Parliamentary questions

Official Engagements

Eamon Ryan

1. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach the most recent discussions he has had with the British Prime Minister regarding the sequencing of Brexit negotiation talks. [25653/17]

Official Engagements

Ruth Coppinger

2. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contact with other Heads of Government. [27222/17]

Official Engagements

Mick Barry

3. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach if he has yet spoken to the British Prime Minister. [27227/17]

Official Engagements

Brendan Howlin

4. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his engagements with the British Prime Minister since the UK general election. [27242/17]

Official Engagements

Mattie McGrath

5. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Taoiseach the engagements that he has had with the British Prime Minister following the recent Manchester Arena and London Bridge terrorist incidents. [27549/17]

Official Engagements

Micheál Martin

6. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the British Prime Minister, Mrs. May, or any EU leader since the horrendous attacks and loss of lives on London Bridge; and if he is setting up a COBRA type committee. [27551/17]

Official Engagements

Eamon Ryan

7. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach the discussions he has had with the British Prime Minister since assuming office. [27855/17]

Official Engagements

Gerry Adams

8. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he has had any engagement with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May, since he took office. [28792/17]

Official Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he has been in contact with the British Prime Minister and other UK political leaders since the recent election. [28835/17]

Departmental Strategy Statements

Micheál Martin

10. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the way in which he and his Department are implementing the commitments made in delivering a better society made in his own Department's strategy's statement, particularly in respect of health and education. [25944/17]

Brexit Issues

Stephen Donnelly

11. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Taoiseach the number of roles in his Department’s Brexit taskforce; the grade of these roles; and the number of vacancies for these roles. [27020/17]

Brexit Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when he expects the special paper on Brexit. [28834/17]

General Practitioner Contracts

Billy Kelleher

42. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a new general practitioner services contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29222/17]

Nursing Staff Recruitment

Louise O'Reilly

43. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the position regarding current nurse numbers; and the success to date in 2017 on reaching the target set under the most recent agreement between his Department and an organisation (details supplied). [27957/17]

Proposed Legislation

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

44. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health when replacements for the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant scheme will be brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29223/17]

Health Care Policy

Michael Harty

45. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health to outline his views on the Sláintecare report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare; and if he will recommend that the report form the basis of health reform to introduce a universal single tier health service delivered on need rather the ability to pay [28073/17]

National Maternity Hospital

Róisín Shortall

46. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health his plans regarding the ownership of the new National Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27956/17]

Diabetes Strategy

Charlie McConalogue

47. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health his plans to create a centre of excellence in diabetes care in the north west in view of the fact that there is no centre of excellence in diabetes care north of the Dublin to Limerick line; his further plans to increase the level of staffing in the diabetes team in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27785/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Thomas Byrne

48. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who was suffering from a mental health crisis and who did not receive appropriate and adequate care from a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27651/17]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Mattie McGrath

49. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the status of the procurement of modular patient facilities at South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27646/17]

Health Care Policy

Michael Moynihan

50. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if he or his Department has received and read the all-party Oireachtas committee report on health that was published recently; and the way in which this will be implemented. [27561/17]

Home Help Service Provision

Jack Chambers

51. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the reason behind the 19% reduction in the number of home help hours in the Dublin West constituency in the period January to April 2017 relative to the same period in 2016. [29085/17]

National Maternity Hospital

Mick Barry

52. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the allocation of space for private practice in the plans for the new national maternity hospital is compatible with the elimination of private care from public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27861/17]

Hospital Services

Aindrias Moynihan

53. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for ophthalmology services in County Cork; his plans for reducing waiting times for persons; and the options he has considered to deal with these waiting lists [27868/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Mick Wallace

54. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the pilot mental health peer support worker initiative, which was to be rolled out in counties Carlow, Kilkenny and Tipperary in early 2017; the timeframe for the evaluation of this scheme; when he expects to roll it out in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27870/17]

Public Sector Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

55. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to end the staffing crisis in the health service in the context of public sector pay talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26269/17]

Vaccination Programme

Billy Kelleher

56. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to counter anti-vaccination campaigns. [29070/17]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Maureen O'Sullivan

57. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the range of facilities and services for the new primary healthcare centre in Summerhill, Dublin 1; and when he envisages completion of construction. [27844/17]

Medical Card Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

58. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the provision of a medical card until recovery to persons on the diagnosis of cancer in view of the fact that the costs associated with a diagnosis are extensive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27847/17]

Home Help Service Provision

Eamon Scanlon

59. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the reason behind the 14% reduction in home help hours in counties Sligo and Leitrim for January to April 2017 relative to the same period in 2016. [29079/17]

Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision

Mick Barry

60. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide free access to fertility treatments including IVF in the public health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27862/17]

Psychological Services

Robert Troy

61. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health his plans to fund services such as a service (details supplied) on an annual basis. [27843/17]

Hospital Consultant Recruitment

Eugene Murphy

62. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the further length of time it will take to appoint a paediatric diabetes consultant at University College Hospital Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27731/17]

Hospital Services

Bobby Aylward

63. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if additional resources will be allocated to the existing cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford in order to increase the laboratory's current capacity to accommodate the estimated 450 additional procedures that will be referred there through additional diagnostic angiograms set to be provided by the mobile catheterisation lab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27908/17]

Public Sector Pay

Thomas P. Broughan

64. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the current engagement of his Department with the upcoming round of public pay negotiations; if he will report on the work his officials are undertaking with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform with regard to examining the disparities in pay for section 38 and section 39 HSE funded organisations in view of the fact that employees undertake the same work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26060/17]

National Drugs Strategy

Maureen O'Sullivan

65. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if the outstanding issues which are delaying the signing off of the new national drug strategy are being addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27845/17]

Ambulance Service Data

Brian Stanley

66. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances that are owned by the HSE ambulance service that are stationed in counties Laois, Kildare and Offaly; and the specific areas they are based in. [27644/17]

Health Services

Mick Barry

67. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if he will legislate to make himself legally accountable for the delivery of health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27859/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Clare Daly

68. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of progress on the rollout of improvements to perinatal mental health services capacity; and if he has satisfied himself that these improvements are being rolled out with the necessary urgency in view of the fact death by suicide is the leading cause of direct and late maternal death here [27659/17]

National Drugs Strategy

John Curran

69. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health if the new national drugs strategy will be a national substance misuse strategy including drugs and alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27736/17]

Home Help Service Provision

Pat Casey

70. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Health the reason behind the 11% reduction in home help hours in County Wicklow for January to April 2017 relative to the same period in 2016. [29087/17]

Departmental Funding

Dara Calleary

71. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the issue whereby section 39 organisations have not received extra funding to pay their employees the extra €1,000 from 1 April 2017 as provided to regular public sector workers; his plans to rectify the issue; the timeframes involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26407/17]

HSE Agency Staff Data

Louise O'Reilly

72. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of graduates from the paediatric and general nursing course in University College Cork run in conjunction Cork University Hospital that are currently working in the public health service. [27661/17]

HSE Investigations

Clare Daly

73. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the response by his Department and the SEHB when concerns were raised with them in the 1990s regarding a person (details supplied). [27658/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Thomas Byrne

74. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays that exist in County Meath in accessing a psychiatric consultant appointment; and if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that persons are waiting in excess of six weeks to see a psychiatric consultant. [27650/17]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Mick Barry

75. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his plans to legislate for the maximum waiting times of ten weeks for an outpatient appointment, 12 weeks for an inpatient appointment and ten days for diagnostic tests as recommended in the future of healthcare report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27858/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

John Brassil

76. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the action which is being taken to find a solution for persons with alpha 1 that need Respreeza. [29073/17]

Health Services Provision

Charlie McConalogue

77. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health if the necessary funding will be provided in order that St. Joseph's, Ramelton and Lifford community hospitals in County Donegal can meet HIQA standards and at a minimum retain their existing bed capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27784/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

78. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health if he will address the orthopaedic waiting list in University Hospital Waterford which is one of the highest in the country under the National Treatment Purchase Fund as a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27649/17]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

79. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if there are senior management staff in the National Maternity Hospital that have financial interests through tax break schemes or otherwise in St. Vincent's private hospital. [27537/17]