Questions and answers published after July 2012 can be viewed here. Viewing by Government Department is possible by term or specific dates from March 2016 onwards. Written answers are published as received from departments. To see parliamentary questions published before July 2012, search in Dáil debates.
Questions and answers for specific dates
Page 1 of 4
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
Cabinet Committee Meetings
Gerry Adams
1. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the Cabinet Committee on European Affairs was held; and when the next meeting is scheduled. [2760/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
World Economic Forum
Mick Barry
2. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. [2758/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
World Economic Forum
Richard Boyd Barrett
3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos. [2785/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
World Economic Forum
Ruth Coppinger
4. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and the discussions he had there. [2788/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
World Economic Forum
Bríd Smith
5. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos. [2796/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
World Economic Forum
Gerry Adams
6. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the World Economic Forum recently. [3068/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
World Economic Forum
Micheál Martin
7. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Davos and any meetings that he attended with companies (details supplied). [3070/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
World Economic Forum
Brendan Howlin
8. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his participation in the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and the cost of his visit. [4128/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
Cabinet Committee Meetings
Gerry Adams
9. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing last met. [3067/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
Cabinet Committee Meetings
Richard Boyd Barrett
10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing last met. [4125/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
Cabinet Committee Meetings
Brendan Howlin
11. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing last met; and when the next meeting is planned. [4269/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
Cabinet Committee Meetings
Micheál Martin
12. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing last met. [4540/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
Health Services Funding
Billy Kelleher
27. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the €9 million additional funding for the expansion of existing services or the provision of new services in acute hospitals is adequate to meet demand; and if any of this funding is now likely to be used for other purposes in view of the HSE decision not to appeal the 2015 ruling of the Employment Appeals Tribunal on consultant contracts. [4907/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
Nursing Staff Recruitment
Louise O'Reilly
28. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to implement the recommendations of an expert group report in August 2016 which called for additional nursing posts to be created and filled to look after all admitted patients in emergency departments and extra patients on wards; the steps that have been taken to secure and retain nursing positions that have been advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4858/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
Sale of State Assets
James Browne
29. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the plans in place for the sale of a hospital (details supplied); if the funds raised by the sale will be used for improving mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4908/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
Health Services Funding
Gino Kenny
30. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if, in view of the record number of acutely ill persons waiting on trolleys in emergency departments in January 2017 and the threat of strike action by nurses due to unsafe staffing levels, he will allocate emergency funding of €1.2 billion to urgently address the deficits in hospital beds, medical staffing and primary care services in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4857/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
Home Care Packages Provision
Thomas Pringle
31. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a home care scheme along the lines of the nursing home support scheme; when the consultation will start; when he expects to have a scheme in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4859/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
Hospitals Funding
Alan Kelly
32. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans for Our Lady's Hospital in Cashel in view of the volume of capital investment in the facility. [4409/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
HSE Expenditure
Seán Crowe
33. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the total subventions paid from the public HSE budget to general practitioners by supplement for employment of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4570/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
Fiona O'Loughlin
34. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health his plans to include Crohn's disease on the list of long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4627/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
General Medical Services Scheme
Denise Mitchell
35. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the action that will be taken by the HSE to address a now common practice whereby general practitioners are charging GMS patients for diagnostic and routine blood tests; the recourse, other than making a complaint, available to patients that have been charged by their general practitioner for blood tests when they are needed; the way a refund can be sought; the action he will take with general practitioners to overcome this issue and barriers to care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4560/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
Jonathan O'Brien
36. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if the relaunched NTPF will provide data relating to the number, type and value of services and surgeries commissioned from the private sector; the cost and savings to the State of services and surgeries carried out by the private sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4566/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
Home Help Service Provision
Thomas Byrne
37. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing home care services in County Meath. [4361/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Hospital Beds Data
Dessie Ellis
38. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the number of beds that have not or cannot be reopened or are experiencing a delay in being opened as a result of the absence of safe staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4562/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Medicinal Products Availability
Eoin Ó Broin
39. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if he or his Department has had consultation with the European Medicines Agency, EMA, on the application for market authorisation in the EU for the drug nusinersen; the timeframe, following a decision from the EMA, in which the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, NCPE, can commence its own process for assessment; the timeframe for this drug to be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4554/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
National Children's Hospital Location
James Lawless
40. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health his views on the consistent objections being raised to the location of the new national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4691/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
oral
Health Services Data
Louise O'Reilly
41. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries cancelled in each month to January 2017 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4549/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Hospital Appointments Delays
Billy Kelleher
42. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he expects the 18-month target for outpatient consultations to be fully achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4649/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Hospital Appointments Delays
Seán Haughey
43. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Health his plans to speed up the provision of outpatient appointments to the 2,610 persons waiting more than 18 months for a consultation in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4675/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Industrial Disputes
Mick Barry
44. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on the possibility of industrial action by nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4545/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
State Claims Agency
Clare Daly
45. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the number of claims for which damages were paid in maternity services cases jumped from 15 in 2007 to 101 in 2015, an almost seven-fold increase in eight years; if this increase is linked to staff and resource cutbacks over that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4262/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Emergency Departments
Thomas Byrne
46. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the emergency department of Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. [4362/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Health Services Funding
Billy Kelleher
47. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the claim by the director general of the HSE that the health services will require in the order of €9 billion in capital spend over the next ten years in order to overcome both historic and existing deficiencies. [4647/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Emergency Services Provision
Richard Boyd Barrett
48. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the action he will take to cease the downgrading of emergency services at University Hospital Waterford consequent on the lack of 24-7 emergency cath lab facilities and the contingent transfer of patients to Cork and Dublin; if he will cease the ad hoc regional service planning between his Department, the HSE and hospital groups and ensure that local communities served have the final say in the provision of services in their areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4621/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
Louise O'Reilly
49. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his views on the lack of neuro-rehabilitation services as a critical factor in the current trolley crisis, leading to delayed discharges and unnecessary admissions; the immediate steps he is taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4548/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Mental Health Services Provision
Mary Lou McDonald
50. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the clinical stream within the HSE tasked with the issue of interacting mental illness and addiction which leaves many persons in severe mental health distress struggling to find adequate treatment. [4633/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Health Services Funding
Mick Wallace
51. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 1 December 2016, the timeframe for evaluating the pilot peer support initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4503/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Maternity Services Provision
Niamh Smyth
52. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health when the anomaly scan will be made available on site at Cavan General Hospital. [4263/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Accident and Emergency Departments
Marc MacSharry
53. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason for the 139% increase in the numbers on trolleys in Sligo University Hospital between 2013 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4673/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Hospitals Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
54. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of persons whose elective surgery was cancelled or rescheduled more than once in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4568/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Commencement of Legislation
Maureen O'Sullivan
55. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if there has been engagement with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding those issues that are delaying the commencement date of tablet legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4526/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Maternity Services
Niamh Smyth
56. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the status of the regional maternal foetal medicine service for the RCSI hospital group. [4264/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Hospital Waiting Lists
Bobby Aylward
57. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if he will instigate an independent clinical review of children's scoliosis surgery services in order to develop current services to an adequate level to reduce surgery waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4256/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Hospital Services
Jackie Cahill
58. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health his and the HSE's position regarding the use of Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary, as part of the solution to the continuing overcrowding at South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4506/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Maternity Services Provision
Imelda Munster
59. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health his plans to instruct the HSE to draw up national guidance on the provision of routine detailed scans at 20 weeks; the progress to date on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4556/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Medicinal Products Prices
Kathleen Funchion
60. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health the status of an initiative he is taking with other countries to negotiate collectively to lower the prices of drugs; the status of meetings that both he and officials from his Department have had with their counterparts on this; the way he will proceed on this; if targets have been set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4701/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Hospital Services
Thomas Pringle
61. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if his Department has evaluated the cost of making diagnostics available in acute hospitals on a seven-day, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. basis; if his Department has considered the impact this could make on waiting times and delays in accident and emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4509/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Hospital Waiting Lists
John Brady
62. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date in his Department on investigations into technology being developed in respect of waiting list initiatives; the proposals he has received on a single integrated waiting list initiative; the meetings or briefings he has had on this; if his attention has been drawn to the success of the Portuguese waiting lists system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4551/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Accident and Emergency Departments
Seán Fleming
63. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the reason for the 308% increase in the numbers on trolleys in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, between 2013 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4669/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Health Services Staff
Bernard Durkan
64. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the various contributory factors currently making it difficult to recruit or retain staff at all levels in the health service, including consultants, doctors and nursing staff; if similar difficulties are being experienced in the private health sector; if any studies have been done to identify the most salient factors affecting the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4640/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Mobility Allowance Review
Charlie McConalogue
65. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health when the replacement scheme for the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant will be announced in view of the fact that a replacement has been three-plus years in the making and that a commitment was given for this replacement in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4265/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
Martin Ferris
66. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the mechanisms in place to ensure that consultants will not be funded by the national treatment purchase fund to privately treat patients that are on their public lists except in exceptional circumstances in which no alternative exists; the body which will carry out this policing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4564/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Accident and Emergency Departments
John Brassil
67. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the reason for the 138% increase in the numbers on trolleys in Kerry General Hospital between 2013 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4670/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Accident and Emergency Departments
Barry Cowen
68. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the reason for the 310.7% increase in the numbers on trolleys in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, between 2013 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4667/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Respite Care Services
Michael Moynihan
69. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health his views on the current absence of respite beds in the Millstreet community area. [4656/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Hospital Beds Data
Martin Ferris
70. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the number of beds that have been closed due to staff shortages in each of the past five years; the number of beds closed currently due to staff shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4563/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Mental Health Awareness
Pat Buckley
71. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to deliver a comprehensive mental health education package for schools and to work with the Minister of Education and Skills to improve school environments in order to improve mental health for young persons. [4632/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Accident and Emergency Departments
Michael Moynihan
72. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the reason for the increase in the numbers of patients on trolleys in Cork city hospitals in 2016. [4657/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Home Help Service Provision
Pat Casey
73. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Health if there will be any increase in the number of home help hours provided in 2017 in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4694/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Hospitals Funding
John Lahart
74. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the proportion of the €9 million new funding for hospital services nationally in 2017 that will go to Tallaght hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4681/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Home Help Service Provision
Eamon Scanlon
75. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if there will be any increase in the number of home help hours provided in 2017 in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4686/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Nursing Staff Provision
Joan Collins
76. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) concerning unsafe staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4260/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Mental Health Services Staff
Pat Casey
77. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Health the targets in place for child and adolescent mental health service teams staff levels in CHO 6 in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4695/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Ambulance Service
Billy Kelleher
78. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to improve ambulance turnaround time at emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4648/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
General Practitioner Services Provision
Michael Healy-Rae
79. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the SouthDoc service will be maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4524/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
Brian Stanley
80. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of the planned new facility at a nursing home (details supplied) using the public private partnership model; and if his Department has sought costings to have it constructed by way of a direct tender for design and build. [4268/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Maternity Services Provision
Louise O'Reilly
81. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will ring-fence funds specifically for the necessary investment in equipment and personnel for providing 20-week routine scans for pregnant women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4547/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Hospitals Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
82. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries cancelled in each hospital in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4567/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Hospitals Funding
Billy Kelleher
83. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the €9 million additional funding for the expansion of existing services or the provision of new services in acute hospitals is adequate to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4646/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Hospital Waiting Lists
Declan Breathnach
84. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health the action that will be taken in 2017 to reduce waiting times for outpatient consultations in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, which increased significantly during 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4684/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Mental Health Services Funding
Martin Heydon
85. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Health the status of funding for vital mental health support services provided by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4629/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Disability Support Services Provision
Margaret Murphy O'Mahony
86. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the reason the 2017 target for the number of personal assistant service hours to be delivered to adults with a physical and or sensory disability is less than the projected outturn for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4663/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Hospital Waiting Lists
James Lawless
87. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health the action that will be taken in 2017 to reduce waiting times for outpatient consultations in Naas hospital, which increased significantly during 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4692/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Home Help Service Data
Thomas P. Broughan
88. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently in receipt of home help hours and home care packages in community healthcare organisation, CHO, area 9; the number on waiting lists and the length of time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4252/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Mental Health Services Provision
Bobby Aylward
89. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health his plans to enable children and young persons in counties Carlow and Kilkenny to access an out-of-hours child and adolescent mental health service team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4688/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Accident and Emergency Departments
Lisa Chambers
90. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the reason for the 95.7% increase in the numbers on trolleys in Mayo University Hospital between 2013 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4665/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
General Practitioner Services Provision
Jackie Cahill
91. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the actions he will take in 2017 to build general practitioner capacity, as promised in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4507/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Health Services Data
Joan Collins
92. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on data from a recent OECD report showing that Ireland has 2.8 hospital beds per 1,000 of the population compared to an OECD average of 4.8, while Ireland has 2.7 doctors per 1,000 of the population compared with an average of 3.3; and his plans to remedy this situation [4258/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Rare Diseases
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
93. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the orphan medicines and technologies that will be considered in relation to the working group to bring forward appropriate decision criteria for the reimbursement of orphan medicines and technologies; if there are medicines earmarked that need to be evaluated under any new criteria developed; if the decision criteria will be open and transparent; the persons or bodies involved in the decision making process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4557/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Home Help Service
Declan Breathnach
94. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Health if there will be any increase in the number of home help hours provided in 2017 in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4685/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Nursing Staff Recruitment
Dessie Ellis
95. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the status of talks on staffing, recruitment and retention in nursing and midwifery between the INMO, his department, the HSE and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; if he is considering special measures to address the deepening crisis with regard to staffing, recruitment and retention in nursing and midwifery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4561/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Mental Health Guidelines
Mary Lou McDonald
96. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve communication between mental health professionals and services with the families of persons under their care in order to better treat their illness and improve recovery chances while respecting the principle of privacy and confidentiality [4635/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Departmental Properties
James Browne
97. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health his plans for the sale of St. Senan’s psychiatric hospital; if the funds raised by the sale will be used for improving mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4655/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Primary Care Centres
Maureen O'Sullivan
98. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the revised date for full commissioning of all health services in a primary care centre in Summerhill, Dublin 1 that is currently under construction. [4525/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Medicinal Products
Richard Boyd Barrett
99. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the way in which parents of a child with a medical condition known to respond therapeutically to treatment with a cannabis-based product can apply to have that product made available to their child in a prompt manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4616/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Maternity Services Provision
Denise Mitchell
100. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the number of pregnant women offered or given 20-week routine scans as a percentage of total pregnancies in each of the six maternity units in which these scans are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4559/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Health Services
Louise O'Reilly
101. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the exact initial work that has taken place on the 2017 capacity review; the exact arrangements being put in place for the review to date; the timeline of the work of the review for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4546/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Hospital Waiting Lists
Eoin Ó Broin
102. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the waiting list initiatives he is progressing; the status of further work currently being done by eHealth Ireland in relation to waiting lists; the projects being proposed and the funding required for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4553/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Health Insurance
Ruth Coppinger
103. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health his views on health insurance companies not covering contraception; his further views on whether this is gender-based discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4625/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Disease Management
John McGuinness
104. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve services for persons with Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4690/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Hospital Waiting Lists
Aindrias Moynihan
105. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health his plans to speed up the provision of outpatient appointments in Cork hospitals in view of the fact that more than 5,000 persons were waiting more than 18 months for a consultation at the end of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4676/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Accident and Emergency Departments
Jonathan O'Brien
106. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the special steps or initiatives taken during the period November 2016 to date in 2017 in response to the deteriorating overcrowding situation; the status of these initiatives or steps that were announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4565/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Hospital Beds Data
Thomas Pringle
107. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the total number of acute hospital beds in each of the acute hospitals in the years 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4508/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Autism Support Services
Thomas P. Broughan
108. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the number of school leaver day service places that are available for young adults over 18 years of age on the autism spectrum in September 2017; if all young adults on the autism spectrum requiring localised day services currently are in appropriate placements; if any 18 year olds will not be offered day service placements in September 2017 and the reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4251/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Home Help Service Provision
Mary Butler
109. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no planned increase in the number of home help hours to be provided in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4660/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Rare Diseases
Imelda Munster
110. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of the terms of reference, required membership and reporting relationship for the working group to bring forward appropriate decision criteria for the reimbursement of orphan medicines and technologies; the timeline for these actions or when they can be expected; when these will be published; if expert pharmacologic support to advise the chairperson has been provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4555/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Assisted Human Reproduction
Kathleen Funchion
111. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 400 of 24 January 2017, the status of the review of international public funding models for fertility treatment, in view of the fact that it was to be furnished to him by the end of 2016; the reason for the delay in finalising the review; the timeframe to receive the review, analyse it and publish it; the knock-on effects this has for the general scheme of legislative provisions dealing with assisted human reproduction, AHR; the timeframe for the legislation dealing with AHR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4571/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Suicide Prevention
Pat Buckley
112. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the status of the work of the multidisciplinary group set up in 2016 to combat the recent spate of suicides in Cork; and his plans for a statewide framework for tackling such crises in the future. [4630/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Hospital Services
Richard Boyd Barrett
113. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the date for the opening of a new operating theatre in Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin to deal with children waiting for operations (details supplied); if he will order an independent review of scoliosis services here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4620/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
written
Autism Support Services
Clare Daly
114. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his Department will review and upgrade the current model of service delivery for children with autism, in view of the fact that numbers of children are currently being blocked from receiving vital developmental services such as speech therapy. [4261/17]