Micheál Martin

Fianna Fáil · Cork South-Central

Activity on Health — 635 events (146 lobbying · 461 questions · 48 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
• 2026-04-02
  LOBBY
  Waterford Chamber of Commerce Health

  • Funding for University Hospital Waterford
• 2026-03-12
  LOBBY
  MSD Health

  • Engagement on Life Sciences and Innovation Policy
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Novartis Ireland Limited Health

  • American Chamber of Commerce Event
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Janssen Sciences Ireland UC Economic Development and Industry

  • Engagement with the Taoiseach
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Insight Consultants Health

  • An on street Public Awareness Campaign for Breast Cancer - we handed out leaflets to the general pubic advising them of the advantages of self examination to combat breast cancer
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA EU Affairs

  • Brazil Investigation
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Rehab Group Public Expenditure and Reform

  • Rehab's Pre Budget Submission
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  The Asthma Society of Ireland Health

  • AV Room Briefing for World Lung Day
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Ireland) DAC Health

  • Meeting request - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Movember Health

  • Launch of the Real Face of Men's Health report focused on the delivery of the National Men's Health Action plan, with a range of recommendations on priority areas
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Rockwood Consulting ULC Health

  • Sought meetings to brief DPOs on Veonet's service offering and the development of a national eyecare strategy
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Pfizer 2 returns Health

  • Ireland's medicine reimbursement system and funding for access to new medicines and vaccines
  • Expansion of the National Immunisation Programme to include RSV vaccination for older adults
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Irish Second-Level Students' Union (ISSU) Health

  • Regarding the bill for endometriosis care
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Multiple Sclerosis Ireland Health

  • Representatives invited to MS Ireland's national conference
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Lir Communications Ltd Health

  • Request to meet to discuss the National Advanced AHR Centre planned for Cork.
• 2026-01-19
  LOBBY
  The Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Agriculture

  • Sent emails on behalf of the NSPCA to local TDs to urge them to vote in favour of the bill on the matter of the Animal Health & Welfare (Ban On Fox Hunting) Bill. It will be returning to Dail Eireann for the second stage debate and vote on Wednesday 17th December 2025.
• 2026-01-19
  LOBBY
  Dublin Simon Community Health

  • Invitation to Taoiseach and Ministers to open Health and Treatment Facility
• 2026-01-19
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  Alcohol Action Ireland Health

  • Alcohol health information labelling
• 2026-01-19
  LOBBY
  Irish Association of Social Workers Health

  • Mental Health Reform - Letter to the Taoiseach
• 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
  Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Health

  • Issues related to health policy
• 2026-01-15
  LOBBY
  Irish Congress of Trade Unions Health

  • Ratification of ILO Convention No 192 on Biological Hazards in the Working Environment (2025)
• 2026-01-15
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  Daughters of Charity Child and Family Service Public Expenditure and Reform

  • Submitted a letter to An Taoiseach requesting increase in budget as part of Mental Health Reform Group.
• 2026-01-08
  LOBBY
  The Union of Students in Ireland Health

  • Supporting Labour Party Motion for Drug Decriminalisation
• 2026-01-08
  LOBBY
  St. Francis Hospice Dublin Health

  • 2026 Estimates - strategic recurring funding for hospice services / funding of implementation of 2024 national adult palliative care policy
• 2026-01-06
  LOBBY
  Sensational Kids CLG Health

  • Emails to seek support for funding to complete the construction of the National Child Development Centre
• 2026-01-06
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  Acquired Brain Injury Ireland Health

  • Implementation of the neuro-rehabilitation strategy/Implementation Framework
• 2026-01-05
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  FASD Ireland CLG Health

  • Meeting Requests
• 2025-09-25
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  St. Francis Hospice Dublin Health

  • 2026 Estimates - strategic recurring funding for hospice services / funding of implementation of 2024 national adult palliative care policy
• 2025-09-20
  LOBBY
  National Infertility Support and Information Group Health

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

  • Well-being Framework for Ireland 2025
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Irish Medical Organisation 4 returns Foreign Affairs Health

  • Conflict in Gaza and Procurement Policy
  • Health Inequalities
  • Slaintecare
  • Measures to protect children from the harms of social media, pornography, and too much screen time.
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Health

  • Engagement with Oireachtas members on health policy issues
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Novo Nordisk Limited Health

  • Engagement with Government regarding the life-sciences sector in Ireland and the EU General Pharmaceutical Legislation (GPL).
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Stryker Health

  • Discussion on the changing global trade environment
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Ibec Trade

  • US Tariffs and EU Retaliatory Tariffs: Impact on healthcare in Europe
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  ALLIANCE OF MEDICINES FOR IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE Health

  • Correspondence on behalf of Medicines for Europe regarding the priorities of the organisation in relation to European legislation
• 2025-09-19
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  Pfizer Health

  • Ireland's medicine reimbursement system and funding for access to new medicines and vaccines
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Áiseanna Tacaíochta CLG Health

  • Requesting a meeting to explore the opportunities identified in the Programme for Government (PFG) that will enhance the lives of people with Disabilities.
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Ireland) DAC 2 returns Health

  • Alexion - Cork office launch event
  • Sharing a Proposal for an Early Access Programme for Innovative Oncology Medicines Budget 2026
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Dublin Simon Community Health

  • Revised letter seeking support from Ministers to secure funding for Ushers Island Homeless Treatment Facility
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Roche Health

  • Reform of national pricing and reimbursement systems for new medicines and sustainable increased investment in innovative medicines
• 2025-09-19
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  Mental Health Reform Health

  • PBS Campaign
• 2025-09-19
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  Takeda Products Ireland Health

  • EU competitiveness in relation to life sciences and access to innovation
• 2025-09-18
  LOBBY
  Mental Health Reform Health

  • Mental Health Bill 2024 & mental health party political view points
• 2025-09-18
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  Shine Health

  • Shine contacted Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Government Chief Whip & Minister of State for Mental Health, TD Mary Butler, inviting them to take part in a photocall and contribute a video message for the launch of the Green Ribbon Campaign 2025
• 2025-09-18
  LOBBY
  Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland CLG Children and Youth Affairs

  • YAP Ireland National Event 2025
• 2025-09-18
  LOBBY
  LauraLynn Ireland's Children's Hospice Health

  • Increased resources for children's palliative care
• 2025-09-18
  LOBBY
  The Asthma Society of Ireland Health

  • Pre-Budget Submission
• 2025-09-17
  LOBBY
  Irish Heart Foundation Health

  • Alcohol health information labelling
• 2025-09-17
  LOBBY
  The Wheel Community

  • The Wheel's Pre-Budget Submission 2026 was sent to elected representatives and relevant government departments in advance of the Budget. It highlights the priorities for the community and voluntary sector, including sustainable funding for the sector, equality of pay, increased compliance requirements, and the hidden infrastructure provided by the sector in areas such as health, social care, housing and climate action.
• 2025-09-17
  LOBBY
  Lir Communications Ltd 2 returns Health

  • Letter to request meeting to discuss the location of the National Advanced AHR Centre in Cork.
  • Letter to request meeting to discuss the location of the National Advanced AHR Centre in Cork.
• 2025-09-16
  LOBBY
  Communications Workers' Union (CWU) Communications

  • An Post Superannuation Scheme
• 2025-09-15
  LOBBY
  Nursing Homes Ireland Health

  • NHI wrote to the Taoiseach and the Tanaiste in relation to the proposed increase of almost 17% in personal injury awards currently with the Minister for Justice, that is soon to come before Cabinet.
• 2025-09-15
  LOBBY
  Dexcom Health

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

  • Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
• 2025-09-09
  LOBBY
  The Sunbed Association Health

  • Proposed plan to ban commercial sunbeds
• 2025-09-09
  LOBBY
  Alcohol Action Ireland 3 returns Health

  • Alcohol health information labelling
  • Alcohol treatment services
  • Alcohol and cocaine
• 2025-09-03
  LOBBY
  BioMarin International Limited Health

  • Rare disease policy in Ireland and the EU
• 2025-08-06
  LOBBY
  Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association Health

  • discussion on estimates proposal for upcoming budget (2026)
• 2025-07-09
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 67–86
• 2025-06-18
  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 · 65–86
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86
• 2025-05-29
  LOBBY
  Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Foreign Affairs

  • MSF’s report 'Gaza Death Trap' details how military attacks, the dismantling of the health system, siege and the systematic denial of humanitarian assistance is destroying the conditions needed for life in Gaza.
• 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
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Janssen Sciences Ireland UC Economic Development and Industry

  • Interactions with Fianna Fáil on the life sciences sector and patient access to new medicines
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

  • Priorities for Farming and Rural Ireland in New Government Programme
• 2025-05-21
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  Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association 3 returns Health

  • (i) Proposed revision of EU General Pharmaceutical Legislation and Irish Government position on intellectual Property rights; (ii) Issues concerning the timely reimbursement of medicines in Ireland; (iii) Industry position on a National Life Sciences Strategy; (iv) EU and Irish Competitiveness and the pharmaceutical industry. (v) The potential impact of tariffs on medicines.
  • (i) Proposed revision of EU General Pharmaceutical Legislation and Irish Government position on intellectual Property rights; (ii) Issues concerning the timely reimbursement of medicines in Ireland; (iii) Industry position on a National Life Sciences Strategy; (iv) EU and Irish Competitiveness and the pharmaceutical industry. (v) The potential impact of tariffs on medicines.
  • (i) New Supply Agreement; (ii) Access to new medicines.
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Amnesty International Ireland Environment

  • Letter in advance of Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers’ decision on the need for, and feasibility of, a further instrument or instruments in the field of human rights and the environment
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Hume Brophy Health

  • Raise awareness of NOffLA’s ongoing work and policy priorities.
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Pfizer 3 returns HealthTrade

  • Ireland's medicine reimbursement system and funding for access to new medicines and vaccines
  • Expansion of the National Immunisation Programme to include RSV protection for infants and older adults
  • Raise concern about the impact of potential tariffs on pharmaceutical manufacturing and supply of medicines to patients globally
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Cancer Society 2 returns Health

  • Services funding
  • Alcohol health labels
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Ireland) DAC Health

  • Discuss impact of proposed tariffs on the pharmaceutical sector in Ireland
• 2025-05-21
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  Irish Red Cross Budgetary matters

  • Follow up email to letter sharing our priorities for the new P for G, emphasising the particular urgency of extending ARP
• 2025-05-21
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  The Irish Clinical Oncology Group t/a Cancer Trials Ireland Health

  • Highlighting issues faced by Cancer Clinical Trials in Ireland
• 2025-05-21
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  Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland CLG Children and Youth Affairs

  • YAP Ireland Annual Report 2024 Launch
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Dublin Simon Community Health

  • Sought support from An Taoiseach to secure funding for Ushers Island Homeless Treatment Facility.
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Ibec Economic Development and Industry

  • Retaliatory Tariffs: Impact on healthcare in Europe
• 2025-05-21
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  BeLonG To Youth Services Ltd. Children and Youth Affairs

  • Emailed new ministers requesting meetings to discuss Belong To's work and policy priorities.
• 2025-05-20
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  Vulcan Consulting Limited Health

  • EU Pharmaceutical Policy
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Irish Penal Reform Trust Justice and Equality

  • IPRT key asks for Programme for Government 2025
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Alcohol Action Ireland 3 returns Health

  • Health information labelling of alcohol products
  • Zero alcohol product advertising
  • Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Outhouse CLG 2 returns Health

  • Ban on Conversion Practices
  • Healthcare for Trans People
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Dexcom Health

  • Diabetes Policy in Ireland
• 2025-05-20
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  Mental Health Reform Health

  • MHR's London School of Economics Research Launch - March 6th 2025
• 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)
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Fórsa trade union Foreign Affairs

  • A letter from Kevin Callinan, Fórsa General Secretary urges the Minister for Foreign Affairs to advocate at the EU level for the release of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, a detained Palestinian doctor, and other healthcare workers in Gaza, highlighting the humanitarian crisis and Fórsa’s solidarity with the outgoing situation.
• 2025-05-19
  LOBBY
  Irish Heart Foundation Health

  • Tobacco and e-cigarette policy
• 2025-05-19
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  BioMarin International Limited Health

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

  • Correspondence to relevant stakeholders regarding the implications of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.
• 2025-05-19
  LOBBY
  Nursing Homes Ireland Health

  • NHI corresponded with TD's and Ministers as a follow up regarding the negotiations for the Programme for Government and requirement to ensure express commitments onpolicy on care of the older person.
• 2025-05-16
  LOBBY
  Marie Keating Foundation Health

  • MKF continues to advocate for the implementation for the Public Health Alcohol Act and voiced our serious concerns about proposals to delay the introduction of Ireland’s world-leading regulations of alcohol products with health information. This follows calls from the business lobbying group, IBEC, in relation to concerns about trading tariffs.
• 2025-05-15
  LOBBY
  Rare Diseases Ireland Health

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

  • Heart failure and lung cancer screening.
• 2025-05-15
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  Novartis Ireland Limited Health

  • Reimbursement decision for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC)
• 2025-05-05
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  Alcohol Forum Ireland Health

  • Signatory to a number of letters calling on Government to commit to the introduction of alcohol health labelling as provided for in legislation, through the provisions of the Public Health Alcohol Act
• 2025-05-02
  LOBBY
  Parkinson's Ireland Health

  • Various politicians were lobbied to support increased HSE section 39 funding for Parkinson's Ireland.
• 2025-04-30
  LOBBY
  Tabor Lodge Addiction and Housing Services CLG Health

  • Capital Funding
• 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
  LOBBY
  Sensational Kids CLG Health

  • Emails to seek support for funding to complete the construction of the National Child Development Centre
• 2025-04-29
  LOBBY
  Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Health

  • Alcohol labelling
• 2025-02-19
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  Community Creations Limited t/a SpunOut.ie Children and Youth Affairs

  • Emails to incoming Ministers and officials regarding policy priorities for the new Dail term, particularly around youth mental health and youth work
• 2025-02-12
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  MSD Health

  • Healthcare Innovation
• 2025-02-04
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  Arthritis Ireland Health

  • Arthritis Ireland invited ministers to attend a launch and demonstrate support for research report detailing the financial burden of living with arthritis.
• 2025-01-29
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  Irish Dental Association Health

  • Emails to dail deputies re priorities for dentistry in the next Dáil
• 2025-01-21
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  Epilepsy Ireland Health

  • Contacted listed DPOs in their capacity as General Election Candidates to support EI's advocacy campaigns if elected to the next Dáil
• 2025-01-21
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  Irish Cancer Society 2 returns Health

  • Cancer care priorities
  • Party manifestos
• 2025-01-21
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  Irish Red Cross Budgetary matters

  • Submitted letters with IRCs priorities for the Programme for Government
• 2025-01-21
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  Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Foreign Affairs

  • MSF’s report 'Gaza Death Trap' details how military attacks, the dismantling of the health system, siege and the systematic denial of humanitarian assistance is destroying the conditions needed for life in Gaza.
• 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
  The Alzheimer Society of Ireland Health

  • General Election 2024
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Reduced Risk Products Association Company Limited Health

  • The Reduced Risk Products Association conducted analysis of Census 2022 and the results of the Healthy Ireland Survey 2024 to examine the likely implications of proposed restrictions on flavoured vapes for adult vapers including smokers who rely on vapes to quit or reduce their smoking returning to smoking, with consequent impacts on deaths from smoking. This analysis was prepared on a Dail constituency basis and sent to all members of Dáil Eireann.
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Ibec Economic Development and Industry

  • Irish Medtech Priorities for the Next Government
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Unite the Union, Ireland Region Employment

  • Pay discrimination and denial of family reunification for migrant Healthcare Assistants.
• 2025-01-21
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  Pfizer Health

  • Ireland's medicine reimbursement system and funding for access to new medicines and vaccines
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  BioMarin International Limited Health

  • Rare disease policy in Ireland and EU
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

  • Development of Vaccine for TB - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  The Alzheimer Society of Ireland Health

  • Programme For Government 2025-2029
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  The Irish Hospice Foundation Health

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

  • Vaccination policy
• 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
  St Patrick's Mental Health Services Foreign Affairs

  • A letter to political party leaders from the CEO was sent in November calling for a commitment to campaign to bring an end to the atrocities and human rights violations being perpetrated within Gaza in particular in relation to children's rights and protection of healthcare.
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Instinctif Partners Public Affairs Ireland Health

  • Correspondence to political stakeholders regarding MFI's General Election Manifesto.
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Volunteering Ireland Community

  • General Elections Manifesto 2024
• 2025-01-20
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  Alcohol Action Ireland Health

  • Alcohol policy development in relation to a new strategy for alcohol and the establishment of an Alcohol Office
• 2025-01-20
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  The Irish Clinical Oncology Group t/a Cancer Trials Ireland Health

  • Request for Commitment to Support Cancer Clinical Trials in Ireland
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  ALONE Health

  • Support for services and policies relating to older people in the General Election and Programme for Government
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association Health

  • IPHA Programme for Government asks - (i) Support IP Rights for medicines in Europe; (ii) Faster access to new medicines and (iii) A Life Science Policy for Ireland
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Nursing Homes Ireland Health

  • Request for Meeting on Prioritising Older Person Care in the Programme for Government and congratulate the deputy on their election to Dáil Eireann. We outlined the nursing home sector faces urgent challenges that require immediate attention:Fair Deal Pricing Review, Workforce Challenges,Equal Access to Primary Care Services. Including these in the programme for Government is essential for the sustainability of the nursing home sector.
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation Health

  • Setting out what the main issues for nurses and midwives will be over the lifetime of the new Government.
• 2025-01-20
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  Children's Books Ireland CLG Education and Training

  • We were asking for investment in school libraries and policies to support reading for joy for children and young people, locally, nationally, and in school communities
• 2025-01-18
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  Think Bodywhys CLG Health

  • Draft Programme For Government
• 2025-01-18
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 2 returns Agriculture

  • Meeting with the Tánaiste
  • Soil Monitoring and Resilience
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Fórsa trade union Health

  • Kevin Callinan Fórsa General Sec sought a meeting with the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and the Minister of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. The letter highlighted the urgent need to resolve funding & pay disparity issues for workers providing services that would otherwise have to be provided by the State, who are paid at a lower rate than their counterparts directly employed by public service organisations. Mr Callinan sought a meeting in order to prevent serious industrial dispute
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Dexcom Health

  • Diabetes Policy in Ireland
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Mental Health Reform 3 returns HealthBudgetary matters

  • Programme for Government Briefing & LSE Launch Save the Date
  • Mental Health Bill 2024
  • MHR's Pre-Budget Campaign 2025 - https://mentalhealthreform.ie/budget-2025
• 2025-01-16
  LOBBY
  LauraLynn Ireland's Children's Hospice 2 returns Health

  • LauraLynn Pre-Budget 2025 Submission
  • Seeking the inclusion of specific commitments on children's palliative care in Programme for Government 2025.
• 2025-01-16
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Finance

  • VAT & Taxation on Farm Inputs
• 2025-01-16
  LOBBY
  NCBI Health

  • Inclusion in Programme for Government of priorities for people who are vision impaired
• 2025-01-16
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  BeLonG To Youth Services Ltd. Health

  • Request to meet to discuss the research 'Trans Healthcare in Ireland from Belong To and UCD.
• 2025-01-15
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 6 returns HealthEnvironmentEU AffairsAgricultureSports and Recreation

  • Fair Deal & Support for Older People
  • Health - Primary Care Services - Rural Ireland
  • Water
  • EU - Mercosur Trade Deal
  • Programme for a New Government
  • Recreational Routes
• 2025-01-15
  LOBBY
  Down Syndrome Ireland Health

  • Down Syndrome Ireland emailed party leaders asking them to take our manifesto into consideration. This manifesto discussed health, transport, and the rights of people with Down syndrome
• 2025-01-14
  LOBBY
  Rare Diseases Ireland Health

  • Inclusion of rare diseases in new Programme for Government
• 2025-01-13
  LOBBY
  The Health Policy Partnership Health

  • Heart failure
• 2025-01-10
  LOBBY
  Parkinson's Ireland Health

  • Various politicians were lobbied to support a room being made available in a HSE building for a new Parkinson's nurse service in Cork.
• 2025-01-08
  LOBBY
  St. Francis Hospice Dublin Health

  • Seeking funding in 2025 to progress the new National Adult Palliative Care Policy / Seeking inclusion of palliative care in political party manifestos / seeking the prioritisation of palliative care in the Programme for Government
• 2025-01-07
  LOBBY
  Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed Social Protection

  • To call on the Political Party leaders to support reform and investment in public services, particularly to support those marginalised and struggling to meet the cost of living; support the provision of good jobs, alongside education, training, guidance and a supportive social welfare system; to promote social cohesion and access to employment for those furthest from the labour market; future-proof Ireland’s capacity to respond to emerging global challenges.
• 2025-01-03
  LOBBY
  MSD Health

  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive
• 2024-11-25
  LOBBY
  Psychiatric Nurses Association Health

  • concerns for the future of mental health services in Ireland and the issues that will require the urgent and committed attention for any incoming government.
• 2024-11-21
  LOBBY
  UNICEF Ireland Health

  • Boost breastfeeding support, deliver timely interventions for children with developmental delays, Expand childhood mental health services to meet growing demands
• 2024-07-10
  VOTE
  Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024

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

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

  A bill to amend the Mental Health Act 2001.

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

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

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

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 74–58
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 74–59
• 2023-10-25
  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
• 2023-05-31
  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
• 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
• 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
• 2020-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach his views on whether there will be scope to narrow the time between phases 4 and 5 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business if all the five health indicators are positive. [10640/20]
• 2020-06-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate for delivery drivers to enter or pass through isolation wards in order to deliver materials to hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic. [8416/20]
• 2020-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Transport

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if specific guidelines have been circulated to each sporting organisation on the communication of public health information to their members and players with regard to clubs reopening and continued restrictions on members from outside a 5km radius and cocooning members. [7589/20]
• 2020-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Transport

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if guidance has been issued to sporting clubs and organisations on the way in which to implement public health guidelines within such clubs and organisations. [7590/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the timeline for the scheduling of the surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5055/20]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the recent report of a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51605/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the recent resignation of the patient representative from the CervicalCheck steering group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51606/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to open a residential care centre (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if he met officials regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51675/19]
• 2019-12-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if there are officials in his Department who have policy expertise in health issues. [50338/19]
• 2019-11-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the grounds of a centre (details supplied) are for sale; his plans for the services provided therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46200/19]
• 2019-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the review the HSE is undertaking of a charity (details supplied); the impact it may have on services it provides; if alternative arrangements are being made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45680/19]
• 2019-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that funding to a charity (details supplied) will be removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45681/19]
• 2019-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to media reports (details supplied) regarding the difficulty in recruiting a third consultant post for the 24-7 thrombectomy service that was announced in July 2019 but now is not possible; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45689/19]
• 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 Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that sections 9,11 and 13 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 are being adhered to in full in all maternity hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44287/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to breaches of section 20 notifications under the Health (Regulation of Pregnancy) Act 2018 in maternity hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44288/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on whether there is a shortage of healthcare assistants in the health sector; if he has met or written to the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation to discuss same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44442/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in accessing Spinraza in view of the fact the HSE approved the drug four months ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45327/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he or his officials have received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in relation to spinraza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45328/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the number of healthcare assistants being trained is being increased through FETAC and-or SOLAS training programmes in view of the shortage of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43866/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Business

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the number of work permits is being increased to allow for the genuine shortage that is impacting on hospitals and the community and nursing home sectors; if she has met or written to the Minister for Health to discuss same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43866/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Business

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has listed healthcare assistants as one of the groups that should receive work permits in view of the shortage of same here and across the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43880/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2018 a team from hospitals (details supplied) carried out two operations on the damaged spinal cords of babies in the womb, the first surgeries of their kind in the UK; if such specialist foetal surgery for spina bifida will be available in here; if it is likely to become available under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43909/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the current estimate of the cost of the children's research and innovation centre in the new national children’s hospital project. [43282/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the current estimate of the cost of information and communication technology in the new national children’s hospital project. [43283/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the current estimate of the cost of the children’s hospital integration programme in the new national children’s hospital project. [43284/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the current estimate of the cost of the electronic healthcare record in the new national children’s hospital project. [43285/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an investigation of deaths involving CPE in Limerick University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43391/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has received an application for funding for the oral chemotherapy agent osimertinib; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43393/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the governance discussions based on the Mulvey report of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street when it transfers to the St. Vincent's hospital site; the areas that will be covered outside the Mulvey report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43505/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to protect the significant investment of the State in the new maternity hospital on the St. Vincent's hospital site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43506/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if the State has invested either in capital or current funding in a clinic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43507/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he and his officials have discussed the option of removing the definition to vaping on the HSE website in view of the fact that it may be encouraging persons to take it up (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43569/19]
• 2019-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 29 May 2019, if the locum diabetic paediatrician planned for recruitment for July 2019 has commenced; if not, the reason therefore; when the matter will be corrected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40627/19]
• 2019-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the plan by the HSE for the transfer of 100 adolescents to adult diabetic services in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40628/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times for approval for new drugs; the way in which this compares to other OECD or EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39267/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the number of inspections that EHOs have undertaken of service stations; if they are inspected as regularly as restaurants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39356/19]
• 2019-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the way in which he will collect improved data and research on suicidal behaviour as outlined in the National Office for Suicide Prevention Annual Report 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38227/19]
• 2019-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if additional home help hours will be provided to a person (details supplied). [38338/19]
• 2019-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for aids and appliances for those under 18 years of age in each health area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38839/19]
• 2019-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the most recent waiting list and waiting times for children waiting for scoliosis surgery in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38840/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who was declined a six month supply of medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37131/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to introduce free contraception as recommended by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution; if models in other countries are being reviewed to ensure that choice is maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37226/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if general practitioners have been consulted regarding the model that is being considered and the process that is being selected on the way in which free contraception is introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37227/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) is on the group that he set up to discuss free contraception becoming available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37228/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if training of health personnel will be included in the free contraception scheme once it is introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37229/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the way in which he is ensuring that the free contraception regime that he plans to introduce will protect the human rights principles of non-discrimination and informed decision making for all women on their contraception of choice including the most recent up-to-date options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37230/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if the free contraception scheme he plans to introduce will be limited to the oral contraceptive pill and condoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37231/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the way in which general practitioners and pharmacists will co-operate professionally when the new contraception scheme is introduced; if pharmacists will have the powers to prescribe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37232/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he received letters of concern regarding genetic testing from geneticists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37241/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he received copies of independent guidelines for the termination of pregnancy under the specific grounds permitted under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 from organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37242/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he received copies of independent guidelines for the termination of pregnancy under the specific grounds permitted under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 particularly as it applies in section 11 from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37243/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has received communication from the family of a person (details supplied) who is waiting for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37424/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the services provided in a clinic (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the ownership of the clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34689/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a service agreement between Holles Street Maternity Hospital and a clinic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34690/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to or if he has requested information from Holles Street Maternity Hospital on shared services that may be provided to a clinic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34691/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he and his officials have considered requesting HIQA to review the circumstances in relation to a recent termination (details supplied) in Holles Street Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34765/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the assurances he has received from Holles Street Hospital regarding the ongoing safety of termination services at the hospital; if this included practices at a clinic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34766/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if clinics (details supplied) are different entities or the same entity; if there are differences, the nature of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35588/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with potential trisomy 18 or Edward's syndrome at antenatal screening nationally; when this information gathering was commenced; if it is done in each maternity hospital and fertility clinics; if this information is not collated, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35589/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of cases with conclusive trisomy 18 diagnosis that have been diagnosed here in the past five years in tabular form; if this diagnosis has a national protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35590/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has discussed the diagnostic testing required for trisomy 18 in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35591/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will report on prenatal fetomaternal testing policy incorporating the use of cytogenetic screening and testing technology; the way in which it developed in maternity hospitals and clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35592/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he is considering the use of tests to confirm the accuracy of cytogenetic assays and results being confirmed post-delivery by definitive testing of foetus, child and placenta in circumstances in which it is appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35593/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has received requests from the clinicians in the maternity hospitals or clinic laboratories or others to improve the cryogenic services for maternity cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35594/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if post-delivery diagnostic confirmation is optimal practice to confirm prenatal tests and diagnostic accuracy of trisomy 18 and other fatal foetal abnormalities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35595/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the funding for services in Cobh Hospital for the remainder of 2019; if his attention has been drawn to difficulties regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35989/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the discussions with St. Vincent’s and Holles Street hospitals in relation to the governance of the new maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36623/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the consultant contract negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36624/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health when the inequity of new consultant pay introduced in 2012 will be corrected as per the recommendations of the de Buitléir report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36625/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has received an update from the HSE on the provision of home help hours; if there are difficulties regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36626/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if there are further changes expected to the licensing of marijuana planned in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36627/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has received briefing material or held meetings on the budgetary deficits in the disability sector; if the organisations have written to him to raise concerns in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36628/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the upcoming national LGBTI+ inclusion strategy will align with the National Sexual Health Strategy 2015-2020. [32379/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to include the expansion of the Gay Men’s Health Service to regional locations over the lifetime of the upcoming national LGBTI inclusion strategy; if he has consulted with the Department of Health on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32381/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the implementation of the pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP, HIV prevention programme. [32382/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his plans to amalgamate the community care areas with the hospital groups; if there is full consultation; if so, when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32768/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the Sláintecare report was explicit regarding the amalgamation of hospital and community care groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32769/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on whether changes will be made to the academic roles in hospitals that are being changed from one hospital group to another; if they have been informed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32770/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has agreed to transfer parts of the South/Southwest Hospital Group in counties Waterford and Tipperary into the hospital group in which St. Vincent's Hospital is a part; the changes this will entail for elements of the group in counties Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32771/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if there is agreement between the hospital groups which contain St. James's, the Mater and Beaumont hospitals in regard to the suggested amalgamation of the groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32772/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the second gynaecological theatre for Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32773/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the group Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown will be part of in future amalgamations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32774/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the procedure of reviewing alleged malpractice in a maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33979/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if it is correct procedure for a maternity hospital to set up its own review panel to investigate when a case goes wrong; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33980/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to services provided in a clinic (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the ownership of the clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33981/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a service agreement between the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, and a clinic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33982/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to or if he has requested information from the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, on shared services that may be provided to a clinic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33983/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that terminations are not being carried out in private clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33984/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to maternity hospitals that may have breached section 20 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33985/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an organisation (details supplied) being approached to carry out an independent assessment of a termination case in the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33986/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, will only communicate through a senior counsel to a couple that had their baby terminated under circumstances that may have breached current legislative protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33987/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has considered an alternative short-term approach to admitting error in certain medical or obstetric cases in the absence of legislation on medical disclosure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33988/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the ownership model that will be introduced for the new maternity hospital at St. Vincent’s Hospital, if the process for same is finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33999/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if patient flows were assessed before the new restructured areas in the health service was finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34000/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the most recent information he and his officials have on the low risk over delayed test results for the 800 women that were missed due to a computer glitch; the number of women who have now been informed; the number that need future follow-up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34001/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the reported 52 women (details supplied) among those at the centre of the latest CervicalCheck controversy who now face the low risk of their conditions progressing as they show low grade cytological changes; the supports being made available to them, if it is through their general practitioners; if they have been informed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34002/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the 800,000 extra home help hours in 2019; the way in which they have been allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34003/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if the outsourcing of home help hours costs have actually reduced the number of actual home help hours being made available to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34004/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the way in which groups of women in the most recent CervicalCheck controversy, 52 out of 800, are being reassured as he indicated on 16 July 2019; the assurances he has been given regarding the way in which this is being done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34005/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he and his officials were given information regarding the way in which the computer glitch occurred in the most recent CervicalCheck controversy; if he or his officials have met those in charge of ICT; the safety mechanisms put in place to prevent this from occurring again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34006/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if the State Claims Agency covers a clinic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34413/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has had communication from a body (details supplied) regarding the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 since it was commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34414/19]
• 2019-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the inquiries made as to whether the entire cervical screening service should be re-established to ensure an entirely integrated service for HPV, cytology, colposcopy and histopathology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30374/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting at stage 2 of the assessment of needs process in counties Cork and Kerry; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [29193/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties of an organisation (details supplied) with regard to retrospective payments to its staff due to FEMPI; the position regarding reimbursing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29843/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) was included in the initial pilot of 50 section 39 agencies to be considered for pay restoration to staff and that the report was submitted to the HSE in December 2018; the status of the report; if there is an update planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29845/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) was informed recently that there is no obligation from the HSE to contribute towards staff pension payments, that is, the 7% obligation through the pension scheme of an organisation; if this decision is finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29847/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) is no longer reimbursed to allow it to pay increments to staff who care for clients and that this is leading to staff shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29849/19]
• 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
• 2019-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he replied to a group (details supplied) that the area was not his responsibility; if he spoke with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26485/19]
• 2019-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on high-sulphur coal being smuggled across the Border region; if he has spoken to other Ministers regarding same; if actions are being taken to prevent this smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26489/19]
• 2019-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Minister of Health or officials from that Department have communicated with his Department on the impact of air pollutants on health and persons with particular respiratory diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26486/19]
• 2019-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of whistleblower complaints in his Department since the legislation was introduced in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25661/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the details of an extended deal with a company (details supplied); if whether there were changes to indemnity arrangements on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24889/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he and his officials received the second Scally report before the contract was extended to include all of the extra cervical tests done in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24926/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he or his officials have spoken to or written to a company (details supplied) after receiving the Scally report in which it concludes that the HSE and his Department should have been informed before or at least when laboratories were changed in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24927/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views regarding the lack of home help hours nationally; if the allocation has been spent; if his attention has been drawn to the impact this is having on elderly persons in their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24932/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has been in contact with him regarding difficulties recruiting or financing home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24933/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the ownership and management including board arrangements of Holles Street hospital maternity services when it is located on the St. Vincent’s Hospital site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24979/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has met officials recently regarding the Holles Street maternity hospital being located on the St. Vincent’s Hospital site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24980/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if there had been progress on the future management and board control of the Holles Street maternity hospital when located on the St. Vincent’s Hospital site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24981/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if the recommendations of the Mulvey report on the future board management of Holles Street hospital when on the St. Vincent’s Hospital site have been implemented in full; if he has requested progress on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24982/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he or his officials have met with their counterparts recently to discuss shared health services in the North-South area; if there is room for expansion of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25617/19]
• 2019-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views regarding the increased use and purity of cocaine; if he has met with the Minister for Justice and Equality to discuss same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24760/19]
• 2019-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he is considering a campaign against cocaine use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24763/19]
• 2019-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the criteria for selecting private organisations for carrying out an assessment of needs in counties Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23438/19]
• 2019-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the necessary qualifications for a candidate carrying out clinical assessments within the current assessment of needs process in the private sector as part of the wait list initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23439/19]
• 2019-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the necessary qualifications for a candidate carrying out clinical assessments within the current assessment of needs process in the public sector as part of the wait list initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23440/19]
• 2019-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if officials in his Department work with officials in other Departments on the formulation of health policy. [22679/19]
• 2019-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a new consultant to the diabetic paediatric service in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22954/19]
• 2019-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason another consultant has not been allocated to the diabetic adult services team in Cork University Hospital in view of the fact that one consultant clinic is closed to new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22955/19]
• 2019-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if a psychologist will be appointed in Cork University Hospital to assist children come to terms with their diabetes diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22956/19]
• 2019-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his plans to allocate more dieticians to the diabetic services team in Cork University Hospital in view of the fact that there is one and a half dieticians at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22957/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants in Cork University Maternity Hospital responsible for children with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22526/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if a paediatric consultant is responsible for diabetes in Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22527/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his plans to recruit a paediatric consultant for children with diabetes in Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22528/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of dieticians or dietician hours allocated to children with diabetes in Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22529/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on the increased prevalence of type 1 and 2 diabetes; the number of specialist consultants employed in this area by county; the number of specialist consultants employed in this area by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22530/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin 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. [22605/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the functional and operational capacity of the acute medical assessment unit in St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22870/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the overall staffing levels in the acute medical assessment unit in St. Luke’s Hospital since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22871/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention or the attention of the HSE has been drawn to patient safety concerns in the acute medical assessment unit in St. Luke's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22872/19]
• 2019-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason a MRI scanner (details supplied) is still lying idle after two years. [22280/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has received a report from an organisation (details supplied) on expanding the newborn screening process to include very rare diseases; if proposals are being examined in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21374/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has received the report from the group set up to examine the public private mix in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21492/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of consultants; if the overall vacancy rate is improving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21493/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health when he and his officials met following the most recent High Court judgment that required absolute certainty in the CervicalCheck screening programme; the actions he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21494/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the €1 million that has been allocated to assist infertile couples access IVF in 2019; the criteria being used for same; if funding has been spent to date; the number of couples it will assist in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19687/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if LGBTQI+ couples will be able to access IVF through the €1 million fund announced in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19688/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has received requests and proposals to increase the neonatal screening services provided here; his plans to consider doing so; if there is a group of experts reviewing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19786/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has met with an association (details supplied) recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20001/19]
• 2019-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the children’s unit in CUMH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18277/19]
• 2019-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health when the extension and-or expansion of the children's unit in Cork University Maternity Hospital will be allotted; the stage the planning process is at; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18278/19]
• 2019-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the capital allocation to Cork University Maternity Hospital for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18279/19]
• 2019-04-16
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E, health, last met. [16669/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the nurses dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16152/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has requested or met a union (details supplied) to intervene in the inter-union dispute between unions in relation to recognition of a union in the National Ambulance Service; his plans to address the issue in view of the fact that service withdrawal is affecting patient care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16150/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a request from a group (details supplied) to meet a person to share the experiences of women before the panel sets out the criteria for the way in which the women will be assessed; if a meeting will take place in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16156/19]
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on the ongoing inter-union dispute between unions (details supplied) and the impact it is having on the provision of ambulance services; if there is a pathway available to resolve the ongoing dispute either on the employer or the union side; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16633/19]
• 2019-04-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the extra adult residential places that have been provided for adults with physical or intellectual disabilities each year since 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14899/19]
• 2019-04-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his plans regarding the waiting lists for adults with disabilities trying to access long-term residential care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14900/19]
• 2019-04-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the extra bed capacity provided in Cork city and county since 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14904/19]
• 2019-04-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken procurement processes regarding consultancy agencies, media or otherwise, to assist it with formulating or contributing to policy messaging on social media or videos relating to departmental strategies or policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15391/19]
• 2019-04-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the way in which his Departmental officials have been contributing to and taking part in Government of Ireland social media messages; the way in which they are coordinated in each of the policy areas of his Department; the Department that is the lead Department in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15408/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied). [12956/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of applications received, granted and refused, respectively, for the ex gratia payments of €2,000 to the 221 women in particular to allow them to cover the cost of an independent review of their cervical smear slides which determines whether the readings fall into the limitations of screening or were negligently misread; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13248/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the details of the alternative scheme recommended by a person (details supplied) on dealing with claims from CervicalCheck; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13249/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if the CervicalCheck steering committee will be in situ until the Scally report recommendations are fully implemented; if the terms of reference need to be updated to allow for an extension and to ensure that the backlog has been cleared, RCOG review is complete and the HPV screening programme has begun to be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13250/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the way in which patients in the Kilkenny area can access dermatology services; if St. Vincent's University Hospital is the designated hospital for this service; if there is a waiting list for same; if an outreach service exists; if not, if patients have to travel to Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13539/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if dermatology service outpatient clinics are held in County Kilkenny; if so, the number of times; the number of dermatologists who are employed at St. Vincent’s University Hospital; the population base they are expected to cover in the various counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13540/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of dermatologist consultants who are employed in the health service; the way in which this compares with other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13541/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of skin cancers being diagnosed here has increased in the past few years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13542/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland changed the minimum entry requirements for degree programmes in nursing and midwifery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14068/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason there are changes in the nurses rules 2018 that state that the minimum entry requirements can only be met in a maximum of two leaving certificate sittings (details supplied); the rationale in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14069/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the 2018 rule change regarding applicants for nursing and midwifery courses is causing inequity for nursing applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14070/19]
• 2019-03-12
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have met with the Minister for Health and his officials to discuss the way in which victims of terrorism who live here could receive specific supports, in particular counselling, from the health service; if they receive support in accessing health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12365/19]
• 2019-03-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to the impact of the general data protection regulation and health research regulations on the ability to undertake clinical research; if researchers here are being put in a unique position which differs substantially from other European countries and may deprive persons here of timely access to potentially life-saving treatments and making Ireland less attractive to pharmaceutical companies engaged in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12160/19]
• 2019-03-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the way in which victims of terrorism who live here could receive specific supports, in particular counselling, from the health service; if they receive support in accessing health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12366/19]
• 2019-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he received written or verbal advice, directly or indirectly, on free smear tests before he announced same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11348/19]
• 2019-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a mapping project (details supplied) that was produced in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10316/19]
• 2019-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10317/19]
• 2019-02-20
  VOTE
  Confidence in Minister for Health

  • ~ abstained on the motion motion failed · 53–58
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the months in which the original smear tests took place for the up to 6,000 women likely to be called for a repeat test; and the number of tests that took place in each month in tabular form. [5737/19]
• 2019-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of staff working in the procurement area for major State infrastructure projects in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4580/19]
• 2019-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views in relation to recent reports in the media regarding prison officers leaving their areas of responsibility due to health and safety concerns, particularly in Portlaoise Prison, in which gang members are imprisoned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3455/19]
• 2019-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied in relation to the investment in health and safety provision in prisons here; the investment in same on a yearly basis since 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3456/19]
• 2019-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he or his officials have received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) regarding the lack of funding for the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3639/19]
• 2019-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2694/19]
• 2019-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the cost of newspapers in his Department in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2711/19]
• 2019-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the closure of the genetic screening clinic in St. James's Hospital; if the clinic is being relocated; his plans to reopen it in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2081/19]
• 2019-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the screening programmes available for the high risk cancer genes such as BRCA1 and BRCA2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2082/19]
• 2019-01-15
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a clear pathway for internal disciplinary issues regarding officers, personnel and management employed in the Irish Prison Service, including being put on notice for transfer to another prison facility here, gross negligence accusations or health and safety issues; the pathway available to seek an independent impartial investigation and fair hearing for such issues; the protective controls in place to protect persons facing such disciplinary issues while an investigative process is underway; and the due process available to ensure there is no victimisation or penalisation for an ongoing case. [54373/18]
• 2019-01-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health when he received the advice from his officials on the impact of announcing a recheck on cervical smear tests; if he held meetings with his officials at that time, the discussion on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1722/19]
• 2019-01-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the rationale of announcing the repeat cervical smears for women following receipt of advice stating this would have a seriously negative impact on the service; the reason he did not make it known that he had received this advice; if he sought extra funding to resolve the extra waiting times for the women; if extra funding was allocated to address the waiting times for results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1723/19]
• 2018-12-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of practising consultant doctors who are not on the specialist register. [53912/18]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns that Cork University Hospital is lagging behind in terms of screening and isolation of patients who have been exposed to superbugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53108/18]
• 2018-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason there are staff shortages in the offices of the National Disability Complaints Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52260/18]
• 2018-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that parents of children who have exceeded the waiting times for disability assessment in the south Lee area of County Cork are receiving letters from the HSE stating that due to staff shortages there is a considerable delay in responding to complaints; his views on whether this is acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52261/18]
• 2018-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has undertaken an investigation into the reason assessments for disability are longer in the south Lee area of County Cork; if the service providers provide private assessments on the same site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52262/18]
• 2018-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the long waiting times for disability assessments in the south Lee area of County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52263/18]
• 2018-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a waiting list regarding complaints on delays in disability assessments in the south Lee area of County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52264/18]
• 2018-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to difficulties in providing inpatient services for women with breast cancer in CUMH due to constant overcrowding; if there are undue delays for women; the way in which this is being assessed and dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52265/18]
• 2018-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on the recent letter that concerned staff in the breast care unit wrote to management to outline access problems and capital funding deficiencies for diagnostic equipment together with other issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52266/18]
• 2018-12-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the assessment of the capacity of laboratories here to perform cervical screening; when this assessment will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51641/18]
• 2018-12-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the additional funding to be allocated to laboratories here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51642/18]
• 2018-12-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the legislation requiring mandatory disclosure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51643/18]
• 2018-12-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his plans and implementation times for the introduction of a managed access programme for the provision of Pembro; the number of women who will receive it in year one, two and so on; if there is a specific line of funding for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51644/18]
• 2018-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the progress his Department has achieved in reducing its carbon footprint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51133/18]
• 2018-12-05
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 · 9 divisions

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

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 90–15
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 9–101
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 10–89
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 90–16
  • ~ abstained on an amendment to the bill motion failed · 30–63
  • ~ abstained on an amendment to the bill motion failed · 29–65
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 27–75
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 38–67
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 30–75
• 2018-12-04
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 · 4 divisions

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

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 8–88
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 6–89
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 10–84
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 8–84
• 2018-11-28
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 · 4 divisions

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

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 31–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 31–61
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 43–45
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 34–64
• 2018-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for a hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48450/18]
• 2018-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is in receipt of only 15 minutes home help per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48451/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health when he expects the HSE service plan to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47808/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants that have been recruited to date in 2018; the estimated number to be recruited in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47809/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the maternity strategy; if they are ahead or behind recommended timelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47810/18]
• 2018-11-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the policy in relation to the need for note taking when Ministers and-or Ministers of State meet business and other leaders; the way in which this policy is outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46493/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the allocation in 2019 to North-South bodies in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45898/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the progress being made on the North-South agreement on children's cardiac surgery being carried out in Dublin in order to prevent children from Northern Ireland travelling to Birmingham and-or Manchester; if persons have been treated to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43198/18]
• 2018-10-23
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Referral to Select Committee

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

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

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

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the recent reports of a drug resistant superbug being a factor in seven deaths in University Hospital Limerick; his views on the matter; the steps being taken to deal with the resistant infections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41953/18]
• 2018-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) receiving reconstructive surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42280/18]
• 2018-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040 up to and including September 2018 by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39585/18]
• 2018-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE has refused access to the drug Translarna when only five young children have the rare condition Duchenne muscular dystrophy which this drug is prescribed for and which will benefit these children greatly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39775/18]
• 2018-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding the person's medical card and that of the person's spouse being withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39776/18]
• 2018-09-26
  VOTE
  Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015

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

  • ~ abstained on an amendment to the bill motion failed · 27–55
• 2018-09-25
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he is satisfied that his Department has sufficient expertise to ensure that it can effectively service the preparation of Cabinet committee documents relating to health policy. [38687/18]
• 2018-09-25
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E on health last met. [38527/18]
• 2018-09-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) referred to an early intervention team may have to wait 26 months for an intake assessment for that team; his views on whether the fact that the person may have to wait a time equivalent to the time they have been alive is appropriate in the context of the principle of early intervention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38758/18]
• 2018-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if supports will be provided to a person (details supplied) and their family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38121/18]
• 2018-09-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in his Department, the HSE or other agencies both at official and other levels who received the Scally report before it was leaked to the media on 11 September 2018, before the victims had received a briefing on same; if he plans to investigate the leak; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37935/18]
• 2018-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the role his particular Department has in the implementation of the Sláintecare report. [37320/18]
• 2018-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of implementing the recently announced changes to medicinal cannabis; the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37184/18]
• 2018-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason a treatment (details supplied) has not been reimbursed here despite it being the first drug approved in all other member countries of the BeNeLuxA initiative, of which Ireland is a member; when he expects reimbursement to be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37586/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if selective dorsal rhizotomy procedures are available under the treatment abroad fund for persons with cerebral palsy. [36081/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the supports available for persons with cerebral palsy who wish to avail of selective dorsal rhizotomy. [36082/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not filled the continuing care placement co-ordinator for the south Lee area even though the former office holder retired in April 2018 and gave notice in January 2018; his views on the impact this has on service delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32746/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the responsibilities for continuing care placement co-ordinators employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32747/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for continuing care placement co-ordinators employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32748/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason a specialist paediatric dietetic service is not in place in the north Kildare disability network team; the steps being taken to appoint a qualified professional to this position; the location this position is being advertised; the newspapers and so on the advertisements were placed in; the dates of same; and when the person will commence work. [32823/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number and name of the groups he met each month to date in 2018 that fall under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33712/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health whether there will be a review of the recent Court of Appeal judgment regarding a person who was prevented from leaving the hospital that was caring for them where in the view of the hospital, this was in the person's best interest; if the lack of legislation covering detention other than for infection or under the Mental Health Care Act 2017 will be addressed; his views on the best way to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30541/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of times he has met his officials regarding Project Ireland 2040 since its launch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30554/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of FOI requests his Department has received since January 2018; the number of refusals; the number that have been appealed and that are ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30571/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies on State boards under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30588/18]
• 2018-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the training his Department and agencies under its aegis will receive on GDPR legislation; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29849/18]
• 2018-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29857/18]
• 2018-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the way in which the National Treatment Purchase Fund has been promoted to consultants and others in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29858/18]
• 2018-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of an air ambulance service in County Cork; if general practitioners have submitted a proposal in regard to same; his views on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29460/18]
• 2018-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances in County Cork; the status of fleet replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29461/18]
• 2018-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has received communications from a person (details supplied) with regard to being charged €80 each time the person needs to have blood drained due to haemochromatosis; his views on the fact that it is estimated that this procedure takes only 15 to 30 minutes on average; if consideration is being given not to charge patients with this condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29193/18]
• 2018-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for cataract surgery in Cork University Hospital and South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29194/18]
• 2018-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for back surgery in CUMH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29195/18]
• 2018-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for hip surgery in the CUMH and South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29196/18]
• 2018-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists and times for those waiting for speech and language therapies in each of the areas in Cork city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29197/18]
• 2018-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the outstanding recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly. [26883/18]
• 2018-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he expects the abortion Bill following the May referendum on the eighth amendment to go through Second Stage before the summer recess. [26880/18]
• 2018-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with Versatis patches. [27103/18]
• 2018-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with Versatis patches. [27121/18]
• 2018-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has met the groups representing general practitioners recently in regard to their contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26301/18]
• 2018-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of staff that have been allocated to assist a person (details supplied) with their investigation; if this will be increased to allow them to complete their report sooner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26346/18]
• 2018-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of freedom of information, FOI, requests his Department has received since January 2018; the number that were appealed, refused and granted, respectively; the costs that were applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25965/18]
• 2018-06-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if access to abortion services for women in Northern Ireland was discussed when he last spoke to his UK counterpart. [25356/18]
• 2018-06-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the Programme for Partnership Government as it applies to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24577/18]
• 2018-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the scoliosis list; the length of time each has been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23343/18]
• 2018-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that were treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23344/18]
• 2018-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the inpatient and outpatient list for gynaecological procedures in CUMH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23345/18]
• 2018-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time women have to wait for surgical procedures in CUMH after they have been diagnosed with breast cancer and prescribed mastectomies or partial mastectomies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23346/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of staff in his Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21266/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number and type of administrative posts in each of the seven hospital groups; the details of the grades of each hospital group; the estimated or actual cost for each hospital group for these administrative grades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18853/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE are monitoring the use of e-cigarettes or vaporisers; his views on the increased number of outlets selling these products; if there are restrictions on advertising same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18856/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the cystic fibrosis unit in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18858/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant registrar posts in each acute hospital in Cork city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18859/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant non-consultant hospital doctor or NCHD posts in each acute hospital in Cork city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18860/18]
• 2018-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if emergency funding will be allocated to provide full residential care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18255/18]
• 2018-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the shortage of residential places in County Cork for persons with intellectual disabilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18256/18]
• 2018-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if Cabinet E, health, met in April 2018. [16806/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his plans to decrease day cases across the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14766/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings he has held with the HSE regarding the 500 beds to be delivered in the winter of 2018-2019; his plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13765/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if a student placement in the health service is available and will be provided to a person (details supplied). [10838/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10947/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if meetings have been held in his Department regarding the new hospitals announced in the NDP and NPF; when the process will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11288/18]
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the process for the elective hospital in Cork city and other areas following the announcement of the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9402/18]
• 2018-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if the HSE medicines management programme decision on Versatis patches will be reviewed in view of the distress caused to persons since the changes came into effect. [8050/18]
• 2018-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that prescribed medication addiction is receiving adequate attention; the monitoring mechanisms in place to assess same; the extent of the problem here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6693/18]
• 2018-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the British Government seeking a review of addiction to prescription medication for the treatment of depression and anxiety issues in the UK; his plans to announce same here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6694/18]
• 2018-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on media reports of a 1,086% increase in the use of pregabalin known as Lyrica amongst medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6695/18]
• 2018-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on reports on the 159% increase use of oxycontin amongst medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6696/18]
• 2018-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the criteria used by the pharmacoeconomics unit to withdraw Versatis from the General Medical Services, GMS; the alternatives available to persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7235/18]
• 2018-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of staff in the pharmacoeconomics unit; the budget allocated to same for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7236/18]
• 2018-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if there is an update on the negotiations on the provision of Respreeza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7237/18]
• 2018-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the drug strategy report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7238/18]
• 2018-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the regional drug task forces; the involvement of the HSE on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7239/18]
• 2018-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the studies and processes that are ongoing within his Department to remove private patients from public hospitals; the way in which the financial gap will be addressed on implementation of this policy; if it will take ten years to implement same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6517/18]
• 2018-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on e-cigarettes; his plans to ban e-cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6518/18]
• 2018-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on the lack of beds available to young persons who have anorexia nervosa; the number of persons with anorexia nervosa who had to travel abroad to receive treatment; the number of beds in the bed-capacity plan that will cater for anorexia nervosa; when they will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6519/18]
• 2018-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he, his officials or advisers have had meetings with the strategic communications unit since it was set up; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6520/18]
• 2018-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council is proposing to implement a ban on advertising first-aid training courses by self-employed instructors who are not registered as approved contractors even though they are registered with the council; his views on whether a distinction between permitting advertising by one provider and not permitting advertising by another, in circumstances in which both are delivering the same course to the same standards, amounts to a statutory body conferring a special advantage to one at the expense of another; and his views on the fact that no basis has been put forward by the council to establish that a council-registered self-employed instructor who provides training will not observe the required standards and that there is therefore no justification for imposing an advertising ban. [5424/18]
• 2018-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Office for Suicide Prevention is no longer providing funding to an organisation (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the organisation has counselled more than 7,000 women and partners since 2011; if the National Office for Suicide Prevention will review this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5593/18]
• 2018-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of beds allocated for the treatment of anorexia nervosa nationally; the plans under the national development plan or bed capacity review to increase the number of beds for persons with anorexia nervosa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4597/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the policy and process for recruitment of hospital CEOs. [2959/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to complaints from whistleblowers regarding being penalised after making a complaint under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014; if there is a process available for staff who are of the view they are being penalised; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2960/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence regarding a person (details supplied); if an appointment will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3228/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if Cabinet committee E on health has met recently. [1470/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 12 December 2017, if the action being taken on foot of the correspondence received has been communicated to the person by his Department or the agency under the remit of his Department; and if the fact of action being taken on foot of the correspondence received has been communicated to the person concerned. [54583/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied); if so, if his Department or an agency under the remit of his Department is taking action on foot of this correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53200/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied); if he or an agency under the remit of his Department is taking action on foot of this correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53153/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if the section 39 hospices will receive funding to enable them to refund the cuts that were made following the application of FEMPI; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the country's hospices are facing a deficit of approximately €4 million which will force them to cut services in 2018 and also pose staff recruitment problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50622/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on the continued lack of a rehabilitation unit for persons with a neurological disability in the south of the country despite the recommendations from numerous reports; and his further views on the status of the most recent report commissioned by the South-South West Hospital Group for the planning of such a unit which is now more than a year overdue. [49149/17]
• 2017-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the unit in his Department that will be co-ordinating the response of his Department to the Sláintecare report as outlined in his own department's priorities. [48171/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the length of dental waiting lists for persons with a medical card in each local health area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46731/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health to indicate the length of dental waiting lists for persons under 16 years of age in each local health area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46732/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health to indicate the length of the orthodontic waiting lists in the Cork city and county areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46733/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E, health, last met. [43631/17]
• 2017-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the commitment in the programme for Government to develop services and specialties to support persons with mental health difficulties; and if he will further report on the commitment to implement the national dementia strategy. [41862/17]
• 2017-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the commitment the Government has given on holding a referendum on the Eighth Amendment. [41643/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason for recent comments on the forthcoming referendum on the eighth amendment being held in June 2018. [39100/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the planning process for the delivery of the stroke unit in Bantry hospital; the stage it is at; if the value as reported of €4 million is accurate; the date on which work will commence; the timeframe for the project to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39416/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the waiting list for gynaecological procedures both day and inpatient cases since April 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39417/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his plans to give families the choice and supports needed on a statutory basis to allow them keep older relatives at home instead of the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39418/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase capacity in acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39419/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the filling of vacancies in mental health services; the steps that have been taken in 2017 to address this matter in the North and South Lee areas in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39420/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on the reported 54% reduction in the number of elective surgeries in the past four years and in particular the cancellation of 41,000 elective surgeries in 2016; the actions that are being taken to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39421/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his plans to meet the head of a programme (details supplied) in the UK when they visit Dublin in October 2017 to deliver an address on e-cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39422/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation to on the use of e-cigarettes inside public venues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39423/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the latest statistics on the number of persons smoking; if he is satisfied with the reduction; the extra effort that will be made to make the State smoke free; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39424/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if a new general practitioner contract will be finalised soon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37812/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has written to him or his officials regarding the lack of funding to meet the extra demand in health services particularly in care of the elderly and disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35562/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has written to him or his officials regarding the lack of funding to meet the extra demand in health services particularly in acute hospital services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35563/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has received reports on the bed capacity review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35564/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatients and outpatients that have been treated on the NTPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35565/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the amount of the NTPF allocation for 2017 that has been spent; the way in which it has been spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35566/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason the funding to promote breast feeding in maternity hospitals was cut; if it will be reinstated; the way in which breast feeding will be promoted to increase levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35567/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied on the way in which overcrowding in emergency departments is being tackled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35569/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will report on continued funding for the fair deal scheme; his views on whether it will be sufficient to meet the increased demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35570/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on the increased demands for home care packages; the way in which this will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35571/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn by the HSE to the fact that expenditure is above profile; if he has satisfied himself that there will be no overruns on the health budget in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35572/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he or his officials have been informed of proposed bed closures in the acute hospitals between July and 31 December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35573/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will report on waiting times for endoscopies; the breakdown of same for each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35574/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to address the shortage of general practitioners across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35575/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of acute beds that were closed in the first six months of 2017; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35576/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the specific actions he has taken in his Department to address the shortage of nurses across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35577/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the general practitioner contract negotiations; the date on which the last meeting was held; if progress was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35578/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the policy decisions he has taken to address the shortage of consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35579/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the consultant contract; his plans to change same; his plans to address shortages and other issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35580/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received correspondence regarding genuine health concerns of a person (details supplied); if he or his officials or the ambassador has contacted the Philippines Government expressing concerns regarding the delay in their case being appealed while their health deteriorates; if a request to review same on humanitarian grounds is being made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32454/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health to outline his views on the lack of respite care provision for both persons with disabilities who are under and over 18 years of age; if he has discussed this issue with his Department officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32337/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence or met groups from the disability sector regarding its inability to pay the recent increases from the public sector pay deal to its staff; if it does so, the estimated impact this will have on actual disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32340/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his plans for the development of independent advocacy services to support vulnerable persons in view of the enactment of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and the planned Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016; his further plans to prepare for the implementation of the Adult Safeguarding Bill 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32610/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will increase the allocation to section 38 and section 39 agencies to enable them to pay their employees the most recent interim pay increase lump sum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32806/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on the lack of progress on paying staff money owed following the interim public sector deal for staff working in all the State's section 39 agencies inclusive of the country's main hospices; if he or his officials have corresponded with or met the Minister for Finance regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31100/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the diagnostic facilities available to public patients to test for Lyme disease; his plans to make it more freely available; if his Department is examining this issue; if the Chief Medical Officer has issued guidelines regarding adequate tests being available; if he is satisfied that public patients are receiving adequate access to diagnostics; his views regarding tests being carried out abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31254/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to funding being reduced to allow for the provision of wigs for cancer sufferers and persons with alopecia in a HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31417/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he or his Department officials were consulted before there was a reduction made to the funding available for wigs for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31418/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the various rates that the HSE allows for grants to provide wigs for persons who have cancer or suffer from alopecia; the reason for the variances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31419/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the way in which he and his Department are implementing the commitments made in delivering a better society made in his own Department's strategy's statement, particularly in respect of health and education. [25944/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of supports for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26925/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to reduce the waiting lists for paediatric spinal surgery in Crumlin children's hospital; the number of children awaiting spinal surgery; the length of time they are waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26926/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26927/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on whether funding being provided to a hospice (details supplied) in County Cork is not meeting service demands and does not allow for the expansion of services in the future despite previous commitments to do so; and the detail of its allocation of funding compared to other hospices with similar services. [26952/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the funding allocation to a hospice (details supplied) in County Cork in each of the years from 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of staff employed in each of these years; the number of persons that have received treatment in this hospice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26953/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if it is his policy to have an occupational therapist in every hospice; the number of hospices that employ a full-time occupational therapist and-or a part-time occupational therapist; the number of hospices that do not employ an occupational therapist; his plans to provide for an occupational therapist in every hospice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26954/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a hospice (details supplied) in County Cork does not employ an occupational therapist on a full-time or part-time basis; his views regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26955/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that section 39 hospitals are not in a position to pay moneys owed to their staff under the public service pay agreement; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this is causing great anguish to the staff; if he has met with the HSE or written to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26956/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the commitment in the programme for Government on improving information and awareness of end of life services particularly those which provide persons with palliative care in the location of their choice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26957/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has met with officials from the HSE to discuss the way in which hospices are funded; if not, his plans to do so in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26958/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on whether his Department's staff-patient ratio policy in relation to end-of-life care in a hospice setting is adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26959/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if a hospice (details supplied) in County Cork will be allocated the €300,000 it will cost to address the pay restoration commitment made by the Government in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26960/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the role his officials have in relation to co-ordinating the bid to attract EU agencies to locate in Ireland. [25628/17]
• 2017-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the way in which hospitals in the Cork city area are addressing the nursing recruitment shortages; the countries they have recruited nurses from; the way in which this recruitment is being funded; the person who is travelling to recruit nurses; the cost of each recruitment campaign abroad for Cork city hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26117/17]
• 2017-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the adaption programmes that are undertaken for nurses who are recruited from abroad; the length and cost of these programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26118/17]
• 2017-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he or his Department receive regular updates from the Nursing and Midwifery Board regarding the number of nurses who apply to go abroad to work each year; his views on same; the specific actions he and the HSE are taking to prevent this in the short, medium and long term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26119/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health when funding will be approved to supply residential care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25589/17]
• 2017-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health last met; and when it is next due to meet. [23026/17]
• 2017-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence regarding a matter (details supplied); the action being taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22185/17]
• 2017-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the residential care which will be provided for a person (details supplied) who has severe intellectual and behavioural issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22024/17]
• 2017-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will make the necessary funding available in order to allow a person (details suppled) to return to a foundation's residential care; when this funding will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22025/17]
• 2017-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the NCPE to review its decision to reject, for the purpose of reimbursement, the combined drugs (details supplied) in view of the data presented last week at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in Washington DC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21001/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health when the sanctioning of funding for supports for a person (details supplied) will be approved; and the allocation and timing of funding for these supports. [19554/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the criteria used to determine priority sanctioning of supports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19555/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the way the €16.2 million emergency funding in budget 2017, that was to assist providing home supports and personal assistant hours for new cases for persons with intellectual and physical disabilities, was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20264/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if there has been a provision for extra home help hours or personal assistance hours for persons with physical or intellectual disability in 2017; if his Department has been in discussions regarding outstanding requests or needs in respect of demands for these services in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20265/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE providing home care support to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20342/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the progress of the commitments in the programme for Government on mental health issues. [18284/17]
• 2017-04-12
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health last met; and when its next meeting is due to be held. [17831/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the extent of the staff shortages in the CAMHS services in Cork; the efforts being made to resolve this; the interim measures he and HSE officials are putting in place to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17542/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the detail of the shortages in CAMHS across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17543/17]
• 2017-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE providing home support to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14798/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the capital investment allocated into specialised equipment for diagnostics for pregnant women in CUMH over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12975/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health when his attention was drawn to the requests for specialised diagnostic maternity equipment for CUMH; the actions that were taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12976/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he or his departmental officials have met with international funds (details supplied) regarding investing in primary care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9379/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has requested that the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, be used for treating adolescents who have scoliosis, particularly those who now have other health side effects such as decreased lung capacity, psychological problems and chronic pain; if these persons can seek treatment abroad to prevent being on the long waiting lists for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6777/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the gynaecological waiting lists in Cork University Maternity Hospital, CUMH; the way in which the consultants assess the clinical needs of public patients; the way in which they are prioritised for urgent treatment, particularly when the quality of their lives is seriously impacted upon; if public patients get priority for treatment in the CUMH when their clinical needs are assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6778/17]
• 2017-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the role of his Department on the commitment in the confidence and supply arrangement on fully implementing A Vision for Change in the area of mental health. [38670/16]
• 2017-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if any decision has been made in relation to the reimbursement of Respreeza; if he or his Department or HSE officials have plans to meet the patients impacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4319/17]
• 2017-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the details of the membership of the HSE National Drugs Committee. [3183/17]
• 2017-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has sought any reports on trials in the usage of medicinal cannabis on children in Colorado; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2405/17]
• 2017-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the European practices that are being examined or followed in relation to the provision of medicinal cannabis to children with epilepsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2406/17]
• 2017-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to address the shortage of nursing staff in the short, medium and long term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2043/17]
• 2017-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of long stay beds that have been closed in the past six years on a county basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2044/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who was referred for epidural injections 18 months ago in University Hospital Waterford will receive them. [1916/17]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide a person (details supplied) with an additional six hours care a week. [40544/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40863/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on the changes to consultant contracts that have occurred in 2016; the number of consultants that have changed from contract A to B and from B to C; his further views on any impact on the services provided to public patients; if an assessment is being done on the loss of income to the public hospitals as a result of consultant contract changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40864/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself on the number of elective gynaecological procedures being carried out on a daily basis in the Cork University Maternity Hospital; if productivity could be increased; the actions that have been taken to do this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40865/16]
• 2016-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding the death of their child in a maternity hospital; if he has made inquiries of the maternity hospital in relation to the case; the recourse available to the person to establish the causes and circumstances of their child's death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39357/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if allegations are being independently investigated regarding reports from a whistleblower concerning patients' deaths in the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Limerick (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38644/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he and his Department are assured that protections for whistleblowers are in place to prevent isolation and harassment of them after they make allegations in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38645/16]
• 2016-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his plans to continue the process of dismantling the HSE and evolving it into a health commission in view of the programme for Government commitment in this regard. [34869/16]
• 2016-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he still chairs the Cabinet Committee on Health. [34869/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he or his Department has been requested to introduce an electronic bed management system in acute hospitals; if he has considered same; if it will receive investment; his views on whether an electronic bed management system would improve bed management; if so, when it will be introduced in all acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35751/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he or his departmental officials have recently met the HSE to discuss the nursing shortages, particularly since the latest recruitment drive has failed to fill the 1,000 vacancies across the acute hospital system; his views on whether this is having a negative impact on morale and productivity; the actions he will take to address the shortages in the short, medium and long-term futures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35752/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the reported shortages of the BCG vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35753/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on the NCPE decision on kalydeco for young children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35938/16]
• 2016-11-17
  VOTE
  Mental Health Services Funding

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–88
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the current bed capacity of Lifford residential care unit; and its current bed occupancy rate. [35130/16]
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the current bed capacity of Ramelton residential care unit and its current bed occupancy rate. [35131/16]
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the current bed capacity of St. Joseph’s, Stranorlar residential care unit and its current bed occupancy rate. [35132/16]
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the estimated total cost of the proposed new Letterkenny community nursing unit; and the amount of this which will be provided from exchequer funding. [35133/16]
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the building of the proposed new Letterkenny community nursing unit; if and when a competitive tendering contract for its building will take place; if a contract has been awarded for its construction; and if so, the details of same. [35134/16]
• 2016-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the progress made in relation to the programme for Government commitment on addressing long-term challenges such as long-term funding models in health. [33805/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has had their entitlement to medical equipment reduced; and if so, the reason for such a reduction. [33392/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities currently in receipt of a personal assistant service; the number of hours currently being provided in 2016; if any persons previously receiving a personal assistant service have had it discontinued or their hours of service reduced in 2016; and the number of persons that have been impacted. [31550/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, pursuant to his announcement following the 2013 budget, his Department has any continuing arrangement in place for oversight of health spending. [30720/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital transfer for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30578/16]
• 2016-10-06
  VOTE
  Mental Health Services · 2 divisions

  • ~ abstained on the motion the motion motion passed · 59–37
  • ~ abstained on an amendment to the bill motion passed · 61–37
• 2016-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the excellent work that an organisation (details supplied) carries out; his views on whether the funding allocation is sufficient to meet demand; if he can give any assurances regarding future services in this centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28511/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health met recently. [27018/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he or his Department have assessed the ramifications and the impact, if any of the ECHR's Advocate General's comments made in September 2015, about prescribing a minimum price for alcoholic drinks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20824/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he or his Department have assessed the ramifications and the impact if any of the ECHR's Advocate General's comments made in September 2015 about prescribing a minimum price for alcoholic drinks could only be justified to protect public health if no alternative measure was found; if he still intends to introduce the public health alcohol Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20823/16]
• 2016-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health to set down the number of persons diagnosed with sarcoma here on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20207/16]
• 2016-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health to set down the number of sarcoma specialists employed in the health service here; his plans to extend this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20208/16]
• 2016-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health to explain the way in which sarcoma services in St. Vincent's University Hospital are funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20209/16]
• 2016-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if the practice of detaining children in adult mental health units fully ceased in accordance with the promises made by the Government in their programme for Government in 2011; the progress made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17621/16]
• 2016-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the amount of the budget in 2015 that was allocated to mental health spending; the amount of that budget that has been used for staffing in mental health services to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17622/16]
• 2016-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health why child and adult mental health services is not extended to adolescents between 16 and 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17623/16]
• 2016-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of children with mental health difficulties who have been admitted to adult units in the past 12 months; the adult units here that children have been sent to in the past 12 months; the length of time each child stayed in the adult unit; if she will include a breakdown of the hospitals and number of admissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17624/16]
• 2016-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if there has been any reported incidents of violence between adults and children in psychiatric units in the past four years; if so, how many and the type of violence; how this was dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17625/16]
• 2016-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant psychiatrist vacancies currently within the child and adult mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17626/16]
• 2016-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on the other health services which benefited from the recent redistribution of €12 million in the recent health budget previously earmarked for mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17627/16]
• 2016-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the mental health budget spending in 2015; if funds were left over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17628/16]
• 2016-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the service level agreements that were created between the Health Service Executive and private mental health facilities in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17629/16]
• 2016-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if the Cabinet sub-committee on health has met. [14453/16]
• 2016-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his role in formulating a cross-government policy on drugs. [15314/16]
• 2016-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding nursing homes (details supplied). [15265/16]
• 2016-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if it is appropriate for health service managers to relocate nursing home residents against their will and without the consent of their families. [15291/16]
• 2016-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the extent to which health service managers take into account the impact on the health of nursing home residents when they are being transferred to other residential units without their consent. [15292/16]
• 2016-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if health service managers are planning to have single gender residential units. [15293/16]
• 2016-06-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his Department’s projection of the number of medical cards in 2016; the number of such cards projected to be issued on a discretionary basis this year; the number of medical cards in circulation as of 31 May 2016, or latest date available; the number issued on a discretionary basis; the number of over 70s with medical cards on that date, or latest date available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13775/16]
• 2016-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health why he appointed a Minister with responsibility for drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13107/16]
• 2016-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he or the Health Service Executive are aware that 50 staff members with long service in the Central Remedial Clinic have been informed that their pension plan liabilities have exceeded its assets and management have decided unilaterally to wind up the scheme, which will result in undue hardship to these staff with long service who have made contributions to the scheme for many decades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12800/16]
• 2016-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the waiting times on processing of primary medical certificate applications in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13362/16]
• 2016-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours allocated nationally and for Cork county in each of the years 2014 and 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5279/16]
• 2016-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the concerns of the Health Service Executive regarding banning zero-hour contracts because of cost implications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3452/16]
• 2016-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the proportion of admissions through emergency departments that are privately insured versus public patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3138/16]
• 2016-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the proportion of admissions through emergency departments that are privately insured versus public patients and how this compares with the proportion of elective admissions from each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3139/16]
• 2016-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if it is known whether patients are public or private when cancelling elective admissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3140/16]
• 2016-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if overall income from private patient insurers in general is taken into consideration when cancelling elective admissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3141/16]
• 2016-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants by type of contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3142/16]
• 2015-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if the Cabinet committee on health met to discuss health services during September 2015. [32869/15]
• 2015-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with persons (details supplied) to discuss a family matter. [42781/15]
• 2015-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if there will be accountability for the events that led to an incident in a hospital (details supplied). [42818/15]
• 2015-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive in the context of its 2016 service plan, and in the context of long waiting lists for essential therapy services for children with special needs, and the need to reduce waiting times, to provide a fund for the outsourcing of such services in order that they can be accessed. [40365/15]
• 2015-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to address failings with the treatment abroad scheme (details supplied); and if he is aware of the great distress suffered as a result of these failings. [39708/15]
• 2015-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of Departmental officials who are allocated, involved and responsible for the introduction of universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28223/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his position on e-cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31396/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he or his Department have plans to introduce legislation to ban the use of e-cigarettes in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31397/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he and his Department are assessing the impact of the use of e-cigarettes by users and also if the impact of e-cigarettes in workplaces is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31398/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if environmental health officers are concerned regarding the impact of the use of e-cigarettes in workplaces; if he has discussed the matter with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31399/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he and his Department have any concerns regarding the use of e-cigarettes in workplaces and its impact on younger persons in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31400/15]