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Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1355. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff by grade that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Blessington, County Wicklow; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25807/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1356. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff by grade that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Ballymahon, County Longford; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25808/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1357. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff by grade that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Mullingar, County Westmeath; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25809/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1358. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff by grade that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Kells, County Meath; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25810/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1359. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff by grade that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Tullamore, County Offaly; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25811/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1360. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff by grade that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Corduff, County Dublin; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25812/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1361. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff by grade that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Blanchardstown, County Dublin; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25813/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1362. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff by grade that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Grangegorman, Dublin; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25814/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1363. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, by grade, that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Ballymote, County Sligo; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25815/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1364. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, by grade, that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Boyle, County Roscommon; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25816/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1365. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, by grade, that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Claremorris, County Mayo; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25817/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1366. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, by grade, that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Westport, County Mayo; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25818/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1367. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, by grade, that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Tuam, County Galway; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25819/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1368. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, by grade, that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Ballinrobe, County Mayo; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25820/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1369. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, by grade, that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Lord Edward Street, Limerick; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25821/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1370. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, by grade, that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Dungarvan, County Waterford; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25822/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1371. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, by grade, that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25823/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1372. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, by grade, that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Waterford city east; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25824/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1373. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, by grade, that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Wexford town; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25825/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1374. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, by grade, that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Kilcock, County Kildare; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25826/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1375. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, by grade, that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Dublin, inner city-Summerhill; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25827/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Louise O'Reilly
1376. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, by grade, that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Coolock, Dublin 17; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25828/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Maternity Services
Louise O'Reilly
1392. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with a person (details supplied) regarding issues on maternity services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25922/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Legislative Programme
Louise O'Reilly
1417. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of international public funding models for fertility treatment; when the general scheme of legislative provisions dealing with assisted human reproduction, AHR, will be published; the timeframe for the legislation dealing with AHR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26026/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Alcohol Advertising
Louise O'Reilly
1656. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there has been interaction between his Department and the Department of Health in respect of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 with respect to the regulation of advertising and sponsorship of alcohol products; if so, if he will provide documents relating to this, including memos or information made available with respect to codes and standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24701/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Departmental Funding
Louise O'Reilly
1657. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the working relationship between his Department and the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland; if State funding is made available to this body; if so, the detail of funding for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24702/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Garda Data
Louise O'Reilly
105. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number, rank, title and job of members of An Garda Síochána who are assigned to the Dublin metropolitan region north; the number of stations and vehicles in this division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21933/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Health Services
Louise O'Reilly
555. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of podiatry and chiropody services in the Health Service Executive west region; the number and location of local podiatry clinics in this region that have been discontinued in the past ten years, in tabular form; if he will publish the criteria for discontinuing such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21929/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Health Services Staff Data
Louise O'Reilly
680. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors, general practitioners and nurses dedicated to supporting patients living with dementia and their families in County Donegal; and his plans to add to this list of important supports. [22802/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Hospitals Data
Louise O'Reilly
685. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated to every hospital here in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date; the numbers of inpatients per annum in every hospital in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date; and the numbers of medical staff in every hospital in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date. [22875/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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General Medical Services Scheme Administration
Louise O'Reilly
686. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if persons with a medical card having blood samples taken by their local general practitioner or primary care centre are liable for a charge; and if they are not liable for a charge, the way this instruction or guideline is regulated. [22876/16]
Thu, 14 Jul 2016
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Alcohol Pricing
Louise O'Reilly
170. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he has considered introducing a ban on below invoice cost selling on alcohol products, where alcohol products would not be permitted to be sold at less than the invoice cost price inclusive of value-added tax and excise duty, as a measure to support minimum unit pricing in tackling discounting of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21719/16]
Thu, 14 Jul 2016
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Alcohol Pricing
Louise O'Reilly
171. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the contingency plans in place to curtail the retail of cheap alcohol products at discounted prices should he be unable to immediately implement minimum unit pricing upon enactment of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21720/16]
Wed, 13 Jul 2016
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Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
Louise O'Reilly
185. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the progress being made to date on the development of an implementation plan for the neuro-rehabilitation policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21444/16]
Wed, 13 Jul 2016
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Hospital Beds Data
Louise O'Reilly
186. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient rehabilitation beds; the cost of increasing the number of inpatient beds to 270 to meet the needs of the population; the staff that would be needed to staff these beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21445/16]
Wed, 13 Jul 2016
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Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
Louise O'Reilly
187. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of community neuro-rehabilitation teams here; the number of staff and the services as part of these teams; the cost of increasing the number of these teams to include one in each local health office and to provide staffing for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21446/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Home Help Service Data
Louise O'Reilly
2. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of banked and paid for hours that home-help workers are due; the breakdown of these by region; the number of hours that have been cut from persons in the same areas for the period 2014 to 2016 to date; the number of home-help hours projected for 2016 and the percentage of these that have been delivered to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21095/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Health Services Reports
Louise O'Reilly
20. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 213 to 215, inclusive, of 23 June 2015, the actions he is taking to ensure patient safety in terms of investigating why certain hospitals have higher than average death rates; if he will undertake any investigations or follow-up action following the publication of the second annual report of the national health care quality reporting system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20917/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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HSE Governance
Louise O'Reilly
24. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing a legislative based accountability framework for Health Service Executive employees; the consultation or meetings he has had on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20913/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Medical Card Administration
Louise O'Reilly
46. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his plans to legislate for a distinct new medical need ground for eligibility for the medical card with an assessment involving the establishment of a threshold of medical need and not tested against a household’s financial means or against diagnosis titles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20916/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Health Services Provision
Louise O'Reilly
89. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the service that will be put in place to replace the eye-testing service for fifth and sixth class students as part of the primary school children optical scheme, following its discontinuation earlier in 2016; if reforms or new services will be in place before the resumption of school in September 2016 and the timeframe for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20914/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
Louise O'Reilly
93. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health given that the Crowe Horwath report, into the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, is reported to note that, over the last few years, the nursing board did not have a productive working relationship with his Department, his plans to remedy this; if he has met the NMBI since taking office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20915/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Hospital Accommodation Provision
Louise O'Reilly
618. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 829 of 17 May 2016, the approximate total number of new beds that could be brought on stream without requiring additional capital investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21268/16]
Wed, 6 Jul 2016
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Primary Care Services Provision
Louise O'Reilly
232. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the primary care psychology services available for children in north County Dublin; the number of children who have been seen by Swords Mater child and adolescent mental health services from the routine waiting list in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20075/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Cross-Border Health Initiatives
Louise O'Reilly
451. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when he will begin engagement to assess and identify how to minimise any adverse impacts on the provision of all-island health services and collaboration following the publication of the Government contingency framework; when he will meet his counterparts on these issues and draw up a briefing; if he will meet Opposition spokespersons on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19124/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Cross-Border Health Initiatives
Louise O'Reilly
452. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when measures to ensure no adverse impact or logistical challenges on accessibility issues for cross-Border emergency medical transport will be identified following the publication of the Government contingency framework; when he will meet his counterparts on these issues; when he will draw up a briefing on this and if he will meet Opposition spokespersons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19125/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Hospital Consultant Contracts
Louise O'Reilly
557. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the alternative arrangements in place to ensure that care is not compromised for persons suffering with sarcoma following the cessation of the contract for the consultant that was in place; the qualifications and experience the replacement consultant will have; if he is satisfied that this represents adequate cover for persons suffering with this disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19569/16]
Wed, 29 Jun 2016
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Louise O'Reilly
35. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reintroduce apprenticeship schemes in local authorities. [18501/16]
Wed, 29 Jun 2016
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Local Authority Staff Recruitment
Louise O'Reilly
47. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his recruitment plans for the next five years across the State’s 31 local authorities. [18500/16]
Wed, 29 Jun 2016
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Garda Recruitment
Louise O'Reilly
65. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when recruits in the Garda station in Swords, County Dublin will complete their studies; if she will retain these recruits in Swords; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18746/16]