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Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Disability Services Funding
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
1277. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated for the HSE preschool support worker grant in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of applications which have been received for the grant in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of grants that have been allocated for same; his plans to increase funds to this grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27726/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Disability Support Services
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
1278. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which a person (details supplied) has been denied 4.5 hours per week preschool support despite having a number of developmental issues that early services have highlighted as requiring immediate attention; his views on whether it is acceptable that this person is being denied the support they need in order to develop to their full ability; if this decision will be reversed in order that this person will have access to the necessary supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27727/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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National Stroke Programme Implementation
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
1295. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 23 May 2017, the additional capital investment in patient equipment and monitoring equipment that would be required in all hospitals to bring stroke units to quality standards and to meet requirements for approximately 400 stroke unit beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27767/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Hospitals Discharges
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
1296. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the average number of delayed discharges per hospital per month due to the lack of home care packages for each of the years 2014 to 2016 as an update on information in a document (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27768/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Home Care Packages Data
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
1297. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of home care package recipients per 1,000 population over 65 years of age by CHO in each of the years 2014 to 2016 as an update on information in a document (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27769/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Home Care Packages Administration
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
1298. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the steps that were taken on the recommendations of the Department of Health and Children evaluation of home care packages, November 2009; the recommendations that were acted upon; the way in which they were implemented; the steps that were not acted upon; the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27770/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Home Care Packages Data
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
1299. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 484 of 23 May 2017, the number of persons aged under 65 years of age of those in 2015 and 2016 in receipt of home help, of whom 4,291 and 4,121 were persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27771/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Home Care Packages Data
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
1300. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for home care packages that were submitted by persons under 65 years of age in 2016 in CHO 1; the number of these applications which were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27772/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Home Care Packages Data
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
1301. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for home care packages that were submitted by persons under 65 years of age in 2016 in CHO 4; the number of these applications that were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27773/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Home Care Packages Data
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
1302. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for home care packages that were submitted by persons under 65 years of age in 2016 in CHO 6; the number of these applications that were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27774/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Home Care Packages Data
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
1430. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons supported by home help and home care packages in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28338/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Home Care Packages Data
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
1431. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the proportion of the population 65 years of age and over receiving home care as recommended by the OECD international standards; the details in respect of each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28339/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Home Care Packages Data
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
1432. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges as a result of delayed access to community supports, including home help and home care packages in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28340/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
1444. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive an appointment for cataract surgery. [28488/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Health Promotion
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
1563. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the butterfly scheme dementia awareness programme to all hospitals nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28944/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Health Services Provision
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
1564. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address issues facing persons with dementia in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28945/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Planning Issues
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
2166. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the working group comprising representatives of his Department and of planning authorities tasked to undertake a review of the 2005 planning guidelines for sustainable rural housing has had its first meeting; if its work is now underway; the reason it has taken until 2017 to act on the judgment of the European Court of Justice in 2013 in the Flemish decree case; the reason he has not rescinded the 2005 guidelines in view of this European ruling rather than holding them in place pending the outcome of the review; if he has received advice on same; his views on whether persons could have a case for compensation for the refusal of their application to provide a home for themselves and their families under the restrictions contained in the rural housing guidelines over the period since the 2013 European Court Judgment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26941/17]
Thu, 1 Jun 2017
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HSE Waiting Lists
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
161. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Cavan and Monaghan waiting for an assessment of need; the time they have been waiting that is more than three months, six months, a year and so on; the number of children in counties Cavan and Monaghan waiting for follow-on appointments with psychologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech and language therapists, respectively; the time they have been waiting for these appointments; the number of psychologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech and language therapists employed by the HSE in the Cavan and Monaghan area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26300/17]
Wed, 31 May 2017
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Building Regulations
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
154. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that standards in buildings for disabled access toilets are currently designed to help those that have little or no use of their legs but still have upper body strength and does not take into consideration the different needs of those with a disability and the varying degrees of upper body strength; his plans to ensure that all future publicly funded building projects will have properly designed disabled access toilet facilities to ensure that all persons with a disability have access to a properly designed toilet space with a legislative requirement for same being incorporated into building regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26080/17]
Wed, 31 May 2017
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Disability Services Provision
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
221. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if funding has been secured to initiate the moving of residents into a newly constructed group home due for completion in May 2017 for persons with physical and sensory disabilities in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; if not, when the funding will be secured in order that persons will be able to move into the development; if it will be the HSE that will manage the group home once opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26149/17]