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Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: We hear about relatively minor capital projects, for example, the publicly funded purchase of an MRI scanner in Mullingar, where alterations have been made to a contract and the HSE insists a tender must take place for those alterations. It is not a massive amount of money. One then sees it jumping off the page that there is a huge level of expenditure within the envelope of the HSE that...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: In a project such as the one in Mullingar, the public have raised money to purchase a piece of equipment that is vital for the area. The HSE seems to be delaying on delivering the conditions to house that project. I would be grateful if Mr. Reid could follow that up for me.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development Initiatives (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: 28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the regional enterprise plans; the way in which the plans will benefit counties Longford and Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27107/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: 33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an update will be provided following the publication of the mid-year results of IDA Ireland; her plans to ensure further inward investment into Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27106/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: 118. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be appointed to a role the person was selected for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27211/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Dental Services (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: 243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for dental treatment. [27219/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (27 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: 261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the building control Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27294/19]

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: I acknowledge this important motion and the contribution that family carers make throughout the State in caring for their loved ones. Recently, I attended a Family Carers Ireland roadshow, which set out the incredible work of carers, day by day, week by week. When one considers the changing demographics we face, ones sees that as a Government, we have to set out a roadmap of how we are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (26 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will direct SUSI to amend the grant adjacency rates and restore it to the previous 24 km limit, instead of the current 42 km, which is acting as a barrier to third level education for many students in the midlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27087/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold (26 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: 171. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold for a single-headed household to €72. [27029/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Expenditure (26 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: 172. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 2.2 million hours of home help. [27030/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Expenditure (26 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing 8,000 extra home care packages. [27031/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit Expenditure (26 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: 262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending paid maternity leave by four additional weeks. [27032/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Expenditure (26 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: 263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending the number of weeks carer's benefit is paid from 104 weeks to 156 weeks. [27033/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (26 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: 264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending free travel to include children in receipt of domiciliary care allowance. [27034/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Payments (26 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: 271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an increase in back pay for a person (details supplied) due to incorrect advice provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27159/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (25 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an emergency works application will be granted for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath in view of the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26782/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (25 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: 437. To ask the Minister for Health the practitioners that will be engaged contractually in respect of the new national children’s hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26437/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (25 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: 443. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the recruitment of an audiologist for County Westmeath (details supplied). [26461/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Jun 2019)

Peter Burke: 460. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding transport for a child (details supplied). [26540/19]