Written answers
				Thursday, 25 May 2017
     - Public Sector Staff Retirements 
					164. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) working in the public sector can have their contract of employment extended beyond 65 years of age; and if he will make a... - Disease Awareness 
					165. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that will be taken by his Department to raise awareness of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25061/17] - Disease Management (1 comment) 
					166. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for persons diagnosed with Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25062/17] - Speech and Language Therapy Provision 
					169. To ask the Minister for Health the status of speech and language therapy for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25069/17] - Hospital Staff Recruitment 
					170. To ask the Minister for Health when additional orthopaedic surgeons will be recruited to Croom Hospital, County Limerick, in view of the required number in place and the fact that half the... - Hospital Appointments Status 
					171. 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. [25075/17] - Treatment Abroad Scheme 
					172. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a treatment abroad scheme application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25084/17] - Hospital Appointments Status 
					173. 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. [25085/17] - Hospital Consultant Recruitment 
					176. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by a group (details supplied) regarding an appointment at consultant level; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status 
					177. 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. [25107/17] - National Lottery Funding Data 
					178. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was provided to community and voluntary groups from his Department's national lottery discretionary fund in each of the years 2008 to 2016 in... - Hospital Equipment 
					179. To ask the Minister for Health when the nuclear imaging equipment at University Hospital Limerick will be functioning (details supplied) again in order to save the round trip cost for... - Medicinal Products 
					180. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug translarna was reviewed at the last drugs committee meeting on 18 May 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25125/17] - Medical Aids and Appliances Applications Data 
					181. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for aids and appliances in County Limerick; the amount of time they have been waiting; the details of the waiting lists for each... - Medical Card Applications 
					182. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25195/17] - Tobacco Control Measures 
					183. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address the use of disposable tins by tobacco companies to bypass upcoming plain packaging laws; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Communications 
					185. To ask the Minister for Health the number of media notifications issued by his Department's press office since 6 May 2016; and the number issued in the year to 5 May 2017. [25215/17] - Obesity Strategy 
					186. To ask the Minister for Health further to comments made at an event (details supplied) the detail of the commitments made for the reduction of sugar in still and carbonated soft drinks... - Services for People with Disabilities 
					190. To ask the Minister for Health the situation regarding a residential home (details supplied) as a result of issues identified relating to safeguarding and governance by HIQA; and if he will... - HIQA Inspections 
					192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will obtain an extension on the closure order to allow staff of an organisation (details supplied) sufficient time to ensure all requirements are met as... - Services for People with Disabilities 
					193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the environment in which persons with profound disabilities and very challenging behaviours are able to live, based on community living in... - HIQA Inspections 
					194. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the issues relating to a facility (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact... - Nursing Home Services 
					196. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the financial situation in a rest home (details supplied) with 37 persons in Lismore, County Waterford, with a view to allaying the fears... - Medicinal Products Supply 
					198. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the situation whereby persons who were receiving Respreeza for alpha 1 on a monthly basis will now only receive it on a weekly basis; and... - Services for People with Disabilities 
					199. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the financial proposal in County Louth which will see the care of 30 persons with disabilities being cared for by a group (details supplied); the... - European Health Insurance Card 
					200. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 30 March 2017, the timeframe for a response from the HSE on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment 
					201. To ask the Minister for Health when a consultant specialising in headache and migraine pain management will be appointed to Beaumont Hospital in view of the fact that there are approximately... - Health Services Provision 
					202. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive BHE treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25257/17] - Medicinal Products Supply 
					203. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a contingency plan in place in order that smaller hospitals that do not have compounding capabilities and do not run out of chemotherapy drugs; and... - Prescriptions Charges 
					205. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing the prescription charge on a phased basis over five years, beginning in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25263/17] - Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold 
					207. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme reimbursement threshold on a phased annual basis from €144 per month to €132 per month,... - Medicinal Products Expenditure 
					208. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the programme for Government commitment to reduce the cost of medicines by reducing the annual required co-payment on the drugs payment... - Hospital Charges 
					209. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing statutory public inpatient charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25267/17] - Health Promotion 
					210. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and Healthy Ireland will implement the WHO international code of marketing of breast milk substitutes in full (details supplied); and if he... 
         
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