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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (25 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: 144. To ask the Minister for Health the FEMPI cuts that were made to general practitioners pay since 2008; the estimated full-year cost of reversing each of these cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18225/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (25 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: 145. To ask the Minister for Health if he has consulted the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform about the cost implications of reversing FEMPI cuts for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18226/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (25 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: 146. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners receiving funding from the State; the number that is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18227/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: 164. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with the neurology department, Temple Street Hospital, Dublin. [18273/18]

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister of State for his response. He sought to reassure the House that there had been no reduction in funding. I assure him that despite the commitment in the programme for Government, Midoc services and facilities in Birr and Edenderry have been closed - period. I assure him also that it is not acceptable to cite a report that contends the service could be closed because it...

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: It was not an inclusive process.

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: The Minister of State has not answered my questions.

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: In the meantime, the services will be closed.

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: I am disappointed the Minister of State did not answer my questions.

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: I wish to raise the issue of the recent closure of MIDOC out-of-hours GP service facilities in Birr and Edenderry, which were closed earlier this month. I disagree with the substance of that decision and indeed the manner in which it was carried out. When the HSE informed the public it was abrupt, uncaring and showed a huge disregard for the local communities where these facilities were...

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: I beg time on this, as two of us are sharing, if the Leas-Cheann Comhairle does not mind. The review quoted by the HSE last week and the Minister's response to my parliamentary question were underhanded. The public had no say in this review. We do not support this review because we think it has no credibility. Therefore I have just three questions. Do the Minister of State and the...

Other Questions: Road Network (24 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: There are not three years left on the agreement.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (24 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: 297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda retirements from each Garda station in counties Laois and Offaly in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18074/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (24 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: 336. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) [17419/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (24 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [17583/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (24 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: 403. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17805/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: 25. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE undertook no public consultation on the closure of MIDOC services in Birr and Edenderry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17054/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (19 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 30 November 2017, if the portion of the Exchequer capital spending in 2019, 2020 and 2021 per Table 3.1 is in addition to that previously allocated and so would not be accounted for in the net fiscal space referenced (details supplied); the adjusted net fiscal space for each of the three years accounting for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (17 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: 56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda station in counties Laois and Offaly in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16546/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (17 Apr 2018)

Barry Cowen: 213. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 30 November 2017 and Table 4 in the summer economic statement in 2017, if the planned investment in the rainy day fund needs to be deducted from the net fiscal space figures of €3.2 billion in 2019, €3.5 billion in 2020 and €3.6 billion in 2021; if the remaining net fiscal space after the...