Results 11,141-11,160 of 20,894 for speaker:Mattie McGrath

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 400. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the steps he has taken to ensure appropriate care pathways are in place to improve cancer services and invest in end-of-life care, including the provision of hospice and end-of-life care during the perinatal period, infancy, childhood and adulthood as promised in the programme for Government; the steps he has taken to improve access to perinatal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services Provision (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 401. To ask the Minister for Health when construction will proceed on the new hospice unit at St Theresa's Hospital; the efforts are being made to bring into operation further hospices, the construction of which local communities have funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32325/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 403. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the number of children and adolescents waiting for mental health services in County Tipperary; the waiting times for services in County Tipperary; the efforts that have been taken to improve capacity in the child and adolescent mental health services to ensure that all children and teenagers receive the appropriate care; if he has satisfied...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 411. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to address concerns that are emerging regarding the incurring of additional social charges for nursing home residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32399/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 416. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for scoliosis treatment in Our Lady's Children's hospital, Crumlin; the waiting times; the number of children waiting more than four months; the coordinators appointed to coordinate the scoliosis service across treating hospitals as set out under the HSE scoliosis waiting list action plan; the plans being put in place for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 417. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in the employment of additional resources in south Tipperary therapy services to meet the need for assessment of need and to address the waiting lists for assessment; the number of new therapists that have been employed by the HSE in south Tipperary in the past six months; the number of new therapists required and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 422. To ask the Minister for Health when diagnostic services will be extended to a medical centre (details supplied) to help alleviate pressures on South Tipperary General Hospital; if he will issue a response on this matter as promised by An Taoiseach during Leaders' Questions on 23 May 2017; the exact date of an extension of such a contract following a successful short term initiative...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 427. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary Question No. 1195 of 20 June 2017, the details of the referenced 25 UK hospitals, 200 US hospitals and those hospitals in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32485/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 428. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the application for planning permission for the new national maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32495/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 429. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the national maternity strategy; the composition of the steering group; the number of times it has met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32496/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 430. To ask the Minister for Health the details of plans to develop a new master plan for South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32497/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 494. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be approved for treatment under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32774/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the costs incurred by his Department over the past four years relating to the seizure of animals, specifically horses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32235/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts his Department is making to address the dangers related to slurry pits and tanks on farms; the number of deaths associated with such pits and tanks to which the attention of his Department was drawn in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32236/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 709. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the areas of responsibility for the management of child mental health issues that fall under the remit of Tusla; the areas that remain under the remit of the Health Service Executive; if she has satisfied herself that the system of interaction between Tusla and the HSE relating to child mental health is the most appropriate one; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 710. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the signs of safety strategy for child protection that Tusla has been preparing to implement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32294/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Care Orders (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 711. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of emergency care orders under section 13(7) of the Child Care Act 1991 that have been granted in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32295/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 745. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when extra supports will be made available to the self-employed; if the self-employed will become eligible for the illness benefit in addition to the invalidity pension; the short-term benefits available to self-employed people who become ill and are unable to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32445/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 749. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid out by her Department under the exceptional needs payment in each of the past four years, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32533/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 750. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications made to her Department for assistance in covering the cost of a funeral in each of the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32534/17]