Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

HSE Funding

Louise O'Reilly

466. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 753 of 3 June 2020, the breakdown of the HSE 2020 allocation of €774 million of capital funding by project in tabular form. [13120/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Louise O'Reilly

467. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his plans and the plans of the HSE for restarting healthcare; if this will be delegated to hospital and local level; if there will be a HSE plan which will be followed at acute and primary care level; the details of the plan including timelines and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13121/20]

Health Services

Louise O'Reilly

468. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will raise awareness of a card (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13122/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Louise O'Reilly

486. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his plans to allow residents in community houses to leave the houses and travel to and from home; when the families and community houses will be given an indication of timelines for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13188/20]

Disability Support Services

Louise O'Reilly

487. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when a facility (details supplied) will resume services; and when services and support facilities for children and or adults with intellectual disabilities will resume services. [13189/20]

Third Level Education

Louise O'Reilly

488. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with the Minister for Education and Skills and work with third-level universities to expand the number of medical training places for students applying through the Central Applications Office system to help increase the number of doctors nationally. [13191/20]

HSE Expenditure

Louise O'Reilly

504. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the HSE has been achieving value for money on medicines through the agreement with an association (details supplied) and bilateral negotiations with biopharmaceutical companies over the past two years. [13310/20]

Health Services Staff

Louise O'Reilly

505. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 9 June 2020, the reason the HSE is refusing to give permanent contracts to all fully qualified staff working in the health service; if the issue will be addressed; his views on a situation in which fully qualified staff working in the health service are not being given the option of permanent employment; and his further views on whether the refusal to employ these persons on a permanent basis represents a lost opportunity to properly staff the health service into the future. [13311/20]

Respite Care Services

Louise O'Reilly

512. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the testing of service users under the testing mechanism for all service users as part of respite care packages for service users returning for respite care to take place 72 hours before they avail of respite will be carried out in their own homes; and if the results will be confirmed to the families to share with the facility in order that these vulnerable persons do not have to travel to a hospital or testing centre to have their Covid-19 test carried out. [13372/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Louise O'Reilly

514. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason Ireland has one of highest Covid-19 infection rates among health workers in the world; if a lack of personal protective equipment and lack of clear guidance on mandatory wearing of face masks in the early days of the crisis has contributed to the huge rates of infection amongst healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13379/20]

Hospital Equipment

Louise O'Reilly

526. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the details of the contracts which the HSE has with medical device companies; the devices covered under the contract; when the contract commenced; the duration of the contract; the value of the contract if possible; if the company or supplier is still in business; and if not. when they ceased operating in tabular form. [13457/20]

Hospital Equipment

Louise O'Reilly

527. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to instances in which the HSE has contracts with medical device companies that went out of business, but due to the nature of the contract hospitals cannot acquire new medical devices and have to persevere with devices which are obsolete, damaged or pay disproportionate amounts of money for their repair which often ends up being well in excess of the cost of a new device or machine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13458/20]

Hospital Services

Louise O'Reilly

528. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of scoliosis surgeries relating to children carried out in 2020; and the way in which this compares with 2018 and 2019, in tabular form. [13459/20]

Hospital Services

Louise O'Reilly

529. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for scoliosis surgery; and the length of time they have been waiting for surgery by 3, 6, 12, 15, 18, 24, 32 and more than 48 months in tabular form. [13460/20]

Hospital Services

Louise O'Reilly

530. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the plan being put in place to ensure that children with scoliosis will have access to surgery and care over the course of 2020 to ensure children have access to timely scoliosis care; if a plan has been put in place for children with scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13461/20]

HSE Funding

Louise O'Reilly

542. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 753 of 3 June 2020, if he will provide a breakdown of the projects being undertaken under the HSE’S 2020 allocation of capital funding; and if he will outline the projects, inclusive of their timelines of start and completion dates in tabular form. [13502/20]

Aviation Industry

Louise O'Reilly

697. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with the management of an airline (details supplied) and the workers and their trade unions to help prevent the loss of 500 jobs at the airline. [13115/20]

Aviation Industry

Louise O'Reilly

698. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport her plans to ensure that the management at an airline (details supplied) engage with workers and their trade unions regarding industrial relations matters at the airline. [13116/20]

Sports Funding

Louise O'Reilly

699. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the €70 million in extra funding for the sporting sector; and the areas the funding will be directed toward. [13123/20]

Sports Funding

Louise O'Reilly

700. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the €40 million to be split between organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13124/20]