Written answers

Tuesday, 9 July 2019

  • Services for People with Disabilities
    328. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision not to grant funding to a school (details supplied) will be reconsidered in view of the importance of such equipment to a number of pupils at...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    329. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to a report submitted by an organisation (details supplied) with survey findings and views of persons currently self-funding...
  • Medicinal Products Expenditure
    330. To ask the Minister for Health the level of drug expenditure in the health budget in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and the percentage of the health budget spent on...
  • Medicinal Products Data
    333. To ask the Minister for Health the medicines that have been approved as cost effective by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics over each of the past five years but that have yet to be...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    334. 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. [29080/19]
  • Tobacco Control Measures
    335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of initial tobacco sales to minors test purchase inspections carried out at the end of June 2019 or the latest date available. [29082/19]
  • Sunbeds Regulation
    337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mystery shopper inspections carried out under the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014 at the end of June 2019 or the latest date available. [29084/19]
  • Food Safety Standards Inspections
    339. To ask the Minister for Health the number of official food control planned inspections and surveillance of food businesses at the end of June 2019 or the latest date available. [29086/19]
  • Tobacco Control Measures
    340. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inspections of e-cigarette and refill container manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers under SI No. 271 of 2016 - European Union...
  • Diabetes Strategy
    341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who completed a structured patient education programme for diabetes at the end of June 2019 or the latest date available. [29088/19]
  • Maternity Services
    342. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of babies breastfed exclusively and not exclusively at the first public health nurse visit at the end of June 2019 or the latest date available....
  • Home Care Packages Data
    346. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of an intensive homecare package; and the percentage of same with a key worker assigned. [29093/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    348. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment to see a consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29096/19]
  • Respite Care Services Provision
    349. To ask the Minister for Health if additional respite nights will be provided for a person (details supplied). [29098/19]
  • HSE Staff Remuneration
    350. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the new payroll system in the HSE; the number of workers now paid through the system; the reason the system cannot process bank holiday and Sunday...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    351. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the FreeStyle Libre device available to all patients with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29123/19]
  • Home Help Service Provision
    352. To ask the Minister for Health if home help services will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [29125/19]
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    353. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans regarding a community hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29131/19]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    354. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of a meeting in relation to the care of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29151/19]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    355. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of the FreeStyle Libre device to those with type 1 diabetes; and if the HSE will be instructed to take into account survey results...
  • HSE Expenditure
    356. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconcile the statement by the new CEO of the HSE to the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts on 27 June 2019 that the HSE had an overrun of...
  • Health Care Infrastructure Provision
    357. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the replacement and refurbishment of 90 community nursing units announced on 26 January 2016; the funding allocated to each project in 2019; and...
  • Prescriptions Charges
    358. To ask the Minister for Health if persons (details supplied) will be allowed to avail of maximum prescription charges even though they attend different pharmacists. [29167/19]
  • Civil Registration Service
    359. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the deaths, births and marriages registration office in Listowel, County Kerry was centralised; and when it was centralised. [29175/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    360. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29176/19]
  • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
    361. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recognise pertuzumab; his plans to ensure it is made available to all cancer patients regardless of their health insurer; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services Staff
    362. To ask the Minister for Health if an offer of employment will be honoured to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29187/19]
  • Primary Care Centres Data
    363. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres to be provided over the next ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29190/19]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    364. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a surgical procedure; and if the procedure will be expedited. [29191/19]
  • Disabilities Assessments
    365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting at stage 2 of the assessment of needs process in counties Cork and Kerry; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    366. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent prosthetic appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29197/19]
  • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
    367. To ask the Minister for Health the new consultant posts sought by University Hospital Waterford and the South/South West hospital group for the hospital by posts agreed and posts still...
  • Emergency Departments Data
    368. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol has been deployed at University Hospital Waterford in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he...
  • Hospital Staff Data
    369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants attached to the dermatology department at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if...
  • Health Services Reports
    371. To ask the Minister for Health when a report from the national review into cardiac services will be received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29230/19]
  • Departmental Reviews
    372. To ask the Minister for Health if the national review panel examining cardiac services met with hospital consultants in the south east; if it met with the management of University Hospital...
  • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
    375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on orthodontic treatment by grade and length of waiting time at Letterkenny University Hospital in tabular form; and if he will...
  • Air Ambulance Service
    376. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed extension of the flying hours for the air ambulance based in Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    377. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be transferred to a different care home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29246/19]
  • National Carers Strategy Implementation
    378. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts made and steps taken during 2018 and to date in 2019 to assess the health, mental health and needs of caregivers of children with medical needs;...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    379. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be seen in the ophthalmology department of University Hospital Waterford following a report by a doctor....
  • Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
    380. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for a person waiting to access a methadone clinic in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29294/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    383. 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. [29297/19]
  • Transport Support Scheme
    384. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new scheme to replace the mobility allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29298/19]
  • Data Protection
    385. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in relation to an investigation by the Data Protection Commissioner of a data breach involving the five pages of medical records...
  • Medicinal Products Supply
    386. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE limits the amount of medication that can be given to a patient with cystic fibrosis to a three-month supply in view of the fact it restricts...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    387. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29309/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Administration
    388. To ask the Minister for Health if an outpatient appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [29319/19]
  • Hospital Charges
    389. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance in relation to hospital bills will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29323/19]
  • Medicinal Products Supply
    390. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of Duodopa for peritoneal dialysis patients in view of the fact that the health technology assessment process has been...
  • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
    391. To ask the Minister for Health if a cross-border scheme refund will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [29335/19]
  • Public Health Policy
    392. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the serious public health concerns raised in an email (details supplied); if an immediate public inquiry will be conducted into the matter; and if...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    393. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of the out-of-hours service provided by north Dublin Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, CAMHS, for children and families in crisis; and if...
  • Psychological Services Waiting Lists
    394. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO9 awaiting a primary care psychology appointment as of 1 July 2019; the length of time they have been waiting; and if he will make...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    395. To ask the Minister for Health if longer hours will be provided at a facility for a person (details supplied). [29356/19]
  • Healthcare Policy
    396. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the model of care for lymphoedema and lipoedema services further to a representation (details supplied); when these recommendations will be...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    398. 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. [29370/19]
  • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
    399. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on digital marketing in each of the past eight years; the items on which funds were spent; the criteria by which target audiences were...
  • Home Help Service Expenditure
    400. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost per hour for home helps employed directly by the HSE; and the average cost per hour for home helps provided to the HSE by agencies. [29400/19]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    401. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review into making the FreeStyle Libre device available to all persons with type 1 diabetes; if the findings of the survey submitted by an...
  • Disability Support Services Provision
    402. To ask the Minister for Health when 15 additional posts for a service (details supplied) will become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29403/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    403. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29404/19]
  • Respite Care Services Provision
    404. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive respite hours approved for them. [29405/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    405. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment at Cork University Hospital. [29417/19]
  • HSE Staff Recruitment
    406. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recent announcement by the HSE of a recruitment embargo in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
  • Palliative Care Services
    407. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully resourcing a clear timetable and process for the implementation of the Palliative Care Services Three Year Development Framework...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    408. To ask the Minister for Health the costs paid for projects to companies (details supplied) engaged by his Department in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form;...
  • Stroke Care
    409. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no stroke rehabilitation services in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; if this service was in place; if so, the skill sets of the staff...
  • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
    410. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency staff in the health service to date in 2019, by occupation, hospital and community healthcare organisation, in tabular form; and if he will...
  • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
    411. To ask the Minister for Health the decisions taken by the senior leadership team of the HSE at its monthly sittings relating to drugs reimbursement and the recommendations issued by the...
  • Home Help Service Data
    412. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly on waiting lists for home help hours, homecare packages and respite by category; and if he will make a...
  • Mental Health Services Data
    413. To ask the Minister for Health the status of each recommendation made in the Roscommon mental health services review, in tabular form; the implementation measures taken prior to its...
  • Mental Health Services
    414. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken by the psychiatric department at University Hospital Waterford to address concerns raised by the Mental Health Commission; and if he will...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
    415. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff assigned to CAMHS at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by whole-time equivalent staff...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
    417. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted or kept in the adult psychiatric unit at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019;...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    418. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 26 February 2019, when funding will be made available to enable a facility (details supplied) to reopen; if his...
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    419. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned rehabilitation unit at Roscommon University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29511/19]
  • Gender Recognition
    420. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be provision in the health service for transgender surgery services in view of a recent retirement (details supplied); if so, if the services...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    421. To ask the Minister for Health the costs paid to a company (details supplied) for projects each was engaged by his Department in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in...
  • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
    422. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a cross border scheme refund will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [29588/19]
  • Abortion Services Provision
    423. To ask the Minister for Health the payments made under the primary care reimbursement service for consultations, terminations and aftercare services since January 2019 to date; and if he...
  • Nursing Home Services
    424. To ask the Minister for Health the level of service being provided at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Mayo; the number of days it should be open; and if day services and respite...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters in relation to support and services for persons with dementia (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Orthodontic Services Data
    428. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 18,043 persons on the orthodontic waiting list at the end of quarter one that went on the waiting list in 2018 and each year prior to 2018;...
  • HSE Properties
    429. To ask the Minister for Health the plans of the HSE in relation to the old health clinic and surrounding lands in Tinahely, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Autism Support Services
    430. To ask the Minister for Health if the reason a person (details supplied) cannot receive an appointment for an up-to-date diagnosis for autism will be investigated with the autism CAMHS in...
  • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
    431. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary legislation has been put in place here and in the United Kingdom to guarantee cross-Border health arrangements such as patients accessing...
  • Organ Transplant Services
    432. To ask the Minister for Health if the two flow cytometers used by the National Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Service for Solid Organ Transplantation in Beaumont Hospital have been...
  • National Children's Hospital
    433. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the building of a private clinic in the new national children's hospital. [29626/19]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    434. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29627/19]
  • HSE Staff
    435. To ask the Minister for Health if new entrant management employees in the HSE have an induction period on joining; if so, if the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29628/19]
  • HSE Staff Recruitment
    436. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that new medical entrants to the HSE are required to work unpaid induction periods; his views on whether this is a...
  • Health Services Provision
    437. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding persons who have been diagnosed with a disease (details supplied); the arrangements in place in relation to a post mortem; the...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
    438. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals accepted by the community CAMHS teams during the first six months of 2019, by local health office area; and the equivalent figures for...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    439. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the expansion of rehabilitation services to respond to the needs of those with enduring mental illness and challenging behaviour; the...
  • Mental Health Services
    440. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the model of care for specialist perinatal mental health services; and the number of additional staff in whole-time...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    441. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he has provided increased access to talk therapies to date in 2019; the number of additional service users availing of the therapies; and the...
  • HSE Staff Data
    442. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional enhanced peer support workers delivered to date in 2019 in line with A Vision for Change recommendations. [29644/19]
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    443. To ask the Minister for Health the status of efforts to develop a seven-day-per-week service for CAMHS; the number of CAMHS teams now operating on such a basis; the CHOs in which they are...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
    444. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional CAMHS clinical staff in whole-time equivalent terms recruited to date in 2019, by CHO; the number of CAMHS staff in whole-time...
  • HSE Staff Recruitment
    445. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions in whole-time equivalent terms for children’s mental health intellectual disability teams being advertised for recruitment, by...
  • Mental Health Services Data
    446. To ask the Minister for Health the new or enhanced services for those who are deaf and mentally ill that commenced to date in 2019; if additional staff have been recruited to date in 2019;...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration
    447. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the CAMHS advocacy model; and the CHOs in which it is available and utilised. [29649/19]
  • Hospital Services
    448. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a new central sterile services department at Roscommon University Hospital; the funding allocated to progress the project to date; and if he will...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    449. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29656/19]
  • Diabetes Strategy
    450. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of adequate pump therapy for adults with type 1 diabetes in Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Products Supply
    451. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29661/19]
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    452. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the national forensic mental health service facility in Portrane, County Dublin; the completion date for same; if the project...
  • Stroke Care
    453. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure adequate step-down and rehabilitation services for those who suffer from stroke upon discharge from inpatient hospital care;...
  • Mental Health Services Funding
    454. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the roll-out of the agreed minor capital fund to enhance mental health facilities and infrastructure; the projects undertaken in 2019, by...
  • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
    455. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a second consultant for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29697/19]
  • Outreach Clinics
    456. To ask the Minister for Health when an outreach clinic for patients in County Donegal will be reinstated; the reason this has not taken place to date; the efforts being made to resume the...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    457. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a place in a care home by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29709/19]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    458. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will have cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29727/19]
  • Respite Care Services
    459. To ask the Minister for Health if the closing of 27 medical step-down respite beds at St. Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin 20, is in line with the principles and aims of...
  • Health Services Provision
    460. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 29 May 2019, the recommended medical, infrastructural and accessibility designation criteria for a major trauma...
  • Hospitals Data
    461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented to emergency departments with influenza during the influenza seasons in 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19, in tabular form....
  • HSE Expenditure
    462. To ask the Minister for Health the costs or estimated costs to the health service in providing prevention measures and treatment of influenza in each of the years from 2016 to 2018 and to...
  • Hospital Services
    463. To ask the Minister for Health the measures or diagnostic tools being used in hospital settings to diagnose influenza. [29736/19]
  • Hospital Beds Data
    464. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost to the health service of a patient staying in an acute hospital bed overnight; and the average cost per bed night for an inpatient stay in an...
  • Hospital Acquired Infections
    466. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who contracted influenza while in a public hospital during the influenza seasons 2016-2017, 2017-2018 and 2018-2019. [29739/19]
  • Vaccination Programme Data
    467. To ask the Minister for Health the figures relating to the uptake of influenza vaccinations during the 2018-2019 influenza season; the percentage of the population that received the...
  • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
    468. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on antibiotics under the primary care reimbursement service in each of years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form. [29741/19]
  • Antimicrobial Resistance
    469. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to invest in antimicrobial resistance measures, particularly developing and supporting the development of new diagnostics tools. [29742/19]
  • Care of the Elderly
    472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of places being provided to older persons across 300 day care centres per week. [29766/19]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
    475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons supported by the nursing homes support scheme at the end of June 2019. [29769/19]
  • Hospitals Discharges
    476. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the development and implementation of a discharge-to-assess protocol for persons who require home support to leave hospital. [29770/19]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
    477. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the reconfiguration of nursing home support offices. [29771/19]
  • Palliative Care Services
    478. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional specialist palliative care inpatient beds provided to date in 2019; and the location of same. [29772/19]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    480. To ask the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring technology will be made available to all persons with type 1 diabetes; if a finding from an organisation...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    481. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has still not moved into the residential care unit; the reason deadlines have been repeatedly missed; if he will raise...
  • Medical Card Expenditure
    482. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of the 10% increase across general practitioner visit card weekly income thresholds which took effect from April 2019; and the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    483. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital bed will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29792/19]
  • General Practitioner Services
    484. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing free general practitioner care to children aged seven and eight years. [29793/19]
  • Medicinal Products
    485. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the process in regard to the governance of the drugs approval and procurement process with particular reference to facilitating more...
  • Palliative Care Services
    486. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has not met the commitment to fund 50% of a service (details supplied); when the commitment will be met; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    487. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on tribunals, commissions of investigation and statutory inquiries in each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by inquiry, tribunal...
  • Health Services Staff Remuneration
    488. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties of an organisation (details supplied) with regard to retrospective payments to its staff due to FEMPI; the...
  • Voluntary Sector Funding
    490. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) was informed recently that there is no obligation from the HSE to...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    492. To ask the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre device will be made available to each person with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29852/19]
  • Disability Services Provision
    493. To ask the Minister for Health if a residential placement will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29855/19]
  • Cancer Screening Programmes
    494. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of all travel, locations, cost and purpose of travel undertaken by a person (details supplied) or any member of their team as...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    495. To ask the Minister for Health when a wheelchair will be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29862/19]
  • HSE Staff
    497. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 201 of 19 June 2018 and 345 of 5 February 2019, if the HSE will consider using the draft HSE staff breastfeeding in the...
  • Dental Services
    498. To ask the Minister for Health if the Dental Council refers complaints of illegal practice involving a risk to public safety to An Garda Síochána for investigation and prosecution;...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    499. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the waiting lists for pain, MRI, rheumatology and neurology clinics; and the way in which he plans to address the waiting times. [29870/19]
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    500. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for children seeking access to CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29871/19]
  • Medicinal Products
    501. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the prescription of synthetic T4 drugs in response to a diagnosis of hypothyroidism; and if he will make...
  • Hospital Appointments Administration
    502. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [29879/19]
  • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
    503. To ask the Minister for Health if the 20% funding cut imposed on an organisation (details supplied) will be reconsidered in view of its record in fighting for the rights of persons with...
  • Respite Care Services Data
    504. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for adults with an intellectual disability in County Galway in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form. [29918/19]
  • Disability Services Data
    507. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for residential care for adults with an intellectual disability in County Galway in each of the years 2008 to 2018,...
  • Respite Care Services Availability
    509. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of respite facilities and opportunities for persons with disabilities nationally; and if he will make a statement...
  • Respite Care Services Data
    512. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite weeks provided in each of the past three years for CHO 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29926/19]
  • Home Help Service
    516. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with the Ministers of State with special responsibility for disability and with special responsibility for mental health to discuss the impact of...
  • Hospital Beds Closures
    517. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he is addressing the implications for patients and families due to the closure of 27 beds at a hospital (details supplied); and the reason the...
  • Hospitals Funding
    518. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of funding to supply a MRI machine for St. Luke’s Hospital further to his personal commitment given on a visit to...
  • Physiotherapy Provision
    519. To ask the Minister for Health when physiotherapy services will be available again in health centres (details supplied); the reason physiotherapy services were ceased in the health centres...
  • National Dementia Strategy
    520. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons people with dementia and their carers are still waiting for equitable and fair access to the supports and services they need; and if he will...
  • Climate Change Policy
    525. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has ceased the purchase and use of single-use plastics; the public bodies and agencies under his remit to which he has issued an instruction...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    526. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30037/19]
  • Hospital Car Parks
    528. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is fair that a patient on radium treatment for a period of seven and a half weeks necessitating daily attendance at St James Hospital,...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    529. To ask the Minister for Health the system of assessment in place that assigns a woman with disabilities 0.7 personal assistance hours until 31 December 2019;; and if he will make a statement...
  • Disability Services Data
    530. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under a service (details supplied) on a waiting list to access occupational therapy services; the measures he is taking to address the...

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