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Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Disability Services Provision
Paul Murphy
404. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the proposals or plans his Department and-or the Health Service Executive have with the Order of St. John of God or with the service providers or interested parties for the relocation of existing services and residential care provided to clients at St. Raphael's in Celbridge, in County Kildare to other off-site locations; and the details of those proposals. [40336/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Nursing Staff Remuneration
Shane Ross
405. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Health his plans to reverse the cuts to the hourly rate of pay for nursing and midwife interns, and to implement a minimum wage hourly rate; his views that further steps need to be made to encourage and support nursing and midwifery graduates to stay here upon completion of their training; that treatment as interns is linked to the current shortage of nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40337/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Vaccination Programme
Charlie McConalogue
406. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the impact of the human papilloma vaccine on young persons; if the vaccine has had serious side effects on a number of persons; the number of persons affected; his plans to update the warning information provided to young persons who are making decisions on whether or not to have the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40338/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Health Services Provision
Denis Naughten
407. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of a sound-proof audiology room in Roscommon town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40364/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Disability Services Funding
Micheál Martin
408. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive in the context of its 2016 service plan, and in the context of long waiting lists for essential therapy services for children with special needs, and the need to reduce waiting times, to provide a fund for the outsourcing of such services in order that they can be accessed. [40365/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Primary Care Centres Provision
Róisín Shortall
409. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if there is a priority list for the provision of primary care centres; if he will make this publicly available; the basis on which funding allocations are prioritised between direct build and operational lease approvals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40376/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Legislative Process
Clare Daly
410. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 5 November 2015, the identity of the patient advocacy groups referred to in his reply. [40394/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Health Services Provision
Finian McGrath
411. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health the status of full-time residential care for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40397/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Health Services Provision
Seán Kenny
412. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve the D-Doc Service; the number of urgent cases where persons had to wait over four hours for a doctor to visit a house upon request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40410/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Health Services Access
Mary Lou McDonald
413. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs report will be released to the parents of a person (details supplied) as it is delaying that person's access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40414/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Health Services Access
Mary Lou McDonald
414. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with the early intervention team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40415/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Home Help Service Provision
Bernard Durkan
415. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when home help will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40425/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Medicinal Products Prices
Pearse Doherty
416. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the processing of the new application submitted by a manufacturer (details supplied) for the pricing and reimbursement of Kuvan, or sapropterin, a drug used to treat persons with phenylketonuria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40427/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Home Help Service Data
Denis Naughten
417. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Roscommon who have received approval for home help hours and for additional home help hours, but are on a waiting list for allocation; the number of such hours awaiting funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40429/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Home Help Service Data
Denis Naughten
418. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Galway who have received approval for home help hours and for additional home help hours, but are on a waiting list for allocation; the number of such hours awaiting funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40430/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Home Help Service Data
Denis Naughten
419. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Leitrim who have received approval for home help hours and for additional home help hours but are on a waiting list for allocation; the number of such hours awaiting funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40431/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Martin Ferris
420. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive a badly needed cataract operation. [40434/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Medical Card Data
Anne Ferris
421. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Health the average annual cost of providing an enhanced medical card for hepatitis C sufferers; how this compares with the annual cost of providing a standard medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40439/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Health Promotion
Dara Calleary
422. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the allocation of resources he is committing to promote and encourage disease prevention in children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40443/15]
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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HSE Staff
Dara Calleary
423. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the number of public lactation consultants; their locations; his plans to recruit more; to extend their hours, for example, to weekends and beyond 5.00 p.m.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40444/15]