Parliamentary questions

European Health Insurance Card

Billy Kelleher

398. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health how many different people, including their country of origin, and how many dialysis sessions are provided by the Health Service Executive to people presenting the European health insurance card each year. [43891/15]

European Health Insurance Card

Billy Kelleher

399. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for how many different people who have presented the Irish European health insurance card and for how many dialysis sessions in Europe does the Health Service Executive pay in a year and in which countries did they receive their dialysis treatment. [43892/15]

General Practitioner Contracts

Billy Kelleher

440. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in receipt of the rural practice allowance, and the amount allocated by county in each year since 2010, in tabular form. [44155/15]

Public Transport Subsidies

Billy Kelleher

632. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the subvention paid to Córas Iompair Éireann for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43823/15]

General Practitioner Contracts

Billy Kelleher

1. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to outline the measures that will be taken to put general practice on a sustainable basis, especially in rural areas; the progress that is being made on a new contract for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43125/15]

HSE Regional Service Plans

Billy Kelleher

28. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan will provide for a 24/7 cardiac unit in Waterford University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42987/15]

General Practitioner Contracts

Billy Kelleher

34. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to put general practice on a sustainable basis, especially in rural areas; the progress that is being made on a new contract for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42983/15]

Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

40. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to boost services in arthritis and rheumatology for both adults and children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42986/15]

National Dementia Strategy

Billy Kelleher

55. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the process of consent that is sought from persons living with dementia who are moved into long-term residential care, with particular regard to when they have expressed a choice to remain living at home in the community; the obligation there is to provide care in the community in these circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42985/15]

Universal Health Insurance

Billy Kelleher

60. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans on funding models in the wake of the abandonment of the universal health insurance model proposed in the 2011 programme for Government and the 2014 White Paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42984/15]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

171. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 24 November 2015 (details supplied), the full-year cost to the health services of providing an additional 1,000 qualified and working general practitioners, as distinct from the training costs in providing them. [43230/15]

Orthodontic Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

178. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when orthodontic treatment will commence for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43288/15]

Nursing Home Services

Billy Kelleher

188. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will find a permanent placement for a person (details supplied) who no longer can be catered for at his current nursing home, as a matter of urgency; if he will intervene in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43317/15]

Garda Operations

Billy Kelleher

57. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in Gurranbraher and Mayfield in the Cork city Garda Síochána division under Operation Thor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42407/15]

Garda Deployment

Billy Kelleher

95. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each station in the Gurranbraher and Mayfield Cork city Garda Síochána districts on 1 November 2010 and on 1 November 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42408/15]

Nursing Staff Provision

Billy Kelleher

437. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of new nursing staff recruited, the number of nursing staff who left, the total number of nursing staff, and the net increase or decrease in the number of nursing staff, in each hospital (details supplied) from 1 January to 30 September 2015, in tabular form [42737/15]

Medicinal Products Prices

Billy Kelleher

170. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the measures introduced in 2015 to reduce the cost of medicines to patients and the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42183/15]

Obesity Strategy

Billy Kelleher

171. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when his Department will publish a new obesity policy. [42184/15]

Health Care Policy

Billy Kelleher

172. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when his Department will publish a new oral health strategy. [42185/15]

Maternity Services

Billy Kelleher

173. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when his Department will publish a new maternity care strategy. [42186/15]

National Cancer Strategy Publication

Billy Kelleher

174. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when his Department will publish a new cancer strategy. [42187/15]

Hospital Beds Data

Billy Kelleher

165. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional acute hospital beds that have become available in 2015; and the full-year cost of providing these. [41857/15]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Billy Kelleher

166. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 5 November 2015, if no new primary care centres have been delivered by way of public private partnerships since 2011; the number of such public private partnership delivered centres opened, by county, in each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date, in tabular form; and the projected outturns for 2015. [41858/15]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Billy Kelleher

189. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of critical care beds to 579, as recommended in a 2009 report; and the full-year cost of doing so. [42026/15]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Billy Kelleher

177. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a telecommunications mast at a location (details supplied) in County Cork is in use; if not, the plans to have it removed. [41627/15]

Hospital Procedures

Billy Kelleher

374. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of colonoscopies that have been carried out in public hospitals over the past 12 months, by hospital and in tabular form; the number of patients on waiting lists for colonoscopies in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41302/15]

Medical Card Drugs Availability

Billy Kelleher

394. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if there is a variance in medicines available on the medical card, by county; if so the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41494/15]

HSE Investigations

Billy Kelleher

395. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 402 of 3 March 2015, if he will ensure that a full and final reply will be provided (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41495/15]

Ambulance Service Response Times

Billy Kelleher

412. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views regarding the ambulance response time in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41602/15]

Universal Health Insurance

Billy Kelleher

422. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost of the recent Economic and Social Research Institute report on universal health insurance; if upon deciding the commission of research into the estimated costs of universal health insurance, he invited tenders for the conduct of this research. [41661/15]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

435. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants recruited in 2015 to date; the full-year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in consultant numbers resulting from this recruitment. [41803/15]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

436. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of newly recruited nurses in 2015 to date; the full-year cost of their recruitment; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this recruitment. [41804/15]

Health Strategies

Billy Kelleher

438. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will publish its service plan for 2016; and when he received the first draft of it. [41829/15]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

439. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health given his comments on radio that an additional 1,000 general practitioners are required for our health services, the full-year cost of providing them. [41830/15]

Medical Card Data

Billy Kelleher

440. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards, general practitioner cards and each type of card issued on a discretionary basis as of 1 November 2015. [41831/15]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications

Billy Kelleher

441. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of applications under the nursing home support scheme approved and awaiting funding as of 13 November 2015. [41832/15]

Bord na Móna

Billy Kelleher

566. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money spent on the investigations into the dumping at the Bord na Móna bog at Ballydesmond, County Cork; the next steps in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41428/15]

Adoption Authority of Ireland

Billy Kelleher

130. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will appoint adoptees and natural parents to the board of the Adoption Authority; if so, when; if not, the reason why; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40811/15]

Services for People with Disabilities

Billy Kelleher

478. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of early intervention teams for children, by local health area, in tabular form; the number of persons on each team; the number of children in each area waiting for a first appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40718/15]

Ambulance Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

119. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances prior to his announcement of 64 new ambulances on 5 November 2015; and the number of emergency ambulances there will be when these come into use. [39689/15]

Hospital Staff Data

Billy Kelleher

133. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health for details of consultant posts, as of 5 November 2015, in tabular form (details supplied) [39776/15]

Hospital Beds Data

Billy Kelleher

380. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in intensive care units, by hospital, in each of the years from 2011 to 2015 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39122/15]

Hospital Procedures

Billy Kelleher

395. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive a much needed grommets operation in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin 2. [39171/15]

Accident and Emergency Departments

Billy Kelleher

404. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 20 October 2015, the number of the additional 440 beds to ease the pressure on emergency departments that are now available; and remain to be opened, by hospital, in tabular form. [39283/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Billy Kelleher

409. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39306/15]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Billy Kelleher

421. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the circumstances by which he will consider extending the list of qualifying illnesses for the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39354/15]

Noise Pollution

Billy Kelleher

584. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the noise mitigation measures that are being taken by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to prevent noise pollution or disruption for the residents of housing estates (details supplied) in County Cork; if due consideration will be given to the erection of sound barriers in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39097/15]

Road Projects

Billy Kelleher

585. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the proposed Cork north link road from Glanmire to Ballincollig; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39106/15]

Primary Care Centres Data

Billy Kelleher

191. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of new primary care centres that have opened, by county, for each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date; whether they were direct Health Service Executive projects, public-private partnerships or lease agreements; and the projected outcome for 2015, each in tabular form. [38914/15]

Respite Care Services

Billy Kelleher

139. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public respite beds available for dementia patients by county and by location, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38452/15]