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Written Answers — Department of Health: Parliamentary Questions (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 376. To ask the Minister for Health the target response times for Parliamentary Questions that are submitted to the HSE for response; the percentage of responses that are returned to Deputies within this timeframe; if he is satisfied with the quality and detail of the responses that are being provided by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42855/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 378. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 10 May 2017, the status of legislative change to address the issue of anomalous prescription charge pricing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42879/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Training (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 385. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to providing funding to appoint more tutors for the north Dublin area to help maintain general practitioners’ commitments to continuous medical education in view of their necessary obligations to remain on the Irish Medical Council register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42918/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs Availability (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 411. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 535 of 20 September 2017, if his attention has been drawn to the impact that the changes of the prescribing of Lidocaine has had on persons with chronic neuropathic pain; if the HSE medicines management programme has investigated the impact that changes to the prescription of pain medication has on persons with chronic...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 427. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a national women's health action plan as committed to in the national strategy for women and girls; the number of persons in his Department working on this action plan; the dates of their meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42271/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Lobbying Data (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 428. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which he has been lobbied in respect of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill since March 2016; the persons he has met with; the dates of these meetings; the details of the basis of the lobbying; his views on the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42293/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternal Mortality (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 429. To ask the Minister for Health the number of maternal deaths in hospitals; the age of the women; if they were born here or outside the State, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42299/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternal Mortality (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability of interpretative services within the maternity services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42300/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reform (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 431. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe to which he is working to establish an implementation office for Sláintecare; when the post of senior executive to lead that office will be advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42301/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Lobbying Data (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of occasions on which he has been lobbied in respect of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill since March 2016; the persons he has met with; the dates of these meetings; the details of the basis of the lobbying; his views on the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42283/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 510. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the recent call by a person (details supplied) for local authorities to take back control of waste management by replacing the system of multiple operators competing against each other with a publicly run tendering system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42929/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Lobbying Data (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 526. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of occasions on which he has been lobbied in respect of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill since March 2016; the persons he has met with; the dates of these meetings; the details of the basis of the lobbying; his views on the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42286/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Lobbying Data (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of occasions on which he has been lobbied in respect of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill since March 2016; the persons he has met with; the dates of these meetings; the details of the basis of the lobbying; his views on the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42298/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Lobbying Data (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 629. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of occasions on which she has been lobbied in respect of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill since March 2016; the persons she has met; the dates of these meetings; the details of the basis of the lobbying; her views on the issues raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42285/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Lobbying Data (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 643. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of occasions on which he has been lobbied in respect of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill since March 2016; the persons he has met; the dates of these meetings; the details of the basis of the lobbying; his views on the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42297/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 649. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which a decision to refuse a request for clothing allowance was made in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42492/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 680. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in respect of public services cards for those claiming a social welfare payment; the number of persons that have been refused payment as a result of not having a card; the payments concerned and the legal basis for such refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42850/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 681. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the creditable period beyond 16 weeks for those on unpaid maternity leave; the reason this limit exists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42852/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 682. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on her Department's response to the report from the European Court of Auditors which described the youth guarantee scheme as falling short of expectations; her views on the fact that youth unemployment rates remained over double the national average in March 2017; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: National Internship Scheme (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 683. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the promised internship scheme to replace JobBridge; the expected commencement date of this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42854/17]