Parliamentary questions

Hospitals Funding

Billy Kelleher

180. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure public hospitals in receipt of private income shall disclose if part of such income came from elective admissions or part came from emergency admissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27912/17]

Ambulance Service Funding

Pat Deering

181. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Health the funding which was allocated for the ambulance base in County Carlow; the position regarding the works programme; the status of the base accommodation issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29125/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Robert Troy

182. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [29127/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Fergus O'Dowd

183. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29129/17]

Infectious Diseases

Brendan Griffin

184. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29133/17]

Medical Card Applications

Bernard Durkan

185. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if a medical card will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29134/17]

Public Sector Staff Sick Leave

Louise O'Reilly

186. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that HSE staff on certified sick leave are being forced to attend their doctor on a weekly basis to obtain medical certificates at considerable personal and financial cost to them and often at a time when they are not earning due to ill health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29141/17]

Public Sector Staff Sick Leave

Louise O'Reilly

187. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the reason the social welfare certificate submitted for social welfare benefits during a period of extended sick leave is deemed unacceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29142/17]

Public Sector Staff Sick Leave

Louise O'Reilly

188. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the reason in circumstances in which a weekly medical certificate is requested by local management for a HSE employee in the ambulance service this cannot be obtained by visiting the HSE occupational health doctor on a weekly basis instead of paying weekly for doctors appointments in circumstances in which the employee has exhausted their entitlement to sick pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29143/17]

Health Services Data

Louise O'Reilly

189. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the expected rates of increase in heart failure in the next decade; the cost of heart failure here each year; the hospital related costs; the direct cost of heart failure management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29145/17]

Health Services Data

Louise O'Reilly

190. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if data suggests a 2% prevalence of symptomatic heart failure in the population rising to 10% in those persons over 75 years of age with a further 2% having asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction at risk of progressing to symptomatic failure and over 10,000 new cases are diagnosed annually; the updated figures on prevalence and projections since the original 2010 publication of the cardiovascular strategy; the actions taken on recommendations of the cardiovascular strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29146/17]

Obesity Strategy

Louise O'Reilly

191. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 25 May 2013, if he will provide the details of the membership of the national reformulation technical working group to agree targets for reducing fat, sugar and salt which is being established; if his Department will be consulting and engaging with the health organisations when targets are agreed similar to the process that will be engaged upon with industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29147/17]

Infectious Diseases

Billy Kelleher

192. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the name, contact details and the location in which persons can be tested for Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29160/17]

Hospitals Expenditure

Brendan Ryan

193. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on formula by each maternity and children’s hospital in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29161/17]

Maternity Services Provision

Brendan Ryan

194. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement co-sleeping beds in the new national maternity hospital being built on the St. Vincent’s campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29162/17]

Maternity Services Provision

Brendan Ryan

195. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the guidelines the HSE plans to introduce and promote regarding co-sleeping between the newborn baby and mother; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29163/17]

Maternity Services Provision

Brendan Ryan

196. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the HSE's policy regarding co-sleeping of baby and mother in maternity hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29164/17]

Health Promotion

Brendan Ryan

197. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to provide information regarding medicine that is safe for breastfeeding to pharmacies, general practitioners and hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29165/17]

Health Promotion

Brendan Ryan

198. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans on using the information regarding medicine that is safe for breastfeeding by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29166/17]

Health Promotion

Brendan Ryan

199. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the HSE's plans to launch a public awareness campaign to promote the health benefits of breastfeeding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29167/17]

Health Promotion

Brendan Ryan

200. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health his plans for health care facilities and practitioners to have a support database that will recommend local breastfeeding support groups to new mothers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29168/17]

Health Promotion

Brendan Ryan

201. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the HSE's plans to create public spaces for breastfeeding support groups in primary care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29169/17]

Maternity Services Provision

Brendan Ryan

202. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that supply baby boxes for newborn babies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29170/17]

Maternity Services Provision

Brendan Ryan

203. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide baby boxes in all maternity hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29171/17]

Maternity Services Provision

Brendan Ryan

204. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the contents of each of the sets of baby boxes; and if the sets provide breastfeeding support items. [29172/17]

Health Services Data

Brendan Ryan

205. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of cases of NEC here in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29188/17]

Health Services Data

Brendan Ryan

206. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the average cost to treat NEC here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29189/17]

Health Services Data

Brendan Ryan

207. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of cases of otitis media babies under six months of age here in 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29190/17]

Health Services Expenditure

Brendan Ryan

208. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the amount the average cost to treat otitis media in babies under six months of age here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29191/17]

Health Services Data

Brendan Ryan

209. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of cases of gastroenteritis in babies under six months of age in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29192/17]

Health Services Expenditure

Brendan Ryan

210. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the average cost to treat gastroenteritis in babies under six months of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29193/17]

HSE Investigations

Ruth Coppinger

211. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if there are standards around the time it takes to make an investigation into allegations regarding HSE employees in view of the fact that employees are often suspended from employment pending an investigation which results in time out of employment and in the case of agency workers this can result in no income (details supplied). [29194/17]

Pharmacy Regulations

Eamon Scanlon

212. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the way in which a person (details supplied) who wishes to practice as a pharmacist here demonstrates the holding of an enforceable community right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29196/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

James Lawless

213. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health when an assessment of need will take place for a person (details supplied); if this will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29205/17]

Hospital Services

Mary Butler

214. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can have access to a DAFNE carbohydrate counting course at University Hospital Waterford; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29207/17]

Medical Card Eligibility

Eamon Scanlon

215. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the full rules governing the retention of a medical card when a person is returning to work; if the right of retention applies to a dependent person and children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29208/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

216. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29210/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

217. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [29211/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Harty

218. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an outpatient appointment for surgery in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29212/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Healy-Rae

219. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29219/17]

Departmental Contracts Data

Catherine Murphy

220. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department and State agencies under his aegis on outside contract or third-party public relations advice and training in past three years to date in 2017, by year and company engaged, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29233/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Martin Ferris

221. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29240/17]

Health Services

Michael Healy-Rae

222. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) who is looking for a transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29243/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

223. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason the commitment to have no public patient waiting more than 15 months for surgery or a specialist appointment by October 2017 has been abandoned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28148/17]

Speech and Language Therapy

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

224. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the waiting time targets which are in place for persons requiring further speech and language therapy following receipt of initial therapy [28149/17]

Health Services

Billy Kelleher

225. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the review of medical assessment units, urgent care centres and minor injuries clinics; his plans to extend their daily hours of opening and to provide weekend opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27909/17]

National Cancer Strategy

Billy Kelleher

226. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the date on which the new national cancer strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27910/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

227. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason the commitment to have no public patient waiting more than 15 months for surgery or a specialist appointment by October 2017 has been abandoned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27911/17]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

228. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status on the introduction of free general practitioner care to persons under 18 years of age; the increase in general practitioner numbers required to support the additional workload; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27913/17]

Maternity Services Provision

Jack Chambers

229. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the relocation of the Rotunda hospital to Connolly hospital. [27914/17]