Parliamentary questions

Mental Health Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

569. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the additional costs that were incurred as a result of the extended period of time allowed for the review of the Roscommon mental health services (details supplied); if these costs will be taken from the budget for existing services; the legal costs and expenses outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34948/16]

Mental Health Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

570. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when the report of the review on Roscommon mental health services will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34949/16]

Mental Health Commission

Michael Fitzmaurice

571. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will clarify the review that is being undertaken to deal with matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34950/16]

Housing for People with Disabilities Provision

Michael Fitzmaurice

205. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has received the additional funding necessary to ensure the long-term funding of local authorities in respect of the increased demands being imposed upon them consequent to the Department of Health's combined policies of decongregation and implementation of the social care model for adults with a learning disability; if his Department completed projections as to the extent of the extra costs involved for local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33667/16]

Medicinal Products

Michael Fitzmaurice

370. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health his views on the use of the Gardasil HPV vaccine (details supplied) which some experts state contains genetically engineered subunit protein antigens that are capable of generating immune complexes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33618/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments

Michael Fitzmaurice

155. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) received a ANC payment in the years 2011 and 2012. [33069/16]

Orthodontic Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

317. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health his plans to replace dental X-ray facilities at the orthodontic department at Merlin Park hospital, in view of the fact that children throughout counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon have had to wait up to three years for an appointment and now find that a safe diagnostic service cannot be provided and also that the orthodontic department cannot take on any new patients; when he will replace the equipment that is necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32706/16]

Orthodontic Services Provision

Michael Fitzmaurice

318. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health his plans to outsource X-ray facilities which are normally provided at the orthodontic department of Merlin Park University Hospital in order that children who are on long waiting lists can avail of services and in order that new patients can avail of services. [32707/16]

Air Ambulance Service

Michael Fitzmaurice

325. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the review it was agreed would be carried out during the negotiations for Government formation with regard to the expansion of air ambulance services throughout Ireland has taken place to date; if not, the reason therefor; when this review will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32724/16]

Vaccination Programme

Michael Fitzmaurice

339. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the instruction on a website (details supplied); the way in which the HSE has implemented this instruction; and the number of girls in each of the years 2011 to 2015 who where deemed unsuitable for the vaccine on the grounds that it was unsafe, with reference to these reactions after the HSE forms were completed and returned by the parents to the schools. [32816/16]

Beef Data and Genomics Programme

Michael Fitzmaurice

381. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will be paid under the beef data genomics programme 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32627/16]

Beef Data and Genomics Programme

Michael Fitzmaurice

382. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received payment for 2014 under the beef data genomics programme 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32626/16]

Disability Support Services Expenditure

Michael Fitzmaurice

146. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the annual per capita costs for each of the years 2012 to 2016, inclusive, listed against the names of each of the 72 residential centres for adults with intellectual disabilities reviewed by the working group on congregated settings in 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32505/16]

Disability Services Funding

Michael Fitzmaurice

147. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if, in conjunction with the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, projections have been made in respect of the level of local property tax increase necessary to ensure the long-term funding of local authorities in respect of the additional demands being imposed upon them consequent on his Department's combined policies of decongregation and implementation of the social care model for adults with a learning disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32506/16]

Disability Allowance Appeals

Michael Fitzmaurice

315. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a disability allowance payment by a person (details supplied). [31643/16]

Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage

Michael Fitzmaurice

425. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if further information has been submitted to his Department by the suppliers of a drug (details supplied) in order to make a decision to support the reimbursement of the drug; if such information has been received, when he expects a decision to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31676/16]

Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications

Michael Fitzmaurice

153. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) who applied under the TAMS programme has not received correspondence on their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31123/16]

TAMS Administration

Michael Fitzmaurice

599. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a grant for rubber mats for slatted sheds as part of the new TAMS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30863/16]

Vaccination Programme

Michael Fitzmaurice

471. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the human papilloma virus Gardasil vaccine is totally safe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29791/16]

Vaccination Programme

Michael Fitzmaurice

472. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the information from Gardasil vaccine makers should be provided as part of the information package provided by the HSE to parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29792/16]

Vaccination Programme

Michael Fitzmaurice

473. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health his views on the claims made by the HSE which state that the Gardasil HPV vaccine is the safest and most cost effective of health care interventions available currently and that it is the best way to prevent most disease due to human papilloma virus, HPV; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29793/16]

Vaccination Programme Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

474. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the percentage of girls who are currently being vaccinated with the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29794/16]

Vaccination Programme

Michael Fitzmaurice

475. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if there are any ongoing studies here to examine any adverse reaction to the Gardasil vaccination, not just directly after the injections but for at least five years afterwards; his plans to implement a strategy in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29795/16]

Vaccination Programme

Michael Fitzmaurice

476. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health his plans to arrange training for general practitioners in dealing with girls who have received the Gardasil HPV vaccine and the reported side effects. [29796/16]

Vaccination Programme

Michael Fitzmaurice

477. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints that have been received each year from 2011 to 2016 by the national immunisation advisory committee, NIAC; the number of complaints received regarding the symptoms as described by the girls who made the complaints, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29797/16]

Vaccination Programme

Michael Fitzmaurice

478. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the principal role of the national immunisation advisory committee, NIAC, and the cost of this body in each of the years 2011 to 2015. [29798/16]

Organic Farming Scheme Payments

Michael Fitzmaurice

511. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied ) will have to wait until November 2016 to receive payment under the organics programme 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29439/16]

Organic Farming Scheme Payments

Michael Fitzmaurice

512. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in a payment to a person (details supplied) under the organics programme 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29440/16]

Public Sector Staff

Michael Fitzmaurice

76. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Taoiseach the number of retired public sector employees in his Department and bodies under its aegis who are in receipt of a public sector pension who have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise, by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28985/16]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Michael Fitzmaurice

125. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of retired public sector employees in her Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension and have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise, by the public sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28983/16]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Michael Fitzmaurice

152. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, that are in receipt of a public sector pension and have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28979/16]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Michael Fitzmaurice

249. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension and who have been re-employed either part time or full time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28978/16]

Public Sector Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

313. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of retired public sector employees in his Department including bodies under its aegis who are in receipt of a public sector pension that have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28984/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

330. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension who have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28980/16]

Public Sector Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

334. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of retired public sector employees in receipt of a public sector pension who have been re-employed, either part-time or full time, temporary or otherwise in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28074/16]

Public Sector Pensions Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

481. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension who have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28981/16]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Michael Fitzmaurice

490. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) who successfully appealed the inspection results of his Department by way of oral hearing, the result of which was communicated to them, has not received all payments now due to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28075/16]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Michael Fitzmaurice

491. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the agricultural appeals office has found against his Department, the procedure in place to ensure that the applicant receives payment as soon as possible to avoid further hardship being inflicted on the applicant, who often has had payments withheld for years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28076/16]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Michael Fitzmaurice

492. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine where his Department has not made payments to successful applicants to the schemes, the steps available to enforce the decision of the agricultural appeals office against his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28077/16]

Departmental Staff Redeployment

Michael Fitzmaurice

558. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension that have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28974/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

573. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension who have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise, by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28976/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

591. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension, who have been re-employed either part-time, full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28986/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

607. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of retired public sector employees in her Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension that have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28982/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

614. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of retired public sector employees in her Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension that have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28975/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

617. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension that have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28977/16]

State Examinations Appeals

Michael Fitzmaurice

250. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of exam papers which have been sent by a person (details supplied) to be rechecked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26705/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Michael Fitzmaurice

614. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) currently on the waiting list for two years and six months for an operation. [26703/16]

Hospital Consultant Recruitment

Michael Fitzmaurice

615. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if an ENT consultant has been appointed to Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26704/16]

Mental Health Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

1142. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when the report of the independent external review group on the quality, safety and governance of mental health services in County Roscommon, which was commissioned by the HSE in 2015 following concerns being raised over the operation of services in the county, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24967/16]

Parliamentary Questions Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

1421. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of parliamentary questions for written answer put to the Minister for Health in each of the past five years; the number of parliamentary questions for written answer put to the Minister for Health in each of the past five years that were directly answered by the Ministers for Health; the number of parliamentary questions for written answer put to the Minister for Health in each of the past five years that were referred by the Minister for Health to the HSE for answer, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26036/16]