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Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Business of Select Committee (8 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: We should proceed with that. I am very much in favour of what the Chairman has proposed as a good starting point.

Adjournment Debate: Hospital Services (2 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this vital health issue for the west and the Minister of State for attending to answer my question. She is aware that the HSE has indicated that it intends too close the DEXA scanning unit in Merlin Park University Hospital in Galway. I am informed a reprieve has been granted at the eleventh hour, but there is absolutely no...

Health Care Committee Establishment: Motion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: I very much welcome this debate and the proposal to establish this special all-party committee. It is past time some long-term structure was given to our health service. I will refrain from criticising the HSE and its predecessors for not putting in place such a plan. This is because for decades health authorities in this country have been chasing their tails fire fighting one problem...

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Election of Chairman (1 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: I second that nomination.

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Business of Select Committee (1 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: I wish to speak about the timeframe for the oversight budgetary committee. The sectoral committees still need to be set up. I would like to get confirmation on the timeframe for that happening and liaising with the oversight budget committee with a view to being ready for this year's budget. What can the committee do between now and October? It looks like it would not be ready until the...

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Business of Select Committee (1 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: I refer to the proposal on the budgetary office. My concern is that it would be independent, which may impinge on the committee. I would not want us to propose something if the office would not be an independent body. Concerns have been raised about figures coming from Departments. Discussion paper 3 states that it is likely to remain the case that core elements of the work involved will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (1 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 186. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it took three months for a person (details supplied) to receive a notification of an appointment to see a consultant dermatologist; the reason that person will not be seen until August 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13952/16]

Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (31 May 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: Mental health and an awareness of it should be included in the national curriculum for schools. The Young People's Mental Health Advisory Group which is part of the National Health Service, NHS, clinical research network recently recommended this in the United Kingdom. We should do the same here. The rationale is that prevention is better than cure and that if problems present in later...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (31 May 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 822. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received payment under the GLAS 2015 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13471/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injury Claims (26 May 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will introduce legislation to allow for periodic payments to persons who have received personal injuries awards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12444/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rights of People with Disabilities (26 May 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12445/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (26 May 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call–outs to north-west Connemara in County Galway and the length of time between each call–out and arrival at the scene in each of the years from 2014 to 2015 and in 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12446/16]

Crime: Statements (5 May 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: I represent Galway West, which includes south Mayo. My constituency is partly urban and partly rural. There is sometimes an inability among some to put themselves in the shoes of those who live in isolated communities. Some people sit in an office in Dublin and make decisions on the allocation of Garda resources. I wonder if they realise what it is like not to have anyone or anything...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (5 May 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 81. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide adequate resources and trained staff, on a full-time basis, to ensure that the dual energy X-ray absorptiometry scanner in Merlin Park Hospital in County Galway is properly utilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9309/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (5 May 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 82. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide for an action plan for osteoporosis in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9310/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Apr 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the building commencement date for a new national school at Lackagh, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8625/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Apr 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 354. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for an occupational therapy assessment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8512/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (26 Apr 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 24 acre site purchased by her Department in Claregalway, County Galway will serve to co-locate, both the new Vocational Educational Committee school, for which a contractor has been appointed and the proposed Educate Together school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8513/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (21 Apr 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 89. To ask the Minister for Health the number of net additional beds that will be provided at University Hospital Galway on completion of the 75 bed extension; if he will provide, in tabular form, the current number of beds, the additional number of beds and the number of beds that will be eliminated. [7993/16]

Health Services: Statements (20 Apr 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: In 2002, the then Minister for Health, Deputy Micheál Martin, published the Codd report, entitled Acute Hospital Bed Capacity A National Review. In his written foreword he said:For some time, it has been evident that the capacity of our acute hospital system has not kept pace with the increasing demands being imposed on it. The consequences of that under-capacity are well known, i.e....