Richard Bruton

Fine Gael · Dublin Bay North

Activity on Health — 432 events (10 lobbying · 371 questions · 90 votes) full profile →

• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland CLG Children and Youth Affairs

  • YAP Ireland Annual Report 2024 Launch
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Vulcan Consulting Limited Health

  • Diabetes Policy in Ireland
• 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.
• 2025-01-20
  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.
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Dexcom Health

  • Diabetes Policy in Ireland
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Third Age Health

  • Positive ageing; Services for Older People; Ageism. Call for stronger and speedier implementation of policy commitments relevant to positive ageing and services for older people.
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Mental Health Reform Budgetary matters

  • MHR's event in Leinster House on 18th September; 'Meet&Greet'
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  ARI Health

  • To advocate for policy changes supporting ageing populations and foster collaboration with political stakeholders.
• 2025-01-16
  LOBBY
  Alliance of Age Sector NGOs Health

  • Call for stronger and speedier implementation of policy commitments relevant to positive ageing and services for older people.
• 2025-01-08
  LOBBY
  Siel Bleu Ireland Health

  • Discussion on the Fine Gael policy on ageing
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health to provide clarification and an explanation of the current status and progress of the HSE national diabetes clinical programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44279/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if, given the absence of a diabetes registry and clinical audits, he can outline how his Department plans to identify gaps and issues in diabetes care more effectively; the steps being taken to establish a national diabetes register; the timeline for its implementation; and how is it envisaged to enhance diabetes management across Ireland. [44288/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the number of insulin pumps allocated to children and adults by the HSE between 2020 and 2024, in tabular form, including the make and model and the cost associated with the purchase of the units per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44289/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health to outline the products and services provided to the HSE by its various contracted manufacturers for patients with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44291/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health how his Department and the HSE plans to widen access to continuous glucose monitoring technology for people with Type 1 diabetes to improve their diabetes management and quality of life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44292/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the establishment of multidisciplinary diabetes teams, and the integrated model of care for diabetes patients, between hospitals and primary care providers; how this will ensure safe, high-quality, person-centred care for all individuals living with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44293/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health to outline the progress made in addressing the needs of child scoliosis patients who need surgery; if he will outline his further plans to get on top of this pressing need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45041/24]
• 2024-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has visited the accident and emergency facilities in Beaumont Hospital; if he recognises the urgency of progressing the building project to improve the service and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43505/24]
• 2024-10-23
  VOTE
  Public Health Service Staffing · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 70–59
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 70–59
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Mayo available under the dental treatment services scheme; the total number of dentists in County Mayo, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42779/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he can provide for several areas (details supplied) a list of all the individual projects to which his Department has provided funding since 2020, under the capital investment programme, according to the following categories: primary care centres, refurbishments and works, acute projects, new beds, beds replaced, nursing homes, community care centres (disability), community care (capacity and other), community care (older persons), GP clinics, and mental health facilities. [42924/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he can provide in respect of several areas (details supplied), the overall level of health investment, by year, since 2020, in tabular form. [42926/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he would consider extending access to the FreeStyle Libre device on the medical card to persons with type 2 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43197/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he is developing a policy for the wider use of technology in predicting health risks, picking up signs of the onset of conditions, remote consultation and patient monitoring, with a view to keeping people independently healthy in their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39407/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans to develop the role pharmacists will play in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39406/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a primary care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39465/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the way his Department creates long-term projections of need to meet the needs of persons with autism, in order that their families can have some confidence in the long-term prospect of appropriate support and accommodation. [39564/24]
• 2024-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39256/24]
• 2024-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the earnings index that is used to update the median income used for setting the income threshold for GP cover; the period over which the index is measured; and the date during the year when the income threshold is revised. [38377/24]
• 2024-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the uptake of the concession in the fair deal means test (details supplied); and if he has considered further changes in the light of experience. [38393/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the income thresholds which now apply for the medical card and for the GP-only card; the current level of population eligible for each scheme; and the way the level of take-up has changed over the past twelve months due to the relaxed eligibility conditions. [35842/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to extend the age range of children eligible for free GP services; if so, when the next age tranche might become eligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35844/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the categories of procedure for which the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) have intervened to deal with those waiting an excessively long time; the number of such procedures organised in each category over the past twelve months; and if patients can initiate a request for intervention with the NTPF or whether it is only arranged at the initiative of the hospital or of the NTPF itself. [35845/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health how the level of reimbursement is set for persons who are referred by medical practitioners for care outside Ireland for different procedures; and whether a schedule of permitted refunds is published. [35846/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the charges that remain in place for public patients attending public hospitals; and the situations in which an exemption for such charges is permitted. [35847/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the number of persons reached and care hours provided per person by the pilot home care support scheme, in tabular form; whether he has estimated the likely additional cost and additional man-hour capacity that would be needed to extend the scheme beyond the present pilot areas; and if he will outline the Department’s plans to gradually move to make this a universal statutory scheme. [35848/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has had discussions regarding the recommendation of the expert review group that the clinical nurse manager 2 scale would have an additional point on the scale added and have a long-service increment introduced. [30968/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the committee being formed to review and inform the development of a national diabetes strategy; the terms of reference the committee will be guided by; the timeline for the completion of the committee's work and presentation to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31705/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the specific industries that will be represented on the committee to inform the development of a national diabetes strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31707/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if provision has been made in order that the HSE pay rates and overtime payments will apply in bodies providing such services in the not-for-profit sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31917/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has sanctioned a scheme for children on orthodontic waiting lists to see private practitioners for treatment; the categories of orthodontic treatment to which the scheme applies; and if he has plans to extend this scheme in any manner. [31918/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department has reviewed the investment in facilities needed to drive forward the national cancer strategy; if he is aware of the considerable pressure for more capacity in a cancer centre (details supplied), given its existing patient treatment rates and growing population catchment; and how such needs are assessed in drawing up the health capital plan. [30275/24]
• 2024-07-10
  VOTE
  Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024

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

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

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health how health delivery will be improved for communities outside the major population centres by the introduction of his e-health strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29509/24]
• 2024-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that there is no service for assessment of adult ADHD on the northside of Dublin; if there are plans to fill this gap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28272/24]
• 2024-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the waiting list activity of the NTPF to date in 2024; if it is on track to deliver its targets for the year; and if he envisages any extension of its remit in this sphere to meet other areas where waiting times can be a problem. [25751/24]
• 2024-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department has commenced work on the carer's guarantee which was an element of the Programme for Government; what range of services (fuel, emergency assistance, recuperation supports, and so on) are envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25412/24]
• 2024-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department has developed funding templates to promote cross-agency and cross-Department collaboration, particularly in the context of positive ageing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19864/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health to grant extensions to medical card entitlements for children for whom domiciliary care allowance is being paid beyond age 16 to when they complete school, as it is difficult to be approved for disability allowance while still at school. [25492/24]
• 2024-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has reviewed the impact of the 2019 work between his Department and the Department of Health on planning accommodation for an ageing population; and his views on whether there is a need to develop new policy tools to drive the elements of that strategy. [24418/24]
• 2024-05-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has signed off on a WRC deal to increase the pay of care assistant workers in section 38 and section 39 organisations; if he will outline the terms of that deal and the progress made in issuing payments; whether further discussions regard a claim for parity with those directly employed is progressing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21479/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice if she can confirm whether a victim of a serious assault is entitled to be made aware of the release date of her attacker, where that attacker has been held in a mental health facility after the conviction as in a case (details supplied). [20427/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of a national rare diseases strategy for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20225/24]
• 2024-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has considered broadening the scope of screening programmes to address more effectively the undetected treatable conditions, which if caught earlier would enhance health lives and reduce health costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19862/24]
• 2024-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the merit of a broader mandate for the commission to cover positive ageing in the round instead of the narrow mandate of caring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19861/24]
• 2024-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered the scope for promoting engaging activities and positive health measures as a part of the welfare programmes promoted by her Department to the pensioners whom she supports with regular financial payments and occasional urgent need payments as part of a more joined-up approach to positive ageing. [18076/24]
• 2024-04-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the most common technology aids provided under the medical appliances scheme offered by the HSE; the number sanctioned in each of the past three years; if an evaluation has been carried out on the effectiveness of such technologies to keep people independent in their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17498/24]
• 2024-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will indicate the growth in the acute hospital budget in each year since 2000; and the growth in the budgets for primary care and for community care services over the same period. [15933/24]
• 2024-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health what the lessons have been for public health policy of managing a pandemic in nursing home settings; and whether new protocols are being put in place to embed these lessons. [15934/24]
• 2024-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health whether he has plans to implement safeguarding legislation of the sort advocated by the Law Reform Commission and others seeking reform in the area. [15935/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the NTPF has set out an activity plan for 2024 setting out the outpatient appointments, inpatient procedures and diagnostic evaluations and scopes that will be carried out in the course of the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14708/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has considered a Dublin premium for health workers where there is a high level of attrition from posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14943/24]
• 2024-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the number of man hours allocated to provide home help and homecare services; and the number of persons receiving those services in 2000, 2010, 2020 and allocated for 2024. [13524/24]
• 2024-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the steps necessary to be taken to put in place a national statutory homecare scheme; and the date on which he hopes to reach each milestone. [13525/24]
• 2024-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has carried out an audit of the assistive technology that is now available to support care in the home; if he has assessed the feasibility in each case of supporting their use to better manage care in the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13526/24]
• 2024-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the estimated proportion of consultations with GPs, with medical consultants, with nurse practitioners and with therapists which were conducted at their peak during Covid; the extent to which this has been sustained as practices have returned to normal; if he has undertaken a review to see whether such approaches should take a more prominent position in future care; and the barriers which may need to be overcome to achieve that. [13527/24]
• 2024-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has conducted any census of carers to identify the circumstances of their care, their access to information and support, their age profile, and their capacity to continue; if he will indicate where the findings may be obtained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13528/24]
• 2024-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the performance reports which he receives on the HSE's enhanced community care initiatives and its component elements to illustrate its reach, its intensity and its impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13529/24]
• 2024-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health whether he has received reports on the evolution of the indicators in the Healthy Ireland Outcomes Framework instituted in 2018 to date; and whether the impact of Covid and the return to more normal conditions illustrates challenges for public policy in this area. [13530/24]
• 2024-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the scale of the social prescribing initiative undertaken by the HSE in terms of resources deployed, people reached and impact of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13531/24]
• 2024-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the extent to which the actions outlined in the Positive Ageing Strategy of 2013 were achieved; the areas where achievement fell short of expectations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13532/24]
• 2024-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has undertaken a manpower review of current and upcoming needs for care assistants who could support nursing home care or homecare; the predicted needs over the next ten years; the capacity to meet those needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13554/24]
• 2024-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has considered amending health insurance legislation to encourage more insurers into the support of preventative health measures and improved management of continuing health vulnerabilities among their members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13555/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health when it is scheduled for Beaumont Hospital to open a new accident and emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11536/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that many US trained nurses are failing to get permits to practice in Ireland; whether he has received any report on this pattern; and if he plans initiatives that could facilitate such well trained nurses to find a pathway into practice. [11796/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that people who have become ill and debilitated with long-Covid, contracted while delivering essential services during the pandemic, face the cut-off of their pay continuation scheme at the end of March; and if he can make arrangements to extend this cover. [12288/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has monitored the progress made under the actions specified in the National Positive Ageing Strategy 2013 and published annual progress reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12648/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will consider removing mental health services from the present health recruitment embargo; and if a manpower plan for 2024 is close to agreement. [12850/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health whether his Department, where it mistakenly placed an employee on too high a PRSI deduction for a lengthy period, will repay the over-deduction over the full period; if not if the refund will only apply to the four year period for which the Department of Social Protection will make repayments. [13036/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health whether his Department is evolving strategies to divert the flow of older patients from accident and emergency departments into more suitable pathways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9730/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health whether his Department has mapped out a pathway for the role technology can play in keeping patients healthy and in the planned statutory homecare scheme; and the status of the roll-out of the planned actions. [9731/24]
• 2024-02-28
  VOTE
  Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023

  A bill to amend the Mental Health Act 2001.

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion _ · 72–60
• 2024-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has reviewed the submission from an organisation (details supplied); if he plans to publish a roadmap for service improvement, as has been done for disability services; and if he has considered the proposal for the regulation of CAMHS under the Mental Health Act 2001. [8122/24]
• 2024-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if a scoliosis unit, or task force in relation to same, has been set up within the Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8123/24]
• 2024-02-21
  VOTE
  Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities

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

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the trend in referrals to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service over the past five years; how the level of staffing and service has grown in those years; if he will outline the efforts to fill new post created and indicate how the level of unfilled positions have evolved; and if he will outline the approach to reform of services delivery which she is undertaking. [6688/24]
• 2024-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the annual revenue generated by public car parking at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4397/24]
• 2024-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health to provide details of any contracts between private car park operators and Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4398/24]
• 2024-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists catering to the needs of public patients; whether waiting lists are maintained to measure the extent to which demand is being met by the existing throughput of caseload of these practitioners: if he has considered extending the NTPF system to those waiting for physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4402/24]
• 2024-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health whether the pandemic bonus scheme has been completed; and whether a payment is due in the circumstances of a person (details supplied). [3930/24]
• 2024-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Rural

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has carried out an assessment of the potential of remote delivery in health and community development; and if new initiatives are planned in this arena. [4243/24]
• 2024-01-24
  VOTE
  Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021 [Seanad]

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 74–54
• 2024-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will indicate the number of families who are in receipt of GP cards now and how that compares to the level before the means limit was increased to the median wage; if he will indicate how this increase compares to his estimate of how many extra families would become eligible as a result of the change in the means test, and if he considers that a large number may be failing to claim their entitlement. [2695/24]
• 2024-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will indicate the date from which the rental earnings on the home of a person receiving support under fair deal will cease to be assessed for the resident’s contribution to the cost of nursing home care, and the estimated cost that is being budgeted for this change in the method of assessment. [2696/24]
• 2024-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health whether the group considering expanding the role of community pharmacists has reported to him; and if he is considering increasing the fees for existing work or introducing funding for new activities, which could see improvements in service. [2934/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the membership of the commission on ageing; and how the public will be able to engage with it. [2082/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Hospital Winter Plan to cope with the seasonal pressure. [2081/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health whether his Department has articulated a policy on the roll-out of pulmonary rehabilitation for those patients suffering with lung fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56823/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of a primary care centre in Swords; the expected date for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1043/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will indicate the proportion of nursing costs paid by the State and by residents and their families under the fair deal scheme, distinguishing payments by families made immediately and payments recovered later from property sales. [1605/24]
• 2023-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health whether his Department has articulated a policy on the roll-out of pulmonary rehabilitation for those patients suffering with lung fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54307/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will indicate the categories of post which are being exempted from the freeze on recruitment, such as in the area of disability, and whether he can extend this to other areas of acute need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53447/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has evaluated the dexcom diabetes treatment pillars, which have been submitted for consideration by the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he is in a position to put them into action. [52073/23]
• 2023-11-22
  VOTE
  Health Service Recruitment Freeze · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 74–58
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 74–59
• 2023-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department plans to open a primary care centre in Santry/Whitehall for the Dublin 9 area. [50359/23]
• 2023-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health his Department’s plans to improve the health outcomes in Dublin 9 by providing more medical professionals. [50360/23]
• 2023-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health his Department’s strategic plan for health care delivery for Dublin 9. [50361/23]
• 2023-11-15
  VOTE
  Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages · 3 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 117–10
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 49–81
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–81
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if there is any restriction on the opportunity to advertise e-cigarettes in Irish media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49892/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he is concerned about the ease of access to, and advertising for, e-cigarettes; if the risk of recruiting new users to dependence on nicotine necessitates new regulation; and if he has undertaken any analysis of the matter.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49891/23]
• 2023-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the throughput of patients being treated in key categories and the trends in patient numbers compared to the corresponding period in 2022 and to the equivalent period in 2019, before Covid struck. [48359/23]
• 2023-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the throughput of the National Treatment Purchase Agency in 2023; and the plans for 2024. [48358/23]
• 2023-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of current vacancies in community health posts serving the Balbriggan area, including occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49118/23]
• 2023-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance whether the implications of a new approach to taxing medical partnerships for the wider policy arrangements in health have been assessed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48967/23]
• 2023-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health whether the implications of a new approach to taxing medical partnerships for the wider policy arrangements in Health have been assessed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48966/23]
• 2023-11-08
  VOTE
  Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages

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

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 75–59
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 73–58
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health his views on whether additional incentives or pay increases are necessary for staff nurses working in bodies, such as St. Michael’s House, that receive direct funding from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46455/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health how the recruitment embargo will be managed to protect front line delivery, while other cost control measures are evolved; whether measures such as exempting the appointment of dentists, while continuing the embargo on dental nurses are self-defeating as one requires the other to deliver service. [46572/23]
• 2023-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the payment of the Covid bonus; and whether he has an estimate of those who have yet to receive payment. [44019/23]
• 2023-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health what the charges at hospitals will be from the start of 2024 for accident and emergency attendance, outpatient attendance, blood tests or diagnostic tests, inpatient care and private beds from the start of 2024. [43373/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health what the means thresholds for the medical card and for the GP-only card that will apply from the start of 2024, will be; and whether it is intended that these will be indexed, in line with incomes or the cost of living, in the years ahead. [42413/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the expected number of medical card holders and the expected number of GP-only card holders; and the respective total number of people who will have cover under these cards. [42414/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the annual capitation payments which will be in place in 2024 for GPs to cover the provision of service to the different age groups; and the increase that this represents in each case. [42415/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the provisions in respect of means test for the medical card and for assessing savings for those aged 70 years and over from the start of 2024. [42416/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the regime for sharing for prescriptions and for drugs refund from the start of 2024. [42417/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health what the charges at hospitals will be from the start of 2024 for A&E attendance, outpatient attendance, blood tests/diagnostic tests, inpatient care, and for private beds from the start of 2024. [42418/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the terms under which a patient can obtain treatment abroad under the schemes from the start of 2024; and whether rules of access for care in Northern Ireland or the UK differ from those applying within Member States of the European Union. [42419/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health whether he has received any reports from the NTPF of the main types of procedures which it has been supporting; whether the target waiting time before an offer is made to patients is reported to be different for different procedures; and the scale of these differences. [42420/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the system of assessing contribution by patients from their income and from their assets towards the cost of nursing home care under the fair deal scheme, that will be in place from the start of 2024; and if there are particular changes being made. [42421/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the means thresholds and savings thresholds for medical card, and for GP only cards, both for those under 70 years and those aged 70 and over, when the recently announced extension of GP cards is complete; his plans to index either or both to the trend in any income indicator for future years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41989/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the circumstances in which a charge will be made to a patient visiting the casualty department, visiting an outpatient department or obtaining a blood test, and the level of charge in each case, and the circumstance in which a patient may apply to have such charges waived. [41990/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the concessions offered under the fair deal scheme within the means-testing arrangements where homes of patients have been sold, and where homes of patients have been rented, and if he will indicate the number of instances where this option has been taken up in each case since the concession was put in place. [41991/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the prescription charges now paid by medical card holders and if the level of these thresholds is under review. [41992/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the threshold for drug refund which is now in place and if the level of this threshold is under review. [41993/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund is on track to deliver the targeted level of procedures, scopes, diagnostic tests and outpatient appointment during 2023, and whether target waiting times for arranging different interventions have been set. [41994/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of patients who have been treated abroad under different options in the year to date; if he has any breakdown of this number by procedure or specialty, and if the conditions for obtaining treatment in the UK and Northern Ireland, or in other member states of the EU is likely to change in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41995/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has set prospective dates by which he expects to extend the age groups who qualify for free GP services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41996/23]
• 2023-09-27
  VOTE
  Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Referral to Select Committee

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

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

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

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has examined the reports of elevated death rates; and whether any research is being undertaken to evaluate underlying factors. [41033/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has examined the reports of elevated death rates; and whether any research is being undertaken to evaluate underlying factors. [41165/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has started to recruit to the position of physician associates; whether the extent of the responsibility of such posts have been defined: and whether there is a need for registration and regulation of such posts by an appropriate body to ensure that they only work within their area of established qualifications. [41276/23]
• 2023-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an estimate of the average number of inpatient and outpatient procedures that have been delivered by public hospitals and by the NTPF to date in 2023; and if he is considering any innovations to deliver more procedures. [40277/23]
• 2023-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health what the key drivers of the reported overruns in health expenditure are; whether there are improvements that can be made in spending management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40276/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has received any reports on the long wait for infant blood tests even if they are needed for diagnostic purposes; and if steps can be taken to address this. [37207/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he can put a framework in place along the lines of those in other progressive EU member states, in order that recovering health workers could have certainty of financial support and the possibility of trial re-entry to the workplace to develop a rehabilitation pathway. [37335/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the changes recommended on foot of the McHugh report on student nurses have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37405/23]
• 2023-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress in developing a national home care scheme; whether it envisages a uniform standard for access to care in all parts of the country; whether new oversight of the various private providers of home care is envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35272/23]
• 2023-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to develop the terms and conditions under which home care workers are employed, in order that more people could be attracted to this work. [35273/23]
• 2023-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the number of active age groups and the number of day centres for persons being cared for at home that his Department supports through the HSE or other funding routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35274/23]
• 2023-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of college places now being made available outside the CAO system in the different schemes; how these have grown over the past five years, to include Springboard, apprenticeships, human capital initiative, skillnet, FET, and his new scheme for entry into certain health and practical skills announced recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35375/23]
• 2023-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has received a report from the HSE about waiting lists in Dublin for physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33422/23]
• 2023-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the changes made on foot of the McHugh Report on student nurses have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31409/23]
• 2023-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress being made on a 2023 tender for home care services and on the development of a statutory scheme for home care, which would bring equity and consistency into access; if he is aware of the frustration of some existing care providers at the continuous extension of the 2018 tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29951/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the need to review fees to pharmacists which were cut under FEMPI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29461/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the desire of athletic therapists to obtain recognition for their profession; and how such a process can be initiated. [27223/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that negotiations have broken down between the NTPF and some private nursing homes, thereby jeopardising continuing care for many residents; if there is scope for mediation or adjudication on the issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27224/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if will outline the recent capital investments made in Beaumont Hospital; and the planned investments in the next five years, covering both buildings and additional equipment for diagnostics and treatment. [27228/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health If she will outline the progress being made on a 2023 tender for home care services, and on the development of a statutory scheme for home care, which would bring equity and consistency into access; if she is aware of the frustration of some existing care providers on the continuous extension of the 2018 tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27229/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the planned developments in the DTSS; and whether discussions are under way with the profession to extend these services. [27575/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline his ambition for the development of services from community pharmacists, and the challenges in meeting them. [26596/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline his ambitions for the development of GP care and the challenges in meeting them. [26595/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has received submissions raising concerns that future plans of the WHO in coordinating responses to pandemics might overreach the need for local national and community responses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27039/23]
• 2023-05-31
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023 · 2 divisions

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

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

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health when the new means limit for the GP only card, which was due to be in place from April 2023 will come into force; and if he will outline the exact thresholds that will apply. [26099/23]
• 2023-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all sections 38 and 39 organisations that receive funding from his Department or the HSE MHS budget for the provision of mental health supports for the past three years; to provide details on the services being provided by these organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25448/23]
• 2023-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if there are impediments to former nursing homes which are no longer in use being considered for emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24847/23]
• 2023-05-10
  VOTE
  Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 50–63
• 2023-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that a trend has been developing whereby cigarettes are being sold in larger packs than the standard 20 pack, and that this allows a lower unit price be charged, and encourages more consumption; and if he has considered any restrictions on this, or a requirement to have the same unit price regardless of the pack size. [20978/23]
• 2023-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has received a work plan from the National Treatment Purchase Fund on its waiting list initiative plans for 2023; and if he will indicate the key targets. [18547/23]
• 2023-04-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has received any reports on the speed with which CORU can process international recognition of therapists, who were trained overseas and have long working experience overseas at the highest level, where it appears that very demanding detail of all training and working experience is insisted upon, which must be each notarised, and where no facility for in-person exchange is afforded which could unravel some of the complexity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18406/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will indicate his latest assessment of the extent of long Covid, of the optimum services to meet the challenges for such patients, and of the extent to which services are now being made available on an adequate scale to patients; and if he has developed a process to monitor the progress of such patients to ensure that best international practice is applied here. [16549/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has had representations from an organisation (details supplied) regarding an inquiry into the situation of families affected by a medication, sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16664/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that outstanding deferred payments under the Fair Deal scheme are currently being increased at the very high current rate of inflation, which is very tough at a time when Government borrowing costs for carrying the debt is only a small proportion of this; and if he will consider amending the legislation to deal with this anomaly. [17157/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress in reaching agreement in extending GP cover for children up to 8 and 12 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17334/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has had representations from an organisation (details supplied) regarding an inquiry into the situation of families affected by a medication sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17518/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of shortages of a medication (details supplied); and if measures can be put in place to alleviate this shortage. [17638/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on investment in a proper system of electronic health records; if he will indicate the barriers, if any, to more rapid progress; the estimated penetration to date; and the initiatives planned to accelerate and complete the project. [18165/23]
• 2023-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of increasing the current income limit for medical cards, of €184 per week, to the €304 threshold for the GP visit card. [15521/23]
• 2023-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the amount budgeted for the planned increase in the income limit for the GP visit card for persons on a median household income of €46,000 or less. [15522/23]
• 2023-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of increasing the over-70s medical card income thresholds of €550 for a single person to €700 and of €1,050 for a couple to €1,400. [15523/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department has considered the career development and deployment of nurses in hospitals, in order that this highly qualified group could deploy their skills in an optimal manner; whether staff surveys have been conducted to identify sources of difficulty for the profession; and if a longer term manpower policy for deployment of staff in the acute hospital setting is being evolved to match best practice internationally. [13548/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will consider having a system through which families could get impartial advice on the fair deal scheme in view of its complexity, through for example, an advocacy service or some other approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13551/23]
• 2023-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the total staff and budget of the National Disability Service, divided across each service and the number of children receiving service in each area. [9641/23]
• 2023-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has received a work plan from the NTPF on its waiting list initiative plans for 2023; and if he will indicate the key targets. [6760/23]
• 2023-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that available therapeutic resource for children with special needs is properly allocated between completing assessments and delivering therapeutic services; and if she will indicate the key performance targets for the new disability networks, and their capacity to achieve them. [6759/23]
• 2023-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the rate of indexation on deferred nursing home payments in 2021, 2022 and projected for 2023; the way they compare to the cost of Government borrowing to fund the carryover of such debt; and his views on the significant gap emerging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8020/23]
• 2023-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has reviewed the adequacy of dental services for people who hold medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7465/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the present intake into courses catering to the key areas of health needs; and if he will indicate whether there are plans for new initiatives to meet recruitment bottlenecks through new places or flexible programmes such as Springboard. [6756/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) can be prescribed by a GP, or only by a consultant; and if so, if this has resulted in very low usage of a medication of considerable efficacy. [6581/23]
• 2023-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if a decision has been taken to remove the lanriotide chemotherapy drug from the drugs refund scheme; if so, the reason for this; and the notice that is being given to users in order that they can explore other options which would be covered. [6267/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health when the working group on community pharmacies is scheduled to come forward with proposals for his consideration. [4311/23]
• 2023-01-25
  VOTE
  Capacity in the Health Services · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 68–59
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 68–58
• 2023-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the need for more compact development of homes to meet population growth in a sustainable manner calls for a change in the way new public facilities are planned, as the planning and delivery of the NDP-type project in transport, health and education fall under the remit of his Department. [3273/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the provision that is being made in 2023 to fund waiting list initiatives for child orthodontic work; and if new categories will gain access to the option of private treatment. [63948/22]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the indexation-up of outstanding amounts under the fair deal scheme is being reviewed in view of the fact that the rate of inflation is now far in excess of interest rates and the cost to the State of funding the outstanding amounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1181/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he intends to extend the enhanced travel and subsistence scheme for student nurses and midwives to student doctors also known as medical students, who face the same costs in relation to meals, subsistence, scrubs purchase, laundering and travel to placement sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1197/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if, as part of the Government's commitment to retaining doctors in Ireland, a medical intern doctor job will be made available to every eligible graduating doctor in an Irish medical school in 2023 similar to that which was offered during the Covid-19 pandemic. [1198/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to address the urgent need to recruit additional staff for children's disability network teams in order to address lengthy waiting lists for early intervention in the north Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1232/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he is in a position to indicate a start date from which free GP care will be extended to those under eight years of age. [1250/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the backlog in re-registering Irish doctors who seek to return to work in Ireland; and if steps will be taken to urgently clear the backlog in view of the urgent needs at present. [2011/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department has considered the case for making the flu vaccine free to accelerate uptake at this time of acute pressure. [2370/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the FEMPI changes, which were introduced affecting the income of pharmacists; if there is a process in place for considering the restoration of such changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2371/23]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the risk to public health caused by blockages on private drains which are no longer addressed as an environmental health hazard by the environmental health officers attached to the HSE, and which are not addressed by the councils or by Irish Water; and his views on whether this lacuna should be addressed by giving local authorities the power to serve a notice on all the houses connected to a blockage informing them that they have an obligation to address a potential public health hazard. [62769/22]
• 2022-12-14
  VOTE
  Current Issues Affecting the Health Services · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 72–53
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 72–53
• 2022-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will indicate the new capacity planned for 2023 in clearing waiting lists within the public system and through the NTPF; the estimated number of additional outpatient first-time consultations and the number of additional procedures which will be facilitated in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60854/22]
• 2022-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the improvements in the context of early intervention with children who have need for assessments and for therapeutic intervention. [60832/22]
• 2022-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if an evaluation has been carried out of the procurement of supplies during the Covid pandemic to establish the successes and the disappointments of the emergency arrangements used to establish the lessons that can be learnt for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60985/22]
• 2022-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if there is a protocol regarding the charge which may be made by a GP for a repeat prescription that is issued without a consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59624/22]
• 2022-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if a list will be provided of all schemes and programmes under the remit of his Department for which a means test applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59658/22]
• 2022-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the way that waiting lists compare now to the situation prior to the pandemic at the Mater, Beaumont, Cappagh, Temple Street and Blanchardstown; and the way that the waiting list initiative and winter bed initiative will impact on these services. [57187/22]
• 2022-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the number of private residents, that is, non-healthcare workers, who have completed a course of training certified by PHECC under SI 449 2015, in order that they may hold and administer adrenaline in community settings, as was intended by the 2015 measure. [56555/22]
• 2022-11-09
  VOTE
  Mental Health (Capacity to Consent to Treatment) Bill 2021

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

  • ✗ voted to block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion failed · 60–75
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if proposals have been presented to his ministerial management committee to accelerate the conduct of assessments of need for children with special needs, in the aftermath of a recent court case which deemed that preliminary assessments did not meet the obligations of the existing legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54254/22]
• 2022-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the condition that mental illness is only covered by the long-term illness card for those under 16 years has been challenged by the Ombudsman as discriminatory; if it is still being used as grounds for refusal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52727/22]
• 2022-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if new policy approaches are being considered for the delivery of therapy services to pupils who need them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53390/22]
• 2022-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in paying the Covid bonus to section 39 bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53472/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the manpower planning exercise for Ireland's health service needs has identified the most immediate gaps to be filled and the longer-term needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51945/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will indicate the new capacity planned for the coming year in clearing waiting lists within the public system and through the NTPF; the estimated number of additional outpatient first-time consultations and the number of additional procedures which will be facilitated in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51944/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the way in which his Department is developing a strategy for carers; if closer integration of the work of his Department with other agencies is envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50626/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work to replace the mobility allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52501/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department is satisfied that there are robust systems in place to prevent payments continuing to be issued under the GMS system to persons who are deceased; if overpaid moneys can be recovered when detected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52616/22]
• 2022-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has assessed the implications of rising electricity costs for patients undertaking home dialysis; and if some special arrangements can be made. [51083/22]
• 2022-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has been provided with an estimate of the increase in nursing home running costs; if the payment levels towards running costs under the fair deal scheme will be re-evaluated; and the provision that has been made for this in the estimates for 2023. [50443/22]
• 2022-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has assessed the matter whereby persons suffering certain mental health conditions are only eligible for long-term illness while under the age of 16 years; if this constitutes age discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49286/22]
• 2022-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has reviewed the supports for mobility of persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49377/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that throughout the European Union, the medication evushed has been fast-tracked to ensure that patients with blood cancer can develop antibodies to resist Covid, which would otherwise have a very high fatality rate for such patients, but in Ireland, the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics has required a lengthy heath-technical-assessment before it would consider sanctioning its use; if this approach accords with the precautionary approach which has characterised the Government's Covid policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48649/22]
• 2022-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the provision of support on the medical card for patients whose treatment requires an expensive diet. [47814/22]
• 2022-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if paramedics and firefighters in the Dublin ambulance service qualify for the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46700/22]
• 2022-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the further work to develop a new national home care support scheme that has been undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46497/22]
• 2022-09-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has received an update from the HSE on the roll-out of the pandemic bonus payment; and the arrangements in particular that have been made for contract workers [44953/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the free medical card to those over 80 years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42010/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to in reduce waiting times in the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service service in each of the CHO areas; if new approaches are deemed necessary; the progress that has been made to date in the audit of CAMHS following the Maskey Report, the progress of the review being undertaken by the Mental Health Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42933/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the need to index the means test for the medical card or to make other improvements to assist access-to-need care and appliances for those currently not eligible but who are significantly affected by the rising cost of living. [43024/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will consider a scheme to address the long waiting times for children listed for orthodontic treatment in order that they can access private treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43261/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase medical card limits for persons over the age of 70 years or to make it easier for such persons to qualify for medical appliances needed in older age. [44210/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the 20 specialties for which the National Treatment Purchase Fund undertake to arrange alternative care for those waiting over six months; and the number of procedures in each specialty in the year to date; and projections for the full year. [40974/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the scale of the pilot home care support scheme which has been undertaken in 2022; the services and terms on which they have been offered; and if he has plans to extend them to further areas later in 2022 or in 2023. [40975/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if it is anticipated that free general practitioner services will be extended to new age groups; and if a date for the next extensions has been set. [40976/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the treatment of patients in the UK is being covered under the refund for treatment abroad or under schemes that cover treatment not available in Ireland. [40977/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the way that the sale of the home of a person within fair deal scheme and the rental of such a home are now treated within the assessment of support to be undertaken by the State for that patient’s care. [40978/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the waiting list initiative has been impacted by the latest surge in Covid-19 hospital admissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37520/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the way that the court decision striking down the preliminary assessment of children with special needs will affect the children who have been assessed and listed for therapeutic services; and the additional resource implications for the HSE to act upon the ruling. [37521/22]
• 2022-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the implementation plan for the disability capacity planning to 2032 has been completed; if it will be published; and if pre-planning for the forthcoming budget has incorporated the outcome of this work. [36819/22]
• 2022-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has received reports of the difficulty of persons in finding a general practitioner to accept them, particularly on the medical card scheme; and if he has discussed with the HSE the possibility of developing a better clearing-house system in order to assist patients in accessing care. [36341/22]
• 2022-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the bodies delivering services to the HSE during Covid-19 will become eligible for the €1,000 pandemic bonus payment, for example section 39 organisations. [36520/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the infrastructure put in place to date to address long-Covid; if he has assessed the level of regional response that will be needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33677/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the target response times for ambulances in Dublin; if he receives a regular report of performance against these; and his views on recent difficulties experienced in meeting these targets. [33712/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the increase in mental health funding in each of the past five years; the increase in front-line staff who have been put in place; and his vision for the sector in the coming years. [34417/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if there has been much wastage or resale of items procured during the Covid emergency; if so, the types of items involved, that is, protective gear, medication, beds and equipment; the way these items are being stored or disposed of; and whether there has been a review of the procurement approach for future learnings. [34497/22]
• 2022-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the key performance indicators reported to him in respect of the child and adult mental health service; and his views on the throughput of patients, the level of the services delivered and the pattern of discharges. [31819/22]
• 2022-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has considered the need to front-load public investments in areas including health, education and transport if compact development is to be a success. [31241/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lengthy delays in the registration of nurses, coming from or returning from overseas, with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; and if he will request the board to consider measures to accelerate registrations in view of staff shortages.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28893/22]
• 2022-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the funding that has been allocated and spent in 2022 for additional residential services given that the Disability Capacity Review 2032 states that the additional minimum-scenario extra annual funding needed for demography only in 2022 for residential is €60 million, and the demography and unmet need for 2022 needed is €220 million. [28312/22]
• 2022-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the reason that there are only 52 extra beds provided in the disability budget for 2022 given that the Disability Capacity Review 2032 states that the additional extra residential beds at a minimum needed for 2022 is 300. [28313/22]
• 2022-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the amount of extra funding on the HSE Service Plan 2022 that was sought, allocated and spent to date to match the €80 million minimum requirement based on demography only for 2022 cited in the Disability Capability Review up to 2032. [28314/22]
• 2022-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the amount of extra funding on the HSE Service Plan 2022 that was allocated and spent to match the €350 million requirement based on demography and unmet need for 2022 cited in the Disability Capability Review up to 2032. [28315/22]
• 2022-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to the additional extra housing capital; and the amount that has been spent to date given that the Disability Capacity Review 2032 states that the additional extra housing capital that is required for disability services in 2022 based on demography only is €60 million. [28316/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund has informed him of its strategy for 2022 in terms of planned procedures and planned outpatient visits for persons who have been waiting for a long-time; if so, the specialties; the targets for each specialty; the waiting time threshold at which the respective interventions would occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26877/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the concession of a €14,000 disregard on rental income for social welfare purposes will be extended to a disregard of rental income for the fair deal scheme. [26878/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the new role that has been assigned to the WHO in the context of pandemics; and if the role reduces the discretion of Government in framing responses to any future pandemic. [24666/22]
• 2022-05-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the date from which children under eight years of age will become eligible for general practitioner services without a means test. [23934/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the commitment in the programme for Government to work with key stakeholders to introduce a public health obesity Bill, including examining restrictions on promotion and advertising aimed at children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20992/22]
• 2022-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the criteria used in the early assessment of the special needs of a child under the new system of triaging children operated by the HSE; and if the form of assessment is sufficient to determine access to early intervention classes.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18574/22]
• 2022-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the criteria used in early assessment of the special needs of a child under the new system of triaging children operated by the HSE; and if the form of assessment is sufficient to determine access to early intervention classes. [18622/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering providing environmental health officers with additional powers in order that they could more effectively address environmental hazards created by blockages on combined household drains, which can only be resolved if all those households served by the blocked drain share in the effort to resolve the issues. [17126/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the conditions that have been imposed on section 39 organisations delivering community care before restoration of FEMPI pay cuts can be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17175/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the meetings which have taken place to date to design a scheme through which the properties of persons in nursing homes with support under the fair deal scheme could be incentivised to be made available for rent; if rules have been developed to ensure that older persons do not come under unfair pressure if such changes were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16058/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if initiatives are being taken to extend the hours of operation of diagnostic facilities in hospitals in order to cope with the post-Covid-19 surge in needs. [16364/22]
• 2022-03-02
  VOTE
  Healthcare Waiting Lists · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 76–57
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 75–57
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered funding deep retrofits for older persons with the recovery of their share of the costs from a later transfer of the property which is the principle underpinning the fair deal scheme in health. [11149/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the categories of health workers on the front line who will receive the €1,000 bonus beyond those within the public service; and if those working during the pandemic caring for the clients of an organisation (details supplied) will receive the payment. [11214/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if contracted paramedics from outside the HSE who worked on the hospital wards and were exposed to the same daily risk as hospital staff will be entitled to the €1,000 pandemic payment. [9142/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if an antigen test confirming that a person had Covid-19 can be used to obtain a recovery certificate recognised for EU travel purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9815/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the plans for e-health and remote delivery. [6835/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the size of the budget for medicines; and the plans to manage it more effectively. [6836/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty in getting a general practitioner to accept new clients in some parts of the country; and if he will establish a system for ensuring cover for such persons who have been declined by their local services given it is essential for public health that there is universal access to a general practitioner for families whether eligible for GMS services or not. [8451/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a medication universally recommended for acute morning sickness (details supplied) is not covered under the GMS or the drug refund scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8452/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will consider arrangements for prolonging a general practitioner card cover after a person ceases acting as a carer. [6143/22]
• 2022-02-02
  VOTE
  Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 54–76
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if B12 injections for patients receiving cancer treatment are covered by the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63485/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the medical card covers the administration of B12 injections which are prescribed by a consultant; and if general practitioners are entitled to charge a fee for this service. [63584/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if there are referral services for adult patients suffering from ADHD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1105/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the policy that is being put in place to deal with persons suffering symptoms of long-Covid; if specialist centres are being established; and if so, if there will be a centre for the northside of Dublin. [1315/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the EU Digital COVID Certificate will be issued to a person that is a resident and not an Irish citizen who received a booster shot in England over recent weeks; if difficulties in recognition can be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1631/22]
• 2021-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if it is part of health policy to promote out-of-hour general practitioner relief services nationwide. [62281/21]
• 2021-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the details of the pilot home care scheme that has just started; the locations covered; the way it will be operated; and the outcomes planned for the pilot. [62283/21]
• 2021-12-15
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021 · 2 divisions

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

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

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

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

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

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to support persons with long Covid; the extent of the prevalence of same; and if cover such as medical card cover can be extended on a temporary basis. [59865/21]
• 2021-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the progress to date in implementing the strategies in relation to drug use and drug treatment outlined in the Programme for Government. [59427/21]
• 2021-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health his ambition for health capital development within the National Development Plan. [59428/21]
• 2021-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of towns in which the Heritage Council’s town health check has been conducted; and the supports which are being made available to support this initiative. [59578/21]
• 2021-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the review and update of the carer’s strategy has commenced; the new strands that are proposed for inclusion; the timescale for the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57716/21]
• 2021-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if steps are being taken to speed up waiting times for childhood scoliosis operations; and the prospects of setting a date for a procedure for a person (details supplied). [58472/21]
• 2021-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the new arrangement in which a resident of a nursing home under the fair deal scheme can sell the home and still have the contribution capped at 22.5%, can allow a resident to sell his or her home in the first year after entering the home on condition that the 22.5% is put into a protected account from which the HSE will be able to draw down the annual contribution until the required contribution is fully made. [58746/21]
• 2021-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if all general practitioners who administered the first two Covid-19 vaccines will also administer the third; if there is a location in which a priority request for a third vaccine can be lodged by a person who may have found that their general practitioner is not offering the option. [58996/21]
• 2021-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Defence

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Defence if there has been a change in policy regarding the Civil Defence being deployed to transport vulnerable persons to health appointments in situations in which the next of kin are front-line health workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56965/21]
• 2021-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the capacity for MRI diagnostics and treatments for public patients is short of what is needed; if he has plans for new investment in capacity or initiating new operating protocols; and the way such extra capacity, when planned, is allocated between different regional hospital groups. [57421/21]
• 2021-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if Ireland has made provision for the recognition of Covid digital certificates issued by countries outside the EU for the purpose of entering hospitality or alternatively, if an EU Digital COVID Certificate can be issued to prospective visitors to Ireland. [53800/21]
• 2021-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department has sought to enunciate general principles which should apply in relation to patient visiting opportunities; if particular considerations are suggested in circumstances in which the patient’s vulnerability may call for greater family support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53799/21]
• 2021-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has been advised of the categories of patient who should be offered a booster vaccine for Covid-19; the way it is planned to put together a list of all those who fall into this category; if general practitioners will be contacted to submit those eligible; if not, if patients should themselves register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53455/21]
• 2021-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the date from which the payment under the drug refund scheme will be reduced from €114 to €100. [53456/21]
• 2021-11-03
  VOTE
  Extension of Health (Amendment) Act 2020

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

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 82–44
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 59–66
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Enterprise

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if healthcare assistants have been removed from the ineligible list for work permits, yet organisations providing home care have been excluded from eligibility, even though it is public policy to support persons remaining independent for as long as possible and pay levels in the sector are now comparable with those in residential settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52993/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department receives regular reports on the number of assessments of need for children that are carried out, the number of therapeutic supports that are delivered to children who have been assessed and the average waiting time; and if he is satisfied that the system is making best use of available professional resource given the repeated complaints from parents. [52051/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if there are conditions for which the use of cannabis-based products can be prescribed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52195/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the number of homecare hours he is budgeting for in 2022; the standards that will be applied to new providers before they are approved for service delivery; and when the emerging features of the new statutory scheme will come into effect. [52665/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department has set a policy that overseas doctors can only obtain a six month contract; and if this practice makes it more difficult to attract such staff and disrupts the sort of continuity which manpower and care planning requires. [53090/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the termination of certain screening programmes when persons reach a certain age can be reviewed in view of the fact it creates the perception that a lower value is placed on a person's health as they advance in age. [50429/21]
• 2021-10-06
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021 · 2 divisions

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

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the concept of a statutory homecare support has progressed; the terms on which the pilot scheme was made available; if an evaluation of the pilot scheme has been completed [47540/21]
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the level of activity under the National Treatment Purchase Fund during the most recent 12 months for which data is available; the main categories of procedure delivered; and the waiting time under the respective procedures which would trigger an offer of support from the fund for private treatment. [47553/21]
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the number of persons supported under the EU scheme for treatment abroad in the most recent twelve months for which data is available; the number that were treated in Northern Ireland; the number treated in the rest of the UK; and the scope for such patients to continue to exercise these options in 202 in view of Brexit. [47554/21]
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the charges made for private or semi-private beds in public hospitals; if the public hospital bed charge must be paid in addition to this charge; and if the charges levied are different if the patient is admitted as a private patient. [47555/21]
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the changes being made to the fair deal scheme to reduce the assessment of vacant homes rented out or sold; and the date from which the new provisions will apply. [47556/21]
• 2021-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the preparation that has been undertaken for new legislation in the area of human reproduction; the principles that would be enshrined in a new law; and when the heads of the Bill will be published. [47010/21]
• 2021-09-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if arrangements are available for the vaccination of persons who cannot leave their homes for reasons of agoraphobia. [45809/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the average cost to the health service of an emergency ambulance response to a 999 call; and the average cost to the health service of an emergency ambulance to a 999 call with regard to each advanced medical priority dispatch system category in 2019 and 2020. [42369/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the fully absorbed cost of the average emergency department attendance; and the average daily running cost of a hospital bed in an accident and emergency department at a model 4 hospital for example Cork University Hospital in 2019 and 2020. [42370/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department has received a report on the pilot personalised budget for persons with a disability; and if this is a measure which he would like to see expanded. [33181/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the European Health Card can have its life extended in view of the inability to renew due to the cyber-attack. [33428/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has considered extending the role of HIQA to investigate individual complaints. [33432/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the procedure for certifying vaccines by the HSE which will be used for green certificates has the capacity to pick up cases in which persons have had a first vaccine (details supplied) and then opted to obtain an alternative vaccine from their local general practitioner. [35213/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a delay in issuing birth certificates to new born babies, as in a case of a child (details supplied); and if cases will be fast tracked in cases in which there is a need to obtain a passport for essential travel. [35909/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the disruption which has occurred to the issuance of a certification of birth, PPS numbers and so on, for newly born children; the steps that are being taken to resolve the issues; and the provision that is being made in cases in which such certification is urgently needed. [36641/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has issued a direction to the HSE to ensure that if there are delays due to Covid-19 in registering new born babies on to medical cards that the cost of any treatments would be refunded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37081/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if a protocol has been developed to ensure the full restoration of adult disability services given some clients are still on reduced services. [39139/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the backlog on the issue of death certificates due to Covid-19 is being cleared; and when a death which occurred in April 2021 (details supplied) might be issued. [40064/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he plans to extend temporary support to the nursing home sector to ensure the continuance of the highest levels of protection to residents. [30791/21]
• 2021-07-14
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

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

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

  • ✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 72–66
• 2021-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health his latest assessment of trends in the use of illegal drugs in Dublin city and county; and the success of strategies in place. [28089/21]
• 2021-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the way the locations will be chosen for a disadvantaged area in which a special health strategy will be implemented; the method which will be adopted in those areas to maximise the impact on health inequalities; and when the first such programme will be put in place. [28088/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if supports are available without household income means tests for a severely disabled person to install equipment such as a full lift in cases in which the only way in which they can live independently is by being with a member of their wider family and in which a means test on other household income would be unfairly restricting their options. [34068/21]
• 2021-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the number of persons over 70 years of age who have registered to receive a vaccine and are still waiting; the number who are housebound and still waiting; and if a strategy will be put in place to accelerate the clearing of such persons who remain the highest risk categories. [26067/21]
• 2021-06-02
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Act 2021

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

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

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 77–51
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the changes being made in the arrangements for partners to attend a birth. [24242/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if vaccination for pregnant women is now being arranged. [24243/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to establish a register for advance healthcare directives as part of the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 [24259/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the threat to a care home (details supplied); and if he has identified a way in which residents can be guaranteed continuity of service while the issues are being resolved. [24393/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if there are proposals to change the method of needs assessment for children with special needs; if so, the reason for the proposed changes; if consultation on the changes has taken place; if his attention has been drawn to the objections of members of the relevant professions to some of the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22576/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health his plans to restore the FEMPI cuts in the pharmacy sector. [21263/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the reason reimbursement schemes require pharmacies to identify their wholesaler when they engage in parallel imports. [21265/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if a person returning from a country on the red list who is returning to care for a critically ill relative can be allowed complete their quarantine other than in a mandatory hotel. [21383/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if a system for exempting persons who have been vaccinated from quarantine requirements has been worked out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21536/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the scheduling of the second HPV vaccine in schools has been delayed; and when it will be administered. [22105/21]
• 2021-04-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the estimated number within each vaccine prioritisation group of those who have received two doses, those who have received one dose and those yet to be reached for the most recent date for which estimates are available. [20934/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if plans for public treatment facilities for eating disorders have been stalled; the reason for the delay; and if he has plans to get them back on track. [19185/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if persons who have immunity from having had Covid-19 will be able to enjoy the benefits of reductions in restrictions for those who have been vaccinated. [20446/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if there is an implementation plan for the legislation providing for a minimum price of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17291/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the risk profile of Garda work has been evaluated in the context of vaccination priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14383/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has completed his review of the support therapies from early intervention and school age teams; the key conclusions in terms of timely access; if new policy initiatives have been identified; and if different structures or models are under consideration. [14556/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the five most recent significant capital projects in the major functional responsibilities of his Department which have required his sanction; the time which elapsed between the initial submission of the proposal for consideration until the construction commenced; the significant elements making up this period; the time spent in assessment prior to approval in the planning process; the time spent in assessment prior to approval in the procurement process of contractors; and the way this duration compared with the targeted time to delivery set out at the outset of the process. [14780/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if family reunification of persons that have permission to reside in Ireland is deemed essential travel under Covid-19 level 5 restrictions. [15328/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if persons with underlying health conditions who are now to get higher priority in access to vaccines will be selected based on specific categories of condition or selected by general practitioners based on assessed vulnerability; and if younger persons for whom most of the vaccines have not been explicitly approved will be prioritised for protection. [12809/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if there is data to track the extent to which persons who flew into Ireland during January 2021 were associated with the spread of Covid-19 and the import of new variants of Covid-19 from Brazil or South Africa. [13052/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate to relax further the visiting opportunities for residents of nursing homes who have been isolated for a long time given the Covid-19 vaccination programme in nursing homes has been completed; and if he will consider the merit in considering the vaccination of one visitor per resident to make visiting nursing homes safer. [11675/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report undertaken on the impact of hospital car park charges on those undertaking a sustained level of treatment; his views on policies which put a cap on such charges for patients; and his further views on whether a national protocol could be developed to address same. [11997/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his Department has issued guidance on discretionary medical cards in respect of providing temporary cover during periods of intense care, such as for cancer patients in order that the stress of medical bills would be relieved for a period. [11998/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if hospitals have protocols in place governing the activity of debt collectors pursuing outstanding medical bills in order that there would be reasonable practices respecting the stress that some patients are under. [11999/21]
• 2021-02-25
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Bill 2021 · 3 divisions

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

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

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the work of the interdepartmental group looking at relaxing rules under the fair deal scheme to facilitate the rental or sale of vacant homes has reached agreement on any changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10085/21]
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the plans for transgender health services have been implemented; and his views on reports of confusion in relation to the locations to which persons should be referred. [10393/21]
• 2021-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students who received results from the November 2020 leaving certificate will have the opportunity to qualify for courses in autumn 2021 which have a health professions admission test, HPAT, entry requirement or a CAO process; and if a necessary change in closing dates can be made to accommodate same. [9145/21]
• 2021-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some large community general practitioner practices have arranged safe use of community halls for administering vaccines to those over 85 years of age (details supplied); and if arrangements will be made for this model to be used which has made considerable arrangements for the safety of patients. [9193/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to use community pharmacists in the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination programme given their experience in rapid and effective vaccination. [8531/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will consider extending long-term illness cover to HCU, that is, homocystinuria. [6469/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the items in the general practitioner vaccination contract over and above that which nurses do for less than a quarter of the hourly rate of doctors. [6498/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the vaccination category Dublin Fire Brigade paramedics are in; and when vaccinations are likely to be scheduled. [6524/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if there are guidelines for the type of masks which ought to be used in different settings; and if the possibility of the design of masks with a see-through panel would have advantages in allowing a more congenial form of protection. [6576/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if staff and patients in hospice settings are in the top categories for vaccination; and if they have all been included in a first round of vaccinations at this stage. [5136/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the role he envisages for antigen testing in his strategy for managing the Covid-19 crisis. [5483/21]
• 2021-01-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the number of operational primary care centres by county; the year each came into operation since 2011; and the number of primary care centres in development by county in tabular form. [1959/21]
• 2020-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health when the Edenmore primary care centre will open; and the services the centre will provide. [44427/20]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if special services are being developed for long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42966/20]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that children who are fostered do not face obstacles in accessing services provided by his Department, for example, by requiring additional documentation or compliance requirements; and if he will consider the policies and practices now in place to ensure no unnecessary obstacles stand in the way of children who are likely to have priority needs. [43411/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has undertaken a review of the system for early assessment and prioritisation of therapies for children with special needs, which despite extra resources seems to continue to struggle to provide time supports; his views on whether the success on the pilot integrating therapies into the school provided model offers an opportunity of a different approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41603/20]
• 2020-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will consider waiving the annual registration fee for doctors, nurses and other frontline staff who have been so important during the effort to protect communities from Covid-19. [42408/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that international advice from an institution (details supplied) recommends stronger protections for women over 28 weeks pregnant than is being applied by the HSE in its advice for the public service; and if he will assess whether that advice should be amended. [39741/20]
• 2020-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has considered introducing legislation to cover vaccinations; if so, the circumstances in which it could be required in the public interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35256/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the nature and composition of a target capacity for test trace and quarantine at the various levels of the Government's roadmap; and if he envisages problems of building the surge capacity or getting compliance with quarantine and isolation [33391/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if there is evidence that Ireland has learned to manage the medical progress of Covid-19 in vulnerable populations since spring; and the way in which it is influencing policy for managing the virus [33392/20]
• 2020-10-23
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages

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

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

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 93–43
• 2020-10-22
  VOTE
  Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3 · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 92–53
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 59–86
• 2020-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Enterprise

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that the Health and Safety Authority has the necessary enforcement powers to ensure business premises are safe. [31783/20]
• 2020-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health his views on and the position regarding the enforcement of the behaviour of customers, for example, mask wearing and social distancing; and his views on whether the requirement to call in An Garda Síochána for such issues is unduly cumbersome. [31783/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the disruption caused to the provision of disability services for an organisation (details supplied), which faces a legacy debt; and if his Department could develop an agreed service development plan sensitive to the organisation's service users to get them through this difficult period, which is modified according to the prevailing Covid-19 level. [29794/20]
• 2020-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if provision has been made to provide transport to persons suspected of having Covid-19 who do not have means of transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30053/20]
• 2020-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the status of the home care pilot scheme; and his plans to roll out the scheme further. [30292/20]
• 2020-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many student nurses who were supporting themselves through part-time health assistant work have been told that combining such work with their standard placements would pose a Covid-19 risk and as a consequence her Department has deemed such persons not available for work and, therefore, ineligible for the pandemic unemployment payment; and if relief can be provided in such cases. [29163/20]
• 2020-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in a full year of each of charges (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29175/20]
• 2020-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has concluded discussions on the possibility of encouraging the renting out of vacant homes of persons availing of the fair deal scheme by applying a lower rate of contribution to nursing home costs from this source or by other means; and if he has assessed the number of homes that might fall into this category. [29176/20]
• 2020-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the charges that are made to private patients who are using public hospital facilities in either public wards, semi-private or private wards; and the proportion of beds in public hospitals for which such payments are received. [29177/20]
• 2020-09-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that diverting speech and language therapists risks disrupting service at a critical time and disrupting the pipeline of work experience for graduates. [25737/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the status of testing and tracing capacity here; the extent to which demand is pressing on available resources; the planned additional resources anticipated to be allocated as part of development planning; the extent to which resources are deployed for precautionary testing as opposed to testing in cases in which suspected symptoms have been identified; and the level of such precautionary capacity that will be needed as travel and other activities open with appropriate safety protocols [25233/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the key indicators relating to Covid-19 are tracked relative to comparable countries such as the UK, Denmark and Austria and the EU as a whole covering such matters as testing rate per hundred thousand, hospital admissions per hundred thousand, reproduction rate of the virus, indicators of levels of social contact and so on; if so, if the indicators will be published on a regular basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23273/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the protocol for arranging a test for a person who does not have access to a car to drive himself or herself; if there is a backlog or delay in handling such tests; and if he is satisfied that there is a satisfactory clearing house for persons experiencing difficulties in this regard. [23706/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the extension of general practitioner only cards to those up to eight years of age is going ahead in September 2020 as originally planned. [23710/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the increased means test for those over 70 years of age has been implemented. [23711/20]
• 2020-09-10
  VOTE
  Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion failed · 15–125
• 2020-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if spinraza has been evaluated for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17698/20]
• 2020-07-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that private hospitals are seeking cash contributions over and above the insurance cover of patients to cover PPE costs; and if he will consider that seeking insurers and hospitals ensure that these costs are included in cover in order that patients are not prevented from receiving the needed treatments by unexpected cost barriers. [17594/20]
• 2020-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health his plans to develop a new policy to take account of the Covid-19 experience in long stay residential settings; if a consultative process is planned with key stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16711/20]
• 2020-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to restore leave to frontline workers who had to use it to provide childcare, particularly for couples who both worked on the frontline and used their leave to ensure one parent was always available to provide childcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17095/20]
• 2020-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the distinct protections, advice and oversight of tourist and non-tourist arrivals from countries deemed to have a safe level of Covid-19 infections to those with an unsafe level; if the effectiveness of the proposed approaches are evaluated either by way of international experience or domestic trials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17135/20]
• 2020-07-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the number on the orthodontic waiting lists in Dublin across each category of need; the number of patients treated from each category in the most recent year for which data is available; and the position regarding the scope of speeding up access to care. [16438/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if requests to investigate allegations of ill treatment in a nursing home (details supplied) have been received; if the matter is being investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15433/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the revised income limits due to come into force in July 2020 for medical cards; and if the HSE is now processing applications under these new guidelines. [15468/20]
• 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
• 2019-07-04
  VOTE
  Mental Health Services Reports · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 38–81
  • ✗ voted against Amendment again put: motion passed · 78–41
• 2019-04-11
  VOTE
  Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019

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

  • ✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 102–2
• 2019-02-20
  VOTE
  Confidence in Minister for Health

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion failed · 53–58
• 2019-01-17
  VOTE
  Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2018

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

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 83–51
• 2018-12-05
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 · 12 divisions

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

  • ✓ voted 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
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 30–63
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 29–65
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 27–75
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 38–67
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 30–75
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 21–64
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 10–75
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 21–69
• 2018-12-04
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 · 5 divisions

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

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 8–88
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 6–89
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 10–84
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 8–89
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 8–84
• 2018-11-29
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 · 3 divisions

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

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 25–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 22–61
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 21–71
• 2018-11-28
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 · 5 divisions

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

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 31–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 31–61
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 43–45
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 34–64
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 9–90
• 2018-11-07
  VOTE
  Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 33–69
• 2018-10-23
  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
• 2018-10-03
  VOTE
  Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015

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

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 23–65
• 2018-09-26
  VOTE
  Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 · 2 divisions

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

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 27–55
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 25–56
• 2018-05-10
  VOTE
  Health Service Reform

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 48–77
• 2016-11-17
  VOTE
  Mental Health Services Funding

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–88
• 2016-10-06
  VOTE
  Mental Health Services · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 59–37
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 61–37