James O'Connor

Fianna Fáil · Cork East

Activity on Health — 253 events (30 lobbying · 181 questions · 60 votes) full profile →

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

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

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion failed · 65–83
• 2026-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17849/26]
• 2026-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17850/26]
• 2026-03-04
  LOBBY
  Vape Business Ireland Health

  • Legislation on vaping
• 2026-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 20 November 2025, if she will provide an update on the project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16483/26]
• 2026-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will outline her Department’s current position on measures to support the availability of new and existing antimicrobials in Ireland; the way in which Ireland’s approach aligns with EU level initiatives on antimicrobial resistance, including provisions under the revised EU pharmaceutical legislation; if any consideration has been given to national or EU level subscription or revenue guarantee models for antimicrobials; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16982/26]
• 2026-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will be a focus under Ireland’s health agenda during its upcoming EU Presidency; if she will outline any planned initiatives, events or policy discussions on AMR at EU level during the presidency; if she will indicate how this agenda will align with Ireland’s national AMR strategy and ongoing EU pharmaceutical reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16983/26]
• 2026-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the approach adopted when processing medicine reimbursement applications for combination therapies for cancer patients in the public system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16984/26]
• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health her plans to release the refurbished beds in Macroom Community Hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7072/26]
• 2026-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on Midleton community nursing unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5040/26]
• 2026-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on Midleton primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5039/26]
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  The Asthma Society of Ireland Health

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

  • IFA Budget 2026 Briefing
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Hanover Media Strategy Limited Health

  • Meeting request to discuss protection for over 65s in winter flu season
• 2026-01-19
  LOBBY
  Alcohol Action Ireland Health

  • Youth drinking
• 2026-01-17
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 2 returns FinanceTaxation

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

  • Provided members of the Artificial Intelligence Committee with copy of opening statement and offered opportunity to ask any follow up questions on presentation
• 2026-01-16
  LOBBY
  Cork Simon Community Housing

  • Various aspects relating to single adult homelessness, including extent of single adult homelessness in the Southwest, rough sleeping, homeless deaths in the Southwest, mental health and homelessness, and exclusion.
• 2026-01-16
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 2 returns Finance

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

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of projects in her Department that were delayed in 2023 and 2024 due to the change of document from the public spending code to the infrastructure guidelines, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75112/25]
• 2026-01-08
  LOBBY
  The Union of Students in Ireland Health

  • Supporting Labour Party Motion for Drug Decriminalisation
• 2025-12-30
  LOBBY
  SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY IRELAND FOUNDATION CLG Health

  • Rare diseases and newborn screening of babies
• 2025-12-17
  VOTE
  Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025

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

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

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

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

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion failed · 66–80
• 2025-12-11
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the expansion of apprenticeship and skills programmes in 2025, particularly in new and emerging sectors such as digital health, green technologies and advanced manufacturing. [67775/25]
• 2025-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the reasons a facility (details supplied) has not reopened; if there are any building issues; when the facility will be allowed to reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67613/25]
• 2025-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of the 60-bed community nursing unit for Youghal project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64583/25]
• 2025-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of the ambulance training base centre for Youghal project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64584/25]
• 2025-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55907/25]
• 2025-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55908/25]
• 2025-10-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an occupational therapy appointment for child (details supplied) whose mother has been waiting an extensive period of time for intervention; if she will outline a timeline for the occupational therapy treatment plan for this child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54523/25]
• 2025-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52296/25]
• 2025-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health her Department's plans for a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52297/25]
• 2025-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will add myalgic encephalomyelitis to the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52642/25]
• 2025-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health her plans to implement spinal muscular atrophy screening in the national heel-prick test (details supplied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51131/25]
• 2025-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will consider raising the income threshold for medical card eligibility due to the increase in the cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51397/25]
• 2025-09-21
  LOBBY
  Vulcan Consulting Limited Health

  • Strategic Operations in Ireland & Healthcare Priorities
• 2025-09-17
  LOBBY
  Genseq diagnostics Ltd Health

  • Conducted an Oireachtas briefing session
• 2025-09-12
  LOBBY
  Creative Retail Distribution Limited Taxation

  • Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
• 2025-09-09
  LOBBY
  Alcohol Action Ireland Health

  • Worker safety in the nighttime economy report from AAI
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the plans to improve access to healthcare for women suffering from endometriosis (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45160/25]
• 2025-09-03
  LOBBY
  BioMarin International Limited Health

  • Rare disease policy in Ireland and the EU
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied) from a local community group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38428/25]
• 2025-07-09
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages · 3 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 86–69
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 67–86
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–86
• 2025-07-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a surgery appointment for a 21-year-old woman suffering from scoliosis, who was first told in the summer of 2022, almost three years ago, that her surgery would take place in the winter of 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36064/25]
• 2025-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied). [34992/25]
• 2025-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health her Department’s plans to increase home support services for older people in Cork county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34991/25]
• 2025-06-25
  VOTE
  Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022

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

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 85–67
• 2025-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33771/25]
• 2025-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33772/25]
• 2025-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33773/25]
• 2025-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the recent comments from European Health Commissioner, Olivér Várhelyi (details supplied), which indicate that the European Commission is now reassessing the expected impacts of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive; if there are plans for his Department to reassess or pause its implementation plan in respect of the Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33188/25]
• 2025-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will consider removing the requirement of a GP prescription for the provision of the HPV vaccine in pharmacies by adding it to the Eighth Schedule of the Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015; if the health benefits of enabling easier access to the HPV vaccine through administration by community pharmacists have been assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33189/25]
• 2025-06-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the National Strategy on Genetics and Genomics, specifically the timeline for the establishment of the National Genomic Processing Service (NGPS); the current status of its development; the means by which the NGPS will support the retention and expansion of accredited genomic testing capacity within Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31378/25]
• 2025-06-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if the Prior Information Notice issued by the HSE’s National Genetics and Genomics Office for a National Genomic Processing Service was conducted as an open competition; whether it was accessible to both public and commercial laboratories in accordance with HSE procurement policy and EU competition law; if not, the reasons for the exclusion of any potential tenderer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31379/25]
• 2025-06-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if the HSE’s National Genetics and Genomics Office ensured that the principles of fair and open competition were upheld in the issuance of the Prior Information Notice for a National Genomic Processing Service; whether the process aligns with the commitment to value for money and equal access by all suitably accredited providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31380/25]
• 2025-06-11
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024 · 2 divisions

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

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–85
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–85
• 2025-05-28
  VOTE
  Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025

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

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 113–49
• 2025-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if urgent approval will be granted for vyloy (zolbetuximab) which is used for certain types of gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27575/25]
• 2025-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if any reviews or audits of the expenditure on laboratory genetic testing services both in Ireland and abroad have been undertaken to ensure value-for-money and to assess the effectiveness of outsourcing; if it is the intention to support local accredited capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26494/25]
• 2025-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the average response times for ambulances in the east Cork area; if the response times are meeting the target response times set by the Health Information and Quality Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26573/25]
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Vulcan Consulting Limited Health

  • Rare Disease Policy
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  College of Psychiatrists of Ireland Health

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

  • Seeking support for Epilepsy Ireland's campaign to have epilepsy added to the Chronic Disease Management Programme (CDMP)
• 2025-05-19
  LOBBY
  BioMarin International Limited Health

  • Rare disease policy in Ireland and the EU.
• 2025-05-18
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA EU Affairs

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

  • Re-launch All Party Group on Rare Diseases. Update on the need for a new National Strategy for Rare Diseases, including background data on rare diseases in Ireland and the challenges that people living with rare diseases face.
• 2025-05-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if a person will be scheduled for emergency surgery (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24678/25]
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the means by which she will ensure that patients have access to new innovative medicines and treatments as quickly as possible, especially for rare diseases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24095/25]
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the steps that will be taken to address the continued lack of dedicated neurorehabilitation beds in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24096/25]
• 2025-04-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21408/25]
• 2025-04-30
  VOTE
  Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 85–68
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health her plans for an HSE property (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19000/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if any reviews or audits of the expenditure on laboratory genetic testing services, both in Ireland and abroad, have been undertaken to ensure value for money and to assess the effectiveness of outsourcing; whether it is the intention to support local accredited capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19018/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether all laboratories, both domestic and overseas, used by clinicians for genetic testing are fully accredited to the appropriate national or European standards; what measures are in place to ensure consistent quality control and reliable results from these laboratories; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19019/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the current number of ISO15189-accredited genetic laboratories that exist within the public health system; if the HSE has capacity to develop and implement a comprehensive national genetic testing strategy; her plans to enhance staffing and infrastructure in order to meet the growing demands for genetic and diagnostic testing services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19020/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15010/25]
• 2025-03-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the reason section 39 workers in some institutions (details supplied) were advised they lie outside the scope of the agreement and therefore not afforded the improved work and pay conditions that many of their section 39 colleagues have had confirmed; the steps she will take to rectify this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13291/25]
• 2025-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 6 February 2025, for an update on a project (details supplied); where the interim facility might be placed; the timeline on this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10218/25]
• 2025-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the reason nurses on a HSE career break are not permitted to take up temporary employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9543/25]
• 2025-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on the roll-out of free HRT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3618/25]
• 2025-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on the position of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3658/25]
• 2025-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on the position of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3659/25]
• 2025-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on the position of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3660/25]
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Cancer Society Health

  • General Election campaign
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  National Infertility Support and Information Group Health

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

  • Programme for Government
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Reduced Risk Products Association Company Limited Health

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

  • Budget 2025 Priorities - Cork North IFA
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Veterinary Ireland Agriculture

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

  • Alcohol policy development in relation to a new strategy for alcohol and the establishment of an Alcohol Office
• 2025-01-18
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

  • Cork Central IFA Budget 2025 Priorities
• 2024-10-23
  VOTE
  Public Health Service Staffing · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 70–59
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 70–59
• 2024-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence (details suppled) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42169/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will consider matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding a section 39 care unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41458/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the eligibility rules for medical cards and GP cards for those with chronic and incurable autoimmune diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39429/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will discuss the HSE capital plan project to develop a new ambulance training college in a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39428/24]
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will consider reviewing the qualifying criteria for medical card eligibility for people with chronic and incurable autoimmune diseases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37012/24]
• 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
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if funding has been approved for a charity (details supplied); if so, when it will receive the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29384/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a position within the HSE (details supplied) that had been funded for recruitment and selection, but the selected candidate has been let go since the formal ending of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27076/24]
• 2024-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline for the provision of a new ambulance base in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25769/24]
• 2024-06-12
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the position regarding two external works scheme applications for a school (details supplied); if every effort can be made to ensure that decisions are returned on both applications at the earliest possible opportunity to ensure that the approved ASD class can be facilitated following completion of necessary health and safety works and to ensure that efforts can commence on reconfiguring a space into a sensory room for the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25722/24]
• 2024-05-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health his plans to reverse the decision to cease funding of Dexcom g7 sensors for use by diabetics on insulin injections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21497/24]
• 2024-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health to outline his Department’s considerations for a new ambulance base in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19881/24]
• 2024-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the delivery of the community nursing unit at Saint Raphael’s Youghal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19880/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the current status of a project (details supplied); the current timeline of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12538/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the Government's position in respect of the European Union's revision of pharmaceutical legislation, given that EU Parliamentary Committee votes are expected in March 2024; if he supports proposals to reduce regulatory data protection for manufacturers; the impact that such a reduction will have on patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8933/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the latest details of a capital project (detail supplied) from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9657/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the current system in place by his Department to provide healthcare for residents of IPAS centres and other refugee accommodation; if his Department is providing additional resources to support GP capacity in areas with higher than average numbers of IPAS centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9658/24]
• 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
• 2024-02-21
  VOTE
  Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 70–60
• 2024-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns relating to the delay in dental treatment of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6275/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health to provide an update in relation to the HSE Capital Plan to provide a primary care centre in a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2072/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to the reduction in waiting lists for elective medical procedures in relation to cataract procedures and orthopaedic procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2073/24]
• 2023-11-22
  VOTE
  Health Service Recruitment Freeze · 2 divisions

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

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 117–10
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 49–81
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–81
• 2023-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the facilities of Midleton Hospital after the devastating floods during Storm Babet; if he will provide the details of the funding available for repairs to the hospital; if he will provide a timeline for a return of the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48224/23]
• 2023-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he would provide an update on any HSE facilities that were damaged after the devastating floods during Storm Babet; if he will provide the details of the funding available for repairs to these facilities; if he will provide a timeline for a return of the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48225/23]
• 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
• 2023-09-27
  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
• 2023-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to provide funding for a day care centre for the elderly in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40616/23]
• 2023-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a primary care centre in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40617/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the after-hours GP service for Mallow, Fermoy and Mitchelstown; if his Department will intervene to find GPs who will work late shifts to keep this important service operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30923/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a new building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26375/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the national ePrescribing system to reduce the administrative burden currently faced by community pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26674/23]
• 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 James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a newly planned facility (details supplied) in Cork east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25762/23]
• 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 James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2076 of 8 September 2022, if he will provide an update on the payment of the pandemic bonus payment to nursing home staff (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19976/23]
• 2023-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if his Department has plans to expand the scope of practice for pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18205/23]
• 2023-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the proposals to support healthcare workers who have long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18206/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when a response will issue to a medical card appeal by a person (details supplied) sent in September 2022. [11088/23]
• 2023-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the steps that he and the HSE will undertake to retain newly qualified healthcare professionals in Ireland who are educated in Irish universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7738/23]
• 2023-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the steps his Department and the HSE are undertaking to address the growing shortage of GPs across County Cork and the rest of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7737/23]
• 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
• 2022-12-14
  VOTE
  Current Issues Affecting the Health Services · 2 divisions

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

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

  • ✗ voted to block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion failed · 60–75
• 2022-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of physiotherapy services in the primary care centre in Fermoy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51041/22]
• 2022-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the criteria that is applied when issuing medical cards to persons affected by certain conditions (details supplied). [45243/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the payment of the pandemic bonus payment to nursing home staff (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44289/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the reimbursement of internationalised normalised ratio test strips and machines for warfarin patients in view of the fact that other European Union countries offer full or partial reimbursement to patients who self-test (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40056/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of children for each LHO area in CHO4 who were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the 2005 Disability Act as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available. [37522/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting for an occupational therapy assessment in each LHO area in CHO4; the number waiting for treatment in each LHO area in CHO4; the number in each category waiting for over a year [37523/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the roll-out of the second Covid-19 booster to persons over 60 years of age (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37903/22]
• 2022-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if approval will be given for funding a Cork-based disabilities service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36830/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the position in relation to the reimbursement of internationalised normalised ratio test strips and machines for warfarin patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36150/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of long-Covid clinics in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36166/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the reason that insulin pump upgrades have been paused in Cork University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30869/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if analyses on the usage of medical cards in dental practices in Ireland have been completed recently; if so, if the number of dentists not accepting medical cards has increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26968/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health his position in relation to the delivery of a primary healthcare centre in Youghal, County Cork; the estimated timeline for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26967/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposal announced in budget 2022 to extend the automatic entitlement to free general practitioner visit cards to children under eight years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22967/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a comprehensive breakdown of the locations of rehabilitation consultants in hospitals throughout the country, including the catchment areas for which they are responsible geographically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19656/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the areas of the country in which the HSE covers the cost of compression sleeves for breast cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20504/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the areas of the country in which the HSE covers the cost of compression garments for patients who require them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20505/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding changes to permanent residential mental healthcare in Ireland and the way the Vision for Change policy will impact it. [17159/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the implementation of the Vision for Change policy relating to residential mental healthcare in Ireland. [17160/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the €1,000 Covid bonus payment for healthcare workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16029/22]
• 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
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) qualifies for the pandemic bonus payment. [10640/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of the backlog of assessment of needs for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5446/22]
• 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
• 2022-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the intermediate care ambulance services currently operating in each CHO catchment area; the funding allocated to each CHO for the provision of such services in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3290/22]
• 2022-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment of neurology nurses for University Hospital Waterford; if he has plans to address the urgent need for these positions to be filled; his views on the recommendation by an association (details supplied) of the urgent need for six extra neurology nurses at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3291/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will consider including booster vaccination details on EU Digital COVID Certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1102/22]
• 2021-12-15
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021 · 2 divisions

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

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

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

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

  • ✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 87–44
• 2021-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting for a neurology outpatient appointment in Cork hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59110/21]
• 2021-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand neuro-rehabilitation services in Cork; his further plans to provide additional in-patient beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59109/21]
• 2021-12-02
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–63
• 2021-11-24
  VOTE
  Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021

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

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 82–46
• 2021-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of the new HIQA guidelines, specifically the regulations to replace the National Standards for Foster Care with the new Child Care Services Standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56272/21]
• 2021-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when respite services will resume in Fermoy Community Hospital for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56276/21]
• 2021-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the position regarding booster vaccines for persons under 60 years of age that have serious underlying health conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56283/21]
• 2021-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the position regarding disability services in County Cork in particular in relation to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55277/21]
• 2021-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if the details of the costings for the renovations of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, County Cork will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54297/21]
• 2021-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it will be possible to assign an independent assessor to the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, County Cork to examine if the problems regarding the centre can be resolved in the short to medium-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54298/21]
• 2021-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address the shortage of neurological nurse specialists in Cork University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53765/21]
• 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 Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when respite services will resume in Youghal Community Hospital, Youghal, County Cork. [52120/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when respite services will resume in Midleton Community Hospital, Midleton, County Cork. [52121/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if more nurse specialists in neurology will be appointed in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50831/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50651/21]
• 2021-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50002/21]
• 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 James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if a second physiotherapist will be reinstated in Fermoy Hospital, County Cork. [47641/21]
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if a physiotherapist will be reinstated in Youghal Community Hospital, County Cork. [47642/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if his Department is currently engaged in retaining any of the existing services other than residential care in the Owenacurra Mental Health Facility in Midleton, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46070/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the waiting times for ambulances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41474/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if further details will be provided on capital projects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41643/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of the closure of indoor camps despite many camps running under guidelines issued for education in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39577/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if a vaccination programme will be put in place to vaccinate Erasmus students before they travel abroad to study in August and September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34525/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if rapid antigen testing for the aviation sector will be included in the terms of reference of the recent group chaired by a person (details supplied) to implement antigen testing in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37385/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the use of rapid antigen testing to enable a return to international travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28641/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the closure of a mental health centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39366/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if the sacrament of baptism can be allowed to resume under the current restrictions (details supplied). [39716/21]
• 2021-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the temporary assistance payment scheme for nursing homes Covid-19 after 30 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32365/21]
• 2021-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if approval will be given for the use of the drug zolgensma in the case of a child (details supplied). [32382/21]
• 2021-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the potential for funding for the subsidisation of children’s PCR and antigen testing inbound and outbound at airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32561/21]
• 2021-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will make funding available to enable PCR and antigen testing at airports in line with the Digital Covid Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32562/21]
• 2021-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if an alternative vaccine can be offered to persons who received their first dose of a vaccine (details supplied) but want to be given an alternative vaccine for their second dose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32574/21]
• 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 James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a primary healthcare centre at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37711/21]
• 2021-07-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of antigen testing usage in a return to international travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28901/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of the review being undertaken of the mobility allowance; when a new scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25870/21]
• 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 James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of betting shops (details supplied) under the reopening plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25200/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will report on a WHO recommendation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23880/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when vaccinations will be available through local pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24557/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the delay in including pharmacists in the vaccination roll-out administration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24558/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the provision of access to dental care in the east County Cork area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22797/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if exceptions will be made in the case of access to medical doctors under the mandatory hotel quarantine to be seen as an essential service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22948/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the allocation of a Covid-19 testing centre for Midleton, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23069/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the relocation of the Midleton Covid-19 testing centre to Youghal, County Cork following a community outbreak of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23070/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the use of a pop-up Covid-19 testing facility in Youghal, County Cork following a community outbreak of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23071/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the reason those under 16 years of age are not eligible for Covid-19 testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23135/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of those who do not have identification due to the passport backlog and wish to avail of Covid-19 testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23136/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the reduction in the number of doctors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18158/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health his views on the proposed closure of the medical assessment unit in Mallow General Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19464/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the position regarding visitors at a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20123/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of rapid antigen testing for international travel and mass gatherings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20130/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of the development the rapid antigen testing system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16394/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when healthcare staff in a nursing home (details supplied) will be vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11027/21]
• 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 James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the hotels which will be used for inbound travellers to mandatorily quarantine when arriving into Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9500/21]
• 2021-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the HSE 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 given patients are extremely medically vulnerable and have a very high mortality risk; if he will place these patients in cohort 1 for vaccination against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9160/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when persons who provide assistance for those attending educational services and have additional needs (details supplied) will be vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7898/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when nurses in intellectual disability centres will be vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7901/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the logistics for those who do not have a general practitioner to avail of the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6570/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the monitoring practices in place to track the spread of variants of Covid-19 in other countries (details supplied). [5830/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the preventions in place to monitor the Covid-19 variant spreading to countries which travel restrictions are not currently in place therefore entering through a third-party country (details supplied). [5831/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the measures that will be put in place to prevent those who quarantine at home and household members from spreading the virus to others outside the household. [5833/21]
• 2021-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when social care workers working in children’s residential homes will be vaccinated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4591/21]
• 2021-01-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if advice will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3241/21]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the progress of the development of respite care facilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39769/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the funding being provided for the restoration of cancer services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33568/20]
• 2020-10-23
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 85–53
• 2020-10-22
  VOTE
  Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3 · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 92–53
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 59–86
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if provisions are in place for medical students studying abroad who are returning home due to Covid-19 to complete their practical training within the medical system here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26819/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there will be an increase in medical school places here to encourage those studying abroad (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26820/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the reason for removing spectators from the matches of an association (details supplied), notwithstanding the controlled measures to limit the spread of Covid-19 implemented at such matches in line with public health guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23682/20]
• 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 James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the self-isolation procedure for residents of nursing homes after returning from hospital even if they have tested negative for Covid-19 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21266/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of visiting teachers under the public health provision for schools for September 2020 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19269/20]
• 2020-07-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when services such as a service (details supplied) and early intervention services in County Cork will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17596/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of reopening of private parks that contain playgrounds and other children and family play areas; the person or body that has the ultimate responsibility to ensure social distancing is adhered to in such incidences once reopened (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15734/20]