Parliamentary questions

Medical Aids and Appliances

Róisín Shortall

223. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to provide funding for the provision of (details supplied) to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22424/22]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Róisín Shortall

224. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will consider ringfencing some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE Medicines Management Programme (MMP) Preferred Blood Glucose Strips for adults with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes evaluation to fund (details supplied) for people with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22425/22]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Róisín Shortall

225. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for (details supplied) that were submitted by individual hospitals for people with diabetes over 21 years of age; the number that were approved; the number that were refused in each of the years 2017 to 2022, in tabular form; if there are plans to remove the age restriction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22426/22]

National Maternity Hospital

Róisín Shortall

245. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the extent of an indemnity further to certain circumstances (details supplied); the areas of activity which it will cover; the implications for the new maternity hospital in addition to the other assets of St. Vincent’s University Hospital; if he has taken legal advice on this specific aspect of the transaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22532/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Róisín Shortall

246. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the status of a review of a product (details supplied); the stocks that have been purchased; the expected delivery date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22533/22]

Health Services

Róisín Shortall

247. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has carried out a new review of neurosurgical services, given that a recommendation from the 2005 review of neurosurgical services was not acted on (details supplied); the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22534/22]

Departmental Correspondence

Róisín Shortall

248. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he has investigated this matter; if so, the findings of this investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22535/22]

Hospital Services

Róisín Shortall

249. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to communications between an organisation (details supplied) and a neurosurgeon in relation to the decision to designate the Mater Hospital as the major trauma centre; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22536/22]

Disease Management

Róisín Shortall

250. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made by the National Clinical Programme for Neurology and the HSE Scheduled Care Transformation Programme throughout 2021 and 2022 to develop an integrated cross discipline pathway for Huntington’s disease, considering the need for an integrated cross discipline service, which will take responsibility for the coordination of care following a Huntington’s disease diagnosis; the supports that will be made available to families of persons who receive a positive predictive test result; his plans to include the experience and voice of families affected by Huntington’s disease in the development of the integrated pathway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22537/22]

Disease Management

Róisín Shortall

251. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of patients seen each month at the Huntington’s disease clinic in Beaumont Hospital; if he will outline the multi-disciplinary services available; the frequently with which patients receive an MDT review; the way in which this Huntington’s disease service compares with the motor neurone disease service it aims to mirror; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22538/22]

Disease Management

Róisín Shortall

252. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons living with Huntington’s disease supported by dementia advisers and memory technology resource room staff. [22539/22]

National Asset Management Agency

Róisín Shortall

143. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the reason that NAMA sold off 54 apartments in Finglas, Dublin 11, to an investment fund instead of, for example selling them as affordable housing for first time buyers (details supplied); if the money recouped by NAMA will go towards the provision of affordable housing in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21981/22]

Housing Schemes

Róisín Shortall

144. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the reason that first-time buyers of non-newly built homes are debarred from the help to buy scheme; if he is considering amending the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21985/22]

Parental Leave

Róisín Shortall

335. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1068 of 26 April 2022, to the Minister for Social Protection, the current position regarding the necessary legislation which will give effect to the increase in parent's leave to seven weeks from July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21992/22]

Disability Services

Róisín Shortall

446. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the position regarding disability services for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21812/22]

National Children's Hospital

Róisín Shortall

490. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if the new National Children’s Hospital at St. James’s Hospital will be able to carry out heart and lung transplants for children under 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21984/22]

Tax Credits

Róisín Shortall

4. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the research that has been carried out in his Department on the introduction of refundable tax credits; his views on the benefits of such a policy as a means of ensuring greater equity in the tax system as well as a means of addressing the widespread issue of low pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21016/22]

Tax Code

Róisín Shortall

75. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the rationale behind the current tax regime for exchange-traded funds in Ireland including the higher than previous tax rate applied to gains and the approach to deemed disposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21370/22]

National Maternity Hospital

Róisín Shortall

166. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the way the clinical appropriateness of a service is to be determined and by whom, given the agreement reached in respect of the proposed constitution of the National Maternity Hospital at Elm Park Designated Activity Company to include the wording "all services that are clinically appropriate and legally permissible"; if he has obtained legal advice on whether this wording is in compliance with the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if so, the advice that was provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21468/22]

Post Office Network

Róisín Shortall

333. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the steps he is taking to support the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21268/22]