• Misuse of Drugs
  988. To ask the Minister for Health the legislative provision under which a person may be prosecuted under for possession of a drug testing kit (details supplied). [24494/16]
• Alcohol Sales Legislation
  989. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill has been notified to the World Trade Organization under the technical barriers to trade agreement as a...
• Medical Card Applications
  990. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who has applied for, but has not yet received, a medical card and is placed on JobPath while the application is still being processed, will still...
• Early Childhood Care and Education
  991. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the increase number of refusals made with respect to applications received by HSE Donegal for additional preschool supports for children with...
• Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
  992. To ask the Minister for Health when the provisions of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 dealing with donor assisted human reproduction will commence; the timeframe he envisages...
• Drug Treatment Programmes
  993. To ask the Minister for Health the work that has been undertaken to deliver well resourced custodial drug treatment centres that could provide an alternative to standard custodial sanctions...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  994. To ask the Minister for Health the frequency of elective surgery in the ear, nose and throat hospitals; the waiting lists for ear, nose and throat operations; and if he will make a statement...
• Health Services Staff
  995. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline a person has to be working with the HSE until they will be entitled to a contract of indefinite duration or permanency; and if he will make a...
• Disability Allowance Payments
  997. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for a cut in an allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24330/16]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  998. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24342/16]
• Health Services
  999. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for treatment by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24347/16]
• Nursing Homes Support Scheme
  1000. To ask the Minister for Health to allow the release of properties for rent where the properties are held over in respect of capital to underpin fair deal investment; his plans to review the...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1001. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting for corrective surgery due to a medical condition; if he is aware...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1002. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [24376/16]
• Prescriptions Data
  1003. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over 65 years of age who were prescribed Olanzapine, Quetiapine Fumarate or Risperidone in 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date; the number of...
• Autism Support Services
  1005. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been cuts in the provision of psychological review for children who are six to 18 years of age with autism; if he is aware that such information...
• Health Services Data
  1006. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to outline the reason a person (details supplied) was told there are minimal case notes available in his or her case; and if he...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1007. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting almost a year and will not have an appointment until later in the year. [24389/16]
• Respite Care Services Provision
  1008. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no HSE emergency respite bed in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24393/16]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1009. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a child (details supplied) currently on the waiting list for 13 weeks for an operation. [24402/16]
• General Medical Services Scheme
  1010. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide approval under the GMS scheme for dental work in respect of a person (details supplied) who has a pre-existing health condition; and...
• Health Services Provision
  1011. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the diagnostic assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24405/16]
• Hospital Facilities
  1012. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 18 May 2016, the reason for the delay in the opening of the new theatre in Crumlin hospital; and if he will make...
• Vaccination Programme
  1013. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the shortage of the BCG tuberculosis vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24410/16]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1014. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24415/16]
• Ambulance Service Staff
  1015. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service ran a temporary competition to fill two operations resource manager positions in the north Leinster area without recourse to...
• Ambulance Service Data
  1017. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 73 of 21 April 2016, if the National Ambulance Service can provide the exact dates that the six vacant officer positions...
• Health Services Data
  1018. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recruitment panels for all grades in the HSE currently being used by the HSE national recruitment service that are over four years in existence...
• Ambulance Service Staff
  1019. To ask the Minister for Health if the Public Appointments Service notified the National Ambulance Service that its grade 6 panels for ambulance officers could no longer be drawn from and...
• Data Protection
  1020. To ask the Minister for Health the steps and procedures being taken in the transfer of Console clients' files to ensure the protection of confidentiality and consent of clients; and if he...
• Ambulance Service Data
  1021. To ask the Minister for Health the number of call outs the ambulance service made which did not meet the national standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24431/16]
• Alcohol Advertising
  1023. To ask the Minister for Health if, with regard to changes to the display of alcohol products on business premises contained within the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill, to indicate the evidence...
• Ambulance Service Accommodation
  1024. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed construction of the ambulance stations for Gorey and Enniscorthy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24434/16]
• Mental Health Services Staff
  1025. To ask the Minister for Health when a full-time psychiatrist will be appointed to a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24435/16]
• Drugs Payment Scheme Data
  1026. To ask the Minister for Health the value of drugs under the control of the HSE but the whereabouts of which are unknown, missing or unaccounted for at the end of each of the years 2013 to...
• Primary Care Strategy
  1027. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a recently published paper (details supplied); the actions he will take to promote the appropriate early detection and management of malnutrition...
• Primary Care Centres
  1028. To ask the Minister for Health if dietetic services will be made available in all new primary care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24444/16]
• HIQA Reports
  1029. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Health Information Quality Authority report of the review of nutrition and hydration care in public acute hospitals; the actions he will take...
• Medical Card Eligibility
  1030. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to end discrimination suffered by couples over 70 years of age in terms of the limit allowance set on 1 January 2014 (details supplied); the amount...
• Disability Support Services Provision
  1031. To ask the Minister for Health to provide transport for a person (details supplied) to attend work in a placement in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24451/16]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1032. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a hospital appointment. [24458/16]
• Disability Services Provision
  1034. To ask the Minister for Health if accommodation will be provided to a person (details supplied) to participate on a course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24460/16]
• Home Help Service Provision
  1035. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive the home help hours that had been allocated to him or her; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Organ Donation
  1037. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the process for organ donation to provide for those who do not wish to donate organs to be added to a non-donor registry allowing for all...
• Mental Health Services Funding
  1038. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding which has been allocated to mental health in the Cavan Monaghan Hospital Group for 2016; the new services planned for introduction; and...
• General Medical Services Scheme Administration
  1039. To ask the Minister for Health if there is provision for financial assistance for a person (details supplied) [24472/16]
• Respite Care Services Provision
  1040. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary respite supports will be provided to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24473/16]
• Respite Care Services
  1041. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate funding for additional residential respite care services to meet the requirements for the Health Information and Quality Authority, most...
• Blood Donations
  1042. To ask the Minister for Health his new policy and the revised criteria for donating blood; and the date upon which gay persons can present themselves to blood transfusion services in order...
• Nursing Home Services
  1043. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some nursing homes are now adding a weekly surcharge to nursing home fees, which must be paid in addition to...
• Home Help Service Provision
  1044. To ask the Minister for Health when budgetary provision will be made available to meet the demand for home help hours (details supplied). [24495/16]
• Mobility Allowance
  1045. To ask the Minister for Health the position in regard to the formulation and introduction of a new motorised transportation grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24496/16]
• Speech and Language Therapy
  1047. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists currently on HSE panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24506/16]
• Health Strategies
  1048. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work and composition of the National Advisory Committee on Bioethics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24507/16]
• Assisted Human Reproduction
  1049. To ask the Minister for Health if he has made a decision with respect to the provision of public funding for AHR in conjunction with the introduction of the planned legislation; and if he...
• Health Services
  1050. To ask the Minister for Health the funding or support his Department has given to the pursuit of research related to induced pluripotent stem cells and their medical applications; and if he...
• Medical Card Eligibility
  1051. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify proposals to automatically grant medical cards to families in receipt of a domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Assisted Human Reproduction
  1052. To ask the Minister for Health the status of legislation governing assisted human reproduction; the areas which will be covered by such legislation; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Legislative Measures
  1053. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any legislation defining a human embryo or human foetus; if legislation is planned in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1054. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24518/16]
• Autism Support Services
  1055. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for a full diagnostic assessment for autism in University Hospital Waterford; the composition of the team; if all the...
• Organ Donation
  1056. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the legalisation for the organ donation op-out system; the publicity programme which would be put in place to explain the op-out...
• Respite Care Services
  1057. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the level of funding to the Brothers of Charity to improve the levels of respite services for adults in County Tipperary; the current...
• National Children's Hospital Expenditure
  1058. To ask the Minister for Health the most recent cost estimate for the new national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24543/16]
• Departmental Agencies Funding
  1059. To ask the Minister for Health further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 296 of 20 July 2016, if he will provide a breakdown of the funding provided to agencies for the provision...
• Treatment Abroad Scheme
  1060. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be reimbursed under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24548/16]
• General Practitioner Services Provision
  1061. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a full-time general practitioner service in Rathmore, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Services for People with Disabilities
  1062. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the funding allocation for new wheelchairs in the Dublin North West area (details supplied). [24562/16]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1063. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24570/16]
• Hospital Services
  1064. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the children's outpatient trauma service in Tallaght hospital, Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement...
• Tobacco Control Measures
  1065. To ask the Minister for Health if and when the mechanics, cost and detail required by manufacturers of vaping products that do not contain tobacco and are not cigarettes to comply with the...
• Dental Services
  1066. To ask the Minister for Health if titanium chrome dentures are included in the dental treatment service scheme; if not, his plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Health Services Funding
  1067. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be restored for the provision of prescribed compression garments for persons with primary lymphoedema in the HSE west area; and if he will...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1068. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24589/16]
• Home Help Service
  1069. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for the provision of home help services in County Mayo for each of the years 2014 to 2015 and in 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on...
• Hospital Appointments Administration
  1074. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a referral for an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24595/16]
• Medical Card Reviews
  1075. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card review forms are issued to medical card holders who have been granted medical cards under EU entitlement and who are in receipt of a...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1076. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for transfer to the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Services for People with Disabilities
  1077. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider providing assisted transportation to a person (details supplied) to enable the person to have a short-term stay with family members; and...
• HSE Data
  1078. To ask the Minister for Health the number of workplace inspections carried out by the environmental health officers since 2015 to date; the total number of hours worked by the environmental...
• Ambulance Service Provision
  1079. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the number of ambulances in County Wicklow for patients who have to travel to St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, for accident and...
• Dental Services
  1080. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a dental appointment by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24610/16]
• Medical Records
  1081. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person's medical records (details supplied) have not been transferred from Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12, to...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1082. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24615/16]
• Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
  1083. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include MoviPrep laxative solution in the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24619/16]
• Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold
  1084. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reduce the drugs payment scheme threshold from €144 per month to €100 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24620/16]
• Health Services Staff Recruitment
  1085. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 530 of 14 April 2016, the outcome of the recruitment process for a rehabilitation consultant post for the Louth-Meath...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1086. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an appointment has been postponed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24626/16]
• Local Drugs Task Forces
  1087. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not recruited a person for the role of task force co-ordinator with the Canal Communities local drugs task force following the...
• Health Services
  1088. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is not approving continuous monitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24629/16]
• Alcohol Advertising
  1090. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the Alcohol Marketing Communications Monitoring Body has reported to him or his Department with respect to compliance on a voluntary code...
• Care of the Elderly
  1092. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns regarding the old and vulnerable (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24649/16]
• Hospitals Data
  1093. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1095. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen for a medical procedure to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24652/16]
• Nursing Staff Recruitment
  1098. To ask the Minister for Health when an advanced nurse practitioner will be appointed at Kerry University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24657/16]
• Clinical Indemnity Scheme
  1099. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24666/16]
• Nursing Homes Support Scheme
  1100. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the commitment contained in the programme for Government to remove discrimination against small businesses and family farms under the fair deal...
• Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
  1101. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for each HSE region for access to the fair deal nursing home scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24688/16]
• Hospital Charges
  1102. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of hospital accommodation per patient per night; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24712/16]
• Home Care Packages Expenditure
  1103. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of care provided under the home care package per patient per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24713/16]
• Home Care Packages Provision
  1104. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to increase the amount of care provided under the home care package to allow patients, in cases where it is appropriate, to receive...
• Services for People with Disabilities
  1105. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to further support community-based organisations (details supplied) that provide important services for persons with learning disabilities; his...
• Departmental Expenditure
  1106. To ask the Minister for Health the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in his Department; the amount spent on credit cards by his Department in 2014 and in...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1110. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment in Kerry University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24819/16]
• Dental Services
  1111. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for dental treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24821/16]
• Nursing Staff Recruitment
  1112. To ask the Minister for Health to request that the HSE allow Kerry University Hospital to re-advertise the position of rheumatology nurse at the grade of advanced nurse specialist in order...
• Respite Care Services
  1113. To ask the Minister for Health the provision in County Louth for adults and children with intellectual disabilities who need emergency respite care; the number and location of emergency...
• Health Services Provision
  1117. To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate an inquiry into the provision of respite care at St. John of God North East Services, Saint Mary's, Drumcar. [24840/16]
• Diabetes Strategy
  1119. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to fund the FreeStyle Libre monitor which monitors the blood sugars of persons who suffer from diabetes. [24847/16]
• Medicinal Products Availability
  1120. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug Sativex is not available to persons who suffer from multiple sclerosis despite the former Minister of State for primary care signing a...
• Tobacco Control Measures
  1122. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government has been contacted by the tobacco industry or any of its representatives on the possibility of a joint agreement on the joint use of the...
• Primary Care Centres
  1123. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff, by grade, who will be employed in each of the new 14 primary care centres announced earlier in 2016 under the PPP scheme; the services...
• Drugs Payment Scheme
  1124. To ask the Minister for Health the current cost of the drugs payment scheme; if costings can be made available for the effect of reducing the current maximum payment threshold from...
• Prescriptions Charges
  1125. To ask the Minister for Health the revenue currently being generated from prescription charges; the number of persons who would benefit and the cost of abolishing prescription charges for...
• Medical Card Reviews
  1126. To ask the Minister for Health the reason elderly persons on pensions who have been in receipt of a medical card for over ten years are having their medical cards renewed for only six...
• Bereavement Counselling Services Provision
  1127. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are no institutionalised referral pathways from Irish hospitals to the specialist counselling and information services provided by the IFPA...
• Nursing Staff Recruitment
  1128. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's recruitment policy, particularly in County Kerry, for the hiring of emporary mental health nurses who have been employed over the past number of...
• Mental Health Services Staff
  1129. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding mental health staffing issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24886/16]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1130. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24889/16]
• Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
  1131. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding waiting times for orthodontic care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24895/16]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1132. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24926/16]
• Health Services Provision
  1134. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the primary school optical scheme for children in fifth and sixth class until such time as he has implemented and introduced reform...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1135. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24932/16]
• Health Services Provision
  1137. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 14 July 2016, if he will take steps in order that a staff member from St. Joseph's Service in Portrane, County...
• Services for People with Disabilities
  1138. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a programme of rehabilitation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24936/16]
• Nursing Home Services
  1139. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State-run facilities that provide nursing home care; the number of staff in each of these facilities; the number of residents in each of these...
• Hospital Appointments Delays
  1140. To ask the Minister for Health his views in regard to the fact that a person (details supplied) has been told by the Mater Hospital that they will have to wait 16 months for laser eye...
• Mental Health Services
  1142. To ask the Minister for Health when the report of the independent external review group on the quality, safety and governance of mental health services in County Roscommon, which was...
• Health Services Funding
  1143. To ask the Minister for Health the detail on cuts that have been imposed at a day care centre (details supplied); the reason these cuts have taken place; if staff were notified of the...
• Prescriptions Charges
  1144. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to tackle the issue of persons overpaying for prescription charges (details supplied). [24979/16]
• HSE Properties
  1145. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all buildings owned by the Health Service Executive, including corresponding addresses for each building; if each...
• Health Services Provision
  1146. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place to replace the primary school children optical scheme that was recently cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24991/16]
• Services for People with Disabilities
  1147. To ask the Minister for Health the public services that are now available in County Clare to assist a person (details supplied) since the cutting of funding to Disabled People of Clare and...
• Psychological Services
  1148. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the Dublin north city and county child and adolescent mental health service lacks any primary care psychology service to which...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1150. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25006/16]
• Health Services
  1151. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a road accident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25009/16]
• HSE Funding
  1152. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 581 of 19 July 2016, the reason the HSE compliance unit is not able to provide a more definitive answer to the question...
• Hospital Services
  1153. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25023/16]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1154. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25053/16]
• Disease Awareness
  1155. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by the HSE in relation to encouraging awareness, prevention and treatment of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Hospital Appointments Delays
  1156. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times experienced by persons who had a procedure in 2015 and during the first half of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25059/16]
• Ambulance Service
  1157. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the moneys being spent on private ambulance services in the State in each of the past five years; the moneys being spent on private...
• Hospital Staff
  1158. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the shortage of anaesthetists in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, and Louth County Hospital; the impact in terms of...
• Hospital Equipment
  1159. To ask the Minister for Health the position in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, regarding the concerns or requests raised or made by patients or their families or hospital staff...
• Maternity Services
  1160. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied) and the ongoing issue involving a review of their case; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Accident and Emergency Departments Data
  1161. To ask the Minister for Health the number of attendances at each of the 29 hospitals that offered emergency department services on a 24/7 basis in 2015 and the number to date up to the end...
• Hospital Charges
  1162. To ask the Minister for Health if medical card cover in respect of a person (details suppled) will be backdated to cover the costs of a hospital stay; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Nursing Staff Remuneration
  1163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses that earn between €10,000 and €100,000 per year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25083/16]
• Mental Health Services
  1164. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding mental health day care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25087/16]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1165. To ask the Minister for Health the status of persons (details supplied) waiting to see a consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25089/16]
• Hospital Appointments Delays
  1166. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in receiving an appointment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25093/16]
• Medical Card Eligibility
  1167. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a full medical card here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25094/16]
• Hospital Appointments Administration
  1168. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25095/16]
• Free Travel Scheme
  1169. To ask the Minister for Health if there are provisions due to be implemented within his Department to accommodate persons that are not permitted by the State to drive due to a sight...
• Medicinal Products Prices
  1170. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding pharmaceutical pricing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25108/16]
• Services for People with Disabilities
  1172. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy; and if he will make a...
• Speech and Language Therapy Provision
  1173. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the waiting list for counties Louth and Meath for speech and language therapy assessment and intervention for each of the past three...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1174. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25115/16]
• Ambulance Service
  1175. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding ambulances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25121/16]
• Public Relations Contracts Data
  1176. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount billed to publicly funded hospitals, including section 38 providers, by external communications and public relations firms for work...
• Health Services Staff Data
  1179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in communications in the HSE; if he will include those working in communications roles in individual hospitals, in...
• General Practitioner Services
  1180. To ask the Minister for Health the reason general practitioners are unable to refer public patients for MRI scans in public hospitals; if will review this process given the fact it is...
• Orthodontic Services Provision
  1181. To ask the Minister for Health if essential orthodontic treatment is covered by a parent's medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1182. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been put an a further nine-month waiting list after initially being referred since March 2015 for a procedure in...
• Dental Services Waiting Lists
  1183. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dental appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25177/16]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1184. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25186/16]
• Drug Treatment Programmes
  1185. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of residential and inpatient detoxification beds available for the purpose of treatment for drug and alcohol misuse in the State; the number...
• Hospital Appointments Administration
  1187. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
  1188. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 633 of 19 July 2016, if he will provide a breakdown of all expenditure to date by the CRC on outside consultancy...
• Health Services
  1189. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate details provided in correspondence (details supplied); the action taken in response by the HSE to this issue; and if he will make a...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1190. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25208/16]
• Home Care Packages Data
  1191. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of allocation of the €20 million allocated to maintain home help hours and home care packages by county; and if he will...
• Services for People with Disabilities
  1192. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for two full-time placements in respect of persons (details supplied); if further funding will be provided for transport for them;...
• Medical Card Applications
  1193. To ask the Minister for Health if and when medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25216/16]
• Illness Benefit Applications
  1194. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a critical illness payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25217/16]
• Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
  1195. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an orthodontic appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25218/16]
• Orthodontic Services
  1196. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25219/16]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1197. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be taken into hospital for essential eye treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25223/16]
• Services for People with Disabilities
  1198. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 621 of 12 July 2016, if he will provide a further and full breakdown of the €31,869,951.00 HSE funding which was...
• Medicinal Products Reimbursement
  1199. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is taking so long for those MS sufferers to be reimbursed for the drug Fampyra after the announcement was made that the responders to the drug...
• Hospital Appointments Administration
  1200. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided a date for a hospital appointment. [25226/16]
• Hospital Services
  1201. To ask the Minister for Health if, as part of the extension of services at Roscommon University Hospital, he will put in place a dialysis machine to reduce the travel local patients have to...
• Cross-Border Health Services Provision
  1202. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is no longer eligible to have treatment carried out in Belfast children's hospital under the cross-Border health care...
• Orthodontic Services
  1203. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to have orthodontic treatment carried out; the length of time this person is on the waiting list;...
• Health Services
  1204. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) who has been awarded an injury grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25243/16]
• Care of the Elderly Provision
  1205. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of respite care beds available for elderly persons in County Kildare; the number available for the years 2014 and 2015; and if he will...
• General Practitioner Services Provision
  1206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of general practitioner services in Rathmore, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25257/16]
• Hospital Consultant Recruitment
  1207. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the rheumatologist position in Tralee University Hospital, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25258/16]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1208. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25259/16]
• Medical Card Applications
  1210. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25263/16]
• Ambulance Service Response Times
  1211. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a road traffic incident (details supplied) which occurred in County Louth; if he is aware that the ambulance did not arrive at the scene of...
• Home Help Service Provision
  1212. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25275/16]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1213. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who is on a waiting list to see a consultant will be given an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Services for People with Disabilities
  1214. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for extra personal assistant hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25280/16]
• Dental Services Provision
  1215. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child whose parents have a medical card and requires dental fillings is put on a waiting list which can take several years whereas an adult in a...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1216. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to be seen in Crumlin hospital, Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25288/16]
• Hospice Services Provision
  1217. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to each facility in the State which provides hospice care for adults for each of the years 2013 to date in 2016 in tabular...
• Health Services Staff Recruitment
  1219. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 17 December 2015, and for which a reply was subsequently issued by the HSE in which it was stated that paperwork...
• National Treatment Purchase Fund
  1220. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the restoration of the National Treatment Purchase Fund as per the minority Government facilitation agreement between Fianna Fáil and...
• Health Services
  1221. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an eye test in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25296/16]
• Hospital Services
  1224. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide appropriate funds to Cork University Hospital to open the operating theatres and end rolling closures; and if he will make a statement on...
• Services for People with Disabilities
  1226. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and grants available for clubs supporting persons with special needs; the funding available to a group (details supplied); and if he will make a...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1227. To ask the Minister for Health when the parents of a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment from Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
• Services for People with Disabilities
  1228. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25331/16]
• Health Services Funding
  1229. To ask the Minister for Health the amount and percentage of funding of HSE-funded health services including hospitals, public and voluntary derived from charitable contributions [25359/16]
• Health Services
  1231. To ask the Minister for Health the total amounts spent and budgeted for homeless services by the HSE and any other agencies under his remit in 2015 and 2016 [25361/16]
• Health Services Expenditure
  1232. To ask the Minister for Health the information available on the estimated annual cost of offering a full-range of reproductive services to women via the HSE free at the point of use,...
• Health Services Provision
  1233. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of restoring HSE medical, nursing, care and home help staff to 2008 levels. [25363/16]
• Alcohol Pricing
  1234. To ask the Minister for Health the financial benefits that would accrue to the drinks industry from the introduction of minimum pricing for alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Public Health Policy
  1235. To ask the Minister for Health further to the recommendations contained in the British Government’s report on antimicrobial resistance (details supplied) his plans to enact the key...
• Vaccination Programme
  1241. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation where some persons claim that a vaccine (details supplied) has had an adverse affect on their health; if he...
• Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
  1242. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed for a hearing aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25393/16]
• Maternity Services
  1243. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the lack of scanning services for pregnant women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25397/16]
• Maternity Services Provision
  1244. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which services at Mullingar Midlands Regional Hospital compare to those at Portlaoise, Wexford and Kilkenny hospitals in relation to number of...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1245. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) is waiting over nine months for an in-patient orthopaedic procedure as a result...
• Departmental Properties
  1246. To ask the Minister for Health the landlords that his Department or bodies under his aegis paid rent to in each of the past three years; and the sums paid in each case. [25419/16]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1247. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to 56 cases in which persons have been on waiting lists for either day case or in-patient treatment at Letterkenny University...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1248. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [25435/16]
• Diabetes Strategy
  1249. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to approve the Abbot's Libre monitoring system for blood glucose monitoring of diabetes patients; if so, the time line; and if he will make...
• Health Services
  1250. To ask the Minister for Health when there will be an outcome to the full system analysis review into the circumstances surrounding an incident (details supplied); and if he will make a...
• Home Help Service
  1251. To ask the Minister for Health the reason targets for monthly home help hours are not being met in County Kerry; the action he will take to ensure that this issue is addressed; and if he...
• Medicinal Products Reimbursement
  1252. To ask the Minister for Health the respective roles of the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics and Irish Platform for Patients' Organisations in Science and Industry in making decisions...
• Care of the Elderly
  1255. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in progressing the previous Government's plans for a 100-bed unit at Connolly hospital for older and infirm patients; if he is...
• Home Care Packages Funding
  1256. To ask the Minister for Health the financial allocation of the €40 million extra allocated to home care services in June 2016; the number of home help extra hours achieved by this...
• Services for People with Disabilities
  1257. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is continuing to wait on an assessment when it states in correspondence that the HSE is in breach of its own...
• Departmental Expenditure
  1258. To ask the Minister for Health the total spending by his Department, including details of all increases or decreases on an annual basis for each of the years 2013 to date in 2016, in...
• Dental Services Waiting Lists
  1259. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dental appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25488/16]
• General Practitioner Services Provision
  1260. To ask the Minister for Health the number of part time general practitioners and the number of full time general practitioners practising in County Kildare, for each of the years 2011 to...
• General Practitioner Services
  1262. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts made by his Department to date to secure a general practitioner for a health centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
• General Practitioner Data
  1264. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners employed the HSE approaching 60 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25493/16]
• General Practitioner Services
  1265. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts his Department have made to recruit new general practitioners with particular focus on rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Occupational Therapy
  1266. To ask the Minister for Health the number and geographical location of privately contracted occupational therapists by the HSE by county from 2013 to 2016 to date. [25499/16]
• Speech and Language Therapy
  1267. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for speech therapy in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25503/16]
• Health Services
  1268. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 13 July 2016, when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with an appointment; and if he will make a...
• Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
  1269. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for HSE equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25505/16]
• Maternity Services
  1270. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the national maternity strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25513/16]
• Hospital Services
  1272. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Kerry University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25534/16]
• General Medical Services Scheme
  1273. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to resolve the issue of general practitioners charging GMS patients for routine blood tests that has been tabled at HSE national level...
• Psychological Services
  1274. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a position of assistant psychologist on the HSE's pay scale, given that over 50% of early career psychologists are employed in a...
• Vaccination Programme
  1275. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to conduct an independent review of the Gardasil HPV vaccine. [25551/16]
• Medical Goods Regulation
  1276. To ask the Minister for Health his views on potential conflicts of interest in relation to the Irish Cancer Society holding public talks supporting the use of certain drugs while at the...
• Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
  1277. To ask the Minister for Health if there are different policies regarding the funding of wheelchairs and other OT services from county to county (details supplied); and if so, the details of...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1278. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred to University College Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25570/16]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1279. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who is on a waiting list will receive the hospital treatment they require. [25571/16]
• Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
  1280. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the primary care reimbursement service to accept a means assessment from the Department of Social Protection as evidence of...
• Orthodontic Services Provision
  1281. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for braces in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25585/16]
• Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
  1282. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding waiting lists for orthodontic treatment in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• National Treatment Purchase Fund
  1283. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25587/16]
• Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
  1284. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for hearing aids in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25588/16]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1285. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for an operation at Cappagh Hospital; if due to the urgency of the case, the operation will be sooner...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1287. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the arranging of an appointment for a person (details supplied) who has been waiting a considerable period. [25593/16]
• National Counselling Service
  1288. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 26 May 2016, if he will provide details of staff vacancies within the National Counselling Service; the number of...
• Counselling Services Provision
  1289. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 26 May 2016, the programme for Government funding that has or will be committed in 2016 to address priority long...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1290. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the excessively high number of patients awaiting surgery to remove eye cataracts; if he is aware of the number of patients already...
• Dietician Service Provision
  1291. To ask the Minister for Health when the recruitment of a community-based senior dietitian for persons with diabetes living in County Donegal will be completed; when it is anticipated that...
• Maternity Services Provision
  1292. To ask the Minister for Health the stage the second inquiry into an incident (details supplied) is at; if the second report is completed; if it has been provided to the parents; if the...
• Health Services Provision
  1293. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25604/16]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1294. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25611/16]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1295. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the waiting time for an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25621/16]
• Ambulance Service Provision
  1296. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanism or body that exists in County Donegal for determining ambulance provision in the county; the way a decision is reached with respect to...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1297. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment from Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25628/16]
• Hospital Services
  1300. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in publishing the report on the future of services at Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; and when the report is likely to be...
• Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
  1301. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have a specific item made available to a person (details supplied) at the earliest date possible. [25638/16]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1302. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been waiting for two years to be admitted to hospital for urgent surgery; if he will assist...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1303. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25640/16]
• Dental Services
  1304. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding dentists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25641/16]
• Hospital Facilities
  1305. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the re-opening of the Sonas ward at St. Patrick's Community Hospital, Fermoy, which was closed on a temporary basis until the end of...
• Hospital Transfers
  1307. To ask the Minister for Health if he will facilitate a transfer within a service in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25670/16]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1308. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25671/16]
• Medicinal Products Reimbursement
  1309. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the drug Respreeza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25674/16]
• Nursing Staff
  1310. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make resources available to allow the HSE provide a full-time permanent nurse for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
• Hospital Staff
  1311. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department has considered or would consider the establishment of family care co-ordinator positions in hospitals to assist families diagnosed...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1312. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25687/16]
• Services for People with Disabilities
  1313. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for residents of a facility (details supplied) in County Cork if the housing units being prepared for them will not be available for occupation by...
• Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
  1315. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is on the orthodontic waiting list for referral to Cork can instead avail of treatment in Limerick. [25701/16]
• Hospital Services
  1316. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to a situation (details supplied) at University Hospital Kerry; the measures being taken to prevent such an outcome; and if...
• Home Care Packages Data
  1317. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that applied for the home care package in County Wexford in 2016; the number that have been processed; the number that have been...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1318. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25704/16]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1319. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who is on a waiting list will receive the hospital treatment they require. [25705/16]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1320. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who is on a waiting list will receive the hospital treatment they require. [25706/16]
• Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
  1322. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the medical items they require; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25712/16]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1323. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25713/16]
• Patient Data
  1324. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days required by the number of patients undergoing full and partial lower limb amputation procedures in 2014 and 2015 by county;...
• Voluntary Sector Funding
  1325. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 21 June 2016, if a letter dated 4 May 2009 from an organisation (details supplied) was received by a HSE...
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1326. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25730/16]
• Home Help Service Data
  1327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are wait listed for home help by health centres in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25732/16]
• Home Help Service Oversight
  1329. To ask the Minister for Health the recruitment plans for home help in counties Laois and Offaly in view of the fact that a number of home help personnel are scheduled to retire in the near...
• Home Help Service Provision
  1330. To ask the Minister for Health if the lack of provision of home help services to elderly persons who are in serious need of home help is considered elder abuse by the State; and if he will...
• Primary Care Centres Provision
  1331. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the provision of a primary care centre for Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25740/16]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were waiting for access to an ICU bed during June 2016; the duration of these waiting times; and if he will make a statement on...
• Health Services Staff Recruitment
  1335. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are different terms set out for accepting or declining an expression of interest in positions in the HSE advertised by the National...
• Respite Care Services Provision
  1336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds closed in County Sligo since 2013; his plans to provide additional respite beds in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on...
• Health Services
  1337. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25762/16]
• Health Services Data
  1338. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish citizens who have been placed in care outside the State for medical, special nursing and long-term care and whose care is being funded by...
• Hospital Services
  1341. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the provision of rehabilitation services with a view to developing another centre of excellence, in view of the recent news that waiting...
• Home Help Service Oversight
  1342. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to re-orienting the funding stream for home care packages and home help hours to a demand-led model as opposed to the current...
• Primary Care Centres Data
  1343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff by grade that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Derrybeg-Bunbeg, County Donegal; the services which will be provided; the...
• Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
  1377. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite a fair deal scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25840/16]
• Treatment Abroad Scheme
  1378. To ask the Minister for Health if funding has ceased for patients from the Republic of Ireland to Great Ormond Street Hospital, London; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25843/16]
• Hospital Appointments Delays
  1379. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in scheduling surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25845/16]
• Medical Card Applications
  1380. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for a medical card considering that the application has been ongoing since March...
• Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
  1381. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for specially fitted shoes in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25852/16]
• Mental Health Services Staff
  1382. To ask the Minister for Health when further psychiatric nursing positions will be recruited at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25854/16]
• National Postcode System Implementation
  1383. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts his Department and agencies under its remit have made to use Eircode when communicating with households via An Post; and if he will make a...
• Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
  1384. To ask the Minister for Health if he will accept the values that persons have for the local property tax as the valuation of houses for the fair deal scheme rather than spending taxpayers'...
• Services for People with Disabilities
  1385. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25888/16]
• General Practitioner Data
  1386. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 453 of 21 July 2016, if he will provide a detailed breakdown of figures supplied by the HSE (details supplied). [25900/16]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1387. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25905/16]
• Medical Card Drugs Availability
  1388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow a person (details supplied) to access the drug Stelazine on the medical card scheme as they cannot afford to pay for it privately. [25907/16]
• Site Acquisitions
  1390. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the search for another premises in view of the recent refusal for planning permission for a kidney dialysis unit in Wexford town. [25918/16]
• Hospital Services
  1391. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he proposes to introduce to deal with the overcrowding in the emergency department, operation cancellations, deferred surgeries and growing...
• Maternity Services
  1392. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a person (details supplied) regarding issues on maternity services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25922/16]
• Vaccination Programme
  1393. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns by a person (details supplied) regarding the availability of vaccinations for children at present here; if a catch-up programme is...
• Hospital Appointments Administration
  1394. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25925/16]
• Hospital Consultant Recruitment
  1395. To ask the Minister for Health if a consultant psychiatrist position (details supplied) is to become vacant; when it is expected that this vacancy will arise; the date on which authorities...
• Primary Care Centres Provision
  1396. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to identify alternative sites for the provision of a primary care centre either by direct provision or by public private...
• National Drugs Strategy
  1397. To ask the Minister for Health the consultative process being undertaken with regard to the development of a new national drugs strategy; the consultative meetings to date; the progress to...
• Health Services Staff Recruitment
  1398. To ask the Minister for Health if the approval sought by CHO7 management within the context of the pay bill management framework has been granted to fill four vacant dental posts in a...
• HSE Funding
  1399. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for funding made by an organisation (details supplied) in Lucan, County Dublin to the HSE will be processed; and if he will make a...
• Home Help Service Provision
  1400. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is not being provided with the home help they require; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25957/16]
• Speech and Language Therapy Provision
  1401. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the speech and language therapist is being taken from a child and adolescent mental health service (details supplied); and if he will make a...
• Services for People with Disabilities
  1402. To ask the Minister for Health if he will continue to make funds available to a person (details supplied) in order that their child with special needs can continue to avail of a place in a...
• Medical Card Data
  1404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on disability allowance that have a medical card; the number of persons on disability allowance on means that have a medical card; and...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1405. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25972/16]
• Medicinal Products Availability
  1406. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request Beaumont Hospital to complete all of the necessary paperwork to allow a person (details supplied) access to the drug Fampridine on their...
• Hospital Appointments Administration
  1407. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for a second operation will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied); if it is a lack of funding from the National Treatment...
• HSE Reports
  1408. To ask the Minister for Health the action taken by the HSE arising from a report into the death of a person (details supplied); if the ligature points mentioned in the report were removed...
• HSE Investigations
  1409. To ask the Minister for Health if he received complaints from families who have family members in care at a hospital (details supplied); if an investigation has been carried out to date...
• General Medical Services Scheme Payments
  1410. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some general practitioners charge medical card holders for blood tests whilst the general medical services...
• HIQA Standards
  1411. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken arising from a presentation made to the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health and older people by a group...
• Mental Health Policy
  1412. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the patient confidentiality clause in respect of a person's mental illness in view of the fact many persons who are adults have health...
• Home Help Service Provision
  1413. To ask the Minister for Health when additional home help weekend hours will be allocated to a person (details supplied) following assessment and approval of same by a home help services...
• Hospital Appointments Administration
  1414. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26011/16]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1415. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26012/16]
• HSE Funding
  1416. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided to open a new 40-bed hospital in County Kerry (details supplied). [26025/16]
• Legislative Programme
  1417. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of international public funding models for fertility treatment; when the general scheme of legislative provisions dealing with...
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1418. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an MRI scan in Temple Street Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26028/16]
• Audiology Services Data
  1419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for an appointment for community audiology services in County Donegal; the number of persons that have been waiting for...
• Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
  1420. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of HSE equipment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26031/16]
• Parliamentary Questions Data
  1421. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parliamentary questions for written answer put to the Minister for Health in each of the past five years; the number of parliamentary questions...
• Home Care Packages Administration
  1422. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there have been such drastic cuts to home care packages in the Roscommon-Galway area in recent times; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Home Care Packages Provision
  1423. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a vital home care package in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26044/16]
• Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
  1426. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a new blood test metering system known as FreeStyle Libre which has very significant benefits in terms of blood sugar monitoring and control for...
• National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
  1427. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is eligible for the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26069/16]
• Appointments to State Boards
  1428. To ask the Minister for Health the list of all vacancies that existed on 26 February 2016 and all positions that have arisen since included the date it became vacant for State boards or...
• HSE Properties
  1429. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the approved process whereby lands owned by the HSE are to be sold or leased to companies which have charitable status. [26096/16]
• Hospital Waiting Lists
  1434. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to clear the patients on trolleys across Ireland and reduce the maximum wait time on a trolley to six to eight hours; and if he will make a...
• Autism Support Services
  1435. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the Exchequer to provide sufficient places for all school leavers on the autism spectrum each year up to 2021; and if he will make a...
• Health Services Provision
  1436. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has examined the possibility of setting up community-based interventions similar to those in the UK to treat drunk persons in a setting...
• Budget 2017
  1437. To ask the Minister for Health the projects his Department is prioritising in Budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26135/16]
• Hospital Appointments Administration
  1438. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange and expedite an early date for operations in respect of a person (details supplied). [26155/16]
• Health Services Provision
  1439. To ask the Minister for Health if dialysis will be provided in Kilkenny city rather than Waterford Regional Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will expedite a...
• Services for People with Disabilities
  1441. To ask the Minister for Health the status and future of services at Sunbeam House Services in Arklow and Bray following recent HIQA reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Primary Care Centres Provision
  1442. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed Primary Care Centre for Finglas; if the HSE has identified sites and begun to draw up plans for this centre; if the provision of...
• Hospitals Building Programme
  1443. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the rebuild of the Radiation Department at Letterkenny University Hospital; when it will be commissioned; and if he will make a...
• Hospital Services
  1444. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to provide a cardiac catheterisation laboratory at Letterkenny University Hospital; if he will provide the necessary funds for the...
• Respite Care Services Provision
  1445. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Headway facility located at a location (details supplied) has ceased taking patients for respite...
• Hospital Consultant Recruitment
  1446. To ask the Minister for Health if a third consultant rheumatologist has been appointed to Sligo General Hospital; and when the outreach rheumatology clinic will be reinstated in Letterkenny...
• Health Insurance Cover
  1447. To ask the Minister for Health the advice he would give to a person (details supplied) who cannot obtain affordable insurance given the particular anomalies of their situation under the...
• Home Help Service
  1448. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE is reviewing the manner in which hours are banked in respect of home helps; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this...
• HSE Staff
  1449. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current situation at University Hospital Kerry, the advanced nurse practitioner post and the resignation of a person (details...
• Prescriptions Charges
  1450. To ask the Minister for Health the revenue raised from prescription charges in 2015 and to date in 2016. [26199/16]
• Hospital Admissions
  1451. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances under which a person (details supplied) has remained in St. Vincent’s Hospital; the reason the hospital has refused to engage with...
• Cancer Services Provision
  1452. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that cancer patients admitted to University Hospital Limerick on weekends and bank holidays do not have access to...
• Hospital Appointments Administration
  1453. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a medical procedure as requested by their GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• HSE Properties
  1454. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the sale of a HSE building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26247/16]
• Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
  1455. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Autoimmune Hepatitis is not on the long-term illness scheme. [26254/16]
• Health Services Provision
  1459. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of a person's case (details supplied) can take place to regularise treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26261/16]
• Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
  1460. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in supplying a replacement wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26262/16]
• Hospital Appointments Status
  1461. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in respect of a surgical procedure date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26263/16]
• Nursing Staff Recruitment
  1462. To ask the Minister for Health when the new paediatric palliative care nurse will be appointed at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26268/16]
• Hospital Services
  1463. To ask the Minister for Health when the necessary resources will be allocated to the Mater Hospital, Dublin to enable the extension of a service which cares for patients throughout most of...
• Hospital Accommodation Provision
  1464. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide new accommodation and facilities at a hospital (details supplied), given the large number of patients attending; and if he will make a...
• Hospital Staff Recruitment
  1465. To ask the Minister for Health when the staffing complement will be increased at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26271/16]
• Hospitals Data
  1466. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2014 and 2015 by county; the number of these persons who had diabetes by...
• Hospital Appointments Administration
  1468. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment from Tallaght Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26286/16]
• Hospitals Data
  1469. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments, inpatient appointments and elective surgery procedures cancelled at Tallaght Hospital, by appointment type, on a...
• Medical Card Data
  1470. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 September 2016 or the latest date available; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for...
• Home Help Service Data
  1471. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area in June, July and August 2016 in tabular form; and the way it compares against target...
• Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
  1472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme for each local health area in tabular form; and the length of time waiting in...
• Medicinal Products Licensing
  1473. To ask the Minister for Health if the Vimizim drug will be approved for use by the HSE in view of the fact it has been approved by the European Medicines Agency and is available in Britain...
• Hospitals Funding
  1474. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation for 2016 for each public and voluntary hospital detailing for each month to date in 2016 the profiled expenditure and the outturn in...
• Medical Aids and Appliances Applications Data
  1475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for a wheelchair; the waiting times for children to receive wheelchairs; the funding provided annually since 2010 for...
• Departmental Functions
  1476. To ask the Minister for Health the Department which is responsible for the provision of nursing hours to enable disabled children to attend primary school; and the age at which a child with...
• Hospital Appointments Administration
  1477. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) at an early date. [26431/16]

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