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Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (24 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 220. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of all medical outpatient activity which related to the care of skin disease (details supplied) in each of the years 2006 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24886/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (24 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant dermatologists per head of population here; the way this figure compares with Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24887/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (24 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals and the number of persons referred to a consultant dermatologist in each of the years 2006 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24888/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (24 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 223. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an annual breakdown of the NTPF, National Treatment Purchase Fund, funding that has been required in each of the years 2006 to 2016 in order to purchase consultations or treatments for long waiting patients referred to public dermatology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24889/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (24 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients initially referred to public dermatology services for which the NTPF subsequently purchased consultations or treatments in each of the years year 2006 to 2016; if such appointments were offered here, in Northern Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales or elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24890/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (24 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons initially referred to public dermatology services and for which the NTPF subsequently purchased consultations or treatments; the number of such appointments which were accepted by persons in each of the years 2006 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24891/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (24 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons subsequently referred back to primary or secondary care for ongoing care in relation to the number of persons initially referred to public dermatology services and for which the NTPF subsequently purchased consultations or treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24892/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (24 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 227. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 14 December 2016, the status of the work of the Lyme borreliosis sub-committee; the number of times this sub-committee has met since its foundation; the details of the research that has been carried out by the sub committee; the details of its membership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24893/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (24 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 236. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the new national drugs strategy; if he will address the concerns with regard to the role of alcohol within the strategy, the failure to target marginalised communities, the decision to remove the young persons' facilities and services fund, the lack of an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (25 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 6. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to his comments (details supplied) in April 2017, the local authorities that have received commitments with regard to affordability from housing developers availing of the local infrastructure housing activation fund; the number of affordable units he expects this fund to generate within each of these...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management Regulations (25 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the records to be held by persons or companies engaged in waste activities as required under section 18(3)(b) of the Waste Management Act 1996. [25204/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (30 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Government's timeframe to end the pay inequality that newly qualified teachers face in view of the fact that FEMPI has been in operation for six years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25574/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Dietary Allowance Administration (30 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 275. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for his signing of SI 71/2017 (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Diet Supplement) Regulations 2017; his views on whether there is a need to restore the terms of the diet supplement scheme to pre-2014 terms and to reopen the scheme for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25387/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (30 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 365. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the final report of the Public Service Pay Commission to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25575/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Records (30 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 432. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to investigate the issues of miscommunication, loss of patient records and delays in the transfer of information on appointments and scheduling between the Mater hospital and Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25470/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (30 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 506. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to ensure that services for young persons with autism after they reach 18 years of age will be improved in the north Dublin area. [26005/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (31 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will address an anomaly whereby a person (details supplied) who is living alone can be denied a living alone allowance in view of the fact they are in receipt of a qualified adult payment on their partner's pension but 80% of this pension is being taken as part of a fair deal agreement due to the fact the partner is in a nursing home; and...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: On a related matter, a couple of months ago when news first broke about Government proposals to hand over governance and ownership of the new national maternity hospital to St. Vincent's Healthcare Group group, the public reacted with outrage and disbelief. That reaction centred on two points. The first was the inappropriateness of a religious group having any role in the governance of a...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: If the Tánaiste is accepting that point, why would she then add to the complexity by handing over a public asset to a private organisation? This is not just a question of a voluntary hospital, it is a question of two public hospitals within a private corporate entity. In the case of the children's hospital, which will be on the grounds of St. James's, nobody suggested for a moment that...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: What about ownership issue?