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Tue, 30 May 2017
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Respite Care Services Provision
Eugene Murphy
478. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide weekend respite to a person (details supplied) on a weekly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25767/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Respite Care Services
Eugene Murphy
479. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on a waiting list to date in 2017 to avail of respite services operated by a charity (details supplied) in the north east County Galway area; the number of weekend respite places available in its facilities in the north east County Galway area on a monthly basis in 2017; the criteria and catchment area used to determine the way in which weekend respite places are allocated by the charity in the north east County Galway area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25768/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Health Services Staff Data
Dara Calleary
480. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he will supply a list of available occupation therapists by county in tabular form; the number of occupational therapists currently unavailable due to leave; the number of occupational therapists on leave that have been replaced; the reason occupational therapists on leave are not being replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25771/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Hospital Appointments Status
Dara Calleary
481. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Mayo awaiting occupational therapy appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25772/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Primary Care Centres
Alan Kelly
482. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will readvertise for a primary care centre in Thurles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25791/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Ring
483. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and the reason no response has issued from the HSE in this regard. [25803/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Hospital Appointments Status
Peter Fitzpatrick
484. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the waiting time for an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25805/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Public Procurement Regulations
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
485. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the non-compliance with procurement regulations on the part of the HSE in recent years; the circumstances in which this took place; and the steps which were taken in order to rectify same. [25823/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Public Procurement Regulations
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
486. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the steps which were taken regarding chapter 14 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2013 which identified significant instances of non compliance in relation to procurement regulations; and the steps his department has taken to rectify same [25824/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Hospital Appointments Status
Éamon Ó Cuív
487. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will issue for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25846/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Health Services Provision
Shane Cassells
488. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Health his plans to initiate a HSE care programme for persons with Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25854/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Dental Services Waiting Lists
Frank O'Rourke
489. Deputy Frank O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for orthodontic services on behalf of a person (details supplied) who has been on a waiting list for more than four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25864/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Hospital Complaints Procedures
Dara Calleary
490. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the avenues of complaint available for persons mistreated in a private hospital; the controls in place regarding standards of care in private hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25865/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Hospital Appointments Status
Brendan Griffin
491. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be considered for an earlier appointment at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25868/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Home Help Service
Martin Ferris
492. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Health the reason it is proposed to reduce home help hours for a person (details supplied). [25907/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae
493. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25909/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Services for People with Disabilities
Thomas P. Broughan
494. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if he will meet representatives from a group (detail supplied) regarding the staffing and transport crisis at an association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25914/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Chronic Disease Management Programme
Gino Kenny
495. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the HSE can begin implementing the international consensus criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis in order that ME patients can get a clear diagnosis as quickly as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25915/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Chronic Disease Management Programme
Gino Kenny
496. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to develop a clear pathway of care for ME patients with prompt access to specialists and treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25916/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Hospital Consultant Recruitment
Gino Kenny
497. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a myalgic encephalomyelitis, ME, specialist can be retained to oversee patient care in view of the fact that ME is a multi-system central nervous system disorder similar to MS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25917/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Medical Research and Training
Gino Kenny
498. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will recommend the improvement of education, knowledge and experience in medical training institutions of myalgic encephalomyelitis which is recognised by the World Health Organization as a neurological disease classification G93.3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25919/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae
499. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25941/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Services for People with Disabilities
Michael Moynihan
500. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address the waiting lists in County Cork for speech and language, CAMHS and assessment of need to determine the scale of a child's disability; if his attention has been drawn to the recent survey carried out by a charity (details supplied) which shows that children in County Cork are waiting significantly longer than those in other parts of the country for these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25960/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Hospital Appointments Delays
Éamon Ó Cuív
501. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25964/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Home Care Packages
James Lawless
502. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health the status of a home health care package application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25999/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Parliamentary Questions
Brendan Griffin
503. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself regarding the HSE's processes for answering parliamentary questions and representations; his plans to initiate a review of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26000/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Infant Mortality Data
Billy Kelleher
504. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of perinatal deaths and the perinatal mortality rate in each maternity unit in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and the number of stillbirths and the number of early neonatal deaths within that timeframe. [26003/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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State Claims Agency
Billy Kelleher
505. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of compensation payments made by the HSE on foot of incidents in maternity units in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the amount of each individual payment; and the maternity unit in which the incident took place. [26004/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Services for People with Disabilities
Róisín Shortall
506. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the action he is taking to ensure that services for young persons with autism after they reach 18 years of age will be improved in the north Dublin area. [26005/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure
Louise O'Reilly
507. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of heart failure units in the State and the location of same; the locations of the geographical gaps in heart failure services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26010/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure
Louise O'Reilly
508. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the location of the geographical gaps in heart failure services; the way in which heart failure activity is monitored; the steps that are being taken at hospital, hospital group and HSE levels to address geographical gaps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26011/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Hospitals Data
Louise O'Reilly
509. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital discharges for heart failure in each of the past five years by hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26012/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure
Louise O'Reilly
510. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 249, 250 and 252 of 3 May 2017, his plans to address the geographical gap in heart failure services in the South/South West hospital group; if a business case has been made for the €750,000 investment that is needed to establish heart failure services in Cork University Hospital and Kerry general hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26013/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure
Louise O'Reilly
511. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 249, 250 and 252 of 3 May 2017, the short-term and long-term plans for dealing with heart failure patients in the area in view of the lack of heart failure services in Cork University Hospital and Kerry general hospital; the number of persons who have not been able to access specialist services in the area in view of the lack of a heart failure unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26014/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Gambling Sector
Louise O'Reilly
512. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he plans to run a nationwide gambling and gambling addiction awareness campaign; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26015/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
Niamh Smyth
513. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health when home nursing support will be provided to a person (details supplied); if he will expedite same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26021/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Ambulance Service
Michael Moynihan
514. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an ambulance service will continue to be based at Millstreet, County Cork; if he will address the recent reports that the ambulance service has been withdrawn from the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26022/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Services for People with Disabilities
Clare Daly
515. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps which can be taken to provide extra support, preferably in the form of therapy, for a disabled person (details supplied) who is suffering trauma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26033/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Services for People with Disabilities
Clare Daly
516. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps which have been taken to ensure the safety of disabled persons who are being transported to and from their homes to residential placement at weekends, with reference to either monitoring or chaperoning them on bus journeys. [26035/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Agrifood Sector
John Paul Phelan
517. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase food exports to Israel; if he is providing support and information to businesses seeking to gain kosher certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25346/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Brexit Issues
Pat the Cope Gallagher
518. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that fisheries are a top priority in the Brexit talks and to further ensure that Irish fisheries interests are fully protected; his plans to link fisheries negotiations with the trade talks during the Brexit negotiations, thus ensuring that fisheries are central to the eventual negotiated outcome of the talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25591/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Brexit Issues
Stephen Donnelly
519. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacancies for Brexit-related posts within Bord Bia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25419/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Bord Bia Strategy
Stephen Donnelly
520. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings he has had with officials from Bord Bia on Brexit-related matters in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25416/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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GLAS Payments
Charlie McConalogue
521. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25278/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Food Wise 2025 Strategy
Charlie McConalogue
522. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether Food Wise 2025 should be reviewed in view of the fact that his ministerial colleague in the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has commenced a review of Enterprise 2025 and in view of the fact that its forecasts and targets were predicated on the UK remaining in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25295/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Agriculture Scheme Data
Charlie McConalogue
523. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information (details supplied) in respect of pillar 1 and 2 payments of the basic payment scheme, ANCS, disadvantaged areas scheme, AEOS, REPS, sheep grassland scheme, GLAS, beef data and genomics scheme on a county basis in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and, to date in 2017, in tabular form. [25296/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
Charlie McConalogue
524. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information (details supplied) regarding land eligibility and the basic payment scheme on a county basis in each of the years 2010 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [25297/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Agriculture Scheme Data
Charlie McConalogue
525. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information (details supplied) on a county basis in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [25298/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Agriculture Scheme Data
Charlie McConalogue
526. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information allocated for schemes (details supplied) regarding the value of penalties recouped on a county basis in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [25299/17]
Tue, 30 May 2017
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Agriculture Scheme Data
Charlie McConalogue
527. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information (details supplied) regarding the cross compliance and GAEC requirements on a county basis in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [25300/17]