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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Nursing Staff Recruitment (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I congratulate the Minister on his reappointment. Indeed, I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, on his appointment. I am sure if the Minister had been reassigned he would miss my repeated questions upon this exact subject. My question is straightforward. It relates to staffing. I would like an update. I have received some updates but perhaps the Minister may be able...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Nursing Staff Recruitment (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome all of that. Indeed, it is good news for Australia, America or wherever these bright young men and women will end up. The simple fact is they do not want to work in the health service as it is currently constituted. They are not only saying that to me. They are voting with their feet and they are leaving. For example, 22 nurses were trained as part of a co-operation between CUH...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Nursing Staff Recruitment (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I would be interested to know how many of those are nurses who we had to go abroad to recruit at significant expense when, in fact, our own graduates have no interest in staying in this country, as the Minister well knows. Brexit, in this regard, may be the Minister's friend. We understand that a lot of nurses who may have chosen to go to England may be forced to remain here. When the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff Data (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 72. To ask the Minister for Health the number of graduates from the paediatric and general nursing course in University College Cork run in conjunction Cork university hospital that are currently working in the public health service. [27661/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 89. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours of respite care offered to families of children with disabilities in the first five months of 2017 as compared to the first five months of 2016. [27663/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services Provision (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 93. To ask the Minister for Health when 20 week anomaly scans will be available to all women in all maternity units across the State. [27664/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 108. To ask the Minister for Health the additional staff that will be employed to ensure the full functioning of the new primary care centre in Balbriggan. [27662/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 129. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the stretch income targets set for hospitals; the amount generated in 2016 from private income by hospital; the amount budgeted for in 2017; the amounts which constitute these stretch targets; and the expected consequences if said targets are not met by the hospitals. [27660/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with the parent representatives from a school (details supplied) to update them on the progress of the completion of the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29144/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 186. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that HSE staff on certified sick leave are being forced to attend their doctor on a weekly basis to obtain medical certificates at considerable personal and financial cost to them and often at a time when they are not earning due to ill health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29141/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 187. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the reason the social welfare certificate submitted for social welfare benefits during a period of extended sick leave is deemed unacceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29142/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 188. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the reason in circumstances in which a weekly medical certificate is requested by local management for a HSE employee in the ambulance service this cannot be obtained by visiting the HSE occupational health doctor on a weekly basis instead of paying weekly for doctors appointments in circumstances in which the employee has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the expected rates of increase in heart failure in the next decade; the cost of heart failure here each year; the hospital related costs; the direct cost of heart failure management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29145/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 190. To ask the Minister for Health if data suggests a 2% prevalence of symptomatic heart failure in the population rising to 10% in those persons over 75 years of age with a further 2% having asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction at risk of progressing to symptomatic failure and over 10,000 new cases are diagnosed annually; the updated figures on prevalence and projections since...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 191. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary Question No. 189 of 25 May 2013, if he will provide the details of the membership of the national reformulation technical working group to agree targets for reducing fat, sugar and salt which is being established; if his Department will be consulting and engaging with the health organisations when targets are agreed similar to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland (20 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) into the operation and organisation of QQI; his views on the serious findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27080/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland (20 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement the findings of a report (details supplied) into the operation and organisation of QQI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27081/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland (20 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficult industrial relations environment in QQI; his department's role in the resolution of the causes of this difficult environment as described in a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27082/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Reports (20 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 1005. To ask the Minister for Health the status of recommendation 5.5 of the National Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010-2019; the position regarding the availability of non-invasive diagnostic imaging facilities, in addition to echnocardiography, catheterisation and angiography; the position regarding the availability of investigative and angiographic laboratories; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Reports (20 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 1492. To ask the Minister for Health the status of recommendation 5.1 of the National Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010-2019 in respect of persons with ST elevation myocardial infraction; the status of the development of an emergency medical system to link a network of hospitals having cardiac facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28746/17]