Parliamentary questions

Health Services Staff Data

Louise O'Reilly

145. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full year cost of ten suicide crisis assessment nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15130/16]

Nursing Staff

Louise O'Reilly

146. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full year cost of employing ten liaison nurses in emergency departments in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15131/16]

Nursing Staff

Louise O'Reilly

147. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full year cost of employing ten suicide crisis assessment nurses at entry level; and at the levels of five years’ experience; and at ten years’ experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15132/16]

Nursing Staff

Louise O'Reilly

148. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of employing ten liaison nurses in emergency departments in hospitals, at entry level, at the level of five years experience and at ten years experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15133/16]

Nursing Staff

Louise O'Reilly

149. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of employing ten midwives in emergency departments in hospitals at entry level, at the levels of five years experience and at ten years experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15134/16]

Medical Card Expenditure

Louise O'Reilly

150. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the full-year average cost of granting a person a medical card including the care, services and medications that it entails on average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15135/16]

Dental Services Waiting Lists

Louise O'Reilly

151. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for dental assessment and screening between six and eight years and between nine and 11 years of age. [15137/16]

Dental Services Expenditure

Louise O'Reilly

152. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the annual expenditure on the public dental service in each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date. [15138/16]

Orthodontic Services Data

Louise O'Reilly

153. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for orthodontic treatment by HSE area in 2008 and at present. [15139/16]

Dental Services

Louise O'Reilly

154. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of the vocational training scheme in dentistry which was paused in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15140/16]

Dental Services

Louise O'Reilly

155. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of restoring the extended gum cleaning entitlement under the dental treatment services scheme. [15147/16]

Dental Services

Louise O'Reilly

156. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of removing the annual cap on fillings which was introduced in budget 2010 under the dental treatment service scheme. [15148/16]

Dental Services Expenditure

Louise O'Reilly

157. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on the six-monthly scale and polish entitlement under the dental treatment services scheme in 2009. [15149/16]

Dental Services Expenditure

Louise O'Reilly

158. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on the extended gum cleaning entitlement under the dental treatment services scheme in 2009. [15150/16]

Dental Services Expenditure

Louise O'Reilly

159. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on fillings under the dental treatment services scheme in 2009. [15151/16]

General Medical Services Scheme Expenditure

Louise O'Reilly

160. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if his Department’s estimate of the cost of introducing free general practitioner care for all citizens was between €330 million and €365 million, excluding those younger than six and older than 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15152/16]

Dental Services

Louise O'Reilly

191. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of restoring the bi-annual scale and polish entitlement, under the dental treatment services scheme. [15258/16]

Property Tax Deferrals

Louise O'Reilly

131. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) can get a deferral of the local property tax based on personal circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14294/16]

Ambulance Service

Louise O'Reilly

2. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he accepts the capacity review of the National Ambulance Service and its recommendations; if he will create a specific stand-alone yearly budget to implement it; when he will implement the recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14020/16]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Louise O'Reilly

4. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of recruitment processes for all grades, groups and categories in the Health Service Executive; if there have been budgetary impediments to the recruitment processes in specific areas; if there has been a problem with recruitment because of budgets; where has this occurred, by area, hospital and location; how he will meet staffing needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14021/16]

Departmental Management Structures

Louise O'Reilly

13. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health why policy issues in respect of abortions as well as oversight of the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Act are subsumed into the tobacco and alcohol control unit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13693/16]

Nursing Staff

Louise O'Reilly

43. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of the task force on staffing and skill mix for nursing; the status of the pilot of the framework for safe nurse staffing and skill mix in general and specialist medical and surgical care settings in adult hospitals in Ireland; the hospitals in which this is being piloted; the timeframe for completing reporting and making recommendations on the pilot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13692/16]

General Register Office

Louise O'Reilly

200. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a birth certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14023/16]

General Medical Services Scheme

Louise O'Reilly

170. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of a claim that some general practitioners are charging medical card holders for sick certificates; if this is permissible and on what grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13863/16]

Health Services Provision

Louise O'Reilly

682. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of a building in Oldtown, County Dublin which is called a health centre; the services which will be provided in this centre and if these will be health services; if there will be a timescale for the provision of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12809/16]

European Council Meetings

Louise O'Reilly

697. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he has or will support the Minister with responsibility for environment affairs in France in calling on the European Commission to publish the impact assessment on endocrine disrupters when it is completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13174/16]

National Dementia Strategy

Louise O'Reilly

714. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of rolling-out dementia specialist intensive home care packages to all local health office, LHO, areas as was piloted in eight LHOs as part of the national dementia strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13240/16]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Louise O'Reilly

715. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 164 and 165 of 19 May 2016, the indicative cost, based on other jurisdictions, of the public health system providing in vitro fertilisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13241/16]

Assisted Human Reproduction Services Expenditure

Louise O'Reilly

716. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of the State covering the medicines required for fertility treatment and for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13242/16]

Assisted Human Reproduction Data

Louise O'Reilly

717. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the moneys spent on tax reliefs on the costs of fertility treatment and for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13243/16]

Aviation Industry Regulations

Louise O'Reilly

845. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Regulation (EU) No 598/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the establishment of rules and procedures with regard to the introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at European Union airports within a balanced approach and repealing Directive 2002/30/EC is in place; if it applies to Dublin Airport and to any future developments at the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12551/16]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Louise O'Reilly

238. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of concerns raised by some members of the public on the reliability of prostate-specific antigen testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11932/16]

Maternity Services Provision

Louise O'Reilly

247. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health to set out the funding that is being allocated for the reorganisation of national maternity services as per the €3 billion allocation in the capital investment plan 2016-21; the funding that is being provided for the relocation of services at the National Maternity Hospital to the St. Vincent's University Hospital campus; the funding that is being provided for the relocation of services at the Rotunda Hospital to Connolly Hospital; the funding that is being provided for the relocation of services at the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital to St. James's Hospital; the funding that is being provided for the relocation of services at the University Maternity Hospital Limerick to the University Hospital Limerick; and the timeframe for the funding for each of these; and the details of what is covered in these plans within the 2016-2021 timeframe. [11965/16]

Hospital Services

Louise O'Reilly

248. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health to set out the funding that is being allocated for the completion of the new cancer departments at Cork University Hospital and University Hospital Galway as per the €3 billion allocation in the capital investment plan 2016-21; the funding that is being provided for the further investment in existing facilities at Beaumont Hospital; the timeframe for the funding for each of these; the details of what is covered in these plans within the 2016-21 timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11967/16]

Primary Care Centres Expenditure

Louise O'Reilly

249. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health to outline the funding that is being allocated for the provision of over 80 new primary care facilities as per the €3 billion allocation in the capital investment plan 2016-21; the timeframe for the funding; the details of what is covered in these plans within the 2016-21 timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11969/16]

Disability Services Provision

Louise O'Reilly

253. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health to outline the status of a case for a person (details supplied) in respect of a residential plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11983/16]

Garda Stations

Louise O'Reilly

70. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda Síochána stations she will re-open as per the programme for Government; if Rush Garda Síochána station will be among the pilot stations she will re-open; the criteria she will use for deciding on which stations will be chosen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11242/16]

Planning Issues

Louise O'Reilly

221. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the mechanism in place to ensure that the Dublin Airport Authority abides by all the conditions laid out by An Bord Pleanála in the planning permission granted for the second runway at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11293/16]

Drugs Payment Scheme

Louise O'Reilly

409. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason for the difference in the amount of refund received by a person (details supplied) for the same drugs each month under the drug refund scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11245/16]

Medical Products

Louise O'Reilly

447. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the savings to the Exchequer from a 2% reduction in branded medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11391/16]

Medical Products

Louise O'Reilly

448. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11392/16]

Medicinal Products Licensing

Louise O'Reilly

449. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he has considered a scheme of compulsory licensing for medicines; if not, if he will consider compulsory licensing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11393/16]

General Practitioner Services

Louise O'Reilly

476. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 846 and 847 of 17 May 2016, the costs of introducing free general practitioner care to all citizens based on the current scope, fee structure and payments to general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11621/16]

Medical Card Administration

Louise O'Reilly

477. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 951 of 17 May 2016, when the clinical advisory group will report on the development framework for assessment and measurement of the burden of disease; if there is a timeframe for the group's work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11622/16]

Ambulance Service Provision

Louise O'Reilly

480. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when he will allocate an additional ambulance and personnel to the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal, as requested by the local community, following a number of incidents that have caused serious concerns regarding ambulance response times. [11635/16]

Ambulance Service

Louise O'Reilly

481. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health to commence discussions with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government on a memorandum of understanding to ensure that fire and rescue personnel working for local authorities on retainers can act as first responders for certain categories of emergencies as a back-up and support to the National Ambulance Service. [11636/16]

Ambulance Service Data

Louise O'Reilly

486. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call-outs to the Leenane area of Connemara, County Galway; the date, the duration between the call being made and the ambulance being deployed; and the length of time until its arrival at the incident in question, in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date. [11689/16]

Ambulance Service Data

Louise O'Reilly

487. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call-outs to the Leenane area of Connemara, County Galway; the date and location of the incident in question and the location from where the responding ambulance came on being deployed, in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date. [11690/16]

Ambulance Service

Louise O'Reilly

495. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the action he will take to act on the recommendations of the published National Ambulance Service emergency service baseline and capacity review; when he will meet relevant stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11729/16]

Ambulance Service Staff

Louise O'Reilly

496. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of providing the additional 752 staff for the national ambulance service, including the Dublin Fire Brigade, and the cost of providing the 461 posts that have not been budgeted for, further to the findings of the published National Ambulance Service of Ireland's emergency service baseline and capacity review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11730/16]