Questions asked 26 total

• Health 20 questions

  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of reducing the monthly drugs payment scheme threshold from €124 to €114 from September 2020; the estimated annual cost of a further reduction to €100 per month in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12454/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing discretionary medical cards to all cancer patients at the time of their diagnoses until their treatments have finished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12455/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing lifelong medical cards for each person with a terminal diagnosis of cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12456/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 752 of 3 June 2020, if the 11,907 beds referenced are all in the public and voluntary hospital system; and the hospitals that these beds are in, in tabular form. [11675/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of universal access to contraception; if a decision has been made on the three policy approaches identified by the Working Group on Access to Contraception in its report; his plans to implement the policy; the timeframe for development and roll-out of a contraception scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11882/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if a therapeutic residential facility (details supplied) will be reopened to deliver services as soon as possible. [11886/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if nursing homes must account for the way in which they spend the €72 million support package; and if so, if a breakdown of the spending will be provided in tabular form, [11887/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if there will be additional investment in neurological services; and if patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease will be provided with biannual access to neurologists. [11889/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if, in cases in which patients are referred by medical professionals for private scans or treatments, they will be notified that they have been referred to a private service (details supplied). [11890/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the airlines that have been awarded the procurement contracts for the delivery of PPE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11891/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of the national children’s hospital; the estimated cost of the project; the estimated completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11895/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if the State will own and control the national maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11896/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason a religious order (details supplied) transferred land at a location for the national maternity hospital to a registered charity and not directly to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11897/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he has received information regarding the structures of a registered charity (details supplied) and the role shareholders will play in the day-to-day operations of the hospitals including the future new national maternity hospital under same. [11898/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the State should own and run the new national maternity hospital; and if so, the reason he has not pursued that option and has instead accepted the ownership and control of the lands on which the hospital will be built by a registered charity (details supplied). [11899/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the stakeholders consulted during the review and refresh of A Vision for Change. [12489/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason A Vision for Change was never fully realised before it was reviewed and refreshed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12490/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason an association (details supplied) was excluded from having an input into the review and refresh of A Vision For Change. [12491/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if there is updated public health advice for choirs; if they will be allowed to practice singing together outdoors; and if so, the public health advice for them. [12492/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to an air ambulance service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12493/20]
• Finance 3 questions

  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the allocation for Ireland under proposals by the European Commission for a recovery fund excluding loans elements; and the estimated additional contribution by Ireland as a result of the initiative. [11884/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if the State or county councils can provide insurance to a not-for-profit social enterprise (details supplied) which can no longer obtain insurance from the insurance market. [11888/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the annual increases in the retail price of the most popular price category MPPC for a 20-pack of cigarettes since 2010; the portion of the increase related to taxes; the portion of the increase due to price rises by the tobacco industry in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11892/20]
• Education 1 question

  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if parents that paid bus fees for the 20199-20 school year will be refunded the money paid for March, April, May and June 2020; and if not, if Bus Éireann will reduce the cost of the bus for the 2020-21 school year. [11883/20]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to introduce free rural public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11893/20]
• Housing 1 question

  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of social homes nationwide under local authorities; the number of social homes retrofitted under the energy efficiency and retrofitting programme; the estimated cost to deep retrofit the remaining number of social homes; the average cost by house of retrofitting under the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11894/20]