Seán Canney

Independent · Galway East

Activity on Health — 601 events (44 lobbying · 508 questions · 76 votes) full profile →

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

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

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion failed · 65–83
• 2026-03-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the drug Skyclarys will be reimbursed for patients with Friedreich’s Ataxia (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18731/26]
• 2026-03-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if she will consider amending the fair deal legislation to allow persons in nursing homes who own a property in the UK to access the nursing home support loan; to ensure that the property tax payable on such properties is an allowable deduction in terms of the financial assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18738/26]
• 2026-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation in St. Vincent’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12233/26]
• 2026-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to ensure that Ireland is on a par with other European countries in terms of ensuing the financial wellbeing of healthcare staff affected by long-Covid as a result of working at the front lines of the health service during the Covid pandemic; if she is aware that the EU recommended that all member states recognise long-Covid as an occupational illness and that all members have accepted this bar Ireland and Greece; the steps she is taking to address this situation and ensure that Irish health staff who suffer from this debilitating condition are properly taken care of; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12291/26]
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  The Asthma Society of Ireland Health

  • Invitation to Attend Asthma Community Workshops
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Irish Second-Level Students' Union (ISSU) Health

  • Regarding the bill for endometriosis care
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Hanover Media Strategy Limited Health

  • AV Room Briefing Event to discuss a Proposal for an Early Access Programme for Innovative Oncology Medicines
• 2026-01-08
  LOBBY
  The Union of Students in Ireland Health

  • Supporting Labour Party Motion for Drug Decriminalisation
• 2025-12-17
  VOTE
  Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025

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

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

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

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

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion failed · 66–80
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of podiatry posts in counties Galway and Roscommon; if the number has increased or decreased in recent years; the number of people which are on the waiting list for podiatry services; the number currently availing of services; if this has increased in recent years; if there is a need for additional posts; if there are posts that are currently vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71357/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if she will appoint a consultant to deal with ME as there is currently no public consultant available in this speciality; if she will list ME on the long-term illness scheme given many ME patients are paying for prescribed drugs outside the medical card scheme and are also paying for prescribed supplements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71483/25]
• 2025-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason carer’s allowance is taken into account for the over 70 medical card income assessment, as its inclusion is putting many people over the income threshold for a medical card and is a disincentive to take up important caring, duties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69297/25]
• 2025-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health her views on whether CORU’s recently published standards for training and practice in psychotherapy represents a decrease in standards, as the proposed regulation would see the removal for personal therapy in training, the elimination of mandatory clinical supervision during training, a dramatic reduction in clinical training hours, the removal of any minimum timeframe for training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65226/25]
• 2025-11-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of dental services to medical card holders as thousands of medical card holders across the country cannot currently afford to attend a dentist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61551/25]
• 2025-11-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health to outline the changes that have been made to the podiatry services in County Galway; if patients are now experiencing longer wait times between appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61701/25]
• 2025-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if she will investigate the potential cost of extending the availability of glucose monitors to persons with diabetes, other than type 1 diabetes, including type 2 and type 3c diabetes, with a view to extending the availability of monitors to this cohort of patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53248/25]
• 2025-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if she will amend legislation so that the long-term illness scheme will include ME; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53321/25]
• 2025-09-18
  LOBBY
  221+ Patient Suport Group Health

  • Update to members of Oireachtas on 221+ work
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to address the situation whereby persons in a mental health crisis in the Tuam area of County Galway have a current wait time for a crisis appointment of six-weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47782/25]
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the posts in adult mental health services in Tuam, County Galway; the services offered by the team; if any posts remain vacant; the current wait times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47783/25]
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to ensure that mental health professionals in community mental health teams are equipped to deal with adults with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47784/25]
• 2025-09-15
  LOBBY
  Nursing Homes Ireland Health

  • NHI invited Ministers, TD's and MEP to the launch of NHI/RCSI research on the Placing Human Rights at the Heart of Nursing Home Care
• 2025-09-12
  LOBBY
  Creative Retail Distribution Limited Taxation

  • Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if wheelchairs will be provided to nursing home residents where needed, as the current situation is that people can access a wheelchair while living in the community but cannot access one once they are a resident in a nursing home; the steps that can be taken to procure a wheelchair for a nursing home resident; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38932/25]
• 2025-07-09
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages · 3 divisions

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

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if the anti-sickness drug akynzeo can be made available on the GMS as it is the only effective anti-sickness medication for many cancer patients, including those with a brain tumour; if she is aware that the cost of buying this medical monthly is placing financial strain on families already dealing with illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35269/25]
• 2025-06-25
  VOTE
  Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022

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

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 85–67
• 2025-06-18
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024 · 3 divisions

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

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–82
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86
• 2025-06-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite the process of approval for givinostat, used in the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, as further delays could affect the ability of patients to retain muscular strength and the current process for drug approval in Ireland can take on average 617 days, during which time muscular dystrophy patients will have lost significant muscle strength; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32237/25]
• 2025-06-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason the drug dioctyl is not covered on the medical card scheme; if she is aware of the financial hardship this is causing patients; if there are plans to have this drug covered in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32323/25]
• 2025-06-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if she plans to change capacity laws in cases where a person has a dual mental health diagnosis as many family members are watching on helplessly as their loved ones who lack capacity are not given necessary mental health treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32559/25]
• 2025-06-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE makes enteral feeding syringes available free to patients in public nursing homes but not in private nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31357/25]
• 2025-06-11
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024 · 2 divisions

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

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

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

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 113–49
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Patient Advocacy Service (National Advocacy Service) Health

  • Programme for Government
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Alcohol Action Ireland Health

  • Health information labelling of alcohol products
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  College of Psychiatrists of Ireland Health

  • Mental Health Bill 2024 and concerns re inability to provide treatment to all who will be involuntarily hospitalised due to current iteration.To provide descriptions using video recordings of people who had benefited from treatment under the current Mental Health Act explaining their illnesses and the necessary treatment provided in a timely manner.
• 2025-05-16
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

  • Plant Health and Biosecurity for Forestry
• 2025-05-15
  LOBBY
  Rare Diseases Ireland Health

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

  • Reached out to former Health and Disability Committee members to invite to AV room briefing
• 2025-05-14
  LOBBY
  Samaritans Ireland Health

  • Follow up concerning key priorities for the implementation and delivery of the programme for government
• 2025-05-09
  LOBBY
  Irish Society for Colitis and Crohn's Disease Health

  • Key topics included the long-term illness scheme, access to early diagnosis, the availability of a full multidisciplinary team comprising dietitians, IBD nurses, and psychologists, as well as public awareness and support for the vital work of CCI.
• 2025-04-30
  LOBBY
  Galway Centre for Independent Living Health

  • Highlighting the challenges faced by not for profit healthcare providers in the disability sector
• 2025-04-30
  VOTE
  Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 85–68
• 2025-04-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when weight loss drugs will be made available to people on medical cards as those struggling to lose large amounts of weight, but who do not have diabetes, would benefit significantly from the availability of this medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16664/25]
• 2025-04-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if compression socks are available for people who have medical cards as these represent a significant cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16665/25]
• 2025-04-01
  LOBBY
  Pro Life Campaign Health

  • Meeting with Seán Canney to discuss government policy and objectives
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Public Expenditure

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 1108 of 5 February 2025, if there has been a change since 2022 to the criteria required to deem a person incapable on medical grounds of regular and effective service, which would allow a HSE employee to retire on grounds of ill health; if the bar for employees seeking to retire on grounds of ill health has been raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11985/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 721 of 18 February 2025, if she will clarify Section 3 of the Guidelines on Terms and Conditions of HSE Employment regarding incremental credit, if service in the defence forces is recognised as relevant service in Ireland and abroad, and if ‘previous experience in the Civil Service, local authorities, health service and other public service bodies and statutory agencies’ includes previous service in the Defence Forces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10765/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1108 of 2 February 2025, if there has been a change to the criteria since 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12452/25]
• 2025-02-19
  LOBBY
  Community Creations Limited t/a SpunOut.ie Health

  • Email to TDs advocating for youth mental health policies to be included in the Programme for Government
• 2025-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if service in the Defence Forces can be used for pay purposes in terms of HSE personnel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5687/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if back-up batteries for CPAP machines are available on the medical card scheme, and if so, are they available in every CHO area, including CHO 2. [4200/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the waiting time for assessment and treatment, respectively at the pain clinic in University Hospital Galway; the number of persons waiting for treatment; the length of time they have been waiting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2288/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if there has been a change since 2022 to the criteria required to deem a person incapable on medical grounds of regular and effective service, which would allow an HSE employee to retire on grounds of ill health; if the bar for employees seeking to retire on grounds of ill health has been raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2425/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when free hormone replacement therapy as announced in Budget 2025 will become available; if women who had to pay for products in January 2025 will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1047/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health what percentage of medical card reassessments are successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1282/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he can reinstate the position whereby gluten-free products are reimbursable items under the general medical services (scheme) as the additional cost of gluten-free products is placing a strain on many families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1283/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when melatonin will be made available under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1569/25]
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Cancer Society Health

  • General Election campaign
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Vulcan Consulting Limited Health

  • Rare Disease Policy in Ireland
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Rehab Group Public Expenditure and Reform

  • Rehab's Pre Budget Submission
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Home and Community Care Ireland Health

  • Engagements during the General Election campaign & government formation talks.
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited 2 returns Health

  • Request came from Deputy Sean Canney for a list of gaps in the Meals on Wheels service in the East Galway area.
  • Presentation on the National Meals on Wheels Network and Meals on Wheels services to members of the Oireachtas in the AV room of Leinster House
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Ibec Economic Development and Industry

  • Irish Medtech Priorities for the Next Government
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

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

  • Programme For Government 2025-2029
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Irish Sports Matters Ltd t/a the Federation of Irish Sport Sports and Recreation

  • Programme for Government
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Pieta House Health

  • Requesting statutory support for Pieta's self-harm and suicide intervention programmes and for full implementation of Sharing the Vision
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Instinctif Partners Public Affairs Ireland Health

  • Correspondence to relevant political representatives in light of Government Formation talks.
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Alcohol Action Ireland Health

  • Alcohol policy development in relation to a new strategy for alcohol and the establishment of an Alcohol Office
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  ALONE Health

  • Support for services and policies relating to older people in the General Election and Programme for Government
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Nursing Homes Ireland Health

  • Request for Meeting on Prioritising Older Person Care in the Programme for Government and congratulate the deputy on their election to Dáil Eireann. We outlined the nursing home sector faces urgent challenges that require immediate attention:Fair Deal Pricing Review, Workforce Challenges,Equal Access to Primary Care Services. Including these in the programme for Government is essential for the sustainability of the nursing home sector.
• 2025-01-18
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 2 returns Agriculture

  • Galway IFA Budget 2025 Priorities
  • Soil Monitoring and Resilience
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Disability Federation of Ireland Health

  • Personal Assistance Services
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Dexcom Health

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

  • Programme for Government Briefing & LSE Launch Save the Date
  • MHR's event in Leinster House on 18th September; 'Meet&Greet'
  • Briefing for the Disability Matters Committee ahead of discussion on 'Health and well-being for Persons with Disabilities’ (23rd October 2024)
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland CLG Health

  • Mental Health Reform hosted meet and greet in Leinster House
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Chronic Pain Ireland Health

  • General Election to pledge support to add chronic pain key asks to the programme for government
• 2025-01-16
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Finance

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

  • Inclusion in Programme for Government of priorities for people who are vision impaired
• 2025-01-15
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 6 returns HealthEnvironmentEU AffairsAgricultureSports and Recreation

  • Fair Deal & Support for Older People
  • Health - Primary Care Services - Rural Ireland
  • Water
  • EU - Mercosur Trade Deal
  • Programme for a New Government
  • Recreational Routes
• 2025-01-15
  LOBBY
  Multiple Sclerosis Ireland 2 returns Health

  • Briefed Oireachtas members prior to Disability Matters meeting
  • Requested support in securing Disability Matters session from various members
• 2025-01-09
  LOBBY
  Samaritans Ireland Health

  • 3 Asks 4 Change: Key Priorities for the 34th Programme for Government
• 2025-01-07
  LOBBY
  Galway Centre for Independent Living Health

  • Highlighting the challenges faced by not for profit healthcare providers in the disability sector
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if a medical card holder has to pay for blood tests carried out in a GP practice following a request from a consultant endocrinologist after a private appointment with a patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45533/24]
• 2024-10-23
  VOTE
  Public Health Service Staffing · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 70–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 70–59
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health for an update on a claim made by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42539/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the proposed staffing complement for the adult mental health service in Tuam primary care service, County Galway; the current staffing levels; the plans for recruitment of additional staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42636/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of wind farm noise complaints for counties Mayo, Offaly and Tipperary, categorised by wind farm name, number of complaints, number of complaints to report sleep disturbance, and number of complaints to report any other health complaint, in each year from 2013 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42985/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of case files pertaining to wind turbine shadow flicker for counties Mayo, Offaly and Tipperary, categorised by wind farm name, in each year from 2013 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42986/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will allow patients suffering from long Covid access to hyperbaric oxygenation therapy, where their consultant confirms that this treatment can assist in finding a cure for long Covid; where a chamber for such treatment is available in University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43090/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the procedures in place to transition a young person who is under CAMHS when they reach the age of 18 years and are turned over to the adult mental health services, where the only option is to refer the patient to accident and emergency and they are then sent back to outpatients services without any support being offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43092/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a continuous glucose monitor to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41334/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the criteria for continuous glucose monitors as currently, people with type 2 diabetes who have very poor vision and require another person to perform the finger prick test are being refused monitors as are people who were diagnosed with type 2 and then type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41339/24]
• 2024-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health for an update on the status of the audiology clinic in Tuam primary care centre, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40013/24]
• 2024-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of appeals were made to the HSE medicines management programme re Versatis in 2023, and the number that were upheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40014/24]
• 2024-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if HSE employees under the age of 50 years are able to retire on grounds of ill health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40139/24]
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the HSE is refusing to employ recently graduated mental health nurses, despite the chronic shortage of mental health nursing staff in the health system, leaving graduates with no option but to emigrate to other countries; if his attention has been drawn to the further devastation that this decision will cause to the mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36291/24]
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the waiting time for assessment and the waiting time for treatment at the pain clinic in University Hospital Galway; the number of people waiting for treatment; the length of time they have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36620/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the recruitment policy operated by the HSE; if he is aware that all posts vacant at the end of 2023 are now non-existent, that unfunded posts are now funded posts, and if any person leaves their post in the future, that post is not guaranteed to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34376/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 20 June 2024, if a patient with complex needs (details supplied) meets the criteria for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34434/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the progress his Department has made on updating the Dental Act 1985 in light of the abrupt closure of an orthodontic practice in Galway in August 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34547/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has fully researched the impact that proposed new Statutory Instrument relating to the work of veterinary surgeons working with farmers across Ireland will have on the number of veterinary surgeons in the country, the provision of out-of-hours service to farmers, and the use of unregulated medication; if it will undermine the ‘one health’ approach to combatting global health threats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32638/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if an agreement has been reached with dentists with a view to providing dental services for medical card holders as currently many people on low incomes are not able to access dentists due to the current impasse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30974/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the clinical nurse manager 2 salary scale will be extended by the addition of one further scale point and the introduction of a long-service increment, as recommended by the expert review body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31013/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the total number of claims received for reimbursement made by the HSE for combinated termination of pregnancy under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 from January to June 2024. [31899/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of beds now occupied in a nursing unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30250/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the day centre will be operational in a nursing unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30251/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of beds now occupied in a nursing unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30252/24]
• 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 Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if dental care can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29589/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that patients who have surgery under the national treatment purchase scheme are not receiving any aftercare from the hospital that carries out the surgery or the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26775/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when a clinical assessment of a person (details supplied) will be carried out at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26940/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when physiotherapy will be made available for a person (details supplied), who was referred from the orthopaedic department in University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26941/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen by a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26989/24]
• 2024-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to the HSE for the provision of mobility scooters to suitable persons to increase their independence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26624/24]
• 2024-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will make the electronic monitoring sensor available for all patients with diabetes free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26647/24]
• 2024-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when a power wheelchair will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25919/24]
• 2024-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if melatonin can be provided on the medical card to children with additional needs for whom it has been prescribed as the cost of accessing this is prohibitive for many families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26020/24]
• 2024-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health what procedures and expert advice are available and in place to a person whose child has been diagnosed with sprix (details supplied); what effects the condition will have on the child in the long term; the symptoms to be watchful for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23208/24]
• 2024-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the disparity in pay and conditions between section 38 and section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22907/24]
• 2024-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the fees paid to optometrists providing eyecare under the HSE adult eyecare schemes are inadequate, do no not reflect the cost of providing a modern eye examination and have not been increased in more than 20 years; if he is further aware that the Department of Health has made submissions for funding to his Department and is awaiting approval; the steps being taken to address this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22293/24]
• 2024-05-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health how many patients are on the podiatry waiting list in Galway; how long the current waiting time is; if the interval between appointments has changed in the past year; if there are currently any unfilled clinical positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21624/24]
• 2024-05-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health what assistance is available to a child with molar incisor hypo mineralisation which requires root canal treatment, extraction, braces and aligners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21646/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has plans to address the current legislative anomaly where people who were forced to retire from work on health grounds have been refused free travel as they are not getting a disability payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20175/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health how many patients are on the podiatry waiting list in Galway; how long the current waiting time is; if the interval between appointments for patients has been changed in the past year; if there are currently any unfilled clinical positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20498/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the measures he is planning to take to deal with the lack of dental treatment services being delivered in our schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20525/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the measures he intends to take to eliminate the long waiting list for children awaiting surgery for scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20526/24]
• 2024-04-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of the audiology clinic in Tuam primary care centre, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17758/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health what steps people with medical cards should take to get reimbursed for blood test costs charged by GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13943/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will be providing funding to a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11704/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the proportion in percentage terms of the annual health budget spent on medical continuous glucose monitoring devices in relation to overall medical technology spending, from 2019-2023, broken down per annum, in tabular form. [12576/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of babies born with Down syndrome in Ireland in each of the years 2017 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13092/24]
• 2024-02-28
  VOTE
  Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023

  A bill to amend the Mental Health Act 2001.

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

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 70–60
• 2024-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he intends to regulate CAMHS and if he agrees that the CAMHS is in need of reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7412/24]
• 2024-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if a medication will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7623/24]
• 2024-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will review the draft design guide for long-term care, to ensure the facilities remain viable and that this is taken into account in determining the maximum size of such facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6100/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the list of eligible measures under TAMS to include new agtech equipment and innovations which can improve animal health and welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56980/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if a person on the drugs payment scheme gets two sets of 28-day medication in the one calendar month, if they are obliged to the pay the €80 a second time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1662/24]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what supports are available to co-operative marts which have to upgrade infrastructure to meet health and safety standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54462/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if late applications will be accepted to the unharvested crop scheme in exceptional force majeure circumstances as a number of farmers who have suffered significant losses lost out on applying for the scheme due to the short duration during which applications were open and this has taken a significant toll on their physical, mental and financial health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54742/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if the dispute between his Department and dentists has been resolved in order to allow persons with medical cards to access free dental care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54486/23]
• 2023-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he supports the calls of representative organisations and industry for a national diabetes policy to coordinate and direct diabetes policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53948/23]
• 2023-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the enactment of the Health Information Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53949/23]
• 2023-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the proportion (in percentage terms) of the annual health budget spent on medical technology and devices, from 2019–2023, broken down per annum, in tabular form. [53950/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health what resources are open to employees who were frontline workers and their employer received their bonuses, but the company is now closed and the employer did not pay over the money. [53233/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if there is a shortage of tyvense medication, which is used to treat conditions such as autism and ADHD; the measures his Department is taking to ensure an adequate supply of this vital medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53267/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the status of a surgery referral for a person (details supplied). [51919/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason the current HSE recruitment freeze was extended to all HSE staff except consultants, doctors in training and 2023 graduate nurses and midwives (details supplied); his plans to reverse the recruitment freeze; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51994/23]
• 2023-11-22
  VOTE
  Health Service Recruitment Freeze · 2 divisions

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

  • ✗ voted against 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 Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will conduct an investigation into the rising costs of mobility aids, including wheelchairs, mobility aids, silicone socks and prosthetic limbs as the cost of prosthetic limbs for both upper and lower limb amputees has increased 50% since Brexit and silicone socks used by amputees now cost over €1,000, which equates to five weeks income for many people dependant on social protection payments; if he will further put plans in place to support people with physical impairments to ensure that all those who require such supports can access them in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49379/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if patient records from prior to 2001 are available from Merlin Park Hospital, Galway, and University Hospital, Galway; and if so, whether those records can be released to a patient (details supplied). [47358/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health what efforts are being made to ensure that people working as healthcare assistants who have overseas nursing qualifications can register as nurses in Ireland in a streamlined process to address the current shortage of nurses in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46221/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health what benefit accrued to a person (details supplied) having paid into two pensions since 2017, as they retired on a full pension in 2017, and has since returned to work on a part-time basis; if no benefit is accruing to them or can accrue to them, if the pension contributions can be returned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46246/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for new treatments and new drugs in order to give every patient the best possible outcome for their treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44901/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to patients who have to travel to hospital for treatments who have no access to public transport and are not capable of driving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44939/23]
• 2023-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if an organisation has been appointed by the Government to review the criteria set out to pay the pandemic bonus payment to front-line workers and make recommendations regarding the potential expansion of the criteria to include other workers; if so, if they have made any recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43585/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the amount of money that a GP can claim in reimbursements, broken down by category, in tabular form, as part of the provision of antenatal care during pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42651/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway, has a representative radiologist at the weekly multidisciplinary team meetings in GUH to present cases from Portiuncula Hospital; if patients with complex cancers in Portiuncula Hospital have their cases heard in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42680/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if cancer patients at GUH who will not be receiving treatment due to the advanced nature of their disease have access to the in-house psychologist employed at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42681/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason that there is only one bed available for every 17 palliative care patients in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42682/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason that the maximum entitlement to community social care hours for those at the end of their lives is 21 hours per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42683/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he is concerned at the increase in the death rate in this country since 2021; if he will undertake a review of the increased number to determine the cause of deaths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42034/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health what assistance is in place to assist parents who paid for orthodontic treatment with a registered orthodontist, but the practice closed; what insurances are in place to assist parents to recover their money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41021/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of x-ray facilities at Tuam primary care centre; when work will commence and when the facility will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41070/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health how many patients are on the orthodontic assessment waiting list in Galway; how long the current waiting time is; how many patients are on the orthodontic treatment waiting list; what the current wait time is; if there are currently any unfilled clinical positions in the Galway service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41260/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health how many patients are on the podiatry waiting list in Galway; how long the current waiting time is; if the interval between appointments between patients has been shortened or lengthened in the past year; if there are currently any unfilled clinical positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41261/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason that the pandemic special recognition payment is not being paid to haematology staff, given the heroic work that they performed in keeping the service open and operational for patients during the Covid-19 pandemic; if he is aware that blood transfusions were made available to cancer patients throughout the course of the various lockdowns; if he will reverse this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41271/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if a multidisciplinary medical team can be assembled at University Hospital Galway to assess the case of a 17-year-old (details supplied) who is wheelchair- and bed-bound, seven months after an acute viral illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41280/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if an interview taken in April 1994 in a hospital setting will be released to the patient involved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41350/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the HSE is requesting final transcripts of a student's final degree undertaken in Northern Ireland earlier than is possible for the university, which means students studying in Northern Ireland will be unable to apply for internship posts and work as doctors here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38523/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund the purchase of an AED device for a person diagnosed with long-QT syndrome which will be located in the person’s home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39089/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide sustainable funding to an organisation (details supplied), as the funding is vital to ensure the viability of these centres, which are recognised as having a significant role in the patient pathway of cancer patients in the HSE National Service Plan 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35625/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of neo-natal deaths that have been registered which included premature delivery or termination of pregnancy as a cause of death and in cases in which a condition was present affecting the foetus that was likely to lead to the death of the foetus either before or within 28 days of birth. [35758/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when public ADHD services will be available in the Tuam area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35911/23]
• 2023-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 615 of 4 July 2023, the reason for the disparity in his reply where he stated there had been approximately 8,844 second consultation claims made in 2022 under the PCRS for termination of pregnancy, whilst in Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 10 May 2023, the HSE stated there had been 8,876 claims under the PCRS for termination of pregnancy in 2022; and if he will clearly clarify, the exact number of claims paid out under the PCRS for combined termination of pregnancy procedure and aftercare in 2022. [34991/23]
• 2023-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all informal and formal meetings or engagements held with groups or individuals by him or his Department on the subject of abortion exclusion zones from 2022 to date in 2023, in tabular form. [34992/23]
• 2023-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health to explain the discrepancy between the 8,876 combined termination procedure and aftercare claims under the primary care reimbursement scheme in 2022, whilst just 8,156 notifications of termination were officially received in 2022. [32372/23]
• 2023-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health to detail the number of meetings, in tabular form, held with the Attorney General on the issue of safe access zones legislation since January 2022 to date in 2023. [32373/23]
• 2023-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans in relation to nurses who contracted Covid during the course of their duties, who are now suffering from long-Covid and who need an extension of special leave with pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32380/23]
• 2023-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the steps he intends to take to remove the pay difference between Section 38 and 39 health care workers which is causing major problems for the retention of staff and has resulted in the closing of respite services (details supplied) in Galway and Tuam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32423/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a targeted, funded strategic capital investment programme for mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30503/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when he will give the necessary powers to the Mental Health Commission to regulate not just approved inpatient mental health services, but the 24-hour community residences, as well as approved community mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30504/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the Slainte Care project on the development of a national diabetes register will be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30637/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the option of appointing a project delivery team to oversee the delivery of major projects including the new emergency department, maternity unit, paediatric unit, regional cancer centre, bedroom block and laboratories on the existing site at University Hospital Galway to ensure delivery is achieved in the shortest time possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30641/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health whether proposals to 'decriminalise' performing terminations of pregnancy would permit non-medically trained individuals to carry out terminations without legal consequences. [31044/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health to clarify, based on Section 10.1 of the abortion review report, whether babies have been born alive having survived late-term abortions in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31045/23]
• 2023-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health what plans he has to end geographical inequality in children’s eye care across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30409/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with community pharmacies or with an organisation (details supplied) to conduct a review of their services under Public Pay and Pension Act 2017 legislation; when this review will take place; if he is aware of the huge increase in business costs wages and overheads since cuts were imposed during the recession in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29419/23]
• 2023-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health what plans are in place to provide the additional secretarial services required to support the two neurology consultants in Galway University Hospital, as presently there are delays in letters being sent to GPs and other MDT in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28768/23]
• 2023-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health what plans are in place to relocate the neurology department at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28769/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the 600 job vacancies currently within the HSE, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27691/23]
• 2023-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who worked on the frontline will receive the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26466/23]
• 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 reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 61–74
• 2023-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that many healthcare workers who worked in care homes during the Covid pandemic and who were of the understanding that they would receive the pandemic special recognition payment for non-HSE and non-Section 38 organisations are now being informed that they will not receive the payment and are being informed that this only applies to homes which are registered with HIQA, while many homes do not fall under the remit of HIQA; if he is aware of the difficulties that this is causing for these healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25619/23]
• 2023-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress to date of the working group chaired by a person (details supplied) to consider the cost of medical claims; if he will provide in tabular form the details of the dates on which the group has met and a timeline for the group's work plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26041/23]
• 2023-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the details of the membership of the working group chaired by a person (details supplied) to consider the cost of medical claims, including details of the organisation each member represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26042/23]
• 2023-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if any representative of the victims of medical negligence or any individual who has taken a case against the medical profession or the HSE has been appointed to the membership of the working group chaired by a person (details supplied) to consider the cost of medical claims; if not, why; if the absence of such a voice on the group does not fatally undermine the group and its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26043/23]
• 2023-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if any representative of the legal profession, any legal professional who has represented the victims of medical negligence or any legal professional who has acted for an individual who has taken a case against the medical profession or the HSE has been appointed to the membership of the working group chaired by a person (details supplied) to consider the cost of medical claims; if not, why; if the absences of such a voice on the group does not fatally undermine the group and its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26044/23]
• 2023-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will appoint a dedicated full-time project management team to implement the plan to develop a Model 4 Hospital at University Hospital Galway, including the new cancer centre, bed block, emergency department, maternity department and paediatric department to ensure a coordinated delivery of the entire facility by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24599/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that a person who has entered long-term care and who has agreed to rent out their home is assessed on the double for this income by having the rental income assessed and also the notional income by having the value of the house assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22550/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the new home care tender will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22767/23]
• 2023-05-10
  VOTE
  Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 50–63
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if staff working in the Irish Blood Transfusion Service are included in the Covid bonus payment as front-line workers; if so, when he expects that they will receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21414/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of first appointments made for an abortion in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21599/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of first appointments made for an abortion in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21600/23]
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of first appointments made for an abortion in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21601/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason an emergency medical card is not issued to the spouse of a self-employed person even through the spouse is employed on a PAYE basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19072/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the facilities that are in place to diabetes patients for the safe disposal of used needles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19573/23]
• 2023-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of high-dependency rooms that will be included in the new community nursing unit being built in Tuam; the application process for patients to access these rooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18752/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health what steps should be taken by nursing home workers where a former employer sought and was paid the Covid bonus payment on their behalf, but the worker has not been paid by their now former employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16368/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the difficulties being faced by overseas healthcare assistants in terms of getting renewed work permits; if those qualified above QQI level 5 in the health care sector will need to repeat the QQI level 5 due to HSE changes to the National Framework of Qualification QQI level 5 course for the occupation of healthcare assistant in Ireland; if he is aware of the importance of overseas healthcare assistants in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16607/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health whether reimbursement payments to abortion-providing GPs was included as part of the €11.5 million figure allocated in 2019 to abortion services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16801/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the State expenditure, by all categories including GP reimbursement payments of the €9.5 million spent on abortion services in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16802/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated to fund abortion services in 2021; the breakdown by all categories of expenditure on abortion services in 2021, including GP reimbursement payments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16803/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if private nursing home residents in the Tuam primary care team, PCT, area with leg ulcers can be seen at the leg ulcer clinic in Tuam Primary Care, County Galway; if this clinic cannot see nursing home residents, given local residents with leg ulcers have difficulty travelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17178/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health what steps are being taken to reduce wait times for genetic testing in Ireland, as the current wait times of up to two years are too long and patients on waiting lists are often being treated for the wrong diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17232/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to install mother-and-baby carpark spaces in the primary care centre, Tuam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17651/23]
• 2023-03-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when he expects the x-ray facility to be installed in the primary care centre in Tuam, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15972/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the longest time that a child who is classified as urgent, semi-urgent and non-urgent is waiting for an MRI scan in UHG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14783/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if plans exist to remove the temporary prefab buildings of the neurology unit in GUH; the plans that exist to allow neurology consultants to continue to see their patients; where this will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12316/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the electric charging point located at unit 4, Merlin Park Hospital, Galway, which was installed in 2022, will be available for use by the public and employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12854/23]
• 2023-03-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the HSE has designated the purpose-built Seven Springs Day Centre in Loughrea, County Galway as part of the community nursing unit in Loughrea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12152/23]
• 2023-03-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he has sanctioned funding for the proposal to refurbish an existing building at the Loughrea Health Campus, Loughrea, County Galway; if so, how much funding has been allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12153/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for fistula surgery in UHG; the current wait time; the steps that are being taken to reduce this waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10817/23]
• 2023-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied). [10154/23]
• 2023-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the plan for a new accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10156/23]
• 2023-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when front-line workers employed by a company (details supplied) will be paid the Covid bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8329/23]
• 2023-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when front line workers in an organisation (details supplied) will be paid the Covid bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7985/23]
• 2023-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when front line workers in an organisation (details supplied) will be paid the Covid bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7986/23]
• 2023-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when secretarial support will be provided at the neurology clinic in UHG; if he is aware that 400 patients who have been seen at the clinic have not had their letters sent to their GPs updating them on patient information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8035/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he can provide clarity for pregnant women on the process of how to obtain cariban through the drugs payment scheme, given that the drug is necessary to prevent extreme nausea and vomiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7138/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the steps that his Department and or the HSE has taken to ensure all abortions carried out legally in the State are properly notified to the Minister for Health in accordance with section 20 of the Act and made publicly available in the annual report, following on from the underreported abortions in the official report issued in 2022. [7184/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the way the cyber-attack and Covid-19 so severely impacted the collection of notifications for abortions in 2021 but not the requests for reimbursements related to abortions paid to GPs. [7185/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the report of the three-year review into Ireland's abortion law in view that he has now received the report. [7186/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the research that was carried out in consultation with women who opted not to proceed with a second appointment for termination of pregnancy following the three-day waiting period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5761/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 649 of 23 November 2021, the number of live births that were registered of babies who survived the abortion procedure; and the number of death certificates that were issued between 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2022. [5762/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason that fistula surgery is not performed in Merlin Park Hospital, Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5766/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the transport support Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4361/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the provisions his Department is taking to secure dental services for medical card holders in County Galway; the services available to patients who cannot find a local dentist to avail of the dental treatment services scheme; when the current dental treatment services scheme will be replaced with a fit-for-purpose scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63545/22]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of dental practices in County Galway which have ceased providing medical card services to persons with disabilities in the past five years; the medical card dental services that are currently available to adult persons with disabilities; the provisions in place for those whose local dentist withdraws from the provision of medical card services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63546/22]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of dental practices in County Galway which have ceased providing medical card services in the past five years; the medical card dental services that are currently available to medical card users; the provisions in place for those whose local dentist withdraws from the provision of medical card services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63547/22]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the National Ambulance Service to put a second ambulance in place in Tuam, County Galway, on a full 24/7 basis to deal with the demand in Tuam and the catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1387/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will make equipment and medications for sleep apnoea available on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1392/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the plan to create a population-based community neurorehabilitation team in CHO 2 or the associated new regional health area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1454/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on recruiting a permanent consultant ophthalmologist post for County Galway who will provide a service at the Tuam primary care centre; the progress that has been made on the recruitment of clinical optometry staff for Galway; when the integrated primary care eye team for County Galway will be fully in place to address the current acute capacity issues in community ophthalmology in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1595/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the assistance that is available to persons who are in receipt of social protection payments and who are paying for IVF treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1622/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the supports that his Department will put in place to help parents and patients of a dental practice (details supplied) that has closed or have been left without a service and are unable to access another service; if he will request the Dental Council to provide assistance and advice on the way to claim back money paid for treatments that were not provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1693/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who are waiting for pain management at University Hospital Galway; the length of time that they have been waiting; his plans to address the crisis in waiting times for pain management in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1940/23]
• 2022-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the services that are currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way that families can access these services within their communities following a diagnosis; the discussions that have taken place between the HSE and his Department to improve access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63062/22]
• 2022-12-14
  VOTE
  Current Issues Affecting the Health Services · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 72–53
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 72–53
• 2022-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when a community neuro-rehabilitation team will be established for CHO2 given a team was promised to every CHO area but only two of nine have being delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60768/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the progress that is being made in relation to resolving the current impasse with dentists providing services to the HSE, as many patients across the country are unable to access services due to the current dispute, which is causing great hardship to persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57956/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to address the failure in leadership and management, the failure to tell the whole truth, the false reassurance and attempts to play down the seriousness of the Cervical Check debacle as highlighted in the Government Cervical Check State apology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57975/22]
• 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 progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion failed · 60–75
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied). [54445/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of claims for reimbursement which were made under the primary care reimbursement scheme for termination of pregnancy in each of the years 2019 and 2020. [54446/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the additional supports that will be put in place to help private nursing homes by way of an increase in the fee payable under the fair deal scheme to achieve pay equalisation with HSE nursing homes to ensure the sustainability of the private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54484/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the input that midwives, clinicians and women’s health advocates had in framing the HSE recommendation to limit home births to women who live within 30 minutes of a maternity hospital; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this recommendation restricts options for women and families in rural areas around one of the most important life events; and his views that this recommendation is contrary to the National Maternity Strategy’s priority to ensure that ‘women have access to safe, high quality, nationally consistent, woman-centred maternity care'. [55124/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when agency nurses will receive their Covid payment, given that eight months have now passed since the payment was announced and three months have passed since HSE nurses were paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55127/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to cases where dental patients with medical cards are being taken off dentists’ medical card patient lists due to the patient not attending the dentist within the past three years and when they attended the dentist in 2019 but were unable to do so in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid restrictions; if this is permissible under the scheme; his views on whether this practice is acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55279/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient and inpatients waiting for pain management in the Saolta University Health Care Group region; the length of time that these persons have been waiting; his plans to address waiting times for pain management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55304/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when St. Brendan's day care centre in Loughrea, County Galway will be reopened for use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51142/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when he expects the long-delayed x-ray facilities to be up and running in Tuam primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51143/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to establish a national screening programme for structural heart disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51147/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the long waiting lists for treatment due to a chronic shortage of radiation therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51145/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the plans that he is putting in place to deliver the specialist neurology required to meet the current demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51146/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure that medical card holders can avail of dentistry services which are currently unavailable at this time due to an ongoing dispute between dentists and his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51144/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason that CORU social care worker registration status has not been given to the BA in professional social care (disability) degree from Open Training College courses for students who completed the course in 2020; the steps that students who completed this degree course in 2020 can take to get registered as a social care worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51758/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his views on patients in public nursing homes being charged €100 for transport between one hospital and another for a scope, especially in light of the removal of inpatient hospital charges; if he recognises many such patients are already contributing much of their non-contributory State pension towards their care and are left with little real income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51273/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the services that are available to a child (details supplied) with Down Syndrome and moderate or severe hearing loss; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51569/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the HSE roles that will be put forward for social care worker registration; and the level three qualifications that will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51759/22]
• 2022-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he plans to increase medical card thresholds in line with the recently announced increase in social welfare payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49726/22]
• 2022-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he intends to remove carer’s payments from the income calculations for over 70s medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49727/22]
• 2022-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the review process in relation to the role of radiation therapists will be concluded; if his attention has been drawn to there being no review of the service and working conditions for radiation therapists for 20 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49819/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the amount that is paid to each doctor for the performance of an abortion in a general practitioner-setting; the amount paid to doctors, midwifery, and any other hospital staff for the provision of abortion in a hospital setting; and if either amount has changed since 2019. [48352/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the amount that was spent in relation to abortion provision to community-based groups which provide counselling and provision of abortion; and if he will provide a breakdown of the monies spent on advertising, training, consultancy, legal advice, and any other relevant services in each of the years 2019 to 2021. [48353/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the amount that was paid to general practitioners for carrying-out abortions in each of the years 2019 to 2021; and the total amount paid for abortions carried out in hospital settings separately in that timeframe. [48354/22]
• 2022-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when an invitation to tender for home support services will be published; when tender arrangements will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45754/22]
• 2022-09-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when all health workers, including agency workers who are entitled to the €1,000 recognition payment for their work during the Covid pandemic will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44386/22]
• 2022-09-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children in County Galway who have eyesight issues and who are entitled to an annual eye examination at Tuam primary care centre are being refused on the basis of lack of capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44424/22]
• 2022-09-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when full day-care services will be recommenced in a nursing unit (details supplied); the interim measures that he intends to put in place until a permanent solution is found; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44648/22]
• 2022-09-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times for urgent and non-urgent patients at the symptomatic breast cancer clinic at University Hospital Galway; the number of patients on each list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44663/22]
• 2022-09-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of a primary care centre for Claregalway, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44664/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide support to families for the provision of respite in private settings in cases in which no respite service is available through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41974/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for section 39 workers to achieve pay parity with public service workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42327/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if families who have been denied respite care due to the fact that no respite care is available in a public facility due to Covid can get financial assistance towards the cost of respite care in a private nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40409/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the national review of cardiac services being conducted by a person (details supplied) will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40479/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been undertaken by his Department to participate with other European Union member states in the prevention and detection of cardiovascular disease in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40480/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce a national screening programme for those over the age of 65 years to identify those most at risk of structural heart disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40481/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children who have eyesight issues and are entitled to an annual eye examination are being refused on the basis of lack of capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40484/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to establish a second ambulance at Tuam Ambulance Base on a 24-hour, seven-day-per-week basis to meet the increased demand for ambulance services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40532/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the capital funding that has been allocated to children’s health projects in Ireland under the Shared Island Fund to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36973/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will endorse a project (details supplied) as a capital project under the Shared Island Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36974/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the projected cost of providing access to support workers and personal assistants for autistic adults and of legislating for the right to personal assistance for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37196/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an organisation (detail supplied); if he will make provision for funding for the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35502/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if a review of the nursing home support scheme financial assessment will be conducted; the timeframe that has to elapse before the review can take place; if the value of a second house is capped for three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35559/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of refusal rates for primary medical certificates by county; his views on the discrepancy in the approval rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35961/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if nurses working in private nursing homes are covered by the pandemic bonus payment in recognition of their crucial role in terms of dealing with the pandemic; if he has plans to increase the numbers of those eligible for the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35969/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the action plan for the disability capacity review will be published; if he will confirm that it will be included in the budgetary plan for 2023 to ensure that another year does not pass with families and individuals left without any indication of when or the way that the urgent needs that they are experiencing will be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35971/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he intends to have an accessible budget for disability in order that individuals with disabilities and their supporters can understand the number of existing and new residential supports, day places and respite supports that will be provided for in Budget 2023; the way that this relates to the needs outlined in the capacity review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35972/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the status of legislation regarding housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33717/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if the Government has undertaken an assessment of needs created by the arrival of Ukrainian refugees; and the contingency planning that is in place. [30495/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the planning assessments that are being carried out in relation to health given the arrival of Ukrainian refugees. [30496/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason that the contract tracing system is being centralised to HSE headquarters in central Dublin; if he will consider decentralising the contact tracing system to an area outside of Dublin in which workers would find more affordable accommodation and ease commuter congestion in the capital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29041/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the HSE West not currently taking new applications for the extensive homecare package, which is homecare in excess of 56 hours per week; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this will force patients who want to be cared-for at home to be cared for in hospitals and long-term care settings; the steps which he is taking to rectify this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29043/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the circumstances in which a patient can make a successful application for individual reimbursement for the cost of using a FreeStyle Libre diabetes treatment device; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29400/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide financial support to amputees who have to pay €15,000 for a prosthetic limb given that these amputees are receiving €208 per week in disability benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30356/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide CoaguChek meters and self-test kits free of charge to persons who require long-term oral anticoagulant therapy with warfarin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30378/22]
• 2022-06-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of dentists who are available to treat patients who have medical cards; if he will ensure that sufficient resources are put in place to rectify this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28781/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the progress that is being made with the construction of a new emergency department at University Hospital Galway; when the additional bed capacity will be made available; the additional staff that will be recruited to cope with the increased workload; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27386/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when an agreement will be in place to allow for increased subventions to nursing homes given the increased costs they face post-Covid and with the rising cost of heating fuel and other input costs; when this payment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27508/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report into the operation of HSE MyOptions produced by a group (details supplied) which details severe inadequacies in the provision of information or counselling by staff on issues aside from accessing abortion; the way that he plans to address these concerns and ensure that MyOptions offers a full range of options to women in unplanned pregnancies, including counselling supports, information on social welfare entitlements and support programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25800/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that medical scientists working for the HSE receive parity of pay and career progression with clinical biochemists; his plans to solve the current impasse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25955/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if respite care can be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26013/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the nine neurology nurses specialists needed in University Hospital Galway will be recruited; if his attention has been drawn to patients that are unnecessarily waiting longer for diagnosis and treatment as a result of this shortfall in the western regional centre for neurology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26016/22]
• 2022-05-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will continue and increase funding for services urgently needed to support people with long-Covid who are extremely ill with severe symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23998/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for urgent, urgent 1 and non-urgent patients at the symptomatic breast cancer clinic at University Hospital Galway; the number of patients on each list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23139/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the name of the research studies and reports that are being consulted by his Department as part of the review into the revisited model of care for the termination of pregnancy on whether to continue telemedicine abortion measures beyond the temporary pandemic restrictions. [22003/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the way that he identified the small number of candidates whom he judged as having suitable experience before contacting and inviting them to apply for the role of chair of the abortion review thereby sidestepping an open public procurement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19241/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason that shared care services were withdrawn from a person (details supplied) without consultation with their family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19252/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his Department will give due recognition to the role of orthodontic therapists in providing orthodontic care; if he will undertake to train more therapists and provide recognition for the role in order to help alleviate the unacceptable waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19289/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the strategic assessment report and the preliminary report will be finalised for the new cancer care hospital in UCH Galway; the timeframe for appointing a design team in order to deliver the cancer care hospital as set out in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19390/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made with the community nursing home PPP bundle for seven community nursing homes; when a contract is expected to be signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19404/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if funding is available through the Irish Red Cross for prosthetic limbs in Ireland; if so, if the means tests for Irish residents are similar to those carried out by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20165/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his Department has advertised the tendering of the manufacture of prosthetic limbs to many countries in the European Union; the countries that have they been in contact with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20166/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are lengthy waiting lists for persons requiring wheelchairs in this country; if his attention has been further drawn to cases such as one in County Galway in which a man who is paralysed from the waist down has been waiting five and a half months for his made-to-measure wheelchair and gel cushion both of which he requires urgently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20167/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that many farmers and self-employed people with disabilities are unable to access medical cards due to the means test which takes into account the value of land owned as opposed to income from such land, and where there is none and such people are not able to work they are losing out on medical entitlements as a result; his further views that the additional costs relating to having a disability should be taken into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20168/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to change the current regime whereby only students from the richest families can access graduate-entry medicine given the high costs involved of €100,000 and the fact that the only loan provider to this group is now pulling out of the loan provision; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the graduate-entry salary of €36,000 is too low to allow these doctors to live near hospitals and repay high student loan costs; his views on whether the high student costs and low entry salary is contributing to the stark lack of newly qualified doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20176/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the cancer care hospital for University Hospital Galway will be approved to proceed to full design in accordance with the national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20854/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will bring an end to the practice of remote consultation for abortion advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20855/22]
• 2022-04-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the objectives for the HSEs recent review of the Revised Model of Care for Termination of Pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19066/22]
• 2022-04-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the findings related to the provision of telemedicine abortion in the HSEs recent review of the Revised Model of Care for Termination of Pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19067/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the details of the precise steps he took in sourcing and inviting his eventual appointee to apply for the role of chair of the review of the abortion law. [16143/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will engage with unions to finalise the process for the payment of the €1,000 Covid bonus in order that healthcare workers are rewarded without further delay. [16323/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when an audiology service will be provided at the primary care centre, Tuam, County Galway; the staffing complement for the centre; the recruitment arrangements in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14034/22]
• 2022-03-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made with the tender for an audiology testing facility for Tuam primary care centre; when the testing facility will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11895/22]
• 2022-03-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a full breakdown of the areas being covered in the research being carried out by a person (details supplied) as part of the three year review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11896/22]
• 2022-03-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will include supplementary allowance payments to persons who are amputees who work and have medical cards granted on a discretionary basis to assist in the purchase of prosthetic limbs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11897/22]
• 2022-03-02
  VOTE
  Healthcare Waiting Lists · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 76–57
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 75–57
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the funding that was provided to a group (details supplied) in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9331/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the way he plans to deal with the severe lack of podiatrists available to care for persons with diabetes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9345/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he plans to establish a working group under the joint auspices of the national dementia office and the integrated care programme to determine the needs and solutions to provide persons with Huntington’s disease and their families a good standard of care in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9497/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care for seven- and eight-year-olds will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9595/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the longest time that a child who is classified as semi-urgent, urgent and immediate has been waiting for an MRI scan at University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9596/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he intends to lift the mandate for mask wearing in national schools for children and teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9993/22]
• 2022-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for urgent and non-urgent referrals to the symptomatic breast cancer clinic at University Hospital Galway; the number of patients that are on the urgent and non-urgent referral waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8621/22]
• 2022-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider amending the sheep welfare scheme to allow farmers who were forced out of the scheme for a year due to significant ill health or other exceptional circumstances to re-enter the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5970/22]
• 2022-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that full medical cards are provided to persons that have suffered from thalidomide irrespective of their means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6918/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses required in order to have the full complement of neurology nurse specialists for University Hospital Galway, which serves a large population in the west of Ireland; the number of neurology nurse specialists that are currently in place; the steps that are being taken in terms of recruitment and allocation of additional nurse numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6520/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can have their funding transferred to the personalised budget demonstration pilot project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6558/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when a drug used to treat hyperemesis gravidarum (details supplied) will be made available on the medical card and drugs payment scheme to women; if his attention has been drawn to the additional financial hardship this lack of funding is placing on women suffering from this extremely debilitating condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6560/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the cost to the State of the motorised transport grant scheme per annum since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6567/22]
• 2022-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if support will be provided for a person (details supplied). [5692/22]
• 2022-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the status of a matter (details supplied) regarding residential placements for adults with a disability. [5700/22]
• 2022-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the status of a matter (details supplied) regarding residential placements. [5701/22]
• 2022-02-02
  VOTE
  Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 54–76
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will include catering staff who worked on hospital Covid-19 wards and who had to gown-up, in the scheme to pay frontline workers a bonus of €1,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4154/22]
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when he plans to introduce free general practitioner visit cards for children under seven years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4155/22]
• 2022-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on the orthodontic assessment waiting list in County Galway; the current waiting time on the list; the number of patients on the orthodontic treatment waiting list; the current waiting time on the list; if there are currently unfilled clinical positions in the service in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3014/22]
• 2022-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of cases that have been recorded in which births of infants born alive following a termination of pregnancy as defined in section 2 of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 have been registered as a live birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3286/22]
• 2022-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of cases of deaths of infants born alive following a termination of pregnancy as defined in section 2 of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 that have been notified under section 42A (1) of the Civil Registration Act 2004 as amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3287/22]
• 2022-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of cases of comfort care that were recorded in respect to live births arising from the operation of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3288/22]
• 2022-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if the Covid bonus for healthcare workers in a nursing home or hospice setting will be extended to healthcare workers in oncology units and others who worked throughout the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3393/22]
• 2022-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the GMS dentistry service is no longer available to medical card holders; if he plans to intervene in order to provide a service that is workable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2761/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in addressing delays in progressing paperwork for a drug (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that these delays are causing for persons with chronic migraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63093/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will receive the necessary supports they require; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63121/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the status of persons who are excluded from services (details supplied); the way the issue will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63122/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his Department has previously commissioned or intends to commission research into the evidence which indicates that pain is experienced by unborn babies from 20 weeks of gestation onwards. [1084/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the interment arrangements for the remains of babies from late-term abortions in circumstances in which the parents of the baby do not undertake personal arrangements; and if the baby is buried in a designated plot within the hospital grounds or elsewhere. [1085/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that the terms of reference for the review of the abortion legislation will include matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1564/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will update the long-term illness scheme to include amputees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1614/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on contact lenses prescribed for medical use in eye conditions such as keratoconus or other eye conditions in 2021 and each of the past five years; the geographical breakdown of the area in which the funding was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1791/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the eye conditions that were treated with medically necessary contact lenses funded by the HSE; the breakdown of the funding provided and the various conditions involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1792/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will establish a reporting group to investigate the instances of the negative effects that Covid-19 vaccines have had on a small minority of persons; the supports and services that will be put in place for those persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1833/22]
• 2021-12-15
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021 · 2 divisions

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

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 107–36
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 103–37
• 2021-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland has the highest rate of spina bifida in the world; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that many children with spina bifida are waiting surgery, particularly scoliosis surgery; if he has plans to provide the necessary funding to increase surgery capacity in order that surgeries can go ahead in Cappagh Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61135/21]
• 2021-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to the full implementation of the Neurorehabilitation Strategy within the lifetime of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60884/21]
• 2021-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to ensure that the shortfall of nine neurology nurses in Galway University Hospital will be filled as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60885/21]
• 2021-12-08
  VOTE
  Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

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

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide a mobility allowance to persons who have been left without such an allowance for a decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57014/21]
• 2021-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a new motorised transport grant; if so, the timeframe for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59549/21]
• 2021-12-02
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 48–60
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–63
• 2021-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when spinal treatment for a child (details supplied) will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58363/21]
• 2021-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of ICU nurses trained in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57646/21]
• 2021-11-24
  VOTE
  Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021

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

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 82–46
• 2021-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when audiology services will be made available at Tuam primary care centre, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56901/21]
• 2021-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 951 of 2 November 2021, if in each case in which a baby survived the abortion procedure medical assistance or palliative care was given to the baby; if the baby was entitled to or issued with a death certificate and if an inquest was held into their death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57401/21]
• 2021-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care for seven and eight year olds will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55584/21]
• 2021-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if staff in the Covid-19 compliance unit within the HSE who monitor the hospitality sector are themselves fully vaccinated thus allowing entry to hospitality venues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54002/21]
• 2021-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when chiropody services will be made available in Athenry, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54292/21]
• 2021-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the dental services in County Galway that will take on new medical card patients; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many pensioners in County Galway have reported that they have found it difficult to access dental services through the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54296/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health further to his acknowledgement of the findings of recent UCC research which indicated that babies may have survived abortions performed under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, if such incidences occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52637/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the makes of Covid-19 vaccines now available here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52947/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to exclude international surrogacy from the upcoming assisted human reproduction Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52948/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the introduction of the proposed assisted human reproduction Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52949/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when chiropody services will be made available in Athenry, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50637/21]
• 2021-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when he will establish a Ministerial stakeholder group as agreed by him in November 2020 to review and strengthen current risk reduction measures for women of childbearing potential prescribed valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49978/21]
• 2021-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to recruit four unfilled epilepsy nurse specialist posts agreed in 2018 for the implementation of the pregnancy prevention programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49979/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the arrangement his Department will put in place to deliver day centre services to older persons in the Loughrea, County Galway catchment area given that St. Brendan’s community nursing unit is unable to restore its daycare service due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49145/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the resources necessary to employ an additional 100 neurology nurses across the health service in Ireland including nine additional nurses at University College Hospital, Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49605/21]
• 2021-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that diagnostic services for testicles is not available in County Galway; the steps will he take to rectify this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48563/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if Irish hospitals perform surgery on unborn children for any conditions; and if so, if a list of the conditions and the location in which they are carried out will be provided. [45983/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if Irish hospitals perform surgery on unborn children with spina bifida; if so, the amount that has been allocated to in utero care for babies with spina bifida in Ireland. [45984/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the status of progress with regard to the installation of x-ray facilities and diagnostic facilities in the primary care centre in Tuam, County Galway; when he expects them to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46225/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to research published (details supplied) that drew attention to the fact that there is uncertainty among abortion performing doctors in Ireland regarding the measures to take in the event that an unborn baby survives the abortion procedure; if protocols and guidelines have been put in place to address this humanitarian issue; if so, the precise wording of such protocols and guidelines; if no protocols and guidelines have been put in place, his plans to take measures to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46227/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that doctors are receiving training in the way in which to perform dilation and evacuation abortions as mentioned in UCD research published in April 2021 in relation to the experiences of abortion providers since the law has changed; if dilation and evacuation abortions are currently taking place in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46232/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of psychology services in the Headford and Lackagh primary care service, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46580/21]
• 2021-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45473/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the longest time that a child who is classified as urgent, semi-urgent and non-urgent is waiting for a MRI scan in UHG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44561/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if pre-employment checks have been completed and if a start date has been agreed for a vacant dentist position for the school dentistry service based in Tuam, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44564/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if pre-employment checks have been completed and if a start date has been agreed for a vacant dentist position for the school dentistry service based in Tuam, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43362/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the management teams will be in place for the roll-out of disability teams in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33365/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has support staff and policies in place to assist and support employees who feel they may have dyslexia to assist with diagnosis and to get formal accommodations if required; the other supports in place for persons working within the HSE who have dyslexia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34358/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his views on the current difficulties being faced by sporting businesses and clubs that are not affiliated to a governing body such as independent carting clubs which are excluded from operation due to the definition of a sporting event under the current Covid-19 legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34360/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the status of the promised inquiry into anti-epilepsy drug sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35863/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce a support scheme to provide a 100% grant for charging points in homes of disabled driver of electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36559/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce a support scheme to provide a 100% grant for solar panels to be fitted in homes of persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36560/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when he plans to allow indoor facilities at pet farms and leisure parks to reopen to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37464/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to amend the medical card income thresholds to ensure that persons on social welfare incomes including pensions are not over the income threshold for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37497/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason the coronavirus antibody laboratory test developed by a company (details supplied) is not covered in the new EU Digital COVID Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37655/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his views on the retention of the three-day waiting period in relation to abortion services in view of the fact that almost 1,000 women who availed of counselling did not subsequently undergo an abortion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37778/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will put in place an information system in regard to the provision of abortion services in Ireland which would provide information on the reason women choose to have an abortion as such information systems are available in other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37779/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his views on the reasons underlying the increased abortion figures in 2019 at a time when abortion rates should have declined in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37780/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the protocols that are in place to ensure that parents are given accurate information and offered support when babies are found to have foetal abnormalities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37781/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the help or protocols that are available to doctors if babies survive late-term abortions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37782/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his Department advocates the use of dilation and evacuation in late-term abortions; if the electorate was informed in advance of the referendum campaign that such abortions would be illegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37783/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if summer camps can resume in summer 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39110/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when play activity centres will be allowed to reopen given operators of such centres require clarity urgently on their plan for reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39225/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when a vaccine (details supplied) will be approved for use in Ireland which is approved by the WHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39226/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if, once restrictions are lifted in July 2021, sporting events organised by non-NGB recognised organisations can go ahead, for example, rally sprints, baton twirling, running and cycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39998/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of psychology services in the Headford and Lackagh primary care service, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40058/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the status of the filling of a vacant position for the school dentistry service based in Tuam, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40067/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the plans that have been put in place to ensure that the proper staffing complement is in place when the new orthopaedic unit at Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway will be complete and ready for use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40068/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the required staffing levels in relation to surgeons, theatre nurses, cleaners, security staff, administrative staff and so on for the new orthopaedic unit at Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway to ensure that it is used to the maximum capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40069/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if the new orthopaedic unit at Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway will not be downgraded to a day hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40070/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that integrated services are made available at the new orthopaedic unit in Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway including x-ray and other diagnostic services within the newly built orthopaedic unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40071/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the orthodontic assessment waiting list in County Galway; the writing time for orthodontic assessment; the number of patients on the orthodontic treatment waiting list; the current waiting for treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40097/21]
• 2021-07-14
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✗ voted against 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 block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 72–66
• 2021-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason that children are required to have PCR tests when coming from EU countries when non-essential travel reopens in July 2021 given that children cannot be vaccinated and the requirement for PCR tests will put the cost of a family holiday beyond the means of many families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30604/21]
• 2021-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason for the disparity in the rates of payment to private nursing homes nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30784/21]
• 2021-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he plans to change the assessment of the fair deal rate paid to private nursing homes from a by county basis to a care need basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30785/21]
• 2021-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his rationale for excluding solo dancing from the list of individual training activities allowed as it is a non-contact, physically distanced sport with no shared equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27774/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason for not allowing communions or confirmations to proceed given that churches have reopened and the children involved are attending school together; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27374/21]
• 2021-06-02
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Act 2021

  • ✗ voted against 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 against the motion motion passed · 73–68
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason gynaecologists are not available on site full-time as opposed to being on call in maternity units to deal with emergency issues that may arise, including threatened miscarriage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24143/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his views on the practice of having expectant mothers with threatened miscarriage and who have a history of miscarriage having to go to accident and emergency departments rather than having direct access to the maternity unit, which will deal with the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24144/21]
• 2021-05-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a transport scheme to assist older persons get to hospital and back home following treatment in cases in which they are too weak to use public transport and cannot drive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23434/21]
• 2021-05-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if persons travelling from the United Arab Emirates will be required to quarantine if their vaccine is not EMA approved. [23454/21]
• 2021-05-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his views on the different versions of vaccines available worldwide; and the way in which travel restrictions will be implemented coming into Ireland for persons that have received a non-EMA approved vaccine. [23455/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the existing terms and conditions in relation to life and health insurance in circumstances in cases in which a relationship breakdown has occurred and the policy holder that is the husband refuses to allow the insured former wife to draw a legitimate claim in her favour due to a serious diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22585/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the training programmes in place for doctors in Ireland in carrying out dilation and evacuation abortion procedures from the second trimester of pregnancy; the person or body providing such training; the location in which it is taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22748/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places available for students wishing to study medicine in Irish universities; the annual intake of first year students; his views on whether the number of places is sufficient given the shortage of doctors in the Irish health system; his plans to increase same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21440/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy that partners can attend the 20-week scan given this is not being implemented in University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21126/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his position on the use of antigen testing to facilitate visitors to visit patients in hospital, including antenatal visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21127/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when chiropody services will be made available in Tuam primary care centre, Tuam, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21233/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason patients with significantly reduced lung capacity are not receiving early vaccinations given the dangers that Covid-19 poses to their health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21325/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that an ad hoc approach is not being taken by different hospitals to allowing partners to access antenatal appointments and attend at births to ensure that women across the country can have clarity on their partners being able to attend maternity appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21397/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the options open to persons aged 60 to 69 years of age who do not want to receive a vaccine (details supplied) but are anxious to be vaccinated; when they can expect to receive a vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21399/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to amend the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19513/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to prioritise the reintroduction of maternity support services in the reopening of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18173/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the provisions that are included in the quarantine system for a family returning from the UAE who have a child with special needs; the way in which this child will be facilitated; if the family will be required to quarantine in a hotel facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18187/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure maternity and maternity support services such as ante-natal classes are returned to normal as soon as possible following the end of the level 5 lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18983/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the difficulties faced by couples who are currently separated and living in different countries due to Covid-19; the plans that exist to allow such couples to visit each other in coming months as lockdown restrictions are eased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18991/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the need to promote increased movement and physical exercise as Covid-19 restrictions ease; the plans that exist to reverse patterns in which students and workers are spending long hours in front of computer screens; the plans that exist for the reopening of dance and sport activities which have now been restricted for over a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18992/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when, in view of easing of Covid restrictions, it is planned to hold pres three exams to allow foreign doctors currently living here to get permanent registration which will allow them to take up work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19047/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when patients that suffer from asthma can expect to receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19122/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when restrictions will be lifted for weddings; and the numbers that will be allowed. [19280/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to re-draft the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19514/21]
• 2021-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if a proportionality assessment has been carried out on all the current Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17794/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to lift restrictions to allow Easter ceremonies to take place with limited congregations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16713/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the financial supports available for couples going through IVF; the improvements that are planned in terms of financial support for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17085/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide free psychological support for victims of institutional abuse following the court case being finalised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13991/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the training general practitioners and other healthcare workers receive for providing termination of pregnancy services; and if doctors including general practitioners are obliged to have specialised training in counselling as a requirement for providing the service. [14668/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will initiate a formal audit of nursing home mortality since the beginning of the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out in both private and public nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15102/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his Department is monitoring and recording the number of deaths in long-term care facilities following administration of the Covid-19 vaccine; and if there is an increase in the confirmed deaths of persons aged over 65 in these settings. [15103/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will enlist the expertise and global logistical contacts of pharma and medical companies in Ireland to accelerate the supply of vaccines to Ireland. [15107/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when timelines will be available in relation to the vaccination of the clinically vulnerable and in particular cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15192/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the situation in CHI in relation to the recruitment of the main lead paediatric pain consultant roles; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children in chronic pain have been without a proper full-time pain consultant care service for over 16 months (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15210/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason the multidisciplinary pain team roles at CHI that have been filled for the past three months are not seeing any patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15218/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the situation in relation to waiting list reporting for children waiting for chronic pain treatment at CHI; if the waiting list for new referrals to CHI for children in chronic pain was closed during 2020; his views on whether the current waiting lists for children in chronic pain properly reflect the number of children waiting on a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15219/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when a timeline will be available for the vaccination of heart and stroke patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15229/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will consider providing standard allowance, placement grants and payment for work carried out by student radiographers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15231/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if the decision to let go 15 newly qualified doctors from University Hospital Galway will be reversed given the doctors are needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15283/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the category that pharmacy technicians are in to receive the Covid-19 vaccination; when this will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15518/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if Covid-19 rules in hospitals will be relaxed to allow a partner to attend with a woman experiencing a miscarriage given that support is necessary for women experiencing the pain, grief and emotional turmoil of a miscarriage and the importance for a couple to have the support of a partner at this traumatic time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15610/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability of ultrasound scans at weekends in acute hospitals; if there is a discrepancy in availability across the country; if his attention has been drawn to the backlogs and issues being caused within the health system by the lack of CT availability at weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15612/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if improvements are planned across the health system for women experiencing miscarriages including awareness campaigns for all medical personnel, including sonographers, nurses, doctors and administrative staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15614/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the main and lead pain consultant specialists for children’s pain management will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15620/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that general practitioner practices around the country did not have their vaccine orders processed by the HSE and were left without a vaccination; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this processing failure is causing great distress for older persons and their families and is undermining confidence in the roll-out of the vaccine; the steps he is taking to address the problem to ensure that these general practitioner practices get their supplies as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12839/21]
• 2021-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if statistical information in relation to CHO 2 will be provided (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12386/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the residents of a facility (details supplied) and day centre users will be vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11031/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will prioritise those who are very high risk and extremely vulnerable for vaccination by adding transplant recipients, immunosuppressed persons and very high risk persons to group 1 of the Covid-19 vaccination priority list as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11118/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the lack of a pre-registration examination system, PRES, 3 examination for foreign doctors means that many doctors working under temporary registration are not being considered for vacancies that arise given they do not have the permanent registration required; and his plans to ensure that the exams can go ahead and these doctors can get permanent registration. [11974/21]
• 2021-02-25
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Bill 2021

  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 add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 58–86
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the timeline by which diagnostic services such as x-ray and ultrasound will be available in Tuam primary care centre, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9478/21]
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the number of guests from six to 25 for weddings as pertained during previous lockdowns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9759/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason nurses who retired post-2012 are not receiving all their pension increases under the Public Service Agreement 2018-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7869/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for orthodontic assessments in County Galway; the number of patients waiting for an assessment; the number of patients on the orthodontic treatment waiting list; the waiting time for treatment; and if there are currently unfilled clinical positions in the service. [7977/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if audiology services have reopened and if clinics have recommenced in Tuam, County Galway; the status of a tender application for audiology testing facility in Tuam primary care centre, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7978/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the protocols in place for sports commentators and journalists going to international matches; the quarantine arrangements being put in place for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8087/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will review the vaccine plan and have kidney patients in group one of the programme due to their particular vulnerability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8648/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when pharmacy staff will be vaccinated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6597/21]
• 2021-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason for the refusal to introduce widespread Covid-19 antigen testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6146/21]
• 2021-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the programme for the delivery of vaccines and the roll-out of same will be published in order to achieve the intended target of all adults being vaccinated by September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6147/21]
• 2021-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the full list of vaccine suppliers with which the European Commission has negotiated advance purchase agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6163/21]
• 2021-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will utilise retired nurses and doctors to help in the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine over the coming months given that they have the necessary skills and experience and the utilisation of such persons could help reduce the costs of the nationwide roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6313/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if persons providing care within a support bubble are entitled to travel outside a 5 km radius to provide such care, given the confusion between members of the public and gardaí on the subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5025/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct HSE hospital management to reduce the car park charges at UHG for cancer patients given that it is an additional burden on them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5104/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will reduce the hospital inpatient charge of €80 for cancer patients who do not have a medical card; if he will cease the practice of issuing debt collection letters at a time when cancer patients are under severe stress due to their illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5105/21]
• 2021-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Tourism

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider opening up golf courses as a vital component to mental health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4627/21]
• 2021-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to help persons who are living alone to get the vaccine; and if there will be home visits. [4625/21]
• 2021-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when all staff in private hospitals will be offered the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4645/21]
• 2021-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will consider moving patients on dialysis to the highest level in order to offer them the Covid-19 vaccine as quickly as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4675/21]
• 2021-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will consider moving patients with COPD to the highest level in order to offer them the Covid-19 vaccine as quickly as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4677/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when he plans to bring forward legislation for the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019; when he expects the legislation to be enacted; if the Bill will come into effect retrospectively to when it was first introduced in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3704/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to employ additional staff to administer the Covid-19 vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2431/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of persons trained to date to administer the Covid-19 vaccination; the projected number of persons required to administer the vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2439/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will issue a full programme showing the number of persons who will receive the Covid-19 vaccine each month in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2443/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he plans to make use of the Army or Army Reserve forces to assist in the delivery and administration of the Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2444/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to vaccinate all hospital inpatients who are not Covid-19-infected but who are at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2522/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason persons with a disability who live in the family home or independently in the community including those with an intellectual disability are not listed as a priority cohort for the programme of vaccination for Covid-19 given that some persons in this cohort can find it difficult to understand social distance, maintain cough and hand hygiene and some cannot tolerate wearing marks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44706/20]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate psychology services for children in the Headford and Lackagh primary care psychology service area of County Galway, given that the position has been vacant since June 2019 and children in this region of County Galway are losing out on vital psychology assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44778/20]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of final accounts of capital project contracts that have exceeded the tender value by more than 20% in each of the years from 2010 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44817/20]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) who has been waiting for an urgent MRI since September 2020 will have an MRI conducted in University Hospital Galway; his views on whether treatment has been delayed by the lack of MRI facilities in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44871/20]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the longest time that children who are classified as semi-urgent, urgent and immediate are waiting for an MRI scan in University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44872/20]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the availability of MRI facilities at University Hospital Galway; his views on the correct capacity; his plans to address the capacity shortfall and address the long waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44873/20]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if a vaccine certificate is part of his implementation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1135/21]
• 2020-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure any woman who initiated a legal abortion in this country and is forced to travel if the abortion fails will receive the care they need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44521/20]
• 2020-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide MRI services for children who are waiting in excess of two years for an MRI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44553/20]
• 2020-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to allow yoga to recommence during Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43662/20]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to allow a companion of choice at birth for women during Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43084/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation to reform the Mental Health Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41764/20]
• 2020-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the unacceptable waiting time of 82 weeks for an audiology appointment from the date of referral in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40658/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason for the excessive delay in assessing children under the genetics team in Temple Street and Crumlin hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39670/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is advising that women who are 28 weeks pregnant continue to work as teachers in situations in which they cannot socially distance when organisations (details supplied) advise against doing so; if the HSE has updated its guidelines to take into account recent research on the subject; if his attention has been drawn to the quandary that this is placing teachers in at the end of their pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39860/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when a vacant position for a dentist for the school dentistry service based in Tuam, County Galway, will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39890/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to pay student nurses for their work in hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40225/20]
• 2020-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans for the recognition of the long-term effects of Covid-19; his plans to introduce support for patients affected by the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38926/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his views on making the drug dupilumab available for persons living with severe atopic eczema; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the drug has been available in Northern Ireland and throughout Europe for over two years but is not yet available to the 150 to 200 persons that suffer with this type of eczema in Ireland; when a decision will be made on availability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37977/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the longest time that a child has been waiting for a MRI scan in UHG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38343/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when a psychology assessment will take place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38356/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his views on the call by an association (details supplied) to be included in the modifications to restrictions to allow it to commence its activities in a controlled safe manner for the wellbeing of all participants. [38801/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the options open to medical card holders who are being charged for blood tests by their general practitioners; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty and additional costs being placed on many medical card holders; his plans to change the current regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36142/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide proper remuneration to student nurses who are working on the front line of the fight against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36296/20]
• 2020-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will review the current level 5 restrictions in relation to public religious worship as the inability to attend religious worship is a cause of distress to many persons across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34623/20]
• 2020-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when legislation will be reintroduced to amend the current criteria for the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34803/20]
• 2020-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the length of time it will take to provide treatment to the 1,784 persons on the waiting list for orthodontics in County Galway; if the unfilled specialist orthodontist position has been filled; the plans that exist to fill the position of orthodontists on maternity leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34822/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will consider using the Reserve Defence Force to help with contact tracing for Covid-19 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33354/20]
• 2020-10-23
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✗ voted against 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
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason medical graduates from India are unable to register in Ireland as general practitioners even if they have completed the required registration exams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31511/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on the orthodontic assessment waiting list in County Galway; the current waiting time for assessment; the number of patients on the orthodontic treatment waiting list; the current waiting time for orthodontic treatment; if there are unfilled clinical positions; the plans in place to reduce the treatment waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31541/20]
• 2020-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to support amputees with the financial cost of prosthetics in view of the fact that they are not included on the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29603/20]
• 2020-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason carer's allowance is taken into account as income in assessing the means for medical card applicants over 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27823/20]
• 2020-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the fact that 75% of the available speech and language therapists in HSE community healthcare west are redeployed to either testing or contact tracing, including speech and language therapists from both primary care and social care, and the detrimental effect it is having in the delivery of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27533/20]
• 2020-09-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that primary care centres built under a public private partnership arrangement cannot be structurally altered without a formal approval by the PPP company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25710/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his Department has carried out quantitative health risk assessments on the use of face masks; if so, if the results of those assessments are available to the public; if he has sought advice on the wearing of face coverings outside of the advice issued by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24728/20]
• 2020-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason qualified PHECC registered advanced paramedics are not being recruited into the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24872/20]
• 2020-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision by his predecessor to alter the model of care for abortion provision (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24248/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if funding for home help hours will be increased (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23887/20]
• 2020-09-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if legislation necessary to implement changes to the medical card weekly income limit for persons over 70 years of age announced in budget 2020 has been enacted and commenced in view of the fact the situation means that couples with a combined weekly income of between €900 and €1,050 are losing out on their entitlement to a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23030/20]
• 2020-09-10
  VOTE
  Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 15–125
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the plans and timeline for the introduction of transport services for disability service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22638/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the development of the mental health day hospital and disability centre at the Grove Hospital site in Tuam, County Galway will go to tender; when a contractor is expected to be appointed to carry out the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21869/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason advanced paramedics that are qualified and work in that capacity in the UK are not being recognised here by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council and are being downgraded to paramedic status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21999/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if a fast track process will be introduced as a matter of urgency to allow occupational therapists that trained in the UK that are applying for degree recognition here to do so in a short time in view of the fact that applications are taking in excess of seven months from the date of submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22014/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the maximum hours of home help available (details supplied); if he will consider increasing the maximum number of hours to 20 in view of the issues with Covid-19 and nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18898/20]
• 2020-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if prosthetics used here are being supplied by a UK company; if so, if additional charges will result in relation to prosthetics after Brexit; his plans to change the providers of such prosthetics if Brexit results in additional charges for users here; and if work is being carried on the subject in advance of Brexit [17778/20]
• 2020-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the provisions in place in relation to the provision of prosthetics for amputees; his views on whether the current regime is acceptable; his further views on low income earners whose income is above the medical card threshold being forced to pay for prosthetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17779/20]
• 2020-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the HSE will fund prosthetics when the repairs necessary to such prosthetics cannot be carried out by the companies involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17781/20]
• 2020-07-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when audiology services will be provided in Tuam primary care centre, County Galway; when an audiologist will be appointed to provide this vital service for persons in Tuam and north County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17532/20]
• 2020-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the development of the community nursing unit in Tuam, County Galway will proceed to tender; when a contractor is expected to be appointed to carry out the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16669/20]
• 2020-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his views on the financing of regional cancer care groups on a statutory basis; if his attention has been drawn to the regional discrepancies in the funding of cancer care groups nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16674/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when legislation necessary to implement changes to the medical card weekly income limit for persons over 70 years of age announced in budget 2020 will be brought forward in view of the fact the current situation means that couples with a combined weekly income of between €900 and €1,050 are losing out on their entitlement to a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15421/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when he envisages diagnostic equipment will be installed in the primary care centre in Tuam, County Galway, in view of the fact his predecessor allocated a sum of €770,000 for the installation of such facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14121/20]
• 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 · 10 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 against the motion motion passed · 90–15
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 9–101
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 10–89
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 90–16
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 30–63
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 29–65
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 38–67
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 30–75
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 21–64
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 10–75
• 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 against 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 against 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
• 2016-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the status of a primary care centre (details supplied); if a site has been purchased; if so, when it is anticipated that a primary care centre will be available to this area and the surrounding region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13519/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if there is a procedure in place whereby nursing home residents who are part of the fair deal scheme can be taken out of the nursing home setting and nursed at home for a time; if the family is unable to cope, it can make a new application for fair deal; if in such a case, he will outline the applicable date in terms of transfers of property made in previous years; if there is any barrier to a person being taken out and a new application being made, should it be necessary to return the person to a nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9690/16]