance report since its June 2022 publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61766/22]
• 2022-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason that ambulance response times per county or CHO are not deemed a key performance indicator for HIQA, the HSE or the NAS; if consideration is to be given to changing this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61767/22]
• 2022-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his Department’s plans to establish a community neuro-rehabilitation team in south Tipperary, CHO5, which is widely demanded and needed for the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61912/22]
• 2022-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the provision of disability respite services in CHO 3 and CHO 5 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61049/22]
• 2022-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place for a new model of dementia care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61050/22]
• 2022-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of additional CDNT psychologists that would be required in the north Tipperary area to clear the current waiting list of 339 children in a twelve-month period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59920/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if workers in Section 39 organisations, who provided day services throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, will receive the Covid recognition payment that has and is still to be paid to healthcare workers who worked at that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58755/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if workers in Section 39 organisations will qualify for the proposed building momentum increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58756/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the names of all companies supplying private security and cleaning services in his Department, including the cost of private cleaning in his Department, the cost of private security in his Department; the number of private cleaners supplied to his Department to provide these duties as part of these contracts, and the number of private security personnel supplied to his Department on foot of these contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59734/22]
• 2022-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Forest Service within his Department has researched the health and safety risks associated with rotten ash trees within plantations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58609/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason for the lack of consistency in psychology, occupational therapy, speech and language and physiotherapy appointments for children with physical and or intellectual disabilities in north Tipperary, either in the Belmont centre in Nenagh, County Tipperary or through school visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57402/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of clients that each psychologist has on their list in relation to the two new psychologist positions recently filled in north Tipperary for disability services; his views on whether further psychologists are required in the area to provide the necessary services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57403/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant ambulance waiting times experienced by constituents in the Tipperary region; the average length of time between an ambulance request being made, the dispatch, and its arrival to a scene; the root cause that his Department identifies of this long ongoing issue; the action being taken to address this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58039/22]
• 2022-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the current number of staff in the Nenagh children's disability network teams run by Enable Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56218/22]
• 2022-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the HSE can provide suicide prevention awareness training to specific voluntary groups or within the community; if he will provide contact details of the person or division in the HSE will provide such training in the HSE mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55975/22]
• 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
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the way in which a person (details supplied) can gain access to a mobility scooter that they need to comfortably move around their local town, given that the HSE has previously stated that it cannot provide such a necessary aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54901/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Covid-19 pandemic recognition payment for non-HSE and non-Section 38 healthcare employees; if a contractor is now in place; if any further information can be provided with regards to a timeline for the issuance of the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55125/22]
• 2022-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason that the health centre in Rearcross, County Tipperary, has not reopened on Tuesdays as it regularly did prior to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52710/22]
• 2022-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the health centre in Rearcross, County Tipperary will re-open for GP services, given that it has not yet reopened since Covid-19, and that it is a vital and important resource to persons in the local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52711/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will reintroduce a 24/7 ShannonDoc service in Thurles, which has not resumed post-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52119/22]
• 2022-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on plans to relocate 60 Ukrainian families to Thurles; if the essential educational and health wrap-around supports will be provided in unison with this move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52465/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be assessed by CDNT as they have yet to receive an assessment and post-primary application dates are quickly approaching; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51791/22]
• 2022-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of Tipperary patients receiving dialysis in Fresenius Medical Care, Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50774/22]
• 2022-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of Tipperary patients receiving dialysis in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50775/22]
• 2022-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of Tipperary patients receiving dialysis in Limerick University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50776/22]
• 2022-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of Tipperary patients receiving dialysis in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50777/22]
• 2022-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the current average wait time for a chest x-ray in Nenagh General Hospital, from the point of referral until the x-ray is carried out; the reason that the time that a patient is expected to wait following referral has apparently increased from two to eight weeks; the way in which he plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50259/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to ensure that appropriate funding is to be provided towards the employment of additional nurse specialists in neurology across the country; and specifically in University Hospital Limerick and University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48009/22]
• 2022-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a more detailed and accurate timeline for the release of information and issuing of the Covid-19 pandemic recognition payment for non-HSE and non-section 38 healthcare employees, given these staff have been waiting an extended period of time without clarity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47479/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that was provided by the Government under the GMS medical card scheme (details supplied); and the amount that was given to each practitioner and provider, in tabular form, per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41993/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the Covid payment of €1,000 paid to healthcare staff as an acknowledgement of their front-line work during the Covid pandemic will be paid to healthcare staff in private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42811/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of staff working in St. Marys Health Centre, Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43136/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if all the positions are filled on a permanent basis in St. Mary's Health Centre, Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43137/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of hours a week and the number of days a month a psychiatrist is present and on duty in St. Marys Health Centre, Thurles, County Tipperary; if there are any plans to increase these figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43138/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the reduction in working hours for support staff in the Hospital of the Assumption, Thurles, County Tipperary from 39 hrs per week to 37.5 hrs per week in line with other HSE grades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43139/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a tender will next be advertised for the transport of patients for appointments and dialysis in the north Tipperary area of the HSE mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39614/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of patients treated in the medical assessment unit at Nenagh Hospital per day in June; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39938/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there are job vacancies in the medical assessment unit at Nenagh Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39939/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the amount of Government funding that was provided under schemes such as the general medical, medical card, PRSI, treatment benefit and other relevant schemes to audiologists, clinicians and hearing aid providers in counties Tipperary and Waterford for the provision of audiological services, including diagnostic, screening and treatment services, and the fitting, provision and maintenance of hearing aids and appliances, cochlear implants, etc., for each of the calendar years 2017 to 2021, inclusive; the amount of funding that was allocated to individual practitioners and providers, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40094/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that were seen in the medical assessment unit of Nenagh General Hospital on a weekly basis from the beginning of March to the end of June 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38801/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the Nenagh General Hospital medical assessment unit has had to close on any day in 2022 due to staff shortages; if so, the dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38803/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the Nenagh General Hospital medical assessment unit is still facing staff shortages; if so, the positions that are due to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38804/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that the Nenagh General Hospital medical assessment unit should be able to see on a weekly basis if it were operating at full capacity and not facing staff shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38805/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that the Nenagh General Hospital medical assessment unit should be able to see on a daily basis if it were operating at full capacity and not facing staff shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38806/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the schemes being devised as a replacement to the motorised transport grant scheme and the mobility allowance which were closed in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38966/22]
• 2022-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if private healthcare workers will receive the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38395/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours being provided in each LHO area in CHO3 and 5 in 2022; the way that this compares for each of the LHO areas in 2019; the number of persons currently awaiting home care in each LHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37473/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting a psychology appointment in primary care in each LHO area in CHO3 and 5 in 2022; the number of these waiting for over a year; the way that this compares to the end of 2021 in each LHO area and each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37474/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the total number of staff in CDNT4 and CDNT5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35533/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapist positions in CDNT4 and CDNT5; the number of these positions that have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35534/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapist positions in CDNT4 and CDNT5; the number of these positions that have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35535/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapist positions in CDNT4 and CDNT5; the number of these positions that have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35536/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologist positions in CDNT4 and CDNT5; the number of these positions that have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35537/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a tender for the transport of patients for appointments and dialysis in the north County Tipperary area of the HSE mid-west region will be advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34135/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the home help hours currently being offered to a person (details supplied) will be reassessed given that they require additional assistance specifically on the weekends when no assistance is being provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34010/22]
• 2022-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there is a cap on the amount that a general practitioner can charge for filling out a medical report on applications for a driver's licence, housing adaptations, social welfare payments and so on; and if there is a requirement to charge medical card holders a lower fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32487/22]
• 2022-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the current status of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31462/22]
• 2022-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be reinstated on the dentist medical card scheme without having to proceed through the tedious application process again considering that they were on the GMS scheme from 1982 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31089/22]
• 2022-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be reinstated on the dentist medical card scheme without having to proceed through the tedious application process again considering that they were on the GMS scheme from 2008 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31090/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if funding or grant assistance is available for a person seeking admission to a private addiction treatment facility such as a facility (details supplied) who is not in a position to afford such treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30517/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there are any alternate options for persons who cannot afford the admission fees for private addiction treatment services including those at an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30558/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Gortnahoe health centre, County Tipperary, has no waiting room or reception area meaning that patients have to wait in their cars for their appointments and nurses often treat patients in their cars rather than the centre itself for tests such as blood pressure; his plans to address this lack of infrastructure; if he will include such works in the next round of HSE capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30621/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will establish a residential house in Moyne for those with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27230/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to avert further industrial action by medical scientists by ensuring pay parity and better working conditions for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27282/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a bed will be made available in the National Rehabilitation Hospital for a person (details supplied) who urgently requires the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27490/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that are in place to protect the health of veterinary professionals from imported zoonotic diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27611/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to commence a public awareness campaign on the danger of the spread of exotic diseases and their risk to both animal and human health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27613/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to put additional preventative measures in place to limit and prevent the spread of exotic diseases amongst pets and exotic animals given that they pose a threat to the health and welfare of both animals and pets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27615/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if his Department will undertake a full review of managerial practices at a hospital (details supplied), including but not limited to, hiring practices for managerial positions, the trolley crisis in the hospital, managerial accountability for ongoing failures in the system and accident and emergency department waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25413/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the efforts to fill the vacant speech and language therapist position in Cashel Hospital, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25412/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason that a child (details supplied) was removed from the public list to have a procedure carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26178/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) was not provided with a pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26179/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the occupational therapist position in Templemore CHO area 3 will be filled given that it has remained vacant since February 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26383/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect further correspondence from the HSE in relation to a complaint that they submitted via Your Service, Your Say on 27 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26474/22]
• 2022-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide transport for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24964/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a Parkinson's specialist nurse is provided to patients in the south-east region, particularly south Tipperary, as it is clear that this resource is missing in the area, and it is required in order to provide the highest standard of care to Parkinson's patients in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24125/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24139/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person with serious medical needs can gift their home to the HSE in return for the State paying for their medical needs for the remainder of their life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24165/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the mileage and wear and tear allowances currently provided to staff that provide end of life and palliative care services in the home in the HSE mid-west region in view of the rising costs in both fuels and car repairs which means that the allowances currently being provided are making this job uneconomical for many; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24478/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there is another way that a person (details supplied) can claim back their medical expenses for 2019, other than through the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24538/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if financial supports are available for a person (details supplied) who has had 21 medical appointments within the past two months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24542/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who paid €1,300 for one week of respite in a nursing home is entitled to claim back on the cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24767/22]
• 2022-05-12
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education the strategies that are in place to offer mental health supports for primary and secondary students, including access to emotional well-being supports in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23668/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be given access to a speech and language therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23239/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a speech and language therapist will be appointed to St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23240/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the length of time that St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary has been operating without a full-time speech and language therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23241/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that persons who are recovering from a stroke in St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary are not being provided with access to a speech and language therapist given that the post has not been filled by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23242/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is in need of additional home help hours can have their hours reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23324/22]
• 2022-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when he expects the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 to become law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22387/22]
• 2022-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the best source of public funding that a community group could apply for in order to purchase a defibrillator for a local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22398/22]
• 2022-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when it is anticipated that construction works will commence on a unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22402/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the new primary healthcare facility will be fully operational in Mitchell Street, Thurles; the number of general practitioners who will be operating from new facility; the other healthcare services that will be available at the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21673/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the home help hours currently being offered to a person (details supplied) can be re-assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21960/22]
• 2022-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will advertise a tender for the transport of patients for appointments and dialysis in the north Tipperary area of the HSE mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21571/22]
• 2022-04-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the way that a person (details supplied) can access an S1 form for the purpose of applying for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21304/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there are voluntary organisations which would aid in the provision of funding for a child in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19418/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when ShannonDoc will revert to pre-Covid-19 hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19509/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the waiting time for an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21208/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will next advertise a tender for the transport of patients for appointments and dialysis in the north County Tipperary area of the HSE Mid-West region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18214/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there is a scheme in place to help persons on social welfare who suffer from gluten-related dietary restrictions with the cost of coeliac friendly foods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18385/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the way in which he intends to improve services for persons with Huntingdon’s disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16864/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of a new model of intensive home supports. [16865/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when transport will be provided for adults with intellectual disabilities and additional needs in Ballina, County Mayo, and Killaloe, County Clare, to travel to a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15030/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16700/22]
• 2022-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15527/22]
• 2022-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the €1,000 Covid recognition payment will be paid to front-line workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15426/22]
• 2022-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for the ENT hospital in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15427/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing private healthcare operators including pharmacies to make a tax-free payment to staff on a once-off basis without the payment being subject to PAYE, PRSI and USC (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14148/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will establish a working group on Huntington’s disease under the joint auspices of the National Dementia Office and the Integrated Care Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13859/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14142/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there is an equal level of pay to nursing homes for residents in the fair deal scheme regardless of whether the nursing home is public or private as recently stated in nursing homes in Ireland submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14571/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if section 39 disability service providers will be included in the €1,000 Covid recognition payment particularly those working in an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14596/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14601/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person who worked in an acute hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic will be entitled to the €1,000 Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14780/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person who worked in a nursing home and later switched to an agency nurse position in a geriatric hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic will be entitled to the €1,000 Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14781/22]
• 2022-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when transport will be provided for persons in Ballina and Killaloe, County Tipperary to the Lisnagry centre, Limerick for persons with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13614/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider allowing private healthcare operators including pharmacies to make a tax-free payment to staff on a once-off basis without the payment being subject to PAYE, PRSI and USC (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12571/22]
• 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
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve autism services in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7883/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a CAMHS appointment in the north Tipperary, south Tipperary and east Limerick local health office areas respectively; the number of these children that are also on a waiting list for a primary care psychology appointment; if he plans to audit, review or reform the CAMHS service in the area in the wake of recent issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7882/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the Shannondoc out-of-hours general practitioner service will continue to operate out of St. Mary’s Hospital, Thurles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7495/22]
• 2022-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who recently moved to Ireland and is a UK citizen would have their medical expenses and treatments covered here under the HSE, if they are required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7131/22]
• 2022-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive surgery in Croom Hospital, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7206/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that are on the waiting lists for elective surgery in County Tipperary; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6623/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Tipperary that are on a waiting list for hip replacements; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6624/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Tipperary that are on a waiting list for knee replacements; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6625/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Tipperary that are on a waiting list for cataract treatment; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6626/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Tipperary that are on a waiting list for orthopaedic paediatric surgery; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6627/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Tipperary that are on mental health waiting lists for counselling services; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6628/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6738/22]
• 2022-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the Nenagh General Hospital medical assessment unit will be operating at full capacity each day; the reason that it is prevented from doing so now given that a consultant, registrar and SHO were recently appointed to the unit and this has allowed 12 patients to be seen a day instead of six but that an additional eight patients could be seen each day were the unit operating at capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5504/22]
• 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
• 2022-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if rehab care workers in the community are deemed eligible for the Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4994/22]
• 2022-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if security guards that worked in public hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic will be eligible for the Covid recognition payment considering that other front-line healthcare workers (details supplied) in hospitals all qualify for this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4995/22]
• 2022-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to establish palliative care beds in St. Anthony’s Hospital, Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3239/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if synarel can be prescribed by a consultant as a hormone treatment for a person who is transitioning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63458/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of Covid-19 booster vaccinations for children aged 12 to 15; if the issue is under consideration by either the National Immunisation Advisory Council or the European Medicines Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1366/22]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person who purchased PCR tests in order to adhere to the relevant travel advice when they purchased their flights is entitled to a refund considering that PCR tests were no longer required to travel on the day they travelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62578/21]
• 2021-12-15
  VOTE
  Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 · 3 divisions

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 6–4
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 4–6
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 4–6
• 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 Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if updated vaccination certificates will be issued to persons who have received the booster dose outlining that they have received the booster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61586/21]
• 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
• 2021-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the way a person can enter into an independent contract with the HSE in order to transport dialysis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60053/21]
• 2021-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the measures in the HSE Winter Plan 2021-2022 that will enhance homecare provision for older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59353/21]
• 2021-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the primary care psychology waiting list reduction initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59352/21]
• 2021-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to update the current list of medical conditions to include all long-term chronic illnesses covered under the long-term illness benefit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57732/21]
• 2021-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the procedure to update the list of medical conditions covered under the long-term illness benefit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57733/21]
• 2021-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to overhaul the current long-term illness benefit scheme and establish a new scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57734/21]
• 2021-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if privately owned recreational centres that offer facilities such as a gym and sauna can request proof of a Covid-19 vaccination from potential patrons and refuse entry if it cannot be proven that the potential patron is not fully vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57880/21]
• 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 Education

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education if she will report on the public health supports available to schools. [57303/21]
• 2021-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a hoist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56900/21]
• 2021-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if hormone treatments which are considered high-tech scripts will be covered either by the medical card or drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56939/21]
• 2021-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to publicly promote the Covid-19 vaccination booster campaign in order to tackle the lower levels of uptake of the booster vaccine particularly in the older age groups and those with underlying health conditions both of which would be considered higher risk categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57495/21]
• 2021-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if funding can be made available for a group (details supplied) to assist in its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55358/21]
• 2021-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if epidiolex has been passed for reimbursement by the HSE following the additional allocation in Budget 2022 to cater for new drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53467/21]
• 2021-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a bed will be made available for a person (details supplied) in the National Rehabilitation Centre in Dún Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53468/21]
• 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
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person who was on the beef data and genomics scheme and who suffered ill health and was forced to sell the sucklers as the person was no longer in a position to care for them is now expected to return a sum of the grant and is instead not covered under force majeure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52048/21]
• 2021-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans for the roll out of Covid-19 booster vaccinations for residents of elderly care homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51444/21]
• 2021-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans for the roll out of Covid-19 booster vaccinations for frontline healthcare workers of elderly care homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51445/21]
• 2021-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans for the roll out of Covid-19 booster vaccinations for frontline healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51446/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the additional supports Budget 2022 is providing for persons with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50693/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the issuing of free access to the FreeStyle Libre device for all adult diabetics; his plans to remove the age limit for free access to this device; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50464/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the legislation on surrogate parenthood will be amended to give improved rights to parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50406/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of leg supports for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51286/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that the medical assessment unit in Nenagh General Hospital is only seeing approximately four to six patients per day given that it has the capacity to see upwards of 20 patients per day and given the medical assessment unit in Ennis sees 20 to 24 patients per day; his plans to address this major shortfall that is increasing pressure on the accident and emergency department in University Hospital Limerick and on general practitioners in north County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49649/21]
• 2021-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 696, 697, 698; 711 and 747 of 15 September 2021, when the National Consultant Appointments Advisory Committee will decide on the proposal by a company (details supplied) for one permanent consultant post for the medical assessment unit Nenagh General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48936/21]
• 2021-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his views on whether any other staffing positions are required other than the current proposal before the National Consultant Appointments Advisory Committee for one permanent consultant post for the medical assessment unit, Nenagh General Hospital; if not, if the unit is adequately staffed other than this pending consultant position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48937/21]
• 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
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the financial assessment breakdown in the case of a person (details supplied) availing of the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47842/21]
• 2021-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the funding and supports that are available to cover the cost of hearing aids for adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44247/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is in a position to avail of the National Treatment Purchase Fund for a knee replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43853/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of days the medical assessment unit in Nenagh General Hospital has been closed in 2021 as a result of staff shortages; if he will provide dates of closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43854/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of days the medical assessment unit in Nenagh General Hospital did not take patients when it was scheduled to do so to date in 2021 but did not officially announce it was closed; if he will provide details of these dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43856/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of days the medical assessment unit in Nenagh General Hospital rescheduled or cancelled an entire day’s appointments due to an inability to see patients as a result of staff shortages; if he will provide details of these dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43857/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there was a day in 2021 when the medical assessment unit in Nenagh General Hospital did not see patients or take referrals due to staff shortages, resulting in an effective closure of the unit and no official announcement was made that the unit would be closed that day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43859/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there is funding available to cover the cost of a person with special needs travelling by taxi to attend the Cashel day centre, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43860/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has attempted to fill the vacant addiction counsellor position in Drummin House, Nenagh, County Tipperary; when this position will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43861/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the consultant psychiatrist position in Drummin House, Nenagh, County Tipperary, will be filled on a full-time basis given that it is constantly being filled by a locum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43862/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when respite services will return for service users of adult day care services in Thurles, County Tipperary, who attended a facility (details supplied) prior to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43863/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the criteria that must be met for a medical card to cover the cost of dentures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43864/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if additional supports will be provided for early intervention services for children with a disability in north County Tipperary in the HSE mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43865/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide a temporary replacement for a speech and language therapist who is currently on maternity leave and who works in early intervention services for children with a disability in Nenagh, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43866/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that parents of children born with disabilities are being advised to remain in the care of hospital services often in Dublin for as long as possible rather than changing to local early intervention services in Nenagh, County Tipperary, due to short staffing in early intervention services in Nenagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43867/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his views on whether there are adequate staffing levels in early intervention services in Nenagh, County Tipperary, for children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43868/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will appoint a person to oversee all early intervention services that are supposed to be made available to children with disabilities in the north County Tipperary area of the mid-west region in order that services are co-ordinated appropriately and parents receive proper communications; if so, if a person will be appointed to the role who has an understanding of the needs of such children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43869/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there is adequate funding of early intervention services for children with disabilities in north County Tipperary considering some physiotherapists are operating client lists of up to 500 children locally and many children cannot access the services they desperately need at an early age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43870/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a full-time consultant to the medical assessment unit of Nenagh General Hospital as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43871/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there is funding available to cover the cost of a person with special needs travelling by taxi to attend the Cashel Day Centre in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40943/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if all teachers in all age cohorts will be fully vaccinated before returning to the classroom in September 2021; if any teacher who will not have time to receive their two jabs before returning to school, based on current timeline predictions, will be considered for a vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34132/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the financial supports available to parents who wish to renovate a room in their home for the purposes of creating a sensory room for a child with a disability, other than housing adaptation grants available through local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34549/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has attempted to fill the vacant addiction counsellor position in Drummin House, Nenagh, County Tipperary; when this position will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35577/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the consultant psychiatrist position in Drummin House, Nenagh, County Tipperary will be filled on a full-time basis given it is constantly being filled by a locum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35578/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is in a position to avail of the National Treatment Purchase Fund for a knee replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35969/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the criteria that must be met for a medical card to cover the cost of dentures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38822/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay of over 20 weeks in the vaccinator recruitment process of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39420/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason the contractor providing the vaccinator recruitment service for the HSE does not respond to correspondence or provide a helpline and employ sufficient resources to complete the contract in a proper manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39421/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the drug romosozumab (details supplied) will shortly be regulated by the Health Products Regulatory Authority in Ireland and be made available on the drug payment scheme and to medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39492/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the funding that has been allocated by his Department for projects and initiatives in County Tipperary over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40502/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of days the medical assessment unit in Nenagh Hospital has been closed in 2021 as a result of staff shortages; if he will provide dates of closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40540/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of days the medical assessment unit in Nenagh Hospital did not take patients when it was scheduled to do so in 2021, but did not officially announce it was closed; if he will provide details of these dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40541/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of days the medical assessment unit in Nenagh Hospital rescheduled or cancelled an entire day’s appointments due to an inability to see patients as a result of staff shortages; if he will provide details of these dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40542/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there was a day in 2021 when the medical assessment unit in Nenagh Hospital did not see patients or take referrals due to staff shortages, resulting in an effective closure of the unit and no official announcement was made that the unit would be closed that day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40543/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when respite services will return for service users of adult day care services in Thurles, County Tipperary who attended a facility (details supplied) prior to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40557/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if additional supports will be provided for early intervention services for children with a disability in north County Tipperary in the HSE mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31485/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide a temporary replacement for a speech and language therapist who is currently on maternity leave and who works in early intervention services for children with a disability in Nenagh, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31486/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that parents of children born with disabilities are being advised to remain in the care of hospital services often in Dublin for as long as possible rather than changing to local early intervention services in Nenagh, County Tipperary due to short staffing in early intervention services in Nenagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31487/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his views on whether there are adequate staffing levels in early intervention services in Nenagh, County Tipperary for children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31488/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will to appoint a person to oversee all early intervention services that are supposed to be made available to children with disabilities in the north County Tipperary area of the mid-west region in order that services are co-ordinated appropriately and parents receive proper communications; if so, if a person will be appointed to the role who has an understanding of the needs of such children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31489/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there is adequate funding of early intervention services for children with disabilities in north County Tipperary considering some physiotherapists are operating clients lists of up to 500 children locally and many children cannot access the services they desperately need at an early age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31490/21]
• 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
• 2021-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a full-time consultant to the medical assessment unit of Nenagh Hospital as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28444/21]
• 2021-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if epidiolex will be approved for funding by the HSE drug reimbursement programme as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28445/21]
• 2021-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if persons travelling into the country from states on the mandatory hotel quarantine list will be provided with an exemption to mandatory hotel quarantine in cases in which they are fully vaccinated with a World Health Organisation approved vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30512/21]
• 2021-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if, under new guidelines, communions and confirmations will go ahead, particularly in smaller school with groups of 25; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30590/21]
• 2021-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the restrictions that will be in place for the summer months in relation to summer camps for children both indoors and outdoors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28257/21]
• 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
• 2021-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason Ireland enforces such a strict level of tolerance on TAC in hemp in comparison with other EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25352/21]
• 2021-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the waving of mandatory hotel quarantine for persons who are vaccinated with Covid-19 vaccines not yet approved by the European Medicines Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25246/21]
• 2021-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the source of a recent HSE statement that there are 150 palliative care support beds in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25288/21]
• 2021-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the annual number of persons in south County Tipperary who require end of life care in a hospital environment; if he will provide the source of this data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25289/21]
• 2021-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health he number of palliative care support beds that a population such as south County Tipperary should have based on best practice and the policy of the HSE and his Department; if he will provide the source of this data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25290/21]
• 2021-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number and location of the existing palliative care support beds in south County Tipperary excluding Waterford or Dungarvan; if he will provide the source of this data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25291/21]
• 2021-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the details of the two palliative care support beds in Tipperary town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25292/21]
• 2021-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the delivery of care to palliative care in-patients is to be given by homecare teams in future; if this is considered best practice; if so, the source of the practice being defined as best practice policy by the HSE and or his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25293/21]
• 2021-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his views on whether two palliative care support beds will be sufficient to meet the needs of patients in south County Tipperary in ten years’ time; if not, the areas from which the additional beds will be sourced from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25294/21]
• 2021-05-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will appoint a full-time consultant from University Hospital Limerick to the medical assessment unit in Nenagh Hospital as a matter of priority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25125/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Transport

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if a person (details supplied) can extend their international driving permit in order that they can drive with their non-EU/EEA driver licence while they are at home on ill-health grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24581/21]
• 2021-05-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE medicines management programme preferred blood glucose strips for adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes evaluation to fund the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23395/21]
• 2021-05-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a submission for funding to provide the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need in the National Service Plan 2021 was received from the HSE PCRS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23396/21]
• 2021-05-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he is expecting a submission for funding from the HSE PCRS to provide the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need for inclusion in the National Service Plan 2022. [23397/21]
• 2021-05-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he has received a submission from the HSE PCRS recommending that the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system is made available to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23398/21]
• 2021-05-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings held in 2020 and to date in 2021 between the manufacturers of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system and the HSE PCRS in relation to making the technology available to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; the outcomes of these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23399/21]
• 2021-05-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the decision to make the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system available to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23400/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be vaccinated soon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21272/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 70 years of age and over in County Tipperary who have been registered by general practitioners to be vaccinated in their own homes under the National Ambulance Service Covid-19 home vaccination service as of 20 April 2021; the number of those persons who have been vaccinated to date; the reason a person in County Tipperary has had their appointment suddenly cancelled and extended by four weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21569/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be assessed by a clinical psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18851/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a young person returning home from New York after completing a graduate internship could have the costs of their mandatory hotel quarantine covered by the State (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20455/21]
• 2021-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans and efforts to date to tackle heightened incidence rates of Covid-19 among the Traveller community (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17675/21]
• 2021-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a comparison will be provided of Covid-19 incidence rates between the general settled population and the Traveller community (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17676/21]
• 2021-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will include a palliative care unit in the new 50-bed care of the elderly unit in St. Anthony’s in South Tipperary General Hospital which is currently under construction (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17778/21]
• 2021-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the available spaces on the panel for the provision of hand sanitiser to her Department and the HSE will go out to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17826/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if the VAT concession on milk recording can be returned to the pre-January 2020 reduced rate of 4.5% rather than the current 13.5%, given that this would incentivise milk recording for herd health, herd management, fertility and sustainability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17171/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if priority will be given to maternity services when exiting the current level 5 Covid-19 restrictions in order that essential supports for pregnant woman are available to them during all stages of the pregnancy and birth and to ensure the avoidance of an ad hoc approach to this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17481/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to present the fair deal legislation before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14727/21]
• 2021-03-11
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated number of vets needed for the additional certification process in relation to changes in export health certification of products of animal origin on 1 April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13580/21]
• 2021-03-11
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all vets have received the required training in relation to changes in export health certification of products of animal origin on 1 April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13581/21]
• 2021-03-11
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of certificates that will be needed to be signed by vets in relation to changes in export health certification of products of animal origin on 1 April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13582/21]
• 2021-03-11
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether Ireland has the infrastructure to ensure that changes in export health certification does not disrupt the speedy delivery of products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13583/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the minimum unit pricing for alcohol under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 will be implemented in view of the pressing need to tackle alcohol abuse and dependence and the growing nature of binge drinking in the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12864/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a general practitioner (details supplied) in County Clare will be in possession of Covid-19 vaccinations to inoculate patients in view that some patients are over 80 years and have underlying issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13174/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the position regarding vaccine allocations to general practitioners for persons over 80 years of age (details supplied). [13536/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) must wait until late March or April 2021 for a Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12063/21]
• 2021-02-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when taxi drivers employed to drive patients for dialysis will receive the Covid-19 vaccine given they are essential front-line workers and if they cannot work due to illness ambulances have to be used to transport these patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10664/21]
• 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 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
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a refit for a prosthetic leg that was due to take place in March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10099/21]
• 2021-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of an application for a mobility scooter by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9274/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if home help hours will be reviewed with a view to increasing them in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7947/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if home help hours will be reviewed with a view to increasing them in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7948/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the practice will be examined by which general practitioners in the HSE mid-west region are responsible for the financial cost of disposing of clinical waste such as needles, syringes and used PPE while this cost is not borne by general practitioners in other HSE regions (details supplied); if the matter will be corrected in order to cover the cost incurred by general practitioners in the mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8534/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if persons working in childcare as key and essential workers will be included under category four of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8689/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the HSE’s national renal office statement that in-centre haemodialysis patients should be considered similar to persons aged 65 and older who are residents of long-term care facilities in terms of prioritisation for the first wave of Covid-19 vaccination and those patients are extremely medically vulnerable and have a very high mortality risk; if he will consider placing these patients in cohort 1 for vaccination against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8752/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to published data indicating a Covid-19 case mortality rate amongst kidney patients similar to that of residents of long-term care facilities; if he will move them into cohort 1 for Covid-19 vaccination in view of the particular vulnerability of kidney patients such as persons on dialysis and kidney transplant recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8753/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines administered to residents of long-term residential care facilities in County Tipperary up to 1 February 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7348/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines administered to front-line staff of long-term residential care facilities in County Tipperary up to 1 February 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7349/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines administered to persons other than front-line staff or residents of long-term residential care facilities in County Tipperary up to 1 February 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7350/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines administered to front-line staff in hospitals in County Tipperary up to 1 February 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7351/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines administered to persons other than front-line staff in hospitals in County Tipperary up to 1 February 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7352/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if bus drivers can be vaccinated under the Covid-19 vaccination programme as part of the key worker section, given their front-facing positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4011/21]
• 2021-01-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if carers and family carers will be prioritised in the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3038/21]
• 2021-01-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with an address in County Tipperary that have been admitted to the department of psychiatry in Kilkenny in each of the years since 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3285/21]
• 2021-01-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with an address in County Tipperary that have been admitted to the department of psychiatry in Ennis in each of the years since 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3286/21]
• 2021-01-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of works recommended to be carried out at the department of psychiatry in Kilkenny following the recommendations made by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment report 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3287/21]
• 2021-01-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when family carers will receive Covid-19 vaccinations. [3494/21]
• 2021-01-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when cancer support workers will receive Covid-19 vaccinations. [3495/21]
• 2021-01-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when undertakers will receive Covid-19 vaccinations. [3496/21]
• 2021-01-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if persons who are working in cancer support centres can be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1995/21]
• 2021-01-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if residents and staff of a facility (details supplied) can be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine given the recent outbreak of Covid-19 in the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1996/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who was recently interviewed for a grade 4 position within the HSE community healthcare organisation or CHO 3, can have previous interviews taken into account for the position based on extenuating circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44681/20]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if respite will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44734/20]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with a specialist wheelchair with a sit to stand function; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44767/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of older persons waiting for home support hours at the end of November 2020 in the north Tipperary east Limerick LHO area and in the south Tipperary LHO area; the way in which this compares to the same date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42305/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a Dublin-based Covid-19 test centre that was recently closed that processed Covid-19 tests from Clonmel, County Tipperary has been replaced by another laboratory; if this closure has resulted in testing ability being reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42729/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans for redress for patients who received erroneous false negative Covid-19 test results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42730/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if false negative Covid-19 tests are resulting in the spread of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42731/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of home help hours allocated by the HSE in slots of half an hour, an hour and greater than an hour in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41200/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of home help hours provided by agencies in slots of half an hour, an hour and greater than an hour in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41201/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to shorten the waiting time for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41351/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there will be a revision of the number of guests from 25 to 50 for weddings taking place shortly after Christmas if cases of Covid-19 continue to decrease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41391/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of guests who can attend a christening in view of the fact there is no mention of christenings in the level 3 Covid-19 guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41394/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason 50 persons are allowed at a religious service but only 25 are allowed at funerals; if this will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41396/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 756 of 10 November 2020, the status of ,application submissions made to the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics in July 2020 regarding the reimbursement of epidiolex; if the process will be expedited; the reason the process has taken a long time in view of the vital importance of the medication, in particular for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41894/20]
• 2020-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if HSE staff in Kenmare Community Hospital and other locations in County Kerry who are dealing with Covid-19 cases will only be rostered on to assist with these patients and will not be rostered to work on other wards or with other patients that have not contracted Covid-19 as per the HSE guidelines.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39386/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the next of kin of residents in nursing homes can be allowed to visit on compassionate grounds if the resident has special needs and the lack of visits is affecting them mentally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37857/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason a person who has a medical card has to pay to get blood tests taken at his or her general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37028/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason a person who has a medical card has to pay to get his or her ears syringed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37029/20]
• 2020-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1163 of 3 October 2020, if he will allow dance schools to be treated the same as sports clubs and gymnastics classes for the purposes of Covid-19 restrictions; if he will allow dance schools to operate under level 3 and 4 Covid-19 restrictions rather than arbitrarily treating dance schools differently from other exercise activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35540/20]
• 2020-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the right of ambulance personnel to join and be represented by a union of their choice; the status of the dispute between the HSE and members of a union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35697/20]
• 2020-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 817 and 818 of 22 September 2020 and Questions Nos. 298 to 300, inclusive of 24 September 2020, the number of the 2,553 Echo calls made from 1 January 2020 to 31 August 2020 that were attended by the first ambulance dispatched to attend the call in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35014/20]
• 2020-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 817 and 855 of 22 September 2020 and Questions Nos. 269 to 271, inclusive, of 24 September 2020, the number of the 67,849 Delta calls made from 1 January 2020 to 31 August 2020 that were attended by the first ambulance dispatched to attend the call, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35015/20]
• 2020-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health further to the response of the HSE to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 817 and 819 of 22 September 2020, and Parliamentary Questions Nos. 269 to 271, inlusive, of 24 September 2020, the number of the total 70,402 category 1 calls made from 1 January 2020 through to 31 August 2020 that were attended within 20, 20 to 30, 30 to 45 and after 45 minutes, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35016/20]
• 2020-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason consideration is not being given to the time it takes from when an ambulance is called until it reaches its destination, as opposed to the time it takes to get an ambulance on the road to a call from the moment the call was made, as the main metric for measuring the responsiveness of the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35017/20]
• 2020-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if extra home help hours will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35180/20]
• 2020-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the same access will be allowed to epidiolex here as in the UK in view of the fact the medication is approved by the European Medicines Board (details supplied); if the HSE will be requested to fund the drug under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35303/20]
• 2020-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the mental health services that would be available for a person (details supplied) at St. Mary’s day hospital, Thurles over the Christmas period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35329/20]
• 2020-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 14 October 2020, the reason a wheelchair recommended by the Central Remedial Clinic is not on the approved list for purchase by the aids and appliance department and the HSE will not consider same when the said wheelchair is necessary for certain persons living with multiple sclerosis and recommended for them by their medical professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34197/20]
• 2020-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the rising numbers on waiting lists for access to rheumatology resources in view of the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34425/20]
• 2020-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if requests by an organisation (details supplied) for the implementation of the National Doctors Training and Planning report recommendations and the National Clinical Programme for Rheumatology Model of Care will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34426/20]
• 2020-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the findings of a recent Covid-19 survey by an organisation (details supplied) which held that 44% of respondents with inflammatory arthritis had an appointment with their rheumatologist cancelled or postponed during the pandemic will receive a response; his plans to act to tackle Covid-19 related delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34427/20]
• 2020-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a venue has been sourced in Thurles, County Tipperary for the recommencement of podiatry and physiotherapy services for older persons in Thurles and its hinterland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33995/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when St. Bridget’s hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary will be returned to normal services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33303/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the FreeStyle Libre to be available on the long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33302/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if dance schools can be recategorised as educational institutions for the purposes of Covid-19 restrictions to allow them to continue to operate during increased restrictions similar to the conditions under which sports teams can operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32482/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount the HSE spent on private ambulances in the south-east and mid-west regions in the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32483/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will consider permitting gyms to remain open under level 5 restrictions in order to ensure that persons’ physical and mental health must remain a priority during these times with knowledge that gyms run a strict pre-booking service for slots (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32748/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for a facility owned by an organisation (details supplied) that provides a range of necessary community-based services to allow for necessary works to be carried out in order to make the facility fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33486/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is possible for an application for a PCS number for an eco-friendly hand sanitiser to be fast tracked or for a temporary licence to be awarded on account of public health needs for such products in view of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33493/20]
• 2020-10-23
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 85–53
• 2020-10-23
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Bill 2020

  A bill to make further and better provision in relation to the enforcement of regulations under section 31A of the Health Act 1947; for that purpose, to make provision in relation to the prosecution of certain offences consisting of contraventions of those regulations, to provide for the payment of fixed sums by persons alleged to have committed certain such offences in lieu of their being prosecuted for those offences; to provide for the giving of directions by members of the Garda Síochána in certain circumstances; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 93–43
• 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
• 2020-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the possibility of ending unpaid placements for student nurses and midwives in hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31903/20]
• 2020-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing student nurses and midwives with travel and accommodation expenses when they are on unpaid placements in hospitals; if this issue will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31904/20]
• 2020-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will consider providing suitable financial compensation for student nurses and midwives while on mandatory work placement as part of their training in order that students do not have to choose between education and temporary employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31905/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person driving a patient from Thurles to Limerick three times pera week for dialysis is entitled for be reimbursed for expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30929/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre device will be available to adult diabetics to assist in the management and control of their illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31532/20]
• 2020-10-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) to cover the cost of a nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30370/20]
• 2020-10-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be considered for a new wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30463/20]
• 2020-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of a drug (details supplied); if it is reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29759/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is willing to lease its property in Tipperary Town, County Tipperary to a person who would be interested in developing and operating a facility that would comprise a nursing home with a specialised dementia unit, a mental health facility with psychiatric beds and a centre to treat drug addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28271/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he plans to reopen day care centres for the elderly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28358/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if both Gorey and Thomastown district hospitals had been designated as Covid-19 step-down facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28729/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the step-down designation of both Gorey and Thomastown district hospitals has been removed; when this occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28730/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if Gorey and Thomastown hospitals have reverted to their pre-Covid-19 operational status and use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28731/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason St. Brigid's Hospital has not reverted its pre-Covid-19 status in the same manner as other facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28732/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when St. Brigid's Hospital will have its Covid-19 designation removed and begin resumption of normal operations at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28733/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason the State Claims Agency is opposing claims by those who allege they have developed narcolepsy as a result of a faulty batch of the swine flu vaccine in view of the fact that the claims are supported by medical proof; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28772/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason the first narcolepsy case related to a claimed bad batch of the swine flu vaccine to go to trial was not settled before an estimated €10 million was spent on the case approximately three weeks after going to trial; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28773/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason over 90 cases have been taken by individuals who claim they have developed narcolepsy as a result of a faulty batch of the swine flu vaccine are being taken to trial instead of mediation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28774/20]
• 2020-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the threshold for over-70s medical card applications will increase from €500 to €550 for a single person and from €900 to €1,050 for a couple, as announced in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27768/20]
• 2020-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the quantity of MSUD covered under the medical card for persons who have been diagnosed with maple syrup disorder (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28003/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason persons with stage four cancer are being refused access to a medical card; his plans to rectify the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27351/20]
• 2020-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will consider adjusting public health guidelines surrounding weddings by which 150 persons can attend a church ceremony yet only 50 can attend a reception afterwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26024/20]
• 2020-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of calls made to the ambulance service in Thurles, County Tipperary from 1 January to 1 September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26207/20]
• 2020-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of calls to the ambulance service in Thurles, County Tipperary from 1 January to 1 September 2020 that were for outside the mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26208/20]
• 2020-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of calls to the ambulance service in Thurles, County Tipperary from 1 January to 1 September 2020 for the Thurles and mid-west region that were dealt with by ambulances from outside the Thurles area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26209/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if extra capacity for paediatric beds in South Tipperary General Hospital will be reinstated to pre-Covid-19 levels; when this will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24735/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if public health advice regarding weddings announced on 15 September 2020 in the plan to deal with Covid-19 will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25073/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to compensate persons that developed narcolepsy as a result of the swine flu vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25154/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when he plans to lift restrictions on spouses attending pregnancy scans and labour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25224/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of calls made for an ambulance in the area covered by the Thurles ambulance depot between 8 am and 8 pm on 5 September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25422/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the average response time for an ambulance from when a call is placed to emergency services to when an ambulance arrives at the scene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25651/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to update travel restrictions for persons coming into Ireland from the UK. [23849/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to update travel restrictions for persons coming here from the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23993/20]
• 2020-09-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the adult day service in Stafford Street, Nenagh, County Tipperary (details supplied) will reopen and return to its normal schedule. [23112/20]
• 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
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when outpatient physiotherapy and podiatry services will resume at the Community Hospital of the Assumption, Thurles, County Tipperary, in view of the fact the services are vital for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21262/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a facility (details supplied) has a consultant psychiatrist; the services available at the facility; the services available at the facility in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21556/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the transport services and subsidies available to persons that have various ailments and have to travel to different medical appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22183/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when State respite services are due to recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19237/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when legislation will be introduced for the modifications to the fair deal scheme to deal with self-employed persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18170/20]
• 2020-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the guidelines for undertakers during funerals in their funeral home, in the church and in the graveyard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17751/20]
• 2020-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the person or body responsible in cases in which the guidelines for funerals are broken by the general public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17752/20]
• 2020-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for homecare packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16694/20]
• 2020-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the waiting list status of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16728/20]
• 2020-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the Derg Centre in Nenagh, County Tipperary will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16742/20]
• 2020-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the position on the day care centre on Morton Street, Clonmel, County Tipperary; when it will reopen; the hours during that it will be open; the number of staff it will have when it reopens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16269/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions on public health measures, specifically the wearing of masks, that have taken place with school transport providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15395/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding put in place to compensate school transport providers for extra costs expected to be incurred on buses to meet public health requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15396/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if children on school transport will be required to wear face masks; the other public health measures to be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15398/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a chair will be received for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14939/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the births, deaths and marriages office will reopen at St. Mary’s hospital, Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14999/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of isolation beds operational and available at South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15353/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget for South Tipperary General Hospital in each of the years 2016 to 2020, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15354/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when children’s dental services will be restored to St. Mary’s Hospital, Thurles, County Tipperary, after being relocated to Nenagh Hospital, Nenagh, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14224/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when ShannonDoc services will reopen at St. Mary’s Hospital, Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14287/20]
• 2020-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when treatment for a person (details supplied) will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13243/20]
• 2020-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12786/20]
• 2020-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the intensive physiotherapy department will reopen at Our Lady’s Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12862/20]
• 2020-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a series of matters will be clarified in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12863/20]
• 2020-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Transport

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review and clarify the policy surrounding the NCT and licence extensions in the wake of the Covid-19 public health emergency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12781/20]
• 2020-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when summer camps can commence; if children who take part in one camp can take part in another camp or if they will be precluded from doing so due to the risk of cross infection; if children can eat indoors at camps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11045/20]
• 2020-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the dialectical behaviour therapy programme in Tevere Day Hospital, Limerick will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11047/20]
• 2020-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person who has been more than two years on the waiting list for the dialectical behaviour therapy programme in Tevere Day Hospital, Limerick, can transfer to the same course in Cork (details supplied) if the course in Limerick does not recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11048/20]
• 2020-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the cardiology department in Nenagh Hospital, County Tipperary will be up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11123/20]
• 2020-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the maximum number of children allowed at a summer camp provided they are in groups of no more than 15 and that they can be distanced from other groups of 15; if they can use indoor dressing rooms after a water sport for changing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11212/20]
• 2020-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if physiotherapists and reflexologists can reopen as part of phase 2 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; if so, the restrictions under which they will operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10014/20]
• 2020-06-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the advice or instruction available for a retailer aged over 70 years of age who is the only employee in the business as to whether he or she should reopen if the business is included in the list of businesses allowed to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8516/20]
• 2020-06-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if summer camps will be allowed to take place during the summer in view of the fact they are integral part of summer for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8582/20]
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the financial challenge facing the local authority veterinary service on 30 June 2020 as a consequence of a cut in funding from the FSAI; the reason this cut is happening in view of the importance of the service to food production at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6793/20]
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to correspondence issued by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland on 12 May 2020 relating to the operation of checks in small slaughter houses post 1 July 2020; his views on whether this correspondence undermines attempts to secure the future of the local authority veterinary service which currently operates this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6794/20]
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the implications on food production of a dispute between the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and the local authority veterinary service in relation to the funding of the service; if he has had communication or briefings with the Minister of Health regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6797/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) who has received treatment under the cross-border directive scheme will be investigated; the reason for the discrepancy in payments issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3992/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the decision to remove cover for liraglutide, marketed as Victoza, under the drugs payment scheme which came into effect on 1 December 2019 will be reversed until the proposed alternative, marketed as Saxwenda, is fully covered, thereby eliminating the financial penalty on persons who require the medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4032/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if additional home help hours will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4765/20]
• 2020-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans for the Shannondoc service in north County Tipperary; if it is planned to maintain the locations of Thurles, Nenagh and Roscrea as hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2733/20]
• 2019-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the case of a call for an ambulance (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53655/19]
• 2019-12-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the first beds will have patients in them at the modular unit development at South Tipperary General Hospital; the number of beds that will be operational on that date; the sequence, date and number of beds by phase until the 40-bed unit is fully operational; the difficulties including recruitment that could see the 40-bed unit not fully operational by the end of February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52075/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of a full assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51719/19]
• 2019-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant psychiatric posts in the health service in Country Tipperary; and the number filled by permanent consultant, temporarily filled and vacant, respectively. [49576/19]
• 2019-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the service being offered by a community nursing unit (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be reviewed in order to ensure that persons in the area will have long-term stay care in their own town in view of plans by the HSE to have them seek care in Nenagh or Thurles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48572/19]
• 2019-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when he expects assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005 in County Tipperary to be provided within the statutory timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48884/19]
• 2019-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a private room will be provided in the accident and emergency department of South Tipperary General Hospital in which patients presenting with mental health issues can wait to be seen in the private consultation room (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48578/19]
• 2019-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when he expects assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005 in County Tipperary to be provided within the statutory timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48883/19]
• 2019-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there is a 30 hour a week home care package available for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48057/19]
• 2019-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of long-stay beds provided by the HSE for the elderly in Nenagh, County Tipperary; his plans for future numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46933/19]
• 2019-11-06
  VOTE
  Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 27–75
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the palliative care available in County Tipperary for children and young adults under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44523/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44925/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter relating to home help staff who are employed by the HSE and are not receiving a travel time payment, which is a statutory entitlement, due to the fact they are refusing to sign a recently amended contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45126/19]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a private consultation room will be provided at South Tipperary General Hospital accident and emergency department for patients that present with mental health problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41732/19]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant aid will be made available under TAMS for farmers who construct underpasses for health and safety reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41740/19]
• 2019-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the changes to the nursing home support scheme for farmers will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41228/19]
• 2019-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to alleviate overcrowding in the South Tipperary General Hospital in which the figures recorded in September 2019 were the worst recorded for September since an organisation (details supplied) commenced keeping records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41227/19]
• 2019-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with early behaviour disability in County Tipperary in the past five years in tabular form; the number of children in County Tipperary on a waiting list to be assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40757/19]
• 2019-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the changes to the fair deal scheme will be fully implemented in order that families can properly plan for the nursing home care of their loved ones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40127/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the call of an organisation (details supplied) for investment will be included in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36156/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason Duodopa which is very beneficial to Parkinson's sufferers was recently withdrawn by the HSE; if he will engage with a charity (details supplied) on the matter and review the decision made by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35302/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a commitment will be made in budget 2020 to invest €18 million towards community supports and home care for persons with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31026/19]
• 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
• 2019-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to address the increase in CHO 3 of the number of overdue first assessments under the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27752/19]
• 2019-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding home help staff in County Tipperary. [27968/19]
• 2019-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre device will be extended to the general population of persons with diabetes; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26690/19]
• 2019-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the location in which a person (details supplied) can obtain a motorised wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25680/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to allocate a speech and language therapist for Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25239/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of progress on the modular units at South Tipperary General Hospital; when the units will be open for patients; the stage the recruitment process is at; the funds allocated in budget 2019 that will allow the unit to be operational in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25281/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of progress on the capital project at St. Patrick's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary; the completion date; the funds allocated and ring-fenced for the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25282/19]
• 2019-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre for Thurles, County Tipperary; if the company that won the contract has withdrawn from the process; and if so, the way in which this will affect the timeframe for the provision of the service. [23781/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide respite care at another facility for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21356/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of Freestyle Libre being available on the long-term illness scheme for persons over 21 years of age and in the short-term making it exempt from VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21444/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to review the level of home help hours in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21559/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a medical device (details supplied) is covered under the drug reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21756/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the services available to a person (details supplied) for respite physiotherapy and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22098/19]
• 2019-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of changes to the fair deal scheme as regards farming families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20818/19]
• 2019-05-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the next start date of the dialectical behaviour therapy, DBT, programme at a hospital; if a person (details supplied) is on the shortlist to be included on that programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20723/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) for the fair deal scheme will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18443/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can remain at a hospice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18830/19]
• 2019-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18126/19]
• 2019-04-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17349/19]
• 2019-04-11
  VOTE
  Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019

  A bill to give further effect to Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications as amended by Council Directive 2006/100/EC of 20 November 2006, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1430/2007 of 5 December 2007, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 755/2008 of 31 July 2008, Regulation (EC) No. 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 279/2009 of 6 April 2009, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 213/2011 of 3 March 2011, Act concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 623/2012 of 11 July 2012, Council Directive 2013/25/EU of 13 May 2013, Directive 2013/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 and Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2016/790 of 13 January 2016 and, for that purpose, to amend the Dentists Act 1985, the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, the Pharmacy Act 2007, the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 and the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011; to make provision for certain other amendments to those Acts; to make provision for certain amendments to the Health Act 1953, the Health Identifiers Act 2014 and the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 102–2
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the launch of a project (details supplied) which has been announced for County Tipperary; the location of the service; the level of finance ring fenced to support the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16221/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the location in which persons who need long-term stay care in Roscrea, County Tipperary will be accommodated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16228/19]
• 2019-04-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the plans of the HSE to relocate a person (details supplied) to alternative sheltered supervised accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14947/19]
• 2019-04-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a procedure will take place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15239/19]
• 2019-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if permission to introduce new regulations proposed to change the conditions of work for pharmaceutical assistants by an organisation (details supplied) will be refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14470/19]
• 2019-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the proposals by an organisation (details supplied) regarding pharmaceutical assistants will be debated in Dáil and Seanad Éireann and-or brought before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health; the procedures by which the proposals will either be ratified or declined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14471/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the clinical psychologist service at CAMHS for south County Tipperary located on the grounds of South Tipperary General Hospital, STGH, is to be withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12741/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if funding is available for a couple to have IVF treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13136/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to engage with a committee (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13306/19]
• 2019-03-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if palliative care services in County Tipperary are being expanded in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12225/19]
• 2019-03-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the long-term plans of the HSE for a facility (details supplied); if he will address the imminent cessation of admittance of long-term residents at the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12689/19]
• 2019-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can have a tonsillectomy carried out under the treatment abroad fund or another scheme if they are referred by a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11341/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11038/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if an operation will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11147/19]
• 2019-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the changes to the rules for phased dispensing of medications by pharmacists to qualifying patients made in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10373/19]
• 2019-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if an appointment for a scan will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10410/19]
• 2019-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the rules governing phased dispensing by pharmacists to older patients will be reviewed in view of the fact it is one of a number of factors that will keep them away from the acute system and long-term nursing home care; if the phased dispensing on the recommendation of a general practitioner will be allowed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10445/19]
• 2019-02-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the construction of the modular unit of South Tipperary General Hospital will be completed; if the €7.5 million required to staff it has been allocated in budget 2019; if the recruitment process to staff the unit has commenced; the length of time the recruitment process will take; if the unit will be in a position to take patients by August 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9492/19]
• 2019-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the proposals by a society (details supplied) to make major changes to the position of pharmacy assistant, which it is lodging with his Department again, will be rejected in view of the fact that it will make the position of many assistants nationally untenable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8590/19]
• 2019-02-20
  VOTE
  Confidence in Minister for Health

  • ~ abstained on the motion motion failed · 53–58
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Templemore, County Tipperary, flood relief programme following reports of €3 million being diverted from flood relief programmes nationally to fill the health budget deficit in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8083/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will be requested to amend the file of a person (details supplied) to reflect an illness diagnosed in 1994 and 1995 in view of the fact that his or her file does not include same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7674/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the hours of service each day of Caredoc in south County Tipperary and Shannondoc in north County Tipperary; the location of the service in each area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7723/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of calls received by Caredoc in south County Tipperary and Shannondoc in north County Tipperary in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the number of those calls attended by the general practitioner on duty; the number instructed to attend accident and emergency departments; the number for which an ambulance was requested; the number that received a phone call or phone calls only for the same period in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7724/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners on duty in Caredoc, south County Tipperary and Shannondoc in north County Tipperary, respectively, between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m; the number of calls each service received in 2018 between these times; the number referred to accident and emergency departments; the number that received a call out from the general practitioner; the number that had an ambulance called out to attend; the number that received a phone call only between these times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7835/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the timeframe in which he will seek a revised decision to implement minimum unit pricing here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8263/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a deadline for seeking a revised decision on implementing minimum unit pricing here will be set; the reason for the failure to do so since the enactment of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8264/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a study which shows that alcohol pricing is not the primary determinant of cross-Border shopping in view of the fact it constitutes just 12% of all spend on cross-Border trips; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8265/19]
• 2019-02-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 421 of 22 January 2019 if he will request the HSE to issue a response as promised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6357/19]
• 2019-02-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of persons working in the child and adolescent mental health services in County Tipperary; the number of positions that are either on leave or vacant, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6374/19]
• 2019-02-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the service at a location (details supplied) in County Cork is to close; if so, the replacement services being provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6375/19]
• 2019-02-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve the level of child mental health service in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6376/19]
• 2019-02-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have utilised the treatment abroad fund in County Tipperary and nationally in 2016, 2017 and 2018, in tabular form; the five main illnesses that were treated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6990/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the fair deal changes for farming families will be brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5270/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a full review of the medical needs of a person (details supplied) will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5523/19]
• 2019-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the way in which a care assistant (details supplied) can apply for a transfer to an elderly care facility run by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4873/19]
• 2019-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if children who have been referred for orthodontic procedures here and are on a waiting list can have the procedures done under the treatment purchase fund or another scheme abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4503/19]
• 2019-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4619/19]
• 2019-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the vaccine for meningitis will be provided to young children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3997/19]
• 2019-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for orthodontic care which was requested in October 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4057/19]
• 2019-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 13 years of age in County Tipperary on a waiting list to commence orthodontic care; the number on the list for zero to 12, 13 to 24, 25 to 36 and greater than 36 months, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4058/19]
• 2019-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the implementation of the changes to the fair deal scheme agreed some months ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4217/19]
• 2019-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the commitment to have acute mental health beds returned to County Tipperary will be impacted by the overrun in the national children's hospital project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4345/19]
• 2019-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the project to renovate St. Patrick's Hospital, Cashel; the timeline for the project; if the capital project will be affected by the overrun on the national children's hospital project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4368/19]
• 2019-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if therapy in the case of a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2746/19]
• 2019-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of progress in relation to the provision of a Jigsaw project for County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2779/19]
• 2019-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the home help co-ordinator based in a centre (details supplied) will be replaced as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2881/19]
• 2019-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason Versatis has been removed from the approved drug list; and if cost was the main factor in the decision. [2892/19]
• 2019-01-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the range of prices, by lowest and highest in percentage terms, paid by the NTPF for a single cataract operation to a non-HSE provider from first consultation to final check-up in 2018 using the cost of the same operation at a HSE-run hospital as the base cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54513/18]
• 2019-01-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if surgery will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1642/19]
• 2018-12-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of orthotics for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53865/18]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the cost of a procedure (details supplied) through the NTPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53064/18]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the anomaly still exists by which children from north County Tipperary who are cared for by the mid-west hospital group are only allowed a partial allowance for an ophthalmic prescription when children in south County Tipperary who are cared for by the southeast hospital group receive 100% allowance for an ophthalmic prescription; if so, when he plans to remove this anomaly and offer 100% allowance to all children in County Tipperary who require an ophthalmic prescription; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53099/18]
• 2018-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52503/18]
• 2018-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52507/18]
• 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.

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

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of psychiatrists employed by the HSE in County Tipperary in the provision of mental health services, by grade and qualifications; if all positions are filled and being actively worked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50740/18]
• 2018-12-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed by the HSE in County Tipperary; if all positions are filled and being actively worked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50741/18]
• 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
• 2018-11-28
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 · 5 divisions

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

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 31–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 31–61
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 43–45
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 34–64
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 9–90
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when promised funding for a project (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be forthcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47745/18]
• 2018-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre device will be available to adult diabetics to assist in the management and control of their illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47242/18]
• 2018-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the progress and timeframe for completion of the extension to St. Patrick's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45977/18]
• 2018-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has a plan in place to replace the position of a medical officer at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45981/18]
• 2018-11-07
  VOTE
  Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 33–69
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the legislation to reflect the changes to the fair deal scheme will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45175/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason 417 persons over 75 years of age had to wait more than 24 hours in the emergency department in South Tipperary General Hospital during January to August 2018. [43587/18]
• 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
• 2018-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the €3.5 million investment proposed by an organisation (details supplied) will be included in budget 2019 in order to enable access to core services, for example, respite, training and personal support, which will have a cost saving effect on the health service in the long run; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39872/18]
• 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
• 2018-09-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of funding for transport for students to and from a centre (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the funding that was available for each of the years from 2014 to 2017; the funding available for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38710/18]
• 2018-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason an assessment of need will take two years in the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the Disability Act 2005 states that the assessment must be completed within six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37003/18]
• 2018-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health to whom a person's (details supplied) family can apply to obtain transport to allow the person to attend a centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37026/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35655/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the need for persons who have had a serious spinal cord injury resulting in lifelong disability to receive a medical card on a needs not means basis will be investigated with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36183/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a psychology assessment in Nenagh, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36356/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if an investment of €12 million will be included in budget 2019 towards community supports for persons with dementia (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36429/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the progress on the primary care centre for Thurles, County Tipperary; the chronology by each stage in the process since it started and to date; if there are time penalties; the measures which can be taken by the HSE in the event of the developer not progressing the project in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36660/18]
• 2018-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the rules of TAMS will be adjusted to include underpasses in view of the fact that it is a health and safety issue for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30312/18]
• 2018-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will address issues regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31337/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the benefits of acupuncture in the management of mental health will be investigated with an organisation (details supplied); the way in which the organisation's members can be incorporated with the HSE as an additional method in the management of mental health nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30327/18]
• 2018-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) on its concerns regarding the length of the process whereby drugs are brought to the market and multiple sclerosis sufferers can access them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29804/18]
• 2018-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if funding is available for a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29115/18]
• 2018-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of autism services which took place in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28289/18]
• 2018-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a nurse specialist for multiple sclerosis will be appointed in the Mid West hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28470/18]
• 2018-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the location in which a person (details supplied) can access speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28472/18]
• 2018-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching principals who have taken early retirement or retired due to ill health in each of the years 2013 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27468/18]
• 2018-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there are grants available for the installation of windows and doors to improve the living conditions for persons that are suffering chronic ill health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25951/18]
• 2018-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) for an autism assistance dog will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25831/18]
• 2018-06-12
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if in the development of a healthcare assistance apprentice programme an organisation (details supplied) will be centrally involved in the development and implementation of it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25145/18]
• 2018-06-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if in the development of a healthcare assistance apprentice programme an organisation (details supplied) will be centrally involved in the development and implementation of it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25144/18]
• 2018-06-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an incapacitated patient of a private nursing home who is unable to travel by car to a hospital for a medical appointment accessing transport by ambulance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25197/18]
• 2018-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when he will bring forward proposals to reform the nursing home support scheme in relation to farming families. [23554/18]
• 2018-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is preparing the details of proposed changes to the model of assessment of needs; if so, the details of the proposed changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22022/18]
• 2018-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of a referral for a person (details supplied) to be seen in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22047/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to fill the position of stroke specialist nurse at South Tipperary General Hospital which has been vacant since January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20884/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided by the HSE for the establishment of stroke survivor groups and the engagement of co-ordinators to facilitate the process in County Tipperary, as has been done in other areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20892/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the staff numbers at a facility (details supplied) by administration, management and healthcare staff; the categories of healthcare provided; the comparison of staff numbers to end of April 2018 by each of the years 2014 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20945/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the part of the health budget from which the funding to pay awards of the court for medical negligence cases and other cases brought against the HSE is issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21147/18]
• 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 Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason the position of hospital medical officer at St. Patrick's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary, remains unfilled despite the fact that it has been advertised on three occasions; his views on whether the terms and conditions being offered are not attractive enough to make it financially viable for a general practitioner to take on the weekly 16-hour contract; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the vacancy is causing unease for parts of the service at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19711/18]
• 2018-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) for home help hours can be expedited in view of the difficult circumstances for the person and their family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19909/18]
• 2018-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason expenses (details supplied) for persons in receipt of the fair deal scheme are not taken into account when calculating their liability to the scheme; his plans to review the scheme to take these expenses into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19149/18]
• 2018-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to engage with the consultant neurologists at University Hospital Waterford to commence the process of appointing a Parkinson's disease specialist nurse for the south east in view of the fact it is the only region without this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18350/18]
• 2018-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to make a decision on the recommendation of a person's (details supplied) consultants that the person be afforded a seven night a week home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18422/18]
• 2018-04-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve the services and facilities for adolescent psychiatric patients in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17081/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of an assessment of need for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15144/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the direction he plans to give the HSE in relation to a matter (details supplied); when the instruction will be given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15269/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will address issues in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15491/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an assessment of needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16603/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the review of the pricing system for long-term residential care facilities as recommended within the review of the fair deal scheme in view of the fact that the pricing review was scheduled for completion on 1 June 2017 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13781/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce an independent appeals mechanism within fair deal to provide third-party recourse for nursing home providers that cannot agree a fee with the NTPF and to bring greater transparency to the fair deal pricing mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13782/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason the four HSE nursing homes operating within County Tipperary are paid fees that are on average 65% above those payable to the 25 private and voluntary nursing homes operating within County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13783/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the changes and the timeline for changes to the fair deal scheme regarding the treatment of family farms in the financial assessment of the application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13814/18]
• 2018-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to consider the use of a site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8933/18]
• 2018-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason that when cases (details supplied) are being reviewed, a repeat financial assessment is carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7677/18]
• 2018-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the progress in respect of the upgrading of services to be offered at Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary; the extra planned services that will be offered at the hospital; the timeframe for these services to be rolled out; the value of the investment that will be made to facilitate the upgrade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7774/18]
• 2018-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when patients and staff will move into the planned development at South Tipperary General Hospital, that is, to offer extra wards separate from but attached to the existing hospital; the position of the development in the planning process; the recruitment plan in place to ensure the proposed new development will be properly staffed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7775/18]
• 2018-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the future capital investment planned for South Tipperary General Hospital that will complement the short-term plans for the hospital in order that the hospital is properly prepared to offer existing and enhanced acute services in the medium and longer term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7776/18]
• 2018-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the tax relief that can be claimed by the parents of a person (details supplied) who has been awarded a licence from the Department of Health to import medicinal cannabis, in view of the fact it is not covered by the person's medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7178/18]
• 2018-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the way in which savings will be passed on to the family of a person (details supplied) who has been awarded a licence from his Department to import medicinal cannabis, thereby no longer requiring their previous medication which was provided through their medical card; if the person qualifies for the drugs payment scheme in view of the fact medicinal cannabis is not covered by their medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7179/18]
• 2018-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason that when a case is being reviewed or renewed, a person is required to go through the entire financial assessment again (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7208/18]
• 2018-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when an assessment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7434/18]
• 2018-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his views on the lack of a dedicated physiotherapy service for adults with neurological conditions in south County Tipperary resulting in long waiting lists and limited access to therapies, especially physiotherapy. [6412/18]
• 2018-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that are currently in possession of a primary medical certificate, nationally and by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5605/18]
• 2018-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the rationale for the decision to make Freestyle Libre available on the long term illness scheme for children and young persons only; when this will be made available to all persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5101/18]
• 2018-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the financial contribution his Department and the HSE will make for the provision of a second hospice suite at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3798/18]
• 2018-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for commencement and completion of a hospice suite (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2392/18]
• 2018-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the fact that Tipperary Education and Training Board, ETB, has a fund of €200,000 available from a charitable source to part fund a jigsaw project for County Tipperary but that support from the HSE to make the project a reality has not been agreed will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2398/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the timing of a person's (details supplied) transition from nursing home care in Newcastle West, County Limerick, through a six-week trial in a supported-living environment to independent living accommodation at Cashel, County Tipperary, including dates of each planned stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55276/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of an application for a wheelchair by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55277/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to review regulations to allow pharmacists to treat common illnesses without the need for a person to attend a doctor's surgery, as a means of easing the pressure on general practitioner offices and accident and emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1371/18]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the FreeStyle Libre to be available on the HSE's long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52750/17]
• 2017-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the Tipperary Jigsaw project which was offered support in the past 12 months by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52144/17]
• 2017-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the control of below-cost selling of beer and spirits in the off-licence and supermarket trade in efforts to curb the culture of binge drinking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51542/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason correspondence coming from Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel to persons has on its letterhead Our Lady's Campus, Cashel rather than Our Lady' Hospital, Cashel; if this is part of a downgrading of Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50761/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who requested admission to acute hospital care but returned home due to the fact that the Community Hospital of the Assumption, Thurles, County Tipperary, is unable to admit them, in each week for the past six months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48695/17]
• 2017-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when he expects the number of community CAMHS posts in CHO 3 and CHO 5 to reach the level recommended under A Vision for Change. [48226/17]
• 2017-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the schemes available for a person (details supplied) to apply for that would see an operation carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48159/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if treatment will be covered by the medical card in the case of a person (details suppled); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46793/17]
• 2017-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in County Tipperary under headings (details supplied) which were available at all HSE facilities within the county for each of the years 2010 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45080/17]
• 2017-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will address the growing number of persons on waiting lists for admission to the Hospital of the Assumption, Thurles, County Tipperary, for step-down care following care at an acute hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45081/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason the experience of a group (details supplied) and its submission on the subject are not included in the Bill which plans to regulate the display of alcohol in supermarkets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42793/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a group (details supplied) is included in all discussions regarding the regulation of the display of alcohol in supermarkets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42794/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the regulations that are implemented in the regulation of display of alcohol in supermarkets reflect the difference between the multiple sector and the smaller retailer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42795/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to remove South Tipperary General Hospital from the South-South West Hospital Group. [40959/17]
• 2017-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the funding which is potentially available to a centre (details supplied) to replace the bus it uses to transport 90 persons that use the service in view of the fact that the current bus it is using is inappropriate and no longer fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39935/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of senior executive positions that have been filled annually by the HSE since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39123/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the details of the appraisal stage for Saint Patricks hospital, Cashel which is included in the capital programme announced in 2016; the details of each of the stages that form part of the capital planning guidelines; the approximate timeframe for each stage based on the HSE's previous project experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39579/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the €40 million towards community supports for persons with dementia which is being proposed by an organisation (details supplied) is included in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39902/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a clinic (details supplied) will be sited at the planned Thurles primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37098/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when works will commence at Saint Patrick's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary, as part of the capital funding already allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38545/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the cost of the health and safety inspection for privately owned sprayers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38544/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will process an application by a school (details supplied) to develop its accommodation in view of the fact that its current arrangements are not fulfilling its health and safety responsibilities to the pupils and staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29669/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the approved funding of €10 million to facilitate a 60 bed extension, the retention of the rehabilitation centre and the provision of a specialised dementia unit in a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29673/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of an application by a hospital (details supplied) for a replacement mini bus with wheelchair access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29674/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the provision of a medical card until recovery to persons on the diagnosis of cancer in view of the fact that the costs associated with a diagnosis are extensive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27847/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of modular units at South Tipperary General Hospital which were promised to help ease the crisis in the shortage of beds at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27846/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take regarding the hold up in progress at a school (details supplied) in Cashel, County Tipperary, in the provision of car parking at the school complex due to the delay in the transfer of land from the Department of Health to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27893/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the hold-up of the transfer of land at a school (details supplied) from his Department to the Department of Education and Skills that was agreed in January 17 and has since not progressed and is holding up the provision of car parking at the school complex. [27894/17]
• 2017-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no early intervention psychologist due to staff maternity leave for the assessment of ASD in Nenagh General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22942/17]
• 2017-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason school-going children are treated differently if they are referred from Nenagh hospital, County Tipperary or South Tipperary General Hospital, Clonmel, County Tipperary in the cost of prescription eye glasses if the child needs a high prescription or a special frame (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22944/17]
• 2017-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his policy position regarding the return of funding lost during the recession to section 39 organisations to enable them to restore pay to their employees in line with the pay restoration measures proposed by the Lansdowne Road Agreement for public sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21483/17]
• 2017-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if his Department directed the HSE not to make funding available in 2017 to section 39 organisations to meet pay restoration requirements under the Lansdowne Road Agreement thereby creating a substantial inequality between the pay of section 39 employees and their HSE and section 38 counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21484/17]
• 2017-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if provision has been made by his Department for section 39 organisations providing vital social care services to restore their funding in order to meet the various pay restoration requirements now due under the Lansdowne Road Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21485/17]
• 2017-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his views on the HSE’s instruction that section 39 organisations should use the industrial mechanisms of the State to resolve an issue relating to the restoration of funding lost during the recession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21486/17]
• 2017-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to assist South Tipperary General Hospital improve ambulance turnaround performance in view of the fact that just 8.9% of ambulance calls at the hospital were cleared in less than 20 minutes during February 2017 [20776/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the appeal mechanism in place for subcontractors on a hospital project to ensure they get paid for works carried out when there is a dispute between the contractor and subcontractor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19170/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the steps which were taken to advise parents of children born in 2016 prior to 30 September that the HSE was embarking on the vaccination programme for newborns for meningitis B which commenced in October 2016 in order that they would be in a position to vaccinate their children following this advice; if he will make the vaccination programme available to parents of infant children born prior to October 2016 that wished to avail of it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19255/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason no financial support is being made available to an organisation (details supplied) when other similar services in County Tipperary are fully funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19816/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17593/17]
• 2017-04-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason lutein omega 3 was taken off the medical card list in view of the fact that medical card holders now have to pay €21.50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16009/17]
• 2017-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health to outline the way in which the levy on health insurance is used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15448/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the lotto funding available through his Department that a centre (details supplied) can make an application for; the way this application can be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12867/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will review the funding made available from his Department and the HSE to a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12868/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to revisit the decision to cease the public health nurse based in Tipperary town, County Tipperary, from calling weekly to a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12869/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the criteria for funding voluntary day-care centres; if it is per number of service users or percentage of running costs; if there is a national standard for funding; if not, if there is regional variations; if he has a formal policy for the funding of voluntary day-care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13080/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to include, by statutory instrument, persons with severe chronic pain and persons that suffer spasticity from cerebral palsy in accessing medicinal cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13395/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will encourage the HSE to support the innovative plan put together by the general practitioners in Thurles, County Tipperary to maintain the patient list of a retiring general practitioner (details suppled) as a separate practice, in view of the fact the general practitioners are unable to facilitate the HSE's plan to divide the patient list with the other general practitioners in the town due to over-capacity in their practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13448/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the progress in the sourcing of a replacement general practitioner for the retiring general practitioner in Cappawhite, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13451/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the progress being made in negotiations with general practitioners that will see the problem of replacing retiring rural general practitioners resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13452/17]
• 2017-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the body a day care centre (details supplied) can apply to for support funding to incorporate with funds raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10760/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to advise as to the illnesses and-or the particular stage of the illnesses on which the HSE determines that a person is entitled to a medical card on the basis of the medical report alone even if the person does not qualify on income grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6055/17]
• 2017-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his and the HSE's position regarding the use of Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary, as part of the solution to the continuing overcrowding at South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4506/17]
• 2017-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the actions he will take in 2017 to build general practitioner capacity, as promised in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4507/17]
• 2017-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there is only one diabetic nurse and no diabetic dietician in University Hospital Limerick; his views on whether this is a sufficient service to cater for the needs of diabetic sufferers in the north Tipperary area in view of the fact that there is currently no service in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4720/17]
• 2017-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of diabetic nurses and diabetic dieticians operating out of University Hospital Waterford; if the staff are required to service the needs of south Tipperary diabetic patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4721/17]
• 2017-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of a request from a school (details supplied) to purchase land adjacent to the school to alleviate parking and congestion outside the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4733/17]
• 2017-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the completion of the analysis of the cancer treating drug nivolumab by the NCPE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4815/17]
• 2017-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health to set down in tabular form the total number of referrals from Caredoc Clonmel to the accident and emergency departments of South Tipperary General Hospital and University Hospital Waterford in each of the years from 2010 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2646/17]
• 2017-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the way in which the services of the community intervention teams in south and north Tipperary have been advertised to hospitals, general practitioners and other community sources to ensure that as many referrals as possible are made that will keep persons out of hospital and away from accident and emergency departments; his plans to advertise the service directly to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2802/17]
• 2017-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the total capital funding that has been spent at Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary between 2008 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2849/17]
• 2017-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the total number of referrals to accident and emergency departments from Shannon Doc, Thurles and Nenagh respectively, in each of the years 2010 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3155/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that a centre of excellence is established in Saint James' Hospital in 2017 for sufferers of unique narcolepsy disorder; if funds will be set aside and ring fenced for that centre of excellence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41056/16]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the restrictions at Nenagh accident and emergency department, County Tipperary in the diagnosis and treatment of a five year old child with a fractured arm; the reason these restrictions exist in a HSE accident and emergency facility; the other restrictions there are on the staff in the diagnosis and treatment of children at this facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41102/16]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate making the FreeStyle Libre available on the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41232/16]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the position of registrar for births, deaths and marriages at the civil registration department in Thurles, County Tipperary, will be filled by the HSE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41529/16]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will address the lack of resources in St. Mary’s medical clinic, Thurles, County Tipperary, namely, the lack of an occupational therapist, which is making it impossible for staff to do their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41594/16]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase in emergency department overcrowding in South Tipperary General Hospital over the past two years. [38047/16]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the increase in home help hours Tipperary local health area can expect in 2017. [38046/16]
• 2016-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of securing general practitioners for provincial town practices in which a client bank of 800 medical cards is not deemed to be economically feasible or attractive enough, resulting in no applications being received for a position which has become vacant due to a general practitioner retirement in Thurles, County Tipperary (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36941/16]
• 2016-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to immediately engage with the PKU Association of Ireland in view of the fact that PKU is a rare metabolic disorder which requires a low-protein diet and prescribed low-protein foods are a key part of the diet due to its limited nature (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37169/16]
• 2016-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the planned changes to the public health nurse service in west Tipperary that is the ending of the public health nurse attending at local health clinics at Bansha, Cappawhite, Emly and Dundrum; if the public health nurse is to be centrally based only in Tipperary town and if the public health nurse will continue to make house calls to elderly patients on a regular basis or if they will have to visit the nurse at the central location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37453/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the services available in County Tipperary for persons who are diagnosed with early stages of dementia in the area of counselling, physical therapy and other quality of life services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36154/16]
• 2016-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason a power wheelchair was sanctioned for a person (details supplied) in July 2016 but was not ordered until October 2016 with a waiting time of 12 weeks for delivery; if the HSE will fast forward the delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35572/16]
• 2016-11-17
  VOTE
  Mental Health Services Funding

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–88
• 2016-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of an ear, nose and throat appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35399/16]
• 2016-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the legislation required for a new transport support scheme as currently the financial supports for provision of adapted transport for persons with severe disability is grossly underfunded and is having a profound impact on the quality of life of those suffering from disability and also their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32528/16]
• 2016-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the provision of a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32529/16]
• 2016-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the illnesses and disabilities that automatically qualify a person for a medical card; the details of the severity and stage of the illness when the automatic qualification starts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32714/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the details of the proposed review of the provision of ambulance services in County Tipperary; if he will undertake that this review will not lead to a reduction in the number of national ambulance service vehicles in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30670/16]
• 2016-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service is reviewing the provision of rapid response vehicles in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30188/16]
• 2016-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will provide for each year since 2011 the number of rapid response vehicles provided by the National Ambulance Service in County Tipperary in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30189/16]
• 2016-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances that operate out of each ambulance station in County Tipperary on a daily basis, Monday to Sunday; and if he will provide a breakdown of this on an hourly and daily rota basis to ascertain the actual level of service in County Tipperary. [30190/16]
• 2016-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will provide for each year since 2011 the number of emergency ambulances assigned to each ambulance station in County Tipperary in tabular form; the number of intermediate care vehicles assigned to each; and number of rapid response vehicles assigned to each. [30191/16]
• 2016-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) who requires early intervention services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29986/16]
• 2016-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the way, under the National Treatment Purchase Fund, a person (details supplied) can access an urgently needed knee replacement operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29985/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will address the lack of capital investment in intellectual disability services since 2006 by making an extra €100 million available annually for the next five years to address the 17,883 persons who are on waiting lists for services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29309/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will immediately appoint a Parkinson's disease nurse specialist for the south east in view of the circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29333/16]
• 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
• 2016-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the criteria used in assessing an application for a medical card for a patient who is diagnosed with cancer and is embarking on chemotherapy; the point of the diagnosis at which the medical card is automatically granted; if the fact that the cost of cancer care is greatest at initial diagnosis when chemotherapy is prescribed will be taken into account in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27765/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health in conjunction with the HSE to engage with the Children and Young People's Services Committees, CYPSC, Tipperary, to facilitate the development of a Jigsaw youth mental health project for County Tipperary, to make the necessary funding available and to put the structures in place to roll out this prevention and early intervention youth mental health model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23290/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will discuss with the Health Service Executive the need for capital funding to secure the future of a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20599/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will review with the Health Service Executive the decision to transfer all psychiatric beds from County Tipperary to Kilkenny and Ennis, County Clare, as this is clearly not working on the evidence provided by staff of the service in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20600/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health to extend the opening hours at Shannondoc, St. Mary's Medical Centre, Thurles, County Tipperary, as the current opening hours are not adequate to service the needs of persons in the Thurles area if they need to meet with a general practitioner following a phone consultation with the nurse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20480/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his views on a case regarding a medical appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21130/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will review a hospital (details supplied) and upgrade it from a part-time service to a full-time service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19256/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the assessment of young persons in special needs schools in County Tipperary can take place a minimum of 24 months before they move on into the adult system at 18 years of age (details supplied); when this will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19257/16]
• 2016-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 6 April 2016, why the position of registrar for births, deaths and marriages at the civil registration department in Thurles, County Tipperary, is now not being filled by the Health Service Executive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18118/16]
• 2016-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18125/16]
• 2016-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of a an application for medical equipment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17741/16]
• 2016-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health to increase the provision of mental health services at St Mary’s medical centre, Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13196/16]
• 2016-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the position of registrar for births, deaths and marriages in Thurles, County Tipperary will be filled (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13197/16]
• 2016-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health to address the lack of an occupational therapist at a clinic (details supplied) which is making it impossible for staff to do their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12258/16]
• 2016-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a community-based senior dietician for Clonmel in County Tipperary which formed part of 36 posts which were sanctioned nationally to support the implementation of the type 2 diabetes care initiative which commenced in October 2015 and which appointment was to form part of the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10923/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, annually for 2010 to 2015 for County Tipperary, the number of babies born in hospitals; the number of home help hours provided; the number of persons who attended emergency departments; the number of emergency calls to the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10564/16]
• 2016-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of a surgical appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary at Croom Hospital, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7052/16]
• 2016-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of a medication called Charlotte's Web which is used in the treatment of a condition called West syndrome or Travis syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7053/16]
• 2016-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health why there is a three-month waiting list for the mid-western community neuro-rehabilitation team, as the waiting time seriously compromises the benefits of this service due to the nature of brain damage; if the speech and language therapist at the mid-west team will be replaced during a maternity leave period which commences in June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7058/16]
• 2016-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children who are on waiting lists in excess of six months to see a rheumatology consultant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5664/16]
• 2016-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary is available publicly in St. James's Hospital in Dublin 8. [5753/16]
• 2016-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his plans to fill the position of registrar of births, deaths and marriages (details supplied) in Thurles in County Tipperary. [5755/16]