Written answers
Thursday, 8 February 2018
- Department of Health
- Hospital Appointments Administration
15. To ask the Minister for Health the improvement in waiting times expected during 2018 for the 15,000 plus children waiting over a year for an outpatient appointment; and if he will make a...
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
16. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the lack of a dedicated community neuro-rehabilitation team in counties Laois and Offaly. [6409/18]
- Disabilities Assessments
17. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE's waiting times for assessment of need for children will be addressed. [6260/18]
- Hospital Overcrowding
18. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the 102% increase in overcrowding in St. Vincent’s University Hospital in January 2018 relative to January 2017; and if he will make a...
- Primary Care Centres Staff
19. To ask the Minister for Health the reason primary care centres (details supplied) will not be provided with additional new staff hires; the way in which these centres will now be staffed; if...
- Hospital Overcrowding
20. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the 115% increase in overcrowding in Naas hospital in January 2018 relative to January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6437/18]
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
21. To ask the Minister for Health the additional health service resources that will be required for the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [6447/18]
- Departmental Reports
22. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed trauma strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6396/18]
- Child Care Services Provision
23. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new diabetes centre at Sligo General Hospital; when works are due to commence; the proposed completion date of the building; and if he will...
- Infectious Disease Epidemics
24. To ask the Minister for Health the training in place for medical professionals to deal with persons diagnosed with Lyme disease or presenting with the symptoms of same; the comparisons...
- Hospital Services
25. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the repairs at Merlin Park University Hospital have been completed for some time while at the same time the...
- Disability Services Provision
26. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the waiting times for assessment for occupational therapy and speech and language therapy for children; the measures that will be taken to...
- Air Ambulance Service Provision
27. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the expansion of the emergency aeromedical service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6424/18]
- Ambulance Service Provision
28. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 15 November 2017, if the ambulance base has returned to UCHG; the status of discussions in respect of the base at...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
29. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre in Ballaghaderreen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6404/18]
- Mental Health Services Provision
30. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the practice of admitting children and young persons to adult mental health units to cease. [6400/18]
- Hospitals Data
31. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1639 of 16 January 2018, the arrangements for the provision of services to the 60 persons per week that were scheduled for...
- Home Help Service Provision
32. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extra home help hours that will be provided in 2018 relative to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6408/18]
- Mental Health Services Funding
33. To ask the Minister for Health his main achievements in 2017 regarding the funding provided in recent years for mental health; and his service priorities for 2018. [6202/18]
- Hospitals Capital Programme
34. To ask the Minister for Health if a plan will be put in place for the renovation and extension of Abbeyleix hospital, County Laois to have it included in the capital programme for funding;...
- Vaccination Programme
35. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the typical flu shot available here is a trivalent vaccine in view of the fact that increasingly common Yanmagata B strain is not protected against...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
37. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on recruitment initiatives in CHO7, particularly in Lakeview unit, Naas hospital, and CAMHS in Kildare town; and if he will make a statement...
- Addiction Treatment Services
38. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the wider roll-out of the opioid overdose antidote Naloxone. [6446/18]
- Hospital Overcrowding
40. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the 96% increase in overcrowding in St Luke’s hospital, Kilkenny in January 2018 relative to January 2016; and if he will make a statement...
- National Drugs Strategy Implementation
41. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the most recent meeting of the standing implementation committee with regard to the national drugs strategy. [6285/18]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
43. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the surge over the past two years in the number of children waiting 18 months plus for an outpatient appointment in the three children’s...
- Health Services Provision
44. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of a dedicated physiotherapy service for adults with neurological conditions in south County Tipperary resulting in long waiting lists and...
- Departmental Legal Cases
45. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department has not complied in full with the order for discovery made by the High Court in November 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
47. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has identified priority areas for primary health care centres in the Fingal area of north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
- Emergency Departments Services
48. To ask the Minister for Health when the medical assessment unit in County Roscommon will be open at evenings and weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6403/18]
- Industrial Disputes
49. To ask the Minister for Health if funds will be made available to help resolve the dispute involving section 39 workers in the health care sector (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Home Care Packages Administration
50. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties of those in need of home care packages; if his attention has further been drawn to the difficulties many...
- Hospital Services
51. To ask the Minister for Health the level of joint approach his Department and the HSE have adopted in dealing with the lack of bed capacity and appropriate staffing levels at Letterkenny...
- Citizens Assembly
53. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will to take to ensure the Citizens' Assembly recommendation regarding the availability of contraceptives is implemented; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
55. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the bed capacity at Mallow General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6086/18]
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
56. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons from County Waterford that have applied for the treatment abroad scheme in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6407/18]
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
57. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in 2018 to address the lack of dedicated community neuro-rehabilitation teams in CHO6. [6414/18]
- Legislative Programme
58. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in respect of constitutional referenda in 2018. [51729/17]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
59. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to retain and recruit front-line staff in the health services, including nurses; the number of nursing staff needed in public national hospitals; and...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
62. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in 2018 to address the long-standing need for the provision of a neuro-rehabilitation unit to serve counties Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Hospitals Capital Programme
63. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for Stranorlar, Ramelton and Lifford community hospitals in County Donegal; if the decision to remove long-stay accommodation beds from all three...
- Hospital Overcrowding
66. To ask the Minister for Health the most effective and immediate action that can be taken to alleviate overcrowding in emergency departments nationally; if an analysis has been carried out...
- Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council
67. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the advertising restrictions imposed by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, PHECC, which will have a detrimental effect on the livelihoods of...
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
68. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a full multidisciplinary community neuro-rehabilitation team in County Louth. [6418/18]
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
69. To ask the Minister for Health the guidelines on the proposed cannabis access programme; when he envisages the programme being fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
70. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a targeted investment programme in place for spinal surgery services at Tallaght Hospital to deal with the waiting lists; if provision will be made...
- Ministerial Correspondence
72. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it was necessary to write to the Director General of the HSE in January 2018 regarding the executive’s budget for 2018; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
73. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of an orthodontic consultant for counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6085/18]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
75. To ask the Minister for Health when he will bring forward the proposed changes to the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6398/18]
- Medicinal Products Licensing
76. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made by the HSE on the drug, Kuvan, for those that are living with PKU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6094/18]
- HSE Properties
77. To ask the Minister for Health the updated timeframe for the refurbishment of the HSE-owned day care centre on Drogheda Street, Monasterevin, County Kildare further to the appointment of the...
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
78. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in 2018 to address the lack of dedicated community neuro-rehabilitation teams in CHO7. [6416/18]
- Emergency Departments Data
79. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE target of eliminating emergency department waiting times of greater than 24 hours for persons over 75 years of age were met for 2017; the number of...
- Emergency Departments Waiting Times
80. To ask the Minister for Health if the 18-month target for outpatient waiting times announced in 2015 is still departmental policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6395/18]
- Hospital Procedures
82. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with women affected by the side effects of the use of transvaginal mesh and their representatives; his plans to limit or ban the use of mesh as...
- Medicinal Products Availability
83. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the use of Mifepristone and Misoprostol for the termination of pregnancy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6380/18]
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
84. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for outpatient waiting times in Sligo university hospital in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6426/18]
- Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
86. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress of the programme for Government commitment to implement the recommendations of the vaccine damage steering group. [6206/18]
- Vaccination Programme
87. To ask the Minister for Health when the HPV vaccine is to be extended to boys; when the report of the health technology assessment being carried out by HIQA in respect of the HPV vaccine for...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
88. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to reduce waiting lists for gynecological services at the Cork university maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Expenditure
90. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for an alleged shortfall in the health budget; if the information now emerging was brought to the attention of the budgetary and planning sections of...
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration
91. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the general practitioner contractual review process, particularly in respect of the provision of routine phlebotomy services; and if he will make...
- Health Services Expenditure
92. To ask the Minister for Health if he has submitted a request for additional supplementary funding for 2018 to address the waiting lists crisis in the health service; and if he will make a...
- National Advisory Committee on Drugs Remit
93. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the National Advisory Committee on Drugs on examining dual diagnosis; and his views on the role of service users on that committee...
- Disabilities Assessments
94. To ask the Minister for Health if it is policy not to adjust the start time on waiting lists for treatment by the school age team should an appeal find that the child's original needs...
- Mental Health Services Provision
95. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the recent announcement to set up a national telephone and text help-line to access mental health services across the country; when he expects...
- HSE Expenditure
97. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which section 10(b) of the Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Act 2014 is being honoured in the health budget for 2018; and if he will make...
- Eating Disorders
98. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health supports in place for persons with eating disorders. [6399/18]
- HSE Funding
99. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated to a service (details supplied) in County Wicklow in the HSE service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6110/18]
- Mental Health Services Provision
100. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to improve CAMHS, for example, access, age appropriate placements, waiting lists and standardised operating procedures; and if he will...
- Hospital Services
101. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be allocated to the existing cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford to increase the laboratory's...
- Seirbhís Otharchairr
102. To ask the Minister for Health an bhfuil sé ar an eolas faoi na deacrachtaí leanúnacha a bhaineann leis an tseirbhís otharchairr i dtuaisceart agus i ndeisceart...
- Medicinal Products Availability
103. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the provision of Respreeza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6406/18]
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Ombudsman Appointment
104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons that applied for the role as Ombudsman for Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6508/18]
- Strategic Communications Unit
108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he, his officials or advisers have had meetings with the strategic communication unit since it was set up; the issues that were discussed;...
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of recommendations the 2013 report of the working group on Lariam contained. [6584/18]
- Freedom of Information Data
112. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the average time taken in these...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Controls
113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the eligibility for a passport in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6479/18]
- Strategic Communications Unit
114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he, his officials or advisers have had meetings with the strategic communication unit since it was set up; the issues that were...
- Brexit Issues
115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent comments of the EU Agricultural Commissioner (details supplied) on the possible return of Border checks on goods and...
- Departmental Staff Recruitment
116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if additional staff will be recruited for the passport office to try to minimise delays in the processing and issuing of passports; and if...
- Freedom of Information Data
117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the average time taken in these...
- Department of Finance
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
118. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications to the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme for tax relief for drivers and passengers with disabilities rejected in the...
- State Claims Agency Data
119. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the maximum compensation that can be paid in respect of a person with a lifelong enduring disability that has died as a result of...
- Primary Medical Certificates Provision
120. To ask the Minister for Finance when a primary medical certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6505/18]
- Mortgage Data
121. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage arrears resolved by each bank using the debt for equity solution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6559/18]
- Financial Services Regulation
122. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulation of penny banks here; the number of regulated penny banks in each of the years 2013 to 2017 ; his views on the future of penny banks; and if he...
- Tax Data
124. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of US accounts disclosed voluntarily as part of the provision in the Finance Act 2016; the amount of tax obtained from the voluntary disclosure of...
- Economic Policy
125. To ask the Minister for Finance if a detailed analysis has taken place within his Department, the NTMA and or the Central Bank of global asset values and its impact on the economy and...
- Freedom of Information Data
127. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the average time taken in these years to complete...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Government Procurement
128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Government Procurement has been involved with the procurement process for a development (details supplied); if so, the...
- Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service
129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the composition of the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service; the persons that form part of the service; the professions of...
- Public Sector Pay
130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the terms of reference for the report on pay equalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6654/18]
- Freedom of Information Data
131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the average time taken in...
- HSE Funding
132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the anticipated funding shortfall at the HSE for 2018; if he has been consulted in respect of the anticipated funding overrun in the...
- Departmental Data
133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of times his Department has refused to appear in front of committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas on particular topics in...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects Status
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the commencement of work on a building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6480/18]
- Quality and Qualifications Ireland Administration
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which primary providers within the community sector and voluntary sector can avail of a waiver of fees in the context of re-engaging...
- Arts in Education Charter
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he has not sought to fill the vacant post of chairperson of the high level implementation group of the 2013 Arts in Education Charter....
- Strategic Communications Unit
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he, his officials or advisers have had meetings with the strategic communication unit since it was set up; the issues that were discussed; and...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the income thresholds for the student universal support grant which will be reviewed to take into account the rising cost of living for students;...
- School Accommodation Provision
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken by his Department to provide accommodation for another teacher at a school (details supplied); if his attention has been...
- Schools Health and Safety
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is a legal requirement to have fire sprinklers installed in new build schools. [6563/18]
- School Accommodation Provision
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that the future proofing of a school (details supplied) is protected and assistance is given to the board of management,...
- DEIS Applications
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to an application by a school (details supplied) in respect of the status of the school; and if he will make a...
- Third Level Staff Remuneration
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe within which pay inequality for third level lecturers will be ended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6635/18]
- Freedom of Information Data
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the average time taken in these years...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Youth Diversion Projects
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the strategy for funding youth diversion projects as distinct from Tusla funded child services in the Ballymun...
- Immigration Status
147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a stamp 4 application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Data Protection
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a reply will issue to a query from a person (details supplied) regarding the proposed exemption from fines for public bodies...
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Data
149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases currently on hand by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; the number dealt with in 2017; his plans...
- Strategic Communications Unit
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he, his officials or advisers have had meetings with the strategic communication unit since it was set up; the issues that...
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Applications
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a case (details supplied). [6541/18]
- Garda Deployment
152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the allocation of new gardaí to the Dublin metropolitan region, specifically to Swords Garda station; and if he will make...
- Prison Service
156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 545 of 16 January 2018, the legal and procedural issues that were considered incomplete...
- Inspector of Prisons Reports
157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to enable the Inspector of Prisons to have the ability to publish reports directly without seeking his approval...
- Prisoner Complaints Procedures
158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring forward a prisoner ombudsman to take prisoner complaints or to ascribe that function to the ombudsman; and...
- Prison Visiting Committees Data
159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the prison visiting committees with particular reference to standardising their activities; and if he will...
- UN Conventions Ratification
161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 30 January 2018, the list of stakeholders that he is consulting with regard to...
- Immigration Status
162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a residency extension, leave to remain and or stamp 4 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when deliberations will conclude in respect of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
- Immigration Status
166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the appropriate process to be followed to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Road Traffic Offences
170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the effectiveness of Garda mandatory roadside checkpoints in identifying and discouraging driving while under the...
- Garda Training
171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a limited number of gardaí have received training to carry out roadside drugs tests; the number of trained...
- Road Traffic Offences Data
172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of roadside drugs tests carried out in each month since April 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Recruitment
173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for further Garda recruitment to Templemore for 2018; the way in which these new recruits will be allocated to take...
- Freedom of Information Data
174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the average time...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Strategic Communications Unit
175. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she, her officials or advisers have had meetings with the strategic communication unit since it was set up; the issues that were...
- Brexit Supports
176. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has investigated the use of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union as a mechanism to provide...
- Work Permits Eligibility
177. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the options open to a person (details supplied) to receive an employment permit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6583/18]
- Foreign Direct Investment
178. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if IDA Ireland has indicated concerns that lack of housing, child care facilities and education services are adversely affecting job...
- Freedom of Information Data
179. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of freedom of information requests received by her Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the average time taken in...
- Department of Health
- Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
180. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the Sláintecare report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6589/18]
- Disability Services Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for one-to-one support for a person (details supplied) with a disability in attending a day service in County Cork; and if he will...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
184. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by a person (details supplied) who has been awaiting a rheumatologist appointment for...
- Mental Health Services Provision
185. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the situation in which an immediate family member can have access and discuss the case of a mentally ill relative with their medical...
- Medicinal Products Prices
187. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reimbursement of Vimizim by the HSE after the recent drugs group meeting on 18 January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Reviews
188. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the anomaly whereby a homeless person cannot apply for a medical card in view of the fact they do not have a permanent address; the way in...
- Hospital Appointments Status
189. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a MRI appointment for a person (details supplied); and the position of the person on the waiting list at the dental hospital. [6498/18]
- Hospital Services
190. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to request a machine (details supplied) for Cavan general hospital. [6499/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
192. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6501/18]
- Medical Card Administration
193. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure that persons that are medical card holders are having their medical needs met without charge (details supplied); and if he will...
- Hospital Consultant Contracts
194. To ask the Minister for Health the studies and processes that are ongoing within his Department to remove private patients from public hospitals; the way in which the financial gap will be...
- Electronic Cigarettes
195. To ask the Minister for Health his views on e-cigarettes; his plans to place a ban on e-cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6518/18]
- Eating Disorders
196. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of beds available to young persons that have anorexia nervosa; the number of persons with anorexia nervosa that had to travel abroad to...
- Strategic Communications Unit
197. To ask the Minister for Health if he, his officials or advisers have had meetings with the strategic communication unit since it was set up; the issues that were discussed; and if he will...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
198. To ask the Minister for Health the approximate waiting time for the diabetic retinol screening clinic in the eye and ear hospital, Adelaide Road, Dublin 2. [6537/18]
- Primary Care Centres Administration
199. To ask the Minister for Health the full range of supports and services that will be put in place for persons attending a centre (details supplied) in County Kildare once the new primary care...
- Home Care Packages Funding
200. To ask the Minister for Health if funding provision for intensive home care packages, IHCPs, will be increased; if the funding structure for IHCPs will be amended in order that they are...
- Health Services Provision
201. To ask the Minister for Health the status of treatment for a person (details supplied). [6540/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
202. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) at University Hospital Waterford will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6542/18]
- Transport Support Scheme
203. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the approval of a new motorised transport scheme and mobility allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6549/18]
- Medical Card Administration
204. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing information technology problems affecting the recently introduced online medical card application service; the...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
205. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of an invalidity pension is not eligible for Versatis patches under the reimbursement support through...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
206. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied). [6557/18]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
207. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide an electric profile bed for a person (details supplied) in view of their age and health. [6560/18]
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regrading the blocking of a Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6566/18]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
209. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) must wait to have their hospital appointment for cataracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6567/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
210. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); if this appointment will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6568/18]
- Ministerial Correspondence
211. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6570/18]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure
212. To ask the Minister for Health if the electricity subsidy available in some CHO areas will be extended nationally to persons with COPD living at home that use oxygen for more than 16 hours...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for removal of tonsils at university hospital Galway; the average wait time for the procedure; the status of an...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
214. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) that is deemed a priority case will be seen by an orthopaedic consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6581/18]
- Medical Card Applications
216. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6601/18]
- HSE Expenditure
217. To ask the Minister for Health when the attention of the HSE was drawn to the fact that the budget for 2018 was short of that required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6611/18]
- Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
219. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects to be in a position to proceed with his Department’s capital programme in the near future; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Data
220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full medical card holders in each of the years 2011 to 2017, and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6614/18]
- Health Services Expenditure
222. To ask the Minister for Health the areas in respect of which health expenditure, when compared with other OECD countries, is deemed insufficient here; if other countries have utilised a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
224. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which waiting lists have been addressed in respect of various procedures, including hip and or heart operations and other surgical procedures;...
- National Children's Hospital Status
225. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in respect of the construction of the new children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6619/18]
- Health Services Reform
226. To ask the Minister for Health when a restructuring of the HSE will take place with a view to greater accountability and influence at regional level, including representational status for...
- HSE Expenditure
227. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he continues to monitor development at a nursing home (details supplied) with a view to ensuring the retention of existing bed spaces in...
- Hospitals Capital Programme
228. To ask the Minister for Health when approval will be given to an endoscopy unit at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare having particular regard to the acute need thereat; and if he will...
- Health Services Staff
229. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which efforts continue to be made to retain doctors and nurses here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6623/18]
- Medicinal Products Prices
230. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which Ireland can receive the full benefit of the Single Market in respect of the cost and sourcing of all drugs, including those recently...
- Mental Health Services Provision
231. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which speech and language therapy and mental health support exists for children in all areas throughout the country; if particular shortfalls...
- Orthodontic Services Data
234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children listed for orthodontic treatment in categories A, B and C; the number of children currently in the course of receiving such treatment;...
- Electronic Health Records
235. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an initiative in Sweden that would allow persons to access their health records electronically by 2020 (details supplied);...
- General Practitioner Services Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has had their general practitioner changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6633/18]
- Hospitals Capital Programme
237. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary resources will be provided to allow for the commissioning of the purpose built maternity theatre at Letterkenny University Hospital; when the...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
238. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for breast check; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6642/18]
- Mental Health Services Administration
240. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in relation to a person being discharged from a psychiatric unit in a hospital against their will and that of the person's family; and his views...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Expenditure
241. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the cost effectiveness of only making the Freestyle Libre device available to those under 21 years of age (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
242. To ask the Minister for Health if services provided by the STD clinic at Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar will be reinstated. [6648/18]
- Freedom of Information Data
244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the average time taken in these years to complete...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an oral hearing will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6489/18]
- Beef Data and Genomics Programme
246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6490/18]
- Strategic Communications Unit
247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he, his officials or advisers have had meetings with the strategic communication unit since it was set up; the issues that were...
- GLAS Payments
248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6573/18]
- Freedom of Information Data
249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the average time taken in...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6516/18]
- Strategic Communications Unit
251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he, his officials or advisers have had meetings with the strategic communication unit since it was set up; the...
- Broadband Service Provision
252. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the subsea AEC2 fibre optic cable system that is intended to be laid off the west coast, coming ashore...
- Freedom of Information Data
254. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the average...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Drug and Alcohol Testing
255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has investigated an alternative drug testing device for roadside testing to address the fact the current device does...
- Strategic Communications Unit
257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he, his officials or advisers have had meetings with the strategic communication unit since it was set up; the issues that were...
- Bus Services
258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a reply will issue from Bus Éireann in relation to a bus stop (details supplied). [6577/18]
- Departmental Bodies Data
259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the members of the public transport stakeholder forum; and the number of times it has met since he promised to form the group after the...
- Road Projects
260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for closing the M18 road on the morning of 24 January 2018; the parameters under which the road was to be closed; if this...
- Freedom of Information Data
261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the average time taken in...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Strategic Communications Unit
262. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she, her officials or advisers have had meetings with the strategic communication unit since it was set up; the issues that were...
- Family Resource Centres
263. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the application by a family resource centre (details supplied) for entry into the Tusla FRC programme 2018 will be examined; and if she...
- Youth Services Funding
264. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to a service (details supplied) in each year since 2004. [6629/18]
- Ministerial Correspondence
266. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received correspondence (details supplied) sent to her from this Deputy in which representations were made on behalf of a child...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Strategic Communications Unit
267. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he, his officials or advisers have had meetings with the strategic communication unit since it was set up; the issues that were...
- Freedom of Information Data
268. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the average time taken in...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider the specialist role of and particular expertise required for supervisors of community employment schemes...
- State Pensions
270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons who work part-time or on a casual basis are classified as a dependant if their spouse is in receipt of a social...
- Community Employment Schemes Administration
271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons working and-or providing services in the community employment sector are eligible for grants and or funding if...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the spouse of a person who is in receipt of a State pension from another country in the European Union is the subject of...
- State Pensions
273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the sectors and-or industries in which persons who are engaged in informal partnerships for work with their partner are...
- JobPath Data
274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons from County Kerry enrolled in the JobPath scheme that have secured full-time employment since availing...
- Fuel Allowance Applications
275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a winter fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6503/18]
- Illness Benefit Payments
276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the illness benefit payable in the case of a person (details supplied); the reason such persons are not informed as to the...
- Strategic Communications Unit
277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she, her officials or advisers have had meetings with the strategic communication unit since it was set up; the issues...
- Illness Benefit Applications
278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide illness benefit to persons who are in full-time employment and in receipt of a contributory widows...
- Fuel Allowance Applications
279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for free fuel by a person (details supplied). [6555/18]
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to expand the arrangements of persons on community employment schemes of the older age bracket which is capped at...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a payment of jobseeker's allowance or an alternative will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); the steps...
- Freedom of Information Data
282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of freedom of information requests received by her Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the average time...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Unfinished Housing Developments Data
283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the names and locations of the 22 unfinished estates in County Laois which appear on his Department's 2016 UFD survey; and the...
- Strategic Communications Unit
284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he, his officials or advisers have had meetings with the strategic communication unit since it was set up; the issues that...
- Office of Government Procurement
285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Office of Government Procurement has been involved with the procurement process for a development (details supplied);...
- National Planning Framework
286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the procedure to put the national planning framework on a statutory footing; if the final document will be presented to the...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Data
287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to local authorities in 2017 for housing adaptation grants for persons with a disability, by local...
- Freedom of Information Data
288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the average time...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
289. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if legal clarification has been agreed in relation to whether uninterrupted turf cutting by two persons (details supplied) in...
- National Museum
290. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the salary scale of the incoming director of the National Museum of Ireland; and if she has approved the business case to increase...
- Arts in Education Charter
291. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason she has not sought to fill the vacant post of chairperson of the high level implementation group of the 2013 Arts in...
- Departmental Funding
292. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the programmes within her Department a group (details supplied) can apply to for funding; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Strategic Communications Unit
293. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she, her officials or advisers have had meetings with the strategic communication unit since it was set up; the issues that...
- Freedom of Information Data
294. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of freedom of information requests received by her Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the average time taken...
