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Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases (28 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. If he has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

The Arts: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank Deputy Niamh Smyth and wish her the best of luck in her role. I thank her for bringing this important motion before Members this evening. I also acknowledge all the creative people among us and it is great to see the Gallery so full. I am approaching this issue from the perspective of somebody who is involved in a volunteer capacity in community theatre. A discordant note is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (22 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and it will follow up the matter with the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (22 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank Deputy Lahart for raising this important issue today and for giving me the opportunity to update the House on it. Tallaght hospital provides a full range of ear, nose and throat, ENT, services, including tonsillectomy services, for both adults and paediatrics, with the exception of paediatric ENT airway management. Within the ENT services, tonsillectomy waiting times are not...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank Deputy Lahart again for reiterating his concerns for his constituent. I am very familiar with the type of query raised because there are also challenges in the midlands region in terms of recruitment of the required professionals to help clear the waiting lists. I will refer the Deputy's query to the Minister if he wishes to give me the specific details and I will endeavour to be of...

Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (21 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I wish to convey the apologies of the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, to Deputies Griffith, Healy-Rae and Lahart. Unfortunately, he is not able to be here and has asked me to deal with this very important matter. I thank Deputy Griffin for his kind words of congratulation. I thank Deputies Griffin and Healy-Rae for giving me the opportunity to provide an update to the House on...

Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (21 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank Deputies Healy-Rae and Griffin. It is quite clear that their motivation is out of concern for young girls and their families. It is something that will have to be taken very seriously. I can assure them that I will bring their concerns back to the relevant section in my Department and to the Minister, Deputy Harris, for consideration.

Seanad: Health: Statements (21 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank those Senators who generously congratulated me on my new role as Minister of State with responsibility for public health promotion. As this is my first time in the Twenty-fifth Seanad, I extend my sincere congratulations to every Member. I am looking forward to working positively and constructively with them in the years to come. Members will note the optimism in the term,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (21 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: The Health Research Board is the statutory agency under the aegis of my Department responsible for supporting and funding health research, information and evidence. It funds research in all areas including clinical, population health and health services research. All applications received are peer reviewed by international experts and recommendations are made for funding based on a number...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol-related Deaths (16 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: The Department of Health does not have figures on deaths due to alcohol related medical causes (such as liver disease) or trauma (such as road traffic collisions, falls or drownings). The Health Research Board is preparing an overview of alcohol-related issues including health harms and will present data on  alcohol-related deaths  due to poisoning, trauma and medical conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (14 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: The provision of services to prevent and treat addiction to alcohol is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive and as such, I have referred this question to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office who will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (14 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: The Minister for Health is under an obligation under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 to prepare and lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas an annual report on the terminations of pregnancy that have taken place in accordance with this Act in the preceding year by 30th June. The number of notifications received for terminations carried out under the Act in 2015 will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales Legislation (8 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill remains a priority for this Government. The Bill is part of a suite of measures agreed on foot of the recommendations in the Steering Group Report on a National Substance Misuse Strategy. The Government approved the publication of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill and the introduction of the Bill in the Houses of the Oireachtas on the 8 December 2015. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may be used to treat a range of conditions including soft tissue burns, amputations, neurological diseases and other conditions. I do not have a role in the day to day operations of any private health insurance company. Insurance providers are commercial companies operating in a competitive market and make decisions as to the benefits members are entitled to, in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety (2 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Under the Programme for Partnership Government published in May 2016, the Government committed to supporting the Departments of Health and Social Protection in working together to pursue a 'Fit for Work Programme' to support people to get back to work if they have an illness or disability. The 'Fit for Work' proposal is based on the findings of a pan European study, which examined the impact...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Legislation (2 Jun 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Abortion is prohibited in Ireland unless there is a real and substantial risk to the life of a pregnant woman that can only be averted by the termination of her pregnancy. Article 40.3.3 of the Irish Constitution (Eighth Amendment) provides as follows: ‘The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in...