Written answers
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
- Department of Health
- HSE Agency Staff
9. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on reducing the use of agency staff in the public sector under the terms of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018 to 2020. [5957/19]
- Hospital Services
10. To ask the Minister for Health if a facilitator has been appointed to conduct a consultation process on the future of services at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. [11938/19]
- Hospital Facilities
11. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which contracts were first exchanged relating to the provision of modular theatres at Merlin Park Hospital, Galway; if the contracts have been...
- Mental Health Policy
13. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support the establishment of an Oireachtas mental health committee to oversee the implementation of the previous committee's report and scrutinise...
- Health Strategies
15. To ask the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare action plan will be published; if it will contain detailed costings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12200/19]
- Mental Health Services Provision
17. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that adult community mental health services in Clondalkin may be lost as a result of a lack of suitable premises; if...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
19. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to reduce HSE funding to community voluntary organisations by €4 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
20. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he plans to take to reduce the waiting times for cataract surgery (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12099/19]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
21. To ask the Minister for Health when work will commence on the redevelopment of Mountmellick Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12224/19]
- Health Services Funding
22. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that section 39 services are in receipt of adequate funding to provide necessary services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Primary Care Centres Provision
23. To ask the Minister for Health when primary care centres will open in Baltinglass, Rathdrum and Arklow, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12227/19]
- National Children's Hospital Status
24. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied that the new children’s hospital project can proceed as planned without restrictions to the scale and content of...
- Generic Drugs Substitution
25. To ask the Minister for Health when the biosimilars policy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12202/19]
- Home Help Service Provision
26. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extra home support hours which will be provided for older persons in CHO 7 in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12222/19]
- Nursing Staff
27. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the retention and recruitment of nurses is successful in the coming period. [12410/19]
- Hospitals Capital Programme
28. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of the regional hospital for the north east in Navan, County Meath; and if he has received written correspondence from his...
- HIQA Standards
30. To ask the Minister for Health if he has agreed a HIQA compliance phased investment programme for 2019 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12407/19]
- Abortion Services Provision
31. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the accessibility of termination of pregnancy services including the availability of information materials in different languages and the...
- Ambulance Service Staff
33. To ask the Minister for Health the position after a strike (details supplied) by ambulance personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12170/19]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
34. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the second Scally report into the cervical cancer scandal is delayed; and when it will be published. [11795/19]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
35. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the construction of the new 50 bed unit in Portiuncula Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12213/19]
- General Practitioner Services Provision
37. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the multi-annual investment in general practice which he announced in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Respite Care Services Provision
40. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide adequate respite services for adults and children with disabilities in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
41. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to reduce the waiting times for occupational therapy in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12206/19]
- Health Services Provision
42. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting times for persons waiting for ophthalmology services in the County Cork area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Staff Data
43. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors working in hospitals as consultants who are not on the specialist register of the Medical Council; the steps he has taken to address the...
- Hospital Facilities
44. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of the new diabetes unit at Sligo University Hospital; the contractor that has been appointed; when construction work will...
- Maternity Services
45. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of centres alongside birth centres pursuant to the national maternity strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12078/19]
- Dental Services Provision
46. To ask the Minister for Health the reason dentistry services for persons with special needs in Connolly Hospital have been cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12019/19]
- Palliative Care Services Provision
47. To ask the Minister for Health if palliative care services in County Tipperary are being expanded in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12225/19]
- National Children's Hospital Administration
48. To ask the Minister for Health if the contract with a contractor (details supplied) has a clause that in circumstances in which construction inflation exceeds 4.5% annually the contractor is...
- Mobility Allowance Eligibility
49. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a mobility allowance or similar supports to those in receipt of a disability allowance and other related payments. [8113/19]
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
50. To ask the Minister for Health if recruitment has commenced to staff the short-stay ward at Letterkenny University Hospital; the number of staff and the grade of each which have been...
- Voluntary Sector
51. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he can address the difficulties being faced by voluntary organisations providing home care (details supplied); and the way in which similar...
- Abortion Services Provision
52. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the geographical accessibility of termination of pregnancy services; the locations in which ultrasound scanning is provided; if hospitals are...
- Respite Care Services Availability
53. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the ongoing respite crisis being experienced by dozens of families in counties Cavan and Monaghan (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Hospital Staff Data
54. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant doctor vacancies in hospitals nationally by hospital and speciality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12173/19]
- Hospitals Building Programme
55. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the construction of a new hospital in County Cork; if a site has been selected; the stage the process is at; and if he will make a statement...
- National Children's Hospital
56. To ask the Minister for Health the professional fees agreed in the 2014 contract with regard to the national children’s hospital; and the estimated cost of the provision of the...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
57. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 730 of 17 April 2018, the status of the interstate property transfer relating to the provision of a healthcare centre on...
- Home Care Packages Provision
58. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of home care packages in CHO1 will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12334/19]
- Mental Health Policy
59. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his implementation of the recommendations of the Joint Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care, in particular the commitment to...
- Hospital Consultant Contracts
60. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the new entrant pay disparity for consultant doctors; the status of the new contracts for hospital consultants; the number of meetings he...
- Hospital Facilities
61. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a diabetic unit in Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12207/19]
- Health Services Expenditure
62. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will base health expenditure on multi-year budgeting supported by a five year health service plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
63. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed capital developments at Sligo University Hospital, St. Patrick’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, and the North...
- Mental Health Policy
64. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to facilitate access to non-medication treatments needed to stem the rise of anti-depressant prescriptions. [12412/19]
- Departmental Reports
65. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 5 February 2019, the status of the report setting out the preferred option for development; and if he will make a...
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
66. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to, and his plans to address, the contradiction in granting licences for the prescription of THC products for children with...
- Hospital Staff Data
67. To ask the Minister for Health the level of unfilled hospital consultant posts in the health service; the steps he is taking through pay restoration or otherwise to urgently remedy the...
- HSE Properties
68. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the refurbishment of the HSE property in Drogheda Street, Monasterevin, County Kildare. [12321/19]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
70. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for rolling out a new HPV based CervicalCheck programme. [12411/19]
- Hospital Facilities
71. To ask the Minister for Health the target date for beds to be opened in regard to the 60 bed modular unit at University Hospital Limerick; the projected expenditure for these beds; if this...
- Counselling Services Provision
72. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address waiting times for access to counselling in primary care services. [12393/19]
- Mental Health Commission Reports
73. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address the concerns raised in the recent report of the Mental Health Commission about St. Luke's psychiatric facility in County...
- Disabilities Assessments
74. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in the Dublin 8 and 10 areas diagnosed with a need for an ASD unit placement for primary schools through the assessment of needs...
- Mental Health Services
75. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the dramatic increase in the prescription of psychiatric medication over the period from 2012 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
- Mental Health Services Provision
76. To ask the Minister for Health the status of developments in the provision of mental health services in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12391/19]
- Dental Services Data
77. To ask the Minister for Health if the targets under the 1994 dental health action plan that children are entitled to three routine screenings in first or second class, third or fourth class...
- Emergency Departments Services
78. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in the provision of a modular unit for the emergency department in Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Cancer Screening Programmes
79. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the CervicalCheck delays; the number of women waiting for test results for more than four weeks; the length of time women are waiting;...
- Disabilities Assessments
80. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in the Dublin 6, 6W and 12 areas diagnosed with a need for an ASD unit placement for primary schools through the assessment of needs...
- General Practitioner Contracts
81. To ask the Minister for Health the status of negotiations to reverse FEMPI for general practitioners; if a schedule or timeline for full reversal has been agreed; if so, the timeline in this...
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
82. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline of events of when his attention was drawn to the fact that the cost associated with the development of the national...
- Hospital Facilities
83. To ask the Minister for Health when the short-stay ward will open in Letterkenny University Hospital; the preparations the HSE has under way to ensure it is open promptly; and if he will make...
- Home Care Packages Administration
84. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to reduce the waiting list and time for home support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12080/19]
- Health Services
85. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that a system that has been provided to a person (details supplied) is retained by the person; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Respite Care Services Provision
86. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be an improvement in the provision of respite facilities in County Louth during 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12409/19]
- HSE Expenditure
87. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is operating within budget to date in 2019 including the current and capital expenditure budgets; if not, the areas in which the budget is...
- Industrial Disputes
88. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the dispute with a union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5978/19]
- Departmental Budgets
89. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the budget of his Department to meet in full the current expenditure costs associated with...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
90. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for the future of Midleton Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12389/19]
- Hospital Services
91. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement 24-7 cardiac care services for those living in the south east; his views on whether there is an equal provision of cardiac services in...
- General Practitioner Services
92. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the ongoing frustration experienced by general practitioners in rural areas in trying to address waiting lists for appointments while FEMPI...
- Hospital Services
93. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase ophthalmology services at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12402/19]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
94. To ask the Minister for Health if work has commenced on the construction of the Athy primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12322/19]
- Hospital Services
95. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to reinstate the helipad and helicopter service of Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12077/19]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
96. To ask the Minister for Health if he will implement a review of the long-term illness scheme in view of the fact that it is almost 50 years since it has been updated; if he will consider the...
- Hospital Services
97. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend Naas General Hospital day care and mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12392/19]
- Hospital Facilities
98. To ask the Minister for Health when the new 60 bed unit in University Hospital Limerick will be opened and operational. [11794/19]
- Hospitals Capital Programme
99. To ask the Minister for Health the impact of the cost overruns for the national children's hospital on important capital projects at Beaumont Hospital in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a...
- National Children's Hospital Administration
100. To ask the Minister for Health if a public benchmarking analysis was completed prior to the issuing of the tender for the national children’s hospital; if so, the person or body that...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Funding
101. To ask the Taoiseach the funding his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department have provided to projects in County Galway in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in...
- Defence Forces Reorganisation
105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the re-establishment of the three brigade structure in the Defence Forces will be considered. [12567/19]
- Defence Forces
106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces being given an equal say in defence policy matters with the Secretary General of his Department is...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if retention issues in the Defence Forces will be addressed by examining pay allowances in detail (details supplied). [12569/19]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Funding
108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department have provided to projects in County Galway in each of the years...
- Child Abuse Reports
110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received a copy of the United Nations special rapporteur report on the sale and sexual exploitation of children here; and if he...
- Brexit Issues
111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with his British counterpart since the British Attorney General completed his discussions with officials and legal advisers...
- Election Monitoring Missions
114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the election observation competition; the way in which it was operated; the basis for selection; and if he will make a...
- Northern Ireland
115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the comments made by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland regarding victims of the Troubles in the House of...
- Passport Applications
116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry can apply for Irish citizenship and an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Finance
- Brexit Issues
117. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of new vehicles that car dealers have in stock which were imported through the UK in cases in which the dealership has already pre-registered the...
- Departmental Funding
121. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department have provided to projects in County Galway in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to...
- Brexit Staff
123. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the recruitment of 450 new customs officials in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12558/19]
- Tax Code
124. To ask the Minister for Finance if an issue relating to sugar tax and below cost selling will be clarified (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12566/19]
- Financial Services Regulation
126. To ask the Minister for Finance the planned changes being considered or that may be made to crowd funding here; the timeframe in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Brexit Issues
128. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the latest information available on the impact that a no-deal Brexit would have on the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Property Ownership
129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a management company can apply to him for the transfer of ownership of a premises (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Funding
130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department have provided to projects in County Galway in each of the years...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects Status
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the tender process will commence in respect of a school building project (details supplied). [12464/19]
- School Curriculum
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 6 March 2019, the position of the right of parents to opt their children out of the junior...
- Departmental Funding
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department have provided to projects in County Galway in each of the years 2016 to...
- Schools Building Projects
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had contact with a school (details supplied) regarding plans for the improvement of the building; if so, the details of same; and if he...
- Civil Service Staff Data
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason early retirement on ill health grounds is being refused for a person (details supplied); the medical grounds on which retirement is...
- Teachers' Remuneration
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason new full-time primary school teachers must wait six weeks to receive their first salary payment; and if he will make a statement on...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students can lose their SUSI grant if they register as homeless. [12560/19]
- School Funding
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the primary school grants calendar will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12561/19]
- School Inspection Reports
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in publishing the outcome of the whole school inspection of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special schools established by his Department; and the year of establishment of each (details supplied). [12581/19]
- School Accommodation Provision
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is proposed to erect two new classrooms at a school (details supplied); if the immediate payment of a grant towards the cost of having...
- Schools Building Projects Status
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application made by a school (details supplied) for the school to be rebuilt; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his representation on the drugs and alcohol task force will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12651/19]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the decision was taken to decrease enrolment opportunities for the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme to only once a...
- School Services Staff
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when talks will commence with representatives of school secretaries as recommended by the Workplace Relations Commission; and if he will make a...
- School Breaks Standardisation
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the possibility of introducing set eating times for children in primary schools during lunch break; and if he will make a...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Immigration Controls
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of permits for migrant non-EU fishers currently issued under the atypical scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Communications
156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the barriers to An Garda Síochána sharing case related information in a multi-agency risk assessment conference...
- Departmental Funding
158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department have provided to projects in County Galway in each of...
- Garda Deployment
160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí allocated to Tallaght and Rathfarnham Garda stations; the total number in this regard; the...
- Magdalen Laundries
161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action he will take to address the failure by the restorative justice unit to provide a provisional offer for redress to 14...
- Commencement of Legislation
162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to commence Part 9 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Irish Prison Service
163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to instances in which a serving prison officer recorded and-or made hand notes of engagements...
- Family Law Cases
165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the need to establish a family court reporting project akin to the childcare law reporting project; and if he will...
- Restorative Justice
167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to the establishment of a pilot project of restorative justice in certain cases of sexual...
- Citizenship Applications
168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Transport Data
169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public order vans attached to the Westmeath division as of 1 March 2018 and 1 March 2019; and if he will...
- Brexit Preparations
170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if additional financial resources have been made available to An Garda Síochána to assist it in the event of a...
- Cyberbullying Issues
171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to revise harassment laws here in view of the impact of cyberbullying on the mental health of a person; and if he...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Funding
172. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding her Department or agencies under the remit of her Department have provided to projects in County Galway in each of the...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
174. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to provide supports or incentives to employers in small hair salons throughout the State which have incurred a 4.5% VAT...
- Legislative Reviews
176. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to update the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12691/19]
- Local Enterprise Offices Data
177. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 155 and 156 of 16 January 2019, if the 2018 data have been collated. [12694/19]
- Brexit Supports
178. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the uptake of all Brexit-related supports that fall under the remit of her Department, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Services
179. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the increase in recent years in the number of antidepressants being prescribed and the dosages consumed; and if he will make...
- Health Services Provision
180. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the number of children and adolescents awaiting assessment for eye care. [7042/19]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
181. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the number of children and adolescents awaiting treatment and-or assessments from CAMHS. [7041/19]
- HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
182. To ask the Minister for Health the cost incurred in using agency nurses for the public health system in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5938/19]
- Nursing Staff Remuneration
183. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a pay award to nurses and midwifes of 12% in the 2019 financial year; the amount of such a figure that would be returned to the State in...
- Services for People with Disabilities
184. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 30 January 2019, if one of the 25 dieticians or an allocation of clinical hours could be made available to north...
- HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
185. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to his Department spent on agency nurses; the percentage of nurses this is; the way in which this compares with the same statistics in...
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
186. To ask the Minister for Health if he has commissioned or carried out an investigation into the projected number of nursing staff that will be needed over the next five years; and if he will...
- Nursing Staff Data
187. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses working in the health service by grade (details supplied); the way in which this compares with the same statistics in each of the past ten...
- National Children's Hospital
188. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the tender process used to recruit the contractors for the new national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5944/19]
- HSE Agency Staff
189. To ask the Minister for Health if he has commissioned or carried out an investigation into the cost-benefit analysis of the use of agency staff versus full-time staff across the public...
- Disabilities Assessments
190. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions he has had with the Ministers for Children and Youth Affairs and Education and Skills with regard to the increasing length of time children are...
- Mental Health Services Provision
191. To ask the Minister for Health if home support services are available for persons under 65 years of age under the care of mental health services; if so, the process by which applications are...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
192. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12446/19]
- Hospital Transfers
193. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a mechanism in place to refund a person (details supplied) who has paid significant sums in taxi fares transferring from one hospital to another;...
- Ministerial Meetings
194. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 9 October 2018, the reason there has been no attempt to arrange a meeting since July 2018 with the family of a...
- Brexit Issues
195. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place for transgender young persons to continue their care with a clinic (details supplied) via the treatment abroad scheme in the event of...
- Health Services
196. To ask the Minister for Health if transgender young persons or advocates and representatives from the transgender community have been invited to input into the governance committee for the...
- Departmental Funding
197. To ask the Minister for Health the funding his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department have provided to projects in County Galway in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to...
- Disability Services Provision
199. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that there are adequate bus services in place in counties Carlow and Kilkenny to assist parents in transporting children and adult children...
- Mental Health Services Funding
200. To ask the Minister for Health when decisions will be made on section 39 applications; when an organisation (details supplied) will be informed of a decision on its application; and if he...
- Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
201. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of drugs and alcohol task forces in respect of the failures of his Department to grant additional funding to...
- Hospital Deaths
202. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time after a miscarriage a child is buried following the parents signing consent to the relevant hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
203. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the system for setting prices under the nursing home support scheme; if he is satisfied that the process has been conducted...
- Vaccination Programme
204. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the HPV vaccine. [12577/19]
- Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Health if a long-term stay bed will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [12578/19]
- Vaccination Programme
206. To ask the Minister for Health if the meningitis vaccination for children is provided under the general medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12591/19]
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
207. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the projected overrun in the cost of the new children's hospital occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12603/19]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
208. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the provision of the new community hospital in Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12606/19]
- Defibrillators in Schools Provision
209. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a defibrillator to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12610/19]
- Medical Card Data
210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards issued in each of the past five years; the number of applications refused and subsequently refused or granted on appeal in the same...
- National Children's Hospital
211. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which precise costings have been identified in respect of the new children’s hospital with particular reference to the need to ensure that...
- Health Services Staff Data
212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extra nurses, doctors, consultants and all other staff employed by the public health sector in each of the past five years to date; and if he...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting orthopaedic surgical appointments; the extent to which this number has fluctuated over the past five years to date; and if he...
- Hospitals Capital Programme
215. To ask the Minister for Health the position in regard to the upgrading and extension of facilities as Naas General Hospital, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Nursing Home Services
216. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he can extend the lifespan of a nursing home (details supplied) having particular regard to the high quality service and care provided...
- Primary Care Centres Data
217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres operating throughout County Kildare; the extent to which it is expected to provide more throughout the county or in lieu...
- Hospital Staff Data
218. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which staffing levels in all categories at Naas General Hospital are adequate to ensure the effective, efficient and safe operation of the...
- General Practitioner Services Provision
219. To ask the Minister for Health the action he has taken or can take to ensure the availability of a ready supply of general practice doctors nationally in both urban and rural settings; and...
- Hospital Appointments Status
220. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [12622/19]
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
221. To ask the Minister for Health further to his commitment to Dáil Éireann on 5 March 2019 regarding the treatment abroad scheme, if he will address the delay in the turnaround...
- Home Help Service Provision
222. To ask the Minister for Health if extra home help hours will be granted to a person (details supplied) in view of the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12649/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
223. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [12650/19]
- Narcolepsy Issues
224. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of an adult narcolepsy centre in St. James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12660/19]
- Maternity Services Provision
225. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters relating to the aftercare of persons who have miscarried (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
226. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress to recruit a consultant paediatric psychiatrist for CAMHS Wexford south; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12664/19]
- Health Services Staff Training
227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical graduates from medical schools here; the number of such graduates who commenced internships here; the number of those graduates who...
- Hospital Beds Data
228. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the proposals in the 2019 HSE service plan to reconfigure the overall bed stock to a more sustainable level giving rise to a reduction in...
- Health Service Capacity Review
229. To ask the Minister for Health the action which has been taken since the publication of the health service capacity review to increase the number of step down beds; the local health office...
- Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
230. To ask the Minister for Health the long-term plans of the HSE for a facility (details supplied); if he will address the imminent cessation of admittance of long-term residents at the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Tuberculosis Eradication Programme Administration
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost and the number of outside research agencies contracted by ERAD in efforts to eradicate bovine TB in 2017 and 2018; and if he...
- Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of progress of the badger vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12454/19]
- Tuberculosis Eradication Programme Administration
233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if communication and counselling type courses are provided for PVP or officials who deliver the distressing news to herd owners in...
- Live Exports
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his attention was first drawn to lairage capacity issues at Cherbourg port in 2018; when he first raised same with his...
- Beef Industry
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of producer organisations in the beef sector that have registered with his Department; and the name of each such...
- Beef Exports
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume and value of beef exports to China in 2018, in tabular form. [12478/19]
- Farms Data
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of famers nationally by enterprise (details supplied) in tabular form. [12479/19]
- Food Industry Data
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume and value of cheddar imports from the UK excluding Northern Ireland in 2018; the latest data for 2019 in tabular form; and...
- Departmental Funding
261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding his Department, or agencies under the remit of his Department, have provided to projects in County Galway in each of the...
- Farms Data
263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the latest data regarding matters (details supplied). [12627/19]
- Beef Industry
264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to update average Irish beef prices relative to the EU average price as recorded by the EU Meat Market Observatory. [12628/19]
- Live Exports
265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if supports will be put in place for live exports with no further restrictions on trade; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Animal Disease Controls
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will resist EU proposals to impose a 30 day pre-movement tuberculosis test and tighter assembly periods for live exports; and...
- Common Agricultural Policy
269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reject the proposed €97 million cut to the CAP budget; if he will seek to secure a budget increase to provide for...
- Agriculture Industry
270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans and incentives to encourage young persons to take up farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12644/19]
- Apprenticeship Data
271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farm apprenticeships which were made available in 2018. [12645/19]
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on administration costs in respect of the areas of natural constraint scheme and its appeals process. [12648/19]
- Organic Farming Scheme Appeals
275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an appeal decision made by the agriculture appeals officer in respect of a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway in...
- Food Exports to China
276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason it is not possible to export rapeseed or rapeseed oil produced here to China; the discussions he has had with the Chinese...
- Trade Missions
277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a food-related trade mission to Korea and Japan later in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12690/19]
- Live Exports
278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether permission will be granted by the Turkish authorities to commence live cattle imports from Ireland in the second...
- Fishing Industry
279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the type of regulations and legislative changes needed to provide for changes that will become operable in January 2020 following an...
- Beef Industry
280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of commitments made by his predecessor when the beef forum was set up to introduce a wholesale price index which would be...
- Food Labelling
282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the programme for a partnership Government commitment to continue to explore the potential development of an all-island...
- Beef Industry
283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the price beef farmers are receiving for their produce from factories; the number of times to date that beef processing...
- Brexit Preparations
285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of additional veterinary officers announced as a result of Brexit; the number who will be in place on 30 March 2019; and...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Electric Vehicles
286. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of standard EV charging points by county. [12469/19]
- Departmental Funding
288. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department have provided to projects in County Galway in...
- Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland Funding
290. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of houses that availed of the deep retrofit grant assistance as managed by the Sustainable Energy Authority...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
291. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if phase one of the national broadband plan roll-out by a company will service a property (details supplied). [12582/19]
- Broadcasting Sector
292. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the recommendations of the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and...
- Broadcasting Legislation
293. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will publish amending broadcasting legislation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Roadworthiness Testing
294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of prosecutions initiated in respect of roadworthiness infringements against HGV operators in each of the years 2016 to 2018;...
- Departmental Funding
296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department have provided to projects in County Galway in each of the years...
- Light Rail Projects
298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the €3 billion allocation for the development and construction of MetroLink; the current planning stage of the...
- Air Accident Investigations
305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the accident report into Rescue 116 has been delayed and the response issued now is identical to the response issued a year...
- Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of UK driver licence holders in the wake of Brexit; if UK licences will remain valid; if there will be an amnesty to exchange...
- Irish Coast Guard Issues
307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the location of each of the 58 Coast Guard stations which are operational; if they have Internet access, running water and bathroom...
- Cycling Facilities Funding
308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding options available to community groups and local authorities that wish to develop cycle paths in their areas; and if he will...
- Driver Test Regulations
309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter (details supplied) regarding the driver test will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12659/19]
- Departmental Budgets
310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a list of projects and their respective costs which were funded under the heading of walking and cycling (details supplied) between 1...
- Brexit Issues
311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with the insurance industry to discuss the issue of the green card; the steps he has taken to ensure persons have access to...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child and Family Agency Funding
312. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 508 of 5 November 2019, if private providers are paid €6,000 per placement per week. [12444/19]
- Childcare Services Funding
313. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a childcare centre (details supplied) in County Kerry will be permitted to apply for strand A capital funding; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Funding
314. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding her Department or agencies under the remit of her Department have provided to projects in County Galway in each of the years...
- Childcare Services Funding
316. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a childcare facility (details supplied) in County Kerry will qualify for funding under strand A for a Pobal capital grant in 2019; and...
- Child Care Law Reporting Project
317. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to extend the childcare law reporting project beyond its finishing date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12594/19]
- Child Detention Centres
318. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 14 February 2019, the reason the Oberstown Children Detention Campus assault and injuries...
- Adoption Legislation
319. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the wording of the amendments to the Bill she has put forward in respect of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 will be...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Funding
322. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department have provided to projects in County Galway in each of the...
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
324. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent to date in 2019 from the rural regeneration fund; the value of projects approved to date; when it is proposed to have...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
325. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans regarding the 12 volunteer centres for 2019 for which the allocations were significantly below an amount in a particular...
- Cycling Facilities Funding
326. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding options available to community groups and local authorities that wish to develop cycle paths in their areas; and if he...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Disability Allowance Applications
327. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); if the matter will be expedited; and...
- Carer's Benefit Payments
328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Benefit Applications
329. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Free Travel Scheme
330. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a list of all private bus companies (details supplied) that accept free travel passes will be provided. [12463/19]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) for a carer's allowance will be expedited; and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Funding
334. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding her Department or agencies under the remit of her Department have provided to projects in County Galway in each...
- Carer's Benefit Payments
336. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason half-rate child dependant allowance is not applied to carer’s benefit claimants for foster children for the...
- Child Benefit Eligibility
337. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason child benefit is not paid to foster parents for the first six months; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Fuel Allowance Data
338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who received the fuel allowance for the 2018 to 2019 season; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
339. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- State Pension (Contributory) Applications
341. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a State pension, contributory, by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Public Services Card
342. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 616 of 26 February 2019, if the correspondence that was sent to those persons selected...
- Working Family Payment Appeals
343. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a review of family income supplement will be made in the case of a person (details supplied). [12593/19]
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
344. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to concerns being expressed regarding the regulation through which a person attempting to...
- Employment Status
345. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will conduct a review of possible bogus self-employment practices by a company (details supplied) that works within...
- State Pension (Contributory)
346. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process in place for new pension applicants; if they are calculated under the total contributions approach; and if she...
- Jobseeker's Payments
347. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a jobseeker's payment by payment type and county in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
348. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of rent supplement by county; the number who have had their payment increased over the...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Data
349. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who received an exceptional needs payment by county in 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and...
- Carer's Allowance Data
350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a carer's payment by payment type and county, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- One-Parent Family Payment Data
351. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the one-parent family payment by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
- Paternity Benefit
352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of men who have availed of paternity benefit to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12675/19]
- State Pensions Payments
353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a pension-related payment by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
- State Pension (Contributory)
354. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of reviews conducted and completed to date in respect of the changes made to the contributory pension in 2012; the...
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
355. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing all social welfare related payments by values (details supplied) in tabular form;...
- Disability Support Services
356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the analysis her Department is undertaking of the cost of a disability; if this analysis has commenced; the...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
357. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration is being given to allowing applicants to combine work-related PRSI contributions and home care time credits...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- River Basin Management Plans
358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to save the Fermoy Weir and fish pass; the timeframe for works to begin in view of the ecological and historical...
- Housing Provision
359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department have provided to projects in County Galway in each of...
- Homeless Persons Supports
361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale behind basing officers from the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service in offices of a homeless agency in...
- Home Loan Scheme
362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications to Louth County Council for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme in each month from January 2018...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new regulations relating to wind planning guidelines will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rental Sector Strategy
364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when guidelines will issue to local authorities regarding the proposed new regulations on a company (details supplied); if...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Wildlife Control
365. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of licences issued by the NPWS to cull badgers in counties Roscommon and Galway in 2017 and 2018, in tabular form; and...
- Departmental Funding
366. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding her Department or agencies under the remit of her Department have provided to projects in County Galway in each of the...
- State Bodies Data
368. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacancies in each State board under the remit of her Department in tabular form; the length of time each position...
