Written answers
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
- Department of Health
- Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
6. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to reduce the long waiting times for a first assessment for occupational therapy in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a...
- Care of the Elderly Provision
11. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the model of care homes unique to the south east that provides residential accommodation for adults that require minimal assistance of a low...
- HSE Planning
14. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the options appraisal for the model 4 hospitals in Galway; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20832/19]
- Hospital Overcrowding
16. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the significant overcrowding in the emergency department in Mayo University Hospital during April 2019 [20822/19]
- Disability Services Funding
17. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his discussions with Rehab; the funding it requires to continue providing services on behalf of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on...
- Nursing Staff Provision
18. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of the lack of dedicated Parkinson’s disease nurses provided by the HSE for the 12,000 patients with this disease; and if he...
- Emergency Departments
19. To ask the Minister for Health if the future of the 24-hour emergency department in Navan hospital will be guaranteed. [20921/19]
- Hospital Overcrowding
20. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the significant overcrowding in the emergency department in Tallaght University Hospital during April 2019. [20819/19]
- Physiotherapy Provision
21. To ask the Minister for Health the physiotherapy services in Connemara; when a physiotherapist will be appointed in the Connemara region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20830/19]
- National Children's Hospital
23. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider publishing a redacted version of the contract for the national children's hospital in the interest of transparency and accountability; and...
- Disabilities Assessments
24. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to reduce waiting times for children awaiting assessment by early intervention teams in County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
25. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the delivery of the new radiation oncology unit in University Hospital Galway; the number of vacancies in oncology at the hospital; the number...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
26. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he is satisfied that issues affecting long waiting lists in public hospitals, overcrowding at accident and emergency units and other...
- Health Screening Programmes
27. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the newborn screening test pilot scheme for detecting metachromatic leukodystrophy and severe combined immunodeficiency; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Overcrowding
28. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ease the record overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20491/19]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
29. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the wait that families of children with SMA have been facing while the approval of Spinraza has yet to be resolved; if he...
- Ambulance Service Provision
30. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve ambulance services in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20910/19]
- Disability Services Funding
31. To ask the Minister for Health the funding being provided in 2019 for decongregation in disability services in Kilkenny city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20909/19]
- Respite Care Services Provision
32. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to deal with the ongoing respite crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20712/19]
- Addiction Treatment Services
33. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a project (details supplied) that is providing a valuable service for those in addiction. [20854/19]
- Hospital Overcrowding
35. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the significant overcrowding in the emergency department in University Hospital Galway during April 2019 [20823/19]
- Home Care Packages Provision
36. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of home support hours available for older persons in north Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20906/19]
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
37. To ask the Minister for Health the date for the commencement of the cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20843/19]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
38. To ask the Minister for Health if health service recruitment in CHO 2 is being curtailed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20816/19]
- Hospital Overcrowding
39. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the significant overcrowding in the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick during April 2019 [20826/19]
- National Children's Hospital
40. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the plans for a private clinic as part of the national children’s hospital; if the funding of this clinic is included in the latest budget...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
41. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug ocrelizumab will be available for persons with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20812/19]
- HSE Planning
43. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the future of trauma care here; the position regarding the decision for level 1 trauma centres for Cork and Dublin; and when a decision on the...
- Health Services Provision
44. To ask the Minister for Health if each CHO has enough funding to provide the home and respite care packages necessary for all those in need nationally; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Trade Union Recognition
45. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking regarding the ongoing industrial dispute in the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20745/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
46. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided to allow for the development of an extra procedure room in endoscopy at University Hospital Galway; the number of persons and...
- Health Services
47. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the place of Ireland on the European Health Consumer Index 2018; his further views on this ranking of the health system; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services Funding
48. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that funding is made available to a facility (details supplied) in order that it can continue providing care; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Funding
49. To ask the Minister for Health if additional demands have been made by his Department in respect of budget overruns to date in 2019 and the anticipated overruns up to 31 December 2019; and if...
- Home Help Service Provision
50. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to deal with the ongoing crisis in the provision of home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20713/19]
- Hospitals Capital Programme
51. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the proposed developments at St. Patrick's hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim. [20877/19]
- Disability Services Provision
53. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays for children on waiting lists for assessments and services with the south Kildare network disability team; the...
- Midwifery Services Provision
54. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the level of midwifery staffing in many maternity units remains below the Birthrate Plus recommendations and in some cases well below...
- Home Care Packages Funding
55. To ask the Minister for Health if resources will be made available to ensure home support services can meet demand and reduce waiting lists. [20838/19]
- Disability Services Funding
56. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the budget for disability services in CHO 9 is allocated without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20907/19]
- HSE Planning
57. To ask the Minister for Health the projects included in the 2019 health service capital plan; and if the plan is not finalised, his views on whether it is acceptable that five months into...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
58. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a primary care centre in Arklow, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20905/19]
- Hospital Facilities
59. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of modular theatres at Merlin Park hospital, Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20829/19]
- Hospitals Capital Programme
60. To ask the Minister for Health his long-term plans for a number of community hospitals in County Donegal, including the community hospitals in Lifford, Ramelton and St. Joseph's, Stranorlar;...
- Hospital Overcrowding
62. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the significant overcrowding in the emergency department in Naas General Hospital during 2019. [20827/19]
- Maternity Services
63. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the rate of induction of first-time mothers here is too high; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20839/19]
- National Children's Hospital Administration
64. To ask the Minister for Health the governance structure changes he expects to make to the national children's hospital board with regard to the overall oversight of the project; and if he...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
65. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the review of the long-term illness scheme; his views on whether the scheme needs to be more inclusive of other disease areas in addition...
- National Maternity Strategy Implementation
66. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been a lack of progress in rolling out the national maternity strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20746/19]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
68. To ask the Minister for Health the status of changes to the fair deal scheme as regards farming families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20818/19]
- Abortion Legislation
69. To ask the Minister for Health when the legislation for exclusion zones is expected to be ready in order to protect women from harassment, deception and coercion with the aim of obstructing...
- Hospital Overcrowding
70. To ask the Minister for Health the action he has taken to address the overcrowding situation in University Hospital Limerick further to correspondence he received from seven County Limerick...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
71. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to provide Spinraza for children with spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20645/19]
- Medicinal Products Regulation
72. To ask the Minister for Health when a biosimilars policy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20811/19]
- Patient Data
73. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children presenting at emergency departments nationwide with self-harm injuries, suicide attempts and-or overdoses in each of the years 2014 to...
- Home Care Packages Provision
74. To ask the Minister for Health if the delays being experienced in the delivery of home care packages in the CHO 7 area in counties Kildare and Wicklow will be addressed; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Services
75. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the future of Kilcreene hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20908/19]
- Health Strategies
76. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the level of respiratory illness affecting Irish persons; the policies he is pursuing to this effect; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Emergency Departments Services
78. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the assessment unit in the Naas General Hospital accident and emergency department in closed; and his plans to...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
79. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the list for those waiting more than a year and a half for an outpatient appointment increased from circa 13,000 three years ago to over 100,000 in...
- HSE Staff Recruitment
80. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, further to the announcement of the HSE recruitment embargo, persons who were in the recruitment process and...
- Department of Defence
- Civil Defence
81. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding legal advice provided to his Department concerning State assurances for Civil Defence; when his Department received this...
- Defence Forces Allowances
83. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will reinstate the 10% UN overseas mission allowance previously awarded to Defence Forces personnel; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Military Medals
84. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Defence Forces personnel have located the recommendations for military honours made by a person...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
85. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action he is taking to address the low levels of pay in the Defence Forces. [21112/19]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Brexit Issues
86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to new proposals from the British Government regarding customs checks on trade between Ireland and Britain;...
- Department of Finance
- Universal Social Charge Application
90. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly causing discrimination to public service pensioners by which public service pensioners pay USC on their pension...
- Corporation Tax Regime
91. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to commission an up-to-date review similar to the Coffey report on the sustainability of the corporate tax receipts in view of the most recent data...
- Credit Union Lending
92. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding enabling the credit unions to provide affordable mortgages, especially for young first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on...
- Insurance Costs
93. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to address the high level of public liability insurance faced by business and community groups; and the way in which he plans to...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Staff Redeployment
94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of clerical and executive officers, respectively, granted transfers under the Civil Service mobility and principal officer...
- National Broadband Plan Funding
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he will provide for the extra €1.5 billion needed over the course of the national development plan on the...
- Budget Measures
97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 9 May 2019, if he will provide the same tables for each ministerial Vote; and if he will make...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if prefabs will not be needed for a school (details supplied) and the structural defects amended before the start of the new school year in...
- School Transport Provision
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinstate a school transport service (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20947/19]
- School Playgrounds
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to a school planning to refurbish outdoor play areas on the school grounds to incorporate play equipment in the interests...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the allocation of special educational needs teachers to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs Data
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cohort the July provision is aimed at; the rules of the provision; the number of teachers that have applied; the number refused; and if he...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement that has taken place and the status of the proposed site for a school (details supplied) in order that it can relocate from its...
- Third Level Admissions Data
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of non-EU students that have enrolled in higher education here over the past five years. [20988/19]
- Third Level Fees
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that qualify for the free fees initiative based on the latest student numbers available. [20989/19]
- State Examinations
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an exam number will be granted for a person (details supplied) who has been denied a number due to technical breakdown. [20997/19]
- Schools Site Acquisitions
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on securing a permanent site for a school (details supplied). [21005/19]
- Schools Establishment
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the delivery of school provision in the Meakstown, Charlestown and Lanesborough area in Fingal, County Dublin; and if he...
- Commencement of Legislation
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the sections of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 obliging religious schools to develop meaningful opt-out policies are expected...
- Emergency Works Scheme Applications
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 9 April 2019, his plans to address the health and safety issues at a school (details supplied); and...
- Schools Establishment
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new second level school for Kinnegad, County Westmeath; and the timeframe for delivery of same. [21064/19]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs school will be considered for an area (details supplied). [21070/19]
- Schools Building Projects Status
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the delivery of a new permanent school building for a school (details supplied); when the new school building will open; and if...
- Schools Establishment
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21134/19]
- School Accommodation Provision
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the accommodation of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21167/19]
- Schools Review
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the formal review has been completed of the whole-school evaluation management, leadership, learning report carried out on a school (details...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Vetting Applications
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a matter relating to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20956/19]
- Citizenship Applications
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for citizenship being processed; the number of active applications being processed for more than...
- International Protection
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, and for what length of time, a passport is retained after a person is given a refugee or subsidiary protection declaration...
- Compensation Awards
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if payouts for prison officers through the criminal injuries compensation scheme are funded through Vote 21 – Prisons or...
- Prisoner Health
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the mental health and substance abuse supports in the Dóchas women's prison; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if parents granted long-stay visas are entitled to receive a stamp 4 visa on arrival as is specified in a Department and policy...
- Motor Insurance Fraud
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Garda insurance fraud unit will be operational; the remit of the unit; the resources allocated to same; his views on...
- Visa Applications
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time for visa applications and change-in-status applications; and if he is satisfied there is adequate...
- Naturalisation Applications
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a waiver or reduction in fees for naturalisation in cases of long-term residents here (details...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for CCTV in an area (details supplied). [21068/19]
- Residency Permits
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for leave to remain by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Stations
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in tendering for new Garda stations in County Cork in 2019; the locations of the stations; and if he will make a...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Work Permits Appeals
138. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a work permit application appeal by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Services
139. To ask the Minister for Health the details of reduced capacity in the Central Mental Hospital; the way in which waiting lists are being handled, particularly during the transition from...
- Mental Health Services Report
140. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 27 key recommendations made by the external review into Roscommon mental health services, which signalled a service in crisis mode, that have...
- Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
141. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to reduce the long waiting times for a first assessment for occupational therapy in County Kildare and west County Wicklow; and if he...
- National Children's Hospital
142. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no public benchmarking analysis was completed prior to the issuing of a tender in respect of the national children's hospital; and if he will make a...
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
143. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the public spending code guidelines may have been ignored with regard to the construction of the national children's hospital; if he...
- Citizens Assembly
144. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for implementing the outstanding recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly. [14251/19]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
145. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allocate additional resources to the health service in view of the recruitment difficulties across the sector; and if he will make a statement on...
- Home Care Packages Funding
147. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase funding to the HSE social care division CHO 1 to allow for a home support service to be put in place for elderly persons who have already...
- Services for People with Disabilities
148. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a petition regarding RehabCare; the level of involvement he will take on this matter; if he has engaged with the HSE on this...
- Medical Practitioners
149. To ask the Minister for Health the obligations on the Medical Council of Ireland to report to An Garda Síochána a medical professional who has been struck off the register for...
- Home Help Service Provision
150. To ask the Minister for Health if home help will be sanctioned and put in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20958/19]
- General Practitioner Services
151. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the process that is followed or guidelines that are given by the Medical Council of Ireland to general practices when vetting or hiring general...
- Disability Services Funding
152. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in addressing the shortfall in funding that threatens the future services to clients of RehabCare; if the necessary funding will be provided...
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
153. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters relating to the sufficient number of specialist registered consultants (details supplied). [20965/19]
- Addiction Treatment Services
157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction beds in the health service; and his plans to increase the number. [20969/19]
- Health Services Reports
158. To ask the Minister for Health if further consideration will be given to the need for an inquiry into foetal valproate syndrome as soon as the valproate response team of the HSE has...
- Disability Services Provision
161. To ask the Minister for Health if the healthcare assessment and needs of children suspected of having foetal valproate syndrome will be prioritised as a matter of urgency; and if there will...
- Medicinal Products Licensing
163. To ask the Minister for Health the clinical trials conducted on sodium valproate here prior to its licensing in 1975; and if no clinical trials were conducted here, the international...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
164. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that patients at some hospitals are being given only two days' notice to attend surgical appointments and if they miss...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
165. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that lymphedema patients are being charged for lymphedema garments that are essential garments for their treatment...
- Disease Management
166. To ask the Minister for Health the health services available to persons who have been definitively diagnosed with Lyme disease; if weekly ECG tests and blood tests every two weeks are...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
167. To ask the Minister for Health when the Medtronic 670 g pump will be approved, which has potential long-term benefits to type 1 diabetics and significant long-term health cost savings; and...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Funding
168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make additional funding available to child mental health services in County Louth; if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting lists for...
- Drug Treatment Programmes Data
169. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 18 December 2018, the latest figures for County Louth and the national figures for 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019...
- Addiction Treatment Services
170. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by a private health provider (details supplied) for addiction services in receiving recognition for...
- Hospital Services
171. To ask the Minister for Health if the needs of a person (details supplied) will be accommodated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21015/19]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight
172. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations in respect of additional charges to clients of nursing homes run by the HSE and the private sector under the fair deal scheme; and if he will...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
173. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce eye care outpatient waiting lists and lengthy waits for cataract surgery nationally significantly in 2019; and if he will make...
- HSE Staff Recruitment
174. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recent announcement by the HSE of a recruitment embargo in respect of candidates who had completed the recruitment process, had made...
- Hospitals Funding
175. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is to be withdrawn from a specific unit in a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork and redistributed to a hospital in another county; if all...
- Hospital Services
176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in the laundry service at University Hospital Galway; the length of time such positions have been vacant; the grade of vacancies; when...
- Thalidomide Victims Compensation
179. To ask the Minister for Health if an association (details supplied) will be supported in its efforts for justice and compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21039/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
180. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation to remove cataracts will be arranged at University Hospital Waterford for a person (details supplied); the timeline for the treatment; and if...
- Patient Transfers
181. To ask the Minister for Health the approval process to have a child referred from St. Luke's hospital, Kilkenny, for specialist care at a hospital (details supplied); if the case will be...
- Vaccination Programme Data
182. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of all vaccines; the vacancies included under the childhood vaccination programmes; the vaccines included under medical programmes; the cost of...
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
183. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for admission to the National Rehabilitation Centre, Dún Laoghaire, since January 2019; and if he...
- Irish Cancer Society Funding
184. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21075/19]
- National Counselling Service
185. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the National Counselling Service in County Louth in each year over the past five years. [21077/19]
- Suicide Incidence
188. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth who died by suicide in each year over the past five years. [21080/19]
- Suicide Prevention
190. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated in County Louth each year for the past five years to the implementation of Connecting for Life, Ireland’s National...
- Psychological Services Waiting Lists
192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Louth waiting to access primary care psychology services, CAMHS and disability services; and the number of these children who...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
196. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels for the CAMHS team for County Louth; the way in which this compares with the recommended staffing levels in A Vision for Change; and the...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting to access CAMHS services; and the number of these persons who have been waiting three to six, six to 12, 12 to 15 and more than...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Funding
198. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding allocated to the CAMHS service in County Louth in each year over the past five years. [21090/19]
- Health Services Access
199. To ask the Minister for Health the appropriate referral pathways for admission to a department of psychiatry facility (details supplied). [21091/19]
- Hospital Admissions
200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of admissions to hospital of persons from County Louth for anxiety or depression in each year over the past five years; and the average admission...
- Mortality Rates
201. To ask the Minister for Health the mortality rates for alcohol-related causes and for drug-related causes by county in tabular form. [21093/19]
- Mental Health Services Funding
202. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health funding allocation for each county for 2019; and the per capita spend in each county for 2019, in tabular form. [21094/19]
- Mental Health Services Staff
203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced nurse practitioners working within Louth mental health services. [21095/19]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
204. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no NTPF initiative in counties Cork and Kerry for ophthalmology outpatient appointments in view of the long wait times; and if he will make...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that funding is granted by the HSE for breast prostheses, bras and swimwear for CHO area 8; the reason approvals are not being granted to...
- Medical Card Applications
206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application in the case of a person (details supplied); if the application will now be approved on medical grounds; and if he will...
- HSE Governance
207. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which a chain of command exists throughout the HSE with particular reference to the degree to which specific responsibilities rest with...
- Home Care Packages Data
208. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which home care packages are being made available nationally; the extent to which provision in this regard to date has alleviated pressure on...
- Health Services Staff
209. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which staff shortages have shown up in the past six months that may have impeded the delivery and quality of the health services; and if he will...
- Health Services Staff Data
210. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extra nursing staff at all grades that have been employed by the HSE in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21150/19]
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants employed throughout the public health sector in the past two years; the extent to which vacancies remain to be filled; and if he will...
- Health Strategies
212. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he expects to be in a position to implement the recommendations of the Sláintecare report in 2019 and following years; and if he will...
- Hospital Beds Data
213. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of hospital beds throughout the public health sector needs to be augmented in keeping with demographics; the timescale for such...
- Medical Card Data
214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards issued in 2018 and to date in 2019; the extent to which this has contributed to the overall total; and if he will make a statement...
- Home Care Packages Data
216. To ask the Minister for Health the number of personnel engaged in the delivery of home care packages; the number of outstanding applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Primary Care Centres Provision
218. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which primary care centres or the upgrading of existing health centres has progressed throughout north County Kildare; the extent to which all...
- Orthodontic Services Data
219. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which orthodontic treatment continues to be made available as appropriate for children and or teenagers who require such treatment; the number of...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new staff recruited to the public health sector in general over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21160/19]
- HSE Waiting Lists
221. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he continues to monitor waiting lists for orthopaedic and cardiac procedures nationally; the extent to which progress is being made in this...
- Hospital Procedures
222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting spinal fusion procedures; if the waiting lists have improved in recent times with a view to being in a position to offer the...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
224. To ask the Minister for Health if reconsideration will be given to allocating a person (details supplied) an urgent hospital appointment; if it is standard procedure that patients on...
- Primary Care Centres
225. To ask the Minister for Health if services have been removed from a centre (details supplied) in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21168/19]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- TAMS Appeals
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a TAMS grant applied for by a person (details supplied); the position in which the appeal lodged is within the...
- Animal Identification Schemes
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the four residencies rule is a private arrangement between organisations (details supplied); if so, if the decision to display...
- Sea Lice Controls
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the reply he received from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment to the detailed...
- Beef Industry
230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to implement measures to assist the suckler beef sector in view of ongoing difficulties facing farmers; and if he will make...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Environmental Protection Agency
235. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Environmental Protection Agency's eco-driving training will be delivered; the status of the process; and if he...
- Energy Schemes
236. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 861 of 15 January 2019, the number of compressed natural gas public fuelling...
- Litter Pollution
237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration is being given to liaising with the local authorities under waste management and littering legislation...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether market pricing across the aviation industry reflects the cost of carbon emissions in the sector;...
- National Broadband Plan Administration
239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there will be a special purpose vehicle set up between an organisation (details supplied) and the ultimate...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking regarding the impact of aviation on climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21020/19]
- Roads Maintenance Funding
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be made available for a project (details supplied). [20998/19]
- Road Traffic Legislation
244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given further consideration to the consolidation of road traffic legislation; his plans to proceed with proposed legislation to...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if levels of remuneration to senior officials in civic society organisations mostly made up of volunteer members are taken into account...
- Electric Vehicles
246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if electric scooters are considered to be mechanically propelled vehicles; and the requirements for road use of scooters. [21052/19]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Domestic Violence Services Funding
247. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will seek to preserve a service (details supplied) in County Donegal for women and children seeking refuge from domestic abuse; if a...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- School Playgrounds
248. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available via the CLÁR programme or other programmes within his Department to a school in a rural area planning to...
- LEADER Programmes Funding
249. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will address a matter regarding funding for a local community project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Carer's Benefit Applications
250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the stamps of a person (details supplied) can be reviewed. [21069/19]
- Carer's Support Grant
251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [20951/19]
- Invalidity Pension Applications
252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and when they can expect a decision on their case. [20952/19]
- Social Welfare Appeals
253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20953/19]
- Illness Benefit Payments
254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when illness benefit payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Allowance Applications
255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on...
- State Pension (Contributory)
256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of pension entitlements has been conducted in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- JobPath Implementation
257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payments are made to Turas Nua and Seetec in which a JobPath participant becomes self-employed and is deemed to be no...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Free Travel Scheme
261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to the introduction of a scheme by which senior citizens living in remote areas would have a...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Homelessness Strategy
262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to establishing a Dublin regional housing delivery task force on the lines of proposals for...
- Shared Ownership Scheme
263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a house that was originally acquired under the shared ownership scheme with a local authority can now be included in the...
- Housing for People with Disabilities Provision
264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the building of new accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Water Supply
265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities' review of the proposed scheme to develop a water supply network from...
- Local Authority Funding
266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason he has not released funding to local authorities for the Rebuilding Ireland programme; when this funding will be...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received an application regarding the group sewerage scheme for an area (details supplied) from Westmeath County...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Archaeological Sites
268. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure that a site (details supplied) will be afforded the status of preservation in situ as opposed to preservation...
