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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (12 Jul 2016)

Gino Kenny: 16. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the recruitment of a full-time consultant medical oncologist with a special interest in sarcoma in St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin 4; if he will renew the contract of the locum consultant medical oncologist who has a special interest in sarcoma until the post is filled on a permanent basis; if he will agree to meet the Sarcoma Action...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (12 Jul 2016)

Gino Kenny: 82. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to progress the development and staff levels and contracts of general practitioners, including the provision of care free at the point of use to children under 12 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20943/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (12 Jul 2016)

Gino Kenny: 72. To ask the Minister for Health the increases in staffing that have been achieved to deal with the crisis in primary care psychology, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20942/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (12 Jul 2016)

Gino Kenny: 77. To ask the Minister for Health the increases in staffing that have been achieved to deal with the crisis in home help and carer respite services; the number of persons in hospital with their discharge delayed waiting to access these services; the number of carers that have been unable to continue as carers due to the lack of respite services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Carers Strategy Implementation (12 Jul 2016)

Gino Kenny: 122. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made on implementing the recommendations of the national carers strategy; when he will publish and fund phase 2 of the strategy between 2016 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18803/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commission on Water Charges (12 Jul 2016)

Gino Kenny: 313. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the public procurement or other procedures that were used to appoint members of the expert commission on water charges; the remuneration that is to be paid to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20780/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Medical Service (14 Jul 2016)

Gino Kenny: 41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to work with the Department of Health​ to establish a comprehensive review of prison health, with urgency, and to endorse the recommendation of the UN Committee for the Prevention of Torture that prison healthcare services be brought under the responsibility of the Department of Health and operated by the HSE. [21722/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Medical Service (14 Jul 2016)

Gino Kenny: 43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will​ work with the Minister for Health on establishing a review of prison health towards addressing the serious deficiencies which exist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21724/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Visiting Committees (14 Jul 2016)

Gino Kenny: 42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite​ ratification of the optional protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture and to establish effective national preventative mechanisms under the protocol, including reformed and strengthened prison visiting committees. [21723/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (14 Jul 2016)

Gino Kenny: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite plans to add Mandarin Chinese to the leaving certificate curriculum; if he will address the equality issues related to the differential treatment of Mandarin Chinese in relation to the number of speakers here and the number of speakers internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21728/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prison Medical Service (14 Jul 2016)

Gino Kenny: 172. To ask the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to bring prison healthcare services under the responsibility of his Department and operated by the HSE; if he will expedite these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21721/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Living Wage (20 Jul 2016)

Gino Kenny: 68. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce a living wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18801/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (27 Sep 2016)

Gino Kenny: 655. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that women travelling for an abortion are facilitated to have all relevant medical information sent by their doctor here to the doctors in the medical centre abroad where they are to have their abortion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26913/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Recruitment (27 Sep 2016)

Gino Kenny: 656. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland imports more doctors and has more medical graduates than any other EU state but still has one of the lowest numbers of practising doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26915/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Elder Abuse (27 Sep 2016)

Gino Kenny: 657. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the allegations of institutional abuse and neglect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26916/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (27 Sep 2016)

Gino Kenny: 730. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the lack of funding on a demand-led basis for home care packages is obstructing the HSE's capacity in facilitating timely hospital discharges, leading to unnecessary suffering in the community as well as increased hospital costs; the net cost of budgetary restrictions in home care packages and delayed...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Funding (27 Sep 2016)

Gino Kenny: 897. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reverse the recent decision by the NTA to cut funding for cycleways, including segregated cycle paths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26914/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (27 Sep 2016)

Gino Kenny: 957. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the arrangements in place for ensuring that in accessing the free preschool education years, there is no discrimination based on date of birth in relation to a child's eligibility for funding at the start of the school year. [26917/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Oct 2016)

Gino Kenny: 379. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to address the national lack of paediatric pathology services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28127/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (4 Oct 2016)

Gino Kenny: 388. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to remedy the lack of paediatric orthopaedic consultants; when Tallaght Hospital will have its cancelled fracture clinic reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28199/16]