Written answers

Tuesday, 11 July 2017

  • Services for People with Disabilities
    354. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to deal with issues related to children with autism in other areas in view of an announced action (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Medical Card Applications
    355. To ask the Minister for Health if he will temporarily reinstate a medical card for a person (details supplied). [32579/17]
  • Disability Allowance Payments
    356. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which rent is calculated for a person living in State care at a location (details supplied) and on disability allowance of €188; and if he...
  • Health Services Funding
    357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide extra funding to a day care centre (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32617/17]
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
    358. To ask the Minister for Health if a condition (details supplied) is covered under the long term illness scheme or another scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32067/17]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    359. 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. [32068/17]
  • Home Care Packages Provision
    361. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a statutory right to care in the home for elderly or infirm persons that wish to avail of home care packages in circumstances in which...
  • Long Stay Residential Units
    362. To ask the Minister for Health the steps which are being taken to identify and secure an appropriate long stay placement for a person (details supplied) in Cork University Hospital [32074/17]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    363. 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. [32075/17]
  • HSE Reports
    366. To ask the Minister for Health if the two cases referred to in his 2016 annual review of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 resulted in early deliveries; and if those two cases...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    367. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare whose operation was cancelled on 26 June 2016 will receive confirmation of a new date; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Facilities
    368. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost current and capital of providing a mobile catheterisation lab for University Hospital Waterford. [32119/17]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    369. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32124/17]
  • National Maternity Strategy
    370. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the €3 million allocated to maternity services in 2016 to allow for the implementation of the national maternity strategy was spent...
  • Nursing Staff Data
    372. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the situation in relation to the approximately 240 public health nurses on the transfer panel since its establishment in 2014 (details...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    373. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a hospital appointment. [32145/17]
  • Health Services
    375. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the health centre in Finea, County Westmeath (details supplied). [32149/17]
  • Disability Services Funding
    376. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for additional seven day residential care for a service (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    377. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment in Beaumont Hospital. [32175/17]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    378. To ask the Minister for Health the supports or grants available to help persons to get motorised wheelchairs; the date on which these supports were ended; and the rationale behind this...
  • Treatment Abroad Scheme
    379. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will facilitate treatment of a person (details supplied) in a UK hospital and recoup the costs from its health insurer that has already agreed to...
  • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
    380. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drugs Respreeza and Zemaira; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32208/17]
  • Home Help Service Appeals
    381. To ask the Minister for Health if a home help service can be reinstated for a person (details supplied) in County Cork and the issues which arose resolved. [32212/17]
  • Disability Support Services Provision
    382. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available in terms of respite care, home help, speech and language therapy, medical care and toilet training for a person (details supplied);...
  • Medical Card Applications
    383. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made regarding a discretionary medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    384. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop primary care facilities in Cahir, County Tipperary; the amount of funding needed to bring the project to completion; if such funding has...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    385. To ask the Minister for Health the unallocated spend within his Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017; the funds that will...
  • Medical Goods Regulation
    386. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the status of the application of the free style libre to be added to the reimbursement list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32230/17]
  • Hospital Services
    387. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding the national review of primary percutaneous coronary intervention and percutaneous coronary intervention services being...
  • Capital Expenditure Programme
    388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make available capital funding for works (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32232/17]
  • Hospitals Car Park Charges
    389. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ask the HSE to make a concession for free parking for persons attending hospitals for ongoing cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    390. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32242/17]
  • Hospitals Data
    391. To ask the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the waiting times for each hospital department in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017 for Cappagh National...
  • Hospital Appointments Delays
    393. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a hearing aid and was informed that he or she would be called for same...
  • Generic Drugs Substitution
    394. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to commence the consultation process on a national biosimilars policy, which he indicated he would commence in March 2017; the reason for...
  • Mental Health Services Expenditure
    395. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the unallocated spend within mental health for 2017; expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 that are due to cease in 2017; the funds that will...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    396. To ask the Minister for Health if will expedite a surgery date for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32310/17]
  • Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
    397. To ask the Minister for Health when a clinical assessment of a site (details supplied) will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32314/17]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    398. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32315/17]
  • Organ Donation
    399. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding changes to organ transplant legislation to allow for an opt-out system instead of the existing system; and if he will make a...
  • Palliative Care Services
    400. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the steps he has taken to ensure appropriate care pathways are in place to improve cancer services and invest in end-of-life care, including the...
  • Hospice Services Provision
    401. To ask the Minister for Health when construction will proceed on the new hospice unit at St Theresa's Hospital; the efforts are being made to bring into operation further hospices, the...
  • Capital Expenditure Programme
    402. To ask the Minister for Health to outline in tabular form the reason health capital expenditure was €36 million behind profile at the end of June 2017; and the projects that have not...
  • Mental Health Services Data
    403. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the number of children and adolescents waiting for mental health services in County Tipperary; the waiting times for services in County Tipperary;...
  • Respite Care Services Provision
    404. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his views on the lack of respite care provision for both persons with disabilities that are under and over 18 years of age; if he has discussed this...
  • Disability Support Services
    405. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence or met groups from the disability sector regarding their inability to pay the recent increases from public sector pay deal to...
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    406. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans for a new health centre in Moate, County Westmeath; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32341/17]
  • HSE Properties
    407. To ask the Minister for Health if the non-payment of a subcontractor by a contractor that was awarded a contract by the HSE can be investigated (details supplied); if the HSE was satisfied...
  • Mental Health Services
    409. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1310 of 20 June 2017 to outline the reason for the delay in bringing the memo to Government relating to the proposal that...
  • Health Services Provision
    410. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1078 of 20 June 2017 if he will direct the relevant national clinical programme office to assess the practices at a...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    411. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to address concerns that are emerging regarding the incurring of additional social charges for nursing home residents; and if he will make...
  • Hospital Procedures
    412. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a protocol in place for the way in which hospitals deal with the belongings and possessions of those who pass away in hospital; if so, the...
  • Mental Health Services Staff
    413. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the number of mental health nurse vacancies in a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32409/17]
  • Home Care Packages Expenditure
    414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a request by an organisation (details supplied) for an increased allocation of €40 million in budget 2018 to provide additional...
  • Respite Care Services Provision
    415. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is being transitioned to adult services will receive a minimum of six days respite care a month, as recommended by treating...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    416. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for scoliosis treatment in Our Lady's Children's hospital, Crumlin; the waiting times; the number of children waiting more than...
  • Health Services Provision
    417. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in the employment of additional resources in south Tipperary therapy services to meet the need for assessment of need and to...
  • Obesity Strategy
    418. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary Question No. 191 of 21 June 2017, when exactly the national reformulation technical working group to agree targets for reducing fat,...
  • Health Services Provision
    422. To ask the Minister for Health when diagnostic services will be extended to a medical centre (details supplied) to help alleviate pressures on South Tipperary General Hospital; if he will...
  • Health Services Staff Remuneration
    424. To ask the Minister for Health if section 39 organisations will be funded by his Department or the HSE relative to pay restoration and increments due to some staff; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    425. To ask the Minister for Health if an immediate appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [32462/17]
  • Medical Card Applications
    426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will recognise the EU rights of a person (details supplied) under regulation (EC) 883/04 relative to their current application for a medical card; if a...
  • National Children's Hospital
    427. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary Question No. 1195 of 20 June 2017, the details of the referenced 25 UK hospitals, 200 US hospitals and those hospitals in the Middle...
  • National Maternity Strategy
    428. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the application for planning permission for the new national maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32495/17]
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    430. To ask the Minister for Health the details of plans to develop a new master plan for South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32497/17]
  • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
    431. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32501/17]
  • Ambulance Service
    432. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the HSE received a report (details supplied) into the structure of ambulance services; and when it will be published. [32525/17]
  • Orthodontic Services Provision
    433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting orthodontic treatment in the north west region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32530/17]
  • Mental Health Commission Reports
    434. To ask the Minister for Health if training has been provided to staff of financial institutions that are dealing with customers in arrears in line with the Mental Health Commission's 2011...
  • Ambulance Service Provision
    435. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional resources to improve ambulance services in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32537/17]
  • Living Wage Implementation
    436. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.70 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will make a...
  • Health Insurance Community Rating
    437. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce Government levies for private health premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32577/17]
  • Health Services
    438. To ask the Minister for Health if it is mandatory for a member of staff of a State institution (details supplied) to accompany a resident to a medical appointment; if it is permissible for...
  • Health Services Expenditure
    439. To ask the Minister for Health the annual and operational cost in relation to the hospital inpatient inquiry system and its operation by the Economic and Social Research Institute up to the...
  • Occupational Therapy
    440. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric occupational therapists in CHO area 9 in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    441. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied). [32602/17]
  • Occupational Therapy
    442. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 11 April 2017, if a person (details supplied) is on the occupational therapy priority waiting list; the way in...
  • Assisted Decision Making
    443. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the development of independent advocacy services to support vulnerable persons in view of the enactment of the Assisted Decision Making...
  • Hospital Procedures
    444. To ask the Minister for Health when a hip operation will be provided for a person (details supplied) at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32613/17]
  • Health Services Staff Data
    445. To ask the Minister for Health the number of urologists employed by the HSE; the location of each; the average wait times for urologist appointments in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    446. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a hospital appointment. [32616/17]
  • Health Services
    447. To ask the Minister for Health the advocacy services that are available to a person resident in a State institution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32618/17]
  • Health Services Funding
    448. To ask the Minister for Health if he will award funding for a day care centre place to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32621/17]
  • Medical Card Applications
    449. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made in respect of a medical card application submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    450. 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. [32641/17]
  • Ministerial Meetings
    451. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a request from a group (details supplied) seeking a meeting; his plans to meet the group in order to discuss the matters raised; and if he...
  • Medical Card Applications
    452. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Departmental Expenditure
    453. To ask the Minister for Health the level of expenditure by his Department or organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the past five years on photography, advertising,...
  • Health Services
    454. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [32664/17]
  • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
    455. To ask the Minister for Health the implementation progress on each of the 15 recommendations included within the 2012 report on the review of drugs task forces and the national structures...
  • Health Services
    456. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential detox and rehabilitation beds available; his plans to implement the recommendations of the 2007 Health Service Executive report on...
  • Crisis Pregnancy Services
    457. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made in relation to the regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists; the steps he will take to tackle the continuing operation...
  • Ambulance Service Staff
    458. To ask the Minister for Health if the ambulance service in County Kildare has a full complement of staff and no shifts are lost due to staffing issues. [32698/17]
  • General Practitioner Services Provision
    459. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress towards the roll-out of free general practitioners care for those between the ages of six and 11; if he is still committed to this...
  • Vaccination Programme Data
    462. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that received the meningococcal B vaccine for free in 2016 and to date in 2017 respectively; the cost to the State; and if he will make...
  • Primary Care Centres Data
    466. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres that have been built or opened each year since 2011; the locations of each; the capital and current expenditure associated...
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    467. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for primary care centres; the areas in the country that have and have not primary care centres, respectively; the centres planned for opening in...
  • Prescriptions Charges
    468. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the prescription charge to €1 with a monthly cap of €10; his future plans for this charge and the cap; and if he...
  • Home Care Packages
    469. To ask the Minister for Health the funding required to address every case in which a need for a home care package has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32712/17]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    470. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of fully staffing early intervention teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32713/17]
  • Medicinal Products Data
    471. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new drugs approved for use here in 2016 and to date 2017 respectively; the number of these that qualify as high tech drugs; the detail of the...
  • Medicinal Products Expenditure
    472. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on drugs by the HSE in 2016 and to date in 2017; the savings which have been made in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Treatment Abroad Scheme
    473. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the treatment abroad scheme in 2016 and to date 2017; the projected full-year cost; the number of persons treated; the age breakdown of those...
  • Hospitals Capital Programme
    474. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed refurbishment of Youghal community hospital under the residential care centres capital plan 2016 to 2021; and the amount of the...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    475. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed construction of Midleton community hospital and long-stay unit under the residential care centres capital plan 2016 to 2021; and the...
  • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
    476. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be given a bed in a nursing home which would allow them to be discharged from St. James's Hospital. [32729/17]
  • Health Services Provision
    477. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive occupational therapy and physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32730/17]
  • Disabilities Assessments
    478. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for an assessment of needs for such a long period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32731/17]
  • Nursing Staff
    479. To ask the Minister for Health if a person admitted to the part of the role for general nurse maintained by the General Nursing Council for England and Wales is eligible to work as a nursing...
  • HSE Properties
    480. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a site (details supplied) owned by the HSE is on the Dublin City Council register of vacant sites during a housing crisis; his plans for the site;...
  • Hospital Appointments Delays
    481. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address issues regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32748/17]
  • Medical Card Administration
    482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with medical cards that have received refunds after originally being wrongly charged for blood tests by their general practitioners in...
  • Health Strategies
    483. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1492 of 20 June 2017, the status of the performance of the national clinical programme for acute coronary syndrome in...
  • Stroke Care
    490. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1512 and 1531 of 20 June 2017, his plans for the provision for data analysis or data quality control which may impact...
  • Health Strategies
    491. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1534 of 20 June 2017, if there are plans to conduct audits of cardiovascular networks aside from stroke; the reason there...
  • Treatment Abroad Scheme
    494. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be approved for treatment under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    495. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to a residential service (details supplied) in County Kerry for persons with disabilities. [32777/17]
  • Care Services Provision
    496. To ask the Minister for Health the funding which has been allocated to upgrade and extend the day care centre at Drogheda Street, Monasterevin; and the timescale for the work to be carried...
  • Hospitals Capital Programme
    497. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for capital investment to renovate and extend Abbeyleix hospital; and the likely timeframe to this action. [32780/17]
  • HSE Properties
    498. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential properties owned by the HSE in County Laois; and the number of those that are vacant. [32781/17]
  • Maternity Services
    499. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to adhere to the baby friendly health initiative. [32786/17]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    506. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been given a definitive date for surgery; the reason they have not received a date for surgery in view of the...
  • Mental Health Services Funding
    508. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the agreed allocation of the €15 million in development funding for mental health in 2017; the additional or new services being provided...
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    509. To ask the Minister for Health when the recently approved assistant psychologist posts, 114 in total for primary care teams across Ireland, will be advertised by the HSE; the date for this...
  • Mental Health Services Expenditure
    510. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health development budget for 2016 spend by CHO area and type of service, that is child and adolescent, general adult and old age psychiatry;...
  • Mental Health Policy
    511. To ask the Minister for Health when the external evidence and expert review which was commissioned to a company (details supplied) as the first step in determining the parameters of a...
  • Health Services Staff Data
    512. To ask the Minister for Health the number of qualified, registered counsellors employed by the HSE in each CHO area in each of the years from 2015 to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
  • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
    514. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32832/17]
  • Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold
    515. To ask the Minister for Health the first year and full-year cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold from €144 to €130, €120, €110 and €100,...
  • Health Services Staff
    516. To ask the Minister for Health the first and full-year cost of recruiting an additional 100 consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32913/17]
  • Counselling Services Provision
    518. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the threatened discontinuation of the youth counselling services being provided by an organisation (details supplied) due to a lack of funding...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    519. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32921/17]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 at the end of June 2017 or latest day available for each local...
  • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
    521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list; the numbers waiting less than four months; the number waiting four to 12...
  • Occupational Therapy
    523. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list; the numbers waiting less than four months, the number waiting...
  • Home Help Service Data
    525. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area, for each month to date in 2017; if he will provide same for each month and each local...
  • Preschool Services
    526. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1292 of 20 June 2017, if additional support can be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will advise if...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
    527. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the review of the nursing home support scheme, a fair deal, in tabular form. [32961/17]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    528. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of amending the fees charged under the nursing homes support scheme, NHSS, to enable nursing home residents with an assessed...
  • Hospital Appointments Delays
    530. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been given a date for surgery and is facing severe waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Screening Programmes
    531. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a free breast check and smear test service is not available to women under 50 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33046/17]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    532. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the treatment of a person (details supplied); the consultant this person has been referred to at the hospital; and if he will make a...
  • General Practitioner Services Provision
    533. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a three-day general practitioner service (details supplied) in Rathmore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33061/17]
  • Physiotherapy Provision
    534. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy in primary care by CHO, age category and time waiting. [33064/17]
  • Occupational Therapy
    535. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting. [33065/17]
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    536. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting. [33066/17]
  • Health Services Data
    537. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for cognitive behavioural therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting. [33067/17]
  • Mental Health Services Data
    538. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS by CHO, age category and time waiting. [33068/17]
  • Hospital Beds Data
    541. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds in each of the three children's hospitals, namely Crumlin, Temple Street and Tallaght, respectively. [33077/17]
  • Hospital Closures
    542. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to close the children's facilities at Crumlin, Temple Street and Tallaght as inpatient paediatric hospitals once the new national children's hospital...
  • Home Care Packages Data
    543. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications submitted for home care packages in 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of these applications which were approved and refused; and...
  • Medical Card Administration
    544. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide for the backdating of medical cards to the date on which the application was submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    545. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the extremely long waiting lists in counties Cork and Kerry for cataract operations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Respite Care Services Provision
    546. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to enhance respite services in Mullingar. [33097/17]

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