Written answers

Friday, 7 September 2018

  • Departmental Contracts Data
    560. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contracts for market research worth more than €10,000 awarded by the Department of Health in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the value of...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
    561. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address issues with the fair deal scheme for farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35757/18]
  • Health Services Staff Remuneration
    562. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will receive additional funding to allocate to those section 39 organisations that have pay restoration obligations as indicated in the HSE report...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    563. To ask the Minister for Health if correspondence from a person (details supplied) has been received and examined; and if a response has been issued. [36282/18]
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    564. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements being made for the provision of education in the Gaeltacht for a child (details supplied) with severe speech and language difficulties that...
  • Mental Health Services Funding
    565. To ask the Minister for Health if proposals to provide additional funding for persons with dementia will be considered in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36480/18]
  • Hospital Complaints Procedures
    566. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been fully treated at a hospital; if a complaint submitted to the hospital manager will receive a response as a...
  • Medical Card Administration
    567. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card issued to a person (details supplied) was withdrawn five weeks after being issued; and if the card will be renewed until the error or...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    568. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by a person (details supplied) who has two adult children with disabilities and has never...
  • Health Promotion
    569. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the National Men's Health Policy 2008-2013; if a similar policy approach exists; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Suicide Prevention
    570. To ask the Minister for Health if concerns that the majority of recorded suicides here relate to male suicide will be addressed; if the reason for same has been investigated; and if he will...
  • General Data Protection Regulation Data
    571. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 408, 409 and 410 of 11 July 2018, the way in which persons may access their full medical files and medical history in...
  • Hospital Services
    572. To ask the Minister for Health if the planned invitation of tenders for the new endoscopy unit and other services at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, can be brought forward to autumn...
  • Legislative Programme
    573. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health (transport support) Bill. [35438/18]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
    574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list in a hospital (details supplied) for orthognathic joint maxillofacial surgery; the number waiting longer than the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    575. To ask the Minister for Health the status of surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35462/18]
  • Dormant Accounts Fund Management
    577. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for an organisation (details supplied) will be examined in view of the underspend of dormant accounts; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services Data
    578. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assisted living facilities in operation by county and community healthcare organisation; the number of beds available in each county; the...
  • Prescriptions Charges
    580. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the prescription charge further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35476/18]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    581. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hip operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35477/18]
  • Trade Union Membership
    584. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE will not facilitate the deduction of union subscriptions at source for the growing number of ambulance service personnel; and if he will...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    585. 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. [35491/18]
  • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
    586. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 28 June 2018, if the Health Service Executive, HSE, can provide evidence that the attention of all employees, both...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    587. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for an angiogram for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35495/18]
  • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
    588. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to designate, define and regulate formally the title of assistant psychologists in a similar manner to physiotherapists, counsellors and...
  • Mental Health Services Data
    589. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent psychiatrists in each local health office, LHO; the number recommended under A Vision for Change; and if he will make a...
  • Home Care Packages Provision
    590. To ask the Minister for Health the home care or other supports available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35504/18]
  • Hospitals Data
    591. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 380 and 381 of 19 June 2018, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35507/18]
  • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
    592. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no specific budget for orphan drugs as committed to in the drugs and rare disease policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Home Care Packages
    593. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the agreed timeframe of 1 June 2018 has not been adhered to following an agreement on revised contracts for Health Service Executive, HSE, home...
  • Transport Support Scheme
    594. To ask the Minister for Health when the health (transport support) Bill will be initiated. [35516/18]
  • Nursing Staff Provision
    595. To ask the Minister for Health if a return to 24-7 nursing cover on Bere Island to ensure the future sustainability of the island community will be authorised; and if he will make a...
  • Home Care Packages
    596. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive, HSE, and a union's (details supplied) briefing sessions have not taken place in counties Cork, Kerry and Kildare and...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    597. 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. [35519/18]
  • Hospital Deaths
    599. To ask the Minister for Health if a root cause analysis was carried out by University Hospital Limerick into the death of a person (details supplied) who died in 2017 of sepsis. [35537/18]
  • Hospital Mortality Rates
    600. To ask the Minister for Health if University Hospital Limerick has carried out an audit of its sepsis survival rates and mortality rates to establish if early detection and survival rates of...
  • Hospital Acquired Infections
    601. To ask the Minister for Health if the family of a person (details supplied) was notified that carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae, CPE, was detected prior to his death; and if...
  • Hospital Deaths
    603. To ask the Minister for Health if the coroner was ever notified that extended spectrum beta-lactamases, ESBL, was a significant factor in the death of a neonate in the maternity unit in...
  • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
    605. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in Cork city and county on a waiting list for paediatric occupational therapy with the HSE (details supplied); the length of time they...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    606. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [35554/18]
  • Home Care Packages Provision
    607. To ask the Minister for Health if appropriate homecare can be facilitated after discharge from care in the case of the daughter of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    608. To ask the Minister for Health if eligibility for a medical card can be reviewed in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35584/18]
  • Medical Card Administration
    610. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the threshold for a medical card is not adjusted (details supplied) accordingly; his plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    611. 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. [35597/18]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    613. To ask the Minister for Health if a date has been finalised for planned heart surgery in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35601/18]
  • Psychological Services Waiting Lists
    614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons waiting for psychologist appointments in County Kildare; and the number of months they have been waiting. [35607/18]
  • Health Services Staff
    618. To ask the Minister for Health the educational background required for a counselling position with the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35613/18]
  • Hospitals Policy
    619. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was moved to different rooms repeatedly during a stay as an inpatient in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital,...
  • Health Services
    620. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35617/18]
  • Maternity Services Provision
    621. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1420 of 24 July 2018, if the legal framework will be brought before Dáil Éireann before it is signed; and if...
  • Home Help Service Provision
    622. To ask the Minister for Health if contact can be made with a person (details supplied) with a view to implementing home help in respect of their mother; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    623. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35626/18]
  • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
    624. To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic treatment will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35631/18]
  • Hospital Services
    625. To ask the Minister for Health when heart surgery will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35641/18]
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    626. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding his engagement with an organisation (details supplied) and the pharmaceutical industry to ensure new medicines are made available to...
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    627. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address the issue of general practitioners charging medical card holders for blood tests which goes against their contracts; and if...
  • Hospital Procedures
    628. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a surgical procedure (details supplied); his plans to introduce same here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Services
    629. 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. [35655/18]
  • General Practitioner Contracts
    630. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an organisation (details supplied) is not part of direct negotiations with his Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in...
  • Hospital Procedures
    631. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients at Letterkenny University Hospital who have been referred to other facilities to undergo dialysis in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and...
  • Disability Support Services Provision
    632. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the long-term care of a person (details supplied); and if the application by organisations will be expedited in view of the...
  • Community First Responders Network
    633. To ask the Minister for Health the funding or support provided to community first responder groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35669/18]
  • Occupational Therapy
    634. To ask the Minister for Health if an occupational therapy appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35670/18]
  • Community Care
    635. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which community organisations supporting persons with mental health issues can access funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35677/18]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    636. 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. [35678/18]
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    637. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding hospital beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35680/18]
  • Diabetes Strategy
    638. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with type 1 and type 2 diabetes that have completed a structured patient education programme at the end of June 2018 or the latest date...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been contacted in relation to being on a HSE waiting list; and the number who have been removed from the waiting list for not...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    640. 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. [35685/18]
  • Hospital Procedures
    641. 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. [35690/18]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    642. 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. [35692/18]
  • Disability Services Funding
    644. To ask the Minister for Health the status of long-term funding for a placement for a person (details supplied). [35698/18]
  • Disability Support Services Provision
    645. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for disability teams for those of schoolgoing age by age group and local health area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35699/18]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    646. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (detail supplied). [35702/18]
  • Health Services Provision
    647. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a placement for a person (details supplied). [35711/18]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    648. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [35712/18]
  • Hospital Services
    649. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied). [35713/18]
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    650. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the opening of the Dungarvan primary care centre; the cost overruns that have been incurred as a result of the delay; and if he...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    651. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1445 of 24 July 2018, the definition of "timely fashion" with regard to the submission of a reimbursement application;...
  • Professional Ethics
    652. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the National Advisory Committee on Bioethics to initiate a review on the topic of conscientious objection within healthcare settings; and if...
  • Health Services Staff Remuneration
    653. To ask the Minister for Health the remuneration made available to members of the National Advisory Committee on Bioethics in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on...
  • HSE Legal Cases
    654. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on legal and-or mediation fees relating to court or legal challenges involving the CervicalCheck cancer screening programme in each of the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    656. 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. [35733/18]
  • Cancer Screening Programmes
    657. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the suspension of screening services for breast and ovarian cancer at St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Staff Data
    658. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels at the department of psychiatry, Letterkenny University Hospital; the details of the positions and vacancies at the hospital; and if he...
  • Hospitals Data
    659. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patient referrals made to the department of psychiatry at Letterkenny University Hospital in each of the years 2015 to 2017, inclusive, and to...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    660. 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. [35739/18]
  • Medical Products
    662. To ask the Minister for Health if a ban on the use of mesh for prolapse and urinary incontinence will be considered in view of the severe difficulties it has caused many women; and if he...
  • Hospital Facilities
    663. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed new diabetic unit for Sligo University Hospital; and when capital funding will be sanctioned for building work to commence. [35742/18]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    664. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [35744/18]
  • Departmental Funding
    665. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to proposals by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35747/18]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    666. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a company (details supplied) charging monthly fees to the HSE for use of medical equipment that it failed to...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    668. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [35752/18]
  • Disability Services Provision
    670. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to invest in personal assistant services that will dramatically change the lives of persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    671. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35766/18]
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    675. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new mental health unit in Naas Hospital; and the timescale on the project. [35775/18]
  • Home Care Packages
    676. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [35776/18]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    677. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline on the proposed introduction of changes to the fair deal legislation to assist farmers and small business owners; and if he will make a statement...
  • Medicinal Products
    678. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he is of the view that an investigation into State accountability for the drug sodium valporate is not required; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    679. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); if the appointment will be scheduled urgently; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Services
    680. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if a local placement in Castleblayney within the care pathway can be ensured for this person; and...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    681. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35787/18]
  • Hospital Acquired Infections
    682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons infected with carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae, CRE, in Tallaght University Hospital in 2018, that have died as a result of...
  • Hospital Equipment
    683. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1675 of 24 July 2018, the number of days in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 on which MRI scanners were out of operation at...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    684. 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. [35791/18]
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
    685. To ask the Minister for Health the reason psychological services have been removed from a child (details supplied) who is linked in with child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS,...
  • National Clinical Programme for Diabetes
    686. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters raised by a group (details supplied) regarding the care and management of type 1 diabetes in County Kerry will be addressed; and if he...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    687. 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. [35799/18]
  • Orthodontic Services Provision
    688. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dental appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35800/18]
  • Hospital Services
    689. To ask the Minister for Health the name of the person leading the consultation into the services at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; the terms of reference of the consultation...
  • Disability Services Provision
    690. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be allocated to the NDT in order to facilitate services for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    691. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the FreeStyle Libre device available under the long-term illness scheme; and if so, when. [35810/18]
  • Patient Transfers
    692. To ask the Minister for Health when a request to transfer from rheumatology services at Manorhamilton to those at Letterkenny University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied)...
  • National Maternity Hospital Status
    693. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plans for the new maternity hospital at St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8; if a planning application has been lodged; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Services
    694. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new endoscopy unit in Naas General Hospital. [35827/18]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    696. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [35829/18]
  • Tattooing and Body Piercing Regulation
    697. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that there is no regulation of tattoo and body piercing businesses here; his plans to introduce legislation to protect the health of...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    701. 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. [35844/18]
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
    703. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on services for CAMHS by county for more than six, nine, 12, 24 and 36 months, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will...
  • Mental Health Services Funding
    704. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the HSE of maintaining existing levels of service in mental health services for 2019; if funds will be allocated to address gaps in...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
    705. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child and adolescent services without seven over seven mental health supports; the locations of these services; the number of staff and resources...
  • Mental Health Services Data
    706. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult services without seven over seven mental health supports; the locations involved; the number of staff recruited to provide seven over seven...
  • Mental Health Act Review
    707. To ask the Minister for Health the number of sections planned for the general scheme of the Bill to review the Mental Health Act 2001; the number of sections that have been drafted to date;...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    709. 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. [35856/18]
  • Home Help Service Provision
    710. To ask the Minister for Health if additional weekend home help hours will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35859/18]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
    711. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove a disincentive in the fair deal scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35861/18]
  • Vaccination Programme
    712. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the emergence of a link between pandemrix and narcolepsy in children that were administered the swine flu vaccination; when his attention was...
  • Abortion Services Provision
    713. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify his plans to offer abortion services to residents of Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35863/18]
  • Medicinal Products Regulation
    714. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of counterfeit medication estimated to be in circulation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35864/18]
  • Ambulance Service Provision
    715. To ask the Minister for Health the level of ambulance cover in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35865/18]
  • Medical Research and Training
    716. To ask the Minister for Health if investment has been made by the health service in CRISPR gene editing technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35866/18]
  • Orthodontic Services Provision
    717. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for orthodontic treatment [35877/18]
  • Maternity Services
    718. To ask the Minister for Health the process of the dissemination and circulation of recommendations from internal and external reviews of maternity services; and if he will make a statement...
  • Hospital Procedures
    721. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which recommendations of internal and external reviews are transitioned to learning notices in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • HSE Staff Responsibilities
    722. To ask the Minister for Health the person in the HSE responsible for a social media account (details supplied) [35883/18]
  • Nursing Staff Provision
    723. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address matters with regard to trainee nursing positions in hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35886/18]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    724. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the status of the appointment; the position of the person on the waiting list at the...
  • Home Care Packages Provision
    725. To ask the Minister for Health when a homecare package will issue to a person (details supplied); the waiting time for homecare packages in County Kildare to date in 2018; and if he will...
  • Health Services
    726. To ask the Minister for Health if it is planned to revise the consent section of the E112 form (details supplied). [35901/18]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    727. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35917/18]
  • Cancer Screening Programmes
    728. To ask the Minister for Health the expected waiting time for results for women that have cervical smear tests carried out under the CervicalCheck programme; and if he will make a statement...
  • Mental Health Services Expenditure
    729. To ask the Minister for Health the capital and annual operational cost of establishing five new publicly owned dementia specific units with a capacity of 20 places for dementia patients; and...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
    730. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of extending the nursing home support scheme to all dementia sufferers requiring long-stay care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35920/18]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Payments
    731. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the nursing home support scheme maximum agreed prices for private and voluntary nursing homes by 5% for all places in dementia specific...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    732. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly....
  • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
    734. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on waiting lists at Letterkenny University Hospital for cataract surgery; the number waiting 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 and more than 15 months,...
  • Hospital Equipment
    735. To ask the Minister for Health the equipment utilised by Letterkenny University Hospital's ophthalmology service; the costings and date of purchase of same in tabular form; and if he will...
  • Occupational Therapy Staff
    736. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists working in CHO1; the number of retirements in the past 12 months; when these positions will be filled; when a post...
  • HSE Properties
    737. To ask the Minister for Health when a site (details supplied) will be sold; and if it will be considered for community use. [35955/18]
  • EU Conventions
    738. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ratify the Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35957/18]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    740. 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. [35962/18]
  • Treatment Abroad Scheme
    741. To ask the Minister for Health if scoliosis patients that require surgery can avail of treatment elsewhere if they have been waiting more than 18 weeks; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    742. 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. [35964/18]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    743. 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. [35965/18]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    745. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a child (details supplied); the reason for the delay in appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35967/18]
  • HSE Waiting Lists
    747. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment [35973/18]
  • Ambulance Service
    748. To ask the Minister for Health the details of a matter in relation to the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35976/18]
  • Medical Products Supply
    749. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug C1 esterase inhibitor Berinert will be made available by the HSE to persons with hereditary angioedema. [35981/18]
  • HSE Waiting Lists
    750. 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. [35982/18]
  • Hospital Charges
    752. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is responsible for the payment of their outstanding bill from the Mater hospital. [35994/18]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    753. To ask the Minister for Health the reason urology appointments in UHG have a waiting time of two years; the steps he will take to reduce waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    754. To ask the Minister for Health when a hip operation will be carried out for a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36006/18]
  • Disability Services Data
    755. To ask the Minister for Health the multi-disciplinary provision to a school (details supplied) in County Cork for the completed 2017-2018 school year; the planned provision for the 2018-2019...
  • Pharmacy Services
    757. To ask the Minister for Health if agreement will be given to a change in the definition of temporary absence of a pharmacist from a pharmacy; the work that may be done by pharmaceutical...
  • HSE Waiting Lists
    758. To ask the Minister for Health the status of treatment being proposed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36027/18]
  • Pharmaceutical Sector
    759. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding new draft rules proposed by an organisation (details supplied); if they have been signed off on to date; the timeframe for the statutory...
  • Hospital Services
    760. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the provision of services at Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36035/18]
  • Home Care Packages
    761. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive home care packages by county and by CHO in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the number in place in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will...
  • Home Help Service Data
    766. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home help hours in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36041/18]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    768. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an assessment at the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
    769. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for funding for orthotics by a person (details supplied) will be considered. [36052/18]
  • Medicinal Products Prices
    770. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fund the drug Spinraza, which has been approved here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are persons with spinal muscular...
  • Health Care Infrastructure Provision
    771. To ask the Minister for Health the status of proposals to redevelop a training facility (details supplied) in County Donegal for adults with intellectual disabilities; if the HSE has...
  • Long Stay Residential Units
    772. To ask the Minister for Health if all documents sought by his Department in regard to revised HSE proposals concerning the retention of long-stay residential care beds at community hospitals...
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    773. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for funding submitted by management at Letterkenny University Hospital to reopen the hospital's short stay ward will be approved; if so, when...
  • HSE Reviews
    774. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 387 of 3 October 2017, if the review carried out within CHO area 1 into in-home and facility-based respite care provision...
  • Paediatric Services
    775. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with complex needs in receipt of paediatric home care packages by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    776. To ask the Minister for Health when equipment will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36071/18]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    777. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment at the South Infirmary Hospital, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Services Funding
    778. To ask the Minister for Health if all national clinical leads for the HSE national clinical programmes are freed from conflicts of interest by ensuring that they declare whether they are in...
  • Hospital Staff Data
    779. To ask the Minister for Health the planned tenure of each hospital clinical director post; and if post holders have exceeded that tenure. [36079/18]
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    780. To ask the Minister for Health if an annual commissioning plan for additional hospital beds will be brought forward with regard to the national development plan and the health service...
  • Treatment Abroad Scheme
    781. To ask the Minister for Health if selective dorsal rhizotomy procedures are available under the treatment abroad fund for persons with cerebral palsy. [36081/18]
  • Health Services
    782. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available for persons with cerebral palsy who wish to avail of selective dorsal rhizotomy. [36082/18]
  • Home Help Service Provision
    783. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of a second home help to assist a person (details supplied) will be sanctioned. [36084/18]
  • Abortion Services Provision
    784. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to correspondence from a group (details supplied); if he will meet the group to discuss its concerns relating to the provision...
  • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
    786. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to persons wishing to access IVF treatments; his plans to extend and increase the number and level of supports and services available to...
  • Obesity Strategy
    787. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress regarding the implementation of the Non-Broadcast Media Advertising and Marketing of Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages, including...
  • Stroke Care
    788. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress with the development of the new five-year stroke strategy; the timeline for the development of the strategy; and if he will make a...
  • Departmental Consultations
    789. To ask the Minister for Health the consultations undertaken by his Department in 2017 and to date in 2018; the status of these consultations; if the results of these consultations have been...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    791. 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. [36103/18]
  • Hospital Facilities
    792. To ask the Minister for Health if conditions for patients (details supplied) will be improved at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36109/18]
  • Hospital Investigations
    793. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of poor practice relating to a person (details supplied) in a hospital will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36110/18]
  • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
    794. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Kerry who have applied under the cross-border directive for cataract operations in the past 12 months; the number that have had...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    795. To ask the Minister for Health if a change to the assessment guidelines for the over 70s medical card will be considered to take into account net rather than the gross income; and if he will...
  • Maternity Services
    796. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of the 20-week anomaly scan for all expectant mothers at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar; and if he will make a statement...
  • Health Services
    797. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [36117/18]
  • Health Services Staff
    798. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in resolving difficulties in regard to the operation of chiropractic services in view of the agreement by all parties at a meeting of the...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    799. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when a hospital appointment will be expedited. [36142/18]
  • HSE Reports
    800. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the unpublished report review of public hospital interventional care for acute coronary syndrome patients in Ireland 2017; and if he will...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    801. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to a service (details supplied) in each of the years 2005 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [36155/18]
  • Hospital Facilities
    802. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cath labs in operation at St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin in each of the years 1978 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    803. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36173/18]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    804. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36175/18]
  • Home Help Service
    805. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will allocate home help hours to a person (details supplied) when needed at weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36176/18]
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    806. To ask the Minister for Health if the need for persons who have had a serious spinal cord injury resulting in lifelong disability to receive a medical card on a needs not means basis will be...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    807. To ask the Minister for Health if an ophthalmology appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the waiting times for such an appointment; and if he will make a statement...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    808. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 30 May 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no contact has been made with the person regarding...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    810. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment in the audiology department of the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly; and if he...
  • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
    811. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment with a speech and language therapist at the Health Service Executive, Riverside, Tullamore, County...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    812. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available through the HSE in order that a person (details supplied) is awarded a wheelchair that was applied for in March 2018. [36205/18]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    814. 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. [36209/18]
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
    815. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Huntington's disease is not included on the LTI scheme; if this condition will be added to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Audiology Services Provision
    816. To ask the Minister for Health when an audiology appointment date will be issued to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing the appointment in view of the fact that...
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme
    818. To ask the Minister for Health if the directive issued by his Department in 2004, stating the guidelines for the dispensing of prescribed medication for the LTI and hi-tech PCRS schemes,...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    819. 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. [36231/18]
  • Hospitals Data
    820. To ask the Minister for Health the number of catheterisation laboratories operational in acute hospitals here in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by hospital in tabular...
  • Hospital Appointments Delays
    825. To ask the Minister for Health if the repeated cancellation of surgery for a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if the surgery will be rescheduled. [36243/18]
  • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
    826. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no statistics on non-Irish duty-paid and illicit tobacco products were included in the Tobacco Free Ireland report released in July 2018; if his...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    827. 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. [36251/18]
  • Mental Health Services Staff
    833. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved child psychiatrist posts; the number recommended under A Vision for Change; the number vacant; the location of such vacancies; and if he...
  • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
    834. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Wexford awaiting orthodontic treatment; the number of those waiting more than 12 months; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    835. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue regarding a medical card application by a person (details supplied). [36294/18]
  • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
    836. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cross-border directive specifically in respect to the United Kingdom in the event of a no-deal Brexit; if he is making provisions for such a...
  • Autism Support Services
    839. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2017 review of the HSE National Review of Autism Services, Past, Present and Way Forward 2012 (details supplied) will be published. [36306/18]
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
    840. To ask the Minister for Health if the addition of asthma to the list of conditions covered by the long-term illness scheme has been considered in view of the significant medical costs...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    841. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will secure an appointment for knee surgery at Cappagh Hospital. [36315/18]
  • Hospital Charges
    842. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) regarding charges for a procedure will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36323/18]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    843. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be made available for the provision of full-time residential care in County Kerry in view of the fact that there are a number of...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    844. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters relating to mental health services (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36336/18]
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    845. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the extension and refurbishment works at Kanturk and Millstreet community hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36338/18]
  • Home Help Service
    846. To ask the Minister for Health if the position of HSE home help has been changed to community home care assistants; when this commenced; the payments that should be paid to persons in a...
  • Legislative Measures
    847. To ask the Minister for Health when Parts 2 and 3, sections 20 to 23, inclusive, of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015, will be commenced and resources provided to ensure these...
  • Psychological Assessments
    848. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a psychology assessment in Nenagh, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    849. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36357/18]
  • Tender Process
    850. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36365/18]
  • Respite Care Services Provision
    851. To ask the Minister for Health when respite care will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36371/18]
  • Health Services Provision
    852. To ask the Minister for Health when approval will be given to a person (details supplied) to attend a specialist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36375/18]
  • Medical Products
    853. To ask the Minister for Health when funds will be available for a person (details supplied) to receive a mobility scooter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36376/18]
  • Respite Care Services Data
    854. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours of respite care provided at a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal each week to date in 2018; the number of service users these...
  • Departmental Communications
    855. To ask the Minister for Health the position in his Department and the organisations under its aegis that have arrangements in place for lo-call numbers or 1800, 1850 and 1890 phone numbers...
  • Respite Care Services Data
    856. To ask the Minister for Health the budget per CHO area for emergency respite bed applications for 2017 and 2018; the allocations by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Services Provision
    857. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to disband a service (details supplied) in County Cork will be reviewed. [36415/18]
  • Health Services Staff Data
    858. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff employed in each laboratory for the analysis of biochemistry and haematology blood tests in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in...
  • National Dementia Strategy
    860. To ask the Minister for Health if an investment of €12 million will be included in budget 2019 towards community supports for persons with dementia (details supplied); and if he...
  • HSE Properties
    862. To ask the Minister for Health the annual rental cost of buildings rented by his Department or organisations under its aegis at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
  • Health Services
    863. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting period for persons to be given a replacement guide dog in circumstances in which their guide dogs are retired; and the procedure in such cases....
  • National Dementia Strategy
    864. To ask the Minister for Health the community supports for persons with dementia here; his plans to expand the support levels for persons with dementia; his further plans to meet dementia...
  • Audiology Services Provision
    865. To ask the Minister for Health if a person's (details supplied) audiology consultation can be moved to Dublin in view of the fact that no audiologist is available in the person's home...
  • HSE Staff Recruitment
    866. To ask the Minister for Health if, and when, interviews were held by the HSE at University Hospital Limerick for the post of acting or temporary CEO; and if the post was advertised...
  • HSE Staff
    867. To ask the Minister for Health if the CEO at University Hospital Limerick has retained a post within the Saolta group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36458/18]
  • Mental Health Services
    868. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request an urgent and immediate review of the case file of a mental health patient (details supplied) where affirmative action needs to be taken in...
  • Health Services
    869. To ask the Minister for Health when an item will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36473/18]
  • Orthodontic Services Provision
    872. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive braces. [36498/18]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    873. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of children awaiting an outpatient appointment in the three Dublin children's hospitals for more...
  • HSE Staff Recruitment
    874. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in appointing a new director general for the HSE and the re-appointment of its board; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Disease Incidence
    875. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of measles reported in each of the years from 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the steps that have been taken to reduce and contain the...
  • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
    876. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE consulted with drug task forces regarding the provision of €710,000 funding for priority projects and services in CHO areas to address drug...
  • Health Services Staff Data
    877. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved child psychiatrist posts in County Wexford; the number recommended for the county under A Vision for Change; the number vacant; the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    878. 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. [36549/18]
  • Health Services Provision
    879. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the HSE's decision to cease respite services at a location (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this is the only...
  • Hospitals Data
    880. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on hospital trolleys in all hospitals in the Dublin north east region, including Cavan and Monaghan Hospital, in each month since 2017,...
  • Respite Care Services Data
    881. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the facilities in which they are located; the number of beds available in each; if they...
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    883. To ask the Minister for Health when sonographers will be in place to provide anomaly scans at Cavan General Hospital; the timeline for the scan at the hospital; and if he will make a...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
    884. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years of age on waiting lists for an assessment with their local child and adolescent mental health team; the length of...
  • Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
    886. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged 0 to 18 years of age on waiting lists for an assessment with the primary care psychology service; the length of time they have been...
  • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
    888. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children 0 to 18 years of age on waiting lists for a speech and language assessment; the length of time they have been waiting by HSE community...
  • Speech and Language Therapy Staff
    890. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists employed by the Health Service Executive; the number of whole-time equivalent vacancies by...
  • Disabilities Assessments
    891. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children 0 to 18 years of age on waiting lists for an initial assessment of need from early intervention teams; the length of time they have been...
  • Community Care
    892. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation of the ten new advance nurse practitioner posts by community healthcare organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36572/18]
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
    895. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in whole-time equivalent terms in the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, for each CHO in tabular form. [36577/18]
  • Hospital Facilities
    897. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the consultation on the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; the progress made to date; the expected completion date; and if he will make a...
  • Medical Card Delays
    899. To ask the Minister for Health if additional personnel and resources will be allocated in respect of the processing of medical card applications due to delays in relation to same; and if he...
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    900. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of the operation of the FreeStyle Libre reimbursement scheme for children and young adults will be arranged with a view to making FreeStyle Libre...
  • Hospital Facilities
    901. To ask the Minister for Health the position from the HSE estates department on the provision a new paediatric diabetes centre that is to be developed at Sligo University Hospital; when...
  • Prescriptions Charges
    902. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1810 of 24 July 2018, and in view of the fact no response has issued from the HSE, the full year cost of reducing...
  • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
    904. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1814 of 24 July 2018, and in view of the fact no response has issued from the HSE, the full year cost of hiring 500 new...
  • Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold
    905. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1811 of 24 July 2018 and in view of the fact that a response has not issued from the HSE, the full-year cost of reducing...
  • General Practitioner Services Provision
    906. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of providing universal general practitioner care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36623/18]
  • Primary Care Services Provision
    907. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of providing universal primary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36624/18]
  • Treatment Abroad Scheme
    909. To ask the Minister for Health if the treatment abroad scheme will be fully available to all women who have immediate medical issues regarding transvaginal mesh implant devices; and if he...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
    910. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have a consultation to be assessed for a hearing aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    911. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [36639/18]
  • Patient Transfers
    912. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred to St. James's Hospital, Dublin, from Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal, for specialist...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    913. 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. [36643/18]
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    914. To ask the Minister for Health the number of local health organisations that do not provide seven-over-seven mental healthcare for adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Home Help Service Provision
    915. To ask the Minister for Health when home help hours will be provided to a person (details supplied). [36648/18]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
    916. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment for a person (details supplied) for a wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36649/18]
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
    917. To ask the Minister for Health the reason asthma is not included under the long-term illness scheme in view of the fact it is a lifelong illness. [36652/18]
  • Primary Care Centres
    918. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress on the primary care centre for Thurles, County Tipperary; the chronology by each stage in the process since it started and to date;...
  • Medical Card Applications
    919. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card application by a person (details supplied) was closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36663/18]
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    921. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce measures to award a medical card to persons who have had a spinal injury on the basis of need rather than means in view of the effect...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    922. 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. [36686/18]
  • Emergency Departments Waiting Times
    923. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to address the problems of overcrowding in the emergency department of University Hospital Limerick in view of the fact that it...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    924. 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. [36727/18]
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    925. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a secretarial position has remained vacant in the dentistry department of Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; when this position will...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    926. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a referral letter from the dentistry department of Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; the...
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    927. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 3 May 2017, if the ecology assessment of the identified site has been completed; the progress to date on the...
  • Home Help Service Provision
    928. To ask the Minister for Health if persons (details supplied) will be assessed in respect of the provision of home help. [36735/18]
  • Home Help Service
    929. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the new contracts for home helps are not being implemented in Tralee, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
    931. To ask the Minister for Health if the inclusion of a specific illness (details supplied) in the long-term illness card scheme will be reconsidered. [36767/18]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    932. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [36776/18]
  • Medical Card Drugs Availability
    933. To ask the Minister for Health if immunotherapy drugs, pembrolizumab or nivolumab, will be made available on the medical card to persons with late stage cancers; and if he will make a...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    934. To ask the Minister for Health if the delivery of equipment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be expedited. [36783/18]
  • Hospitals Capital Programme
    935. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for the proposed new renal unit for Tallaght University Hospital; his plans to ensure the funding is forthcoming in 2018; and if he will...
  • Home Care Packages Data
    936. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support packages that have been granted in the CHO7 area dealing with south-western areas of Dublin in the past year; the number of...
  • Emergency Departments Waiting Times
    937. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of persons waiting on trolleys in Tallaght University Hospital in July 2018 and August 2018 and the number for July 2017 and August 2017;...
  • Home Care Packages Data
    938. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the operation of home care services across all CHOs; the number of persons allocated a home care package who are still waiting to receive the...
  • Home Care Packages Provision
    940. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1369 of 24 July 2018, the further length of time a person (details supplied) will be waiting to receive home care hours...
  • Disabilities Assessments
    941. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children across the country who are awaiting an assessment of need including an assessment for autism spectrum disorder by county or on an...
  • Disability Services Data
    942. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children across the country who are awaiting speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy by county or on an aggregate...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    943. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork was placed on the waiting list for autotics; the position of the person on the waiting list; when the person...
  • Health Services Provision
    945. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support the development of community based Parkinson's nurse specialists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36850/18]
  • Hospital Staff
    946. To ask the Minister for Health if a sustainable solution has been found to restore full medical officer cover at a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork. [36851/18]
  • Health Services Provision
    947. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a specific HSE service (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the significant importance of this service to the...
  • Home Help Service
    948. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be allocated in respect of the home support scheme in counties Cavan and Monaghan in view of delays in putting in place such support...
  • Abortion Services Provision
    950. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to proceed with special interim legislation in respect of parents with fatal foetal abnormalities as proposed by him; and if he will make a statement...
  • Brexit Issues
    951. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of his Department in respect of drugs policy in the event of a hard Brexit that full access will be maintained to medical supplies; and if he will...

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