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Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 447. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been invited to take part in BowelScreen since the programme began in 2012, in tabular form; the number of persons that have taken part; the number of incidences of bowel cancer detected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21799/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 448. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons within the target cohort, that is women and men aged 60 to 69 years of age, that have been invited to take part in BowelScreen since the programme began in 2012, in tabular form. [21800/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the ophthalmology waiting list in County Louth; the average waiting time for an outpatient appointment; the average waiting time for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21855/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 455. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting ophthalmology services in each hospital, in tabular form; the number of persons on the waiting list over 6 months, 12 months, 24 months and in excess of these times for both outpatient appointments and for actual procedures respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21856/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 456. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the review of primary eye care services has yet to be published; when the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21857/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 457. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by ophthalmic consultants in recent media reports regarding treatment times for persons diagnosed with the wet form of macular degeneration; and his plans to address the concerns with regard to waiting times for a simple injection as a form of treatment. [21858/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 458. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with the wet form of macular degeneration in 2017; the number of these persons currently awaiting treatment; the average waiting time for same; the number of these persons currently awaiting a follow up outpatient appointment; the average waiting time for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21859/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 462. To ask the Minister for Health the details of HSE plans to set up specially designed prefabs in an effort to address the trolley crisis, in view of recent media reports; the hospitals which have been selected; the resources and funding which have been allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21916/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Discharges (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 470. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons discharged from each hospital into emergency accommodation in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [21937/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Discharges (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 471. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the HSE pilot for hospital discharge protocol in cases of homelessness; when the pilot commenced; the hospitals within the pilot; the additional resources which have been allocated to the pilot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21938/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 668. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the recently published HIQA 2016 overview, if the programme of registration of children's special care units has commenced; the additional resources which have been provided to undertake this task; and when the registration will be complete. [21994/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services Provision (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 669. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the recently published HIQA 2016 overview, the steps which have been taken to address the gaps in services for children being allocated a social worker; the number of children who remain unallocated to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21995/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 670. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the recently published HIQA 2016 overview, the number of adults to whom a social worker has not been allocated in cases related to retrospective allegations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21996/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 671. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the Tusla feedback and complaints process, Tell Us; the stage the process is at in identifying and training complaints managers; if this process is now operational within Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21997/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (9 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 672. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the review of the governance, leadership and management arrangements within Tusla undertaken in 2016; if the review has been completed; if so, the findings of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21998/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (4 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 188. To ask the Minister for Health the current HSE protocol for identifying Lyme disease; the treatment options; if Lyme disease is classified as a chronic disease; if consideration will be given to classifying it as such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21251/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (4 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 189. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the German model of detecting Lyme disease; and if consideration will be given to introducing a similar model here. [21252/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (4 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with Lyme disease here; and if he will provide a breakdown of diagnoses of Lyme disease in each year for the past five years. [21253/17]

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: Tá mé buíoch as an deis labhairt ar an rún tábhachtach seo. Ba mhaith liom mo chuid buíochais a ghabháil le Teachta Louise O'Reilly as ucht an rún a chur faoi bhráid na Dála. Iarraim tacaíocht ó achan Teachta don rún os ár gcomhair. The decision by the Government to give ownership of the new national maternity hospital...

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2017)

Gerry Adams: I want to ask about the Domestic Violence Bill 2017, the purpose of which is to consolidate and update the Domestic Violence Bill 1996 and the Domestic Violence (Amendment) Act 2002 in a new comprehensive Bill. As the Minister may be aware, Siobhán Phillips, a young woman who was grievously wounded in the same shooting in which Garda Tony Golden was killed, was the victim of sustained...