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Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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Orthodontic Services Provision
Dara Calleary
57. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the initiatives being taken to improve dental and orthodontic services in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5402/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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General Practitioner Contracts
Dara Calleary
347. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 1 February 2017, the liability of medical card holders to pay for blood tests carried out at their general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5105/19]
Tue, 5 Feb 2019
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General Practitioner Contracts
Dara Calleary
348. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the status of the progress being made in respect of general practitioner contract negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5106/19]
Thu, 31 Jan 2019
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Disability Services Funding
Dara Calleary
133. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if funding will be available for a full-time residential placement for a person (details supplied). [4703/19]
Tue, 22 Jan 2019
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Cross-Border Health Services Provision
Dara Calleary
295. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health his plans in relation to the cross-border directive after Brexit; if EU citizens will still be in a position to receive treatment in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2305/19]
Tue, 22 Jan 2019
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Cross-Border Health Services Provision
Dara Calleary
296. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health his plans for Irish citizens to continue to receive treatment in Northern Ireland or England after Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2306/19]
Tue, 18 Dec 2018
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Health Services Staff
Dara Calleary
416. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the engagements he has had with a union (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it represents over 500 medical professionals in the health service; the efforts he has made to avert industrial action proposed for later in December 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53119/18]
Wed, 5 Dec 2018
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Patient Data
Dara Calleary
53. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of persons with Alzheimer's disease or dementia in County Mayo; the projection for same in 2030; the additional supports that will be provided in the coming years to adapt to the upturn in incidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50727/18]
Tue, 13 Nov 2018
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Ambulance Service Data
Dara Calleary
320. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the number of calls responded to in each ambulance base in County Mayo in 2017 and the first six months of 2018; the average response time in each month in each base; the number of occasions an ambulance was used from outside the base to respond to calls, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46542/18]
Tue, 13 Nov 2018
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Air Ambulance Service Data
Dara Calleary
321. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions, by month in 2017 and in the first six months of 2018, that an air ambulance was used to respond to calls in County Mayo, in tabular form. [46543/18]
Tue, 25 Sep 2018
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Dara Calleary
267. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an initial urology consultation by county; the waiting times for same by county; if he will engage with the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, to address waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38329/18]
Wed, 19 Sep 2018
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Medicinal Products Reimbursement
Dara Calleary
106. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the funding available to provide life-saving treatment to persons with spinal muscular atrophy; the discussions that have taken place between him, his Department and an association (details supplied) regarding the possible availability of such drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37958/18]
Thu, 28 Jun 2018
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National Dementia Strategy
Dara Calleary
9. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if a new national dementia strategy is being prepared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28235/18]
Tue, 26 Jun 2018
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Legislative Programme
Dara Calleary
385. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the planned timeline for the introduction of legislation in relation to the duty of candour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27831/18]
Tue, 29 May 2018
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General Practitioner Services
Dara Calleary
60. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to Irish Medical Organisation data which predicts that 41% of general practitioners in County Mayo will retire over the next five to seven years. [23542/18]
Tue, 1 May 2018
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General Practitioner Services
Dara Calleary
239. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the impending threatened closure of a general practitioner practice (details supplied) in County Mayo; if his attention has been further drawn to the vast geographical area covered by this practice; if his Department has advertised for the vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18701/18]
Tue, 24 Apr 2018
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Drugs Payment Scheme
Dara Calleary
416. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will make a decision on the reimbursement for a second line lung cancer drug (details supplied); his views on the delays in the drug reimbursement process and the stress this places on persons with serious illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17895/18]
Thu, 19 Apr 2018
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Emergency Departments
Dara Calleary
8. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the status of the extension of the emergency department in Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17028/18]
Thu, 22 Mar 2018
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Hospital Services
Dara Calleary
210. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if there is a protocol in place for the delivery of kidney dialysis for persons from either abroad or another part of the country who may be visiting an area temporarily for a family event and who require dialysis during this time; if so, the protocol procedure; and if not, his plans to introduce such a protocol to alleviate the stress on patients and families involved in organising such treatment [13430/18]
Tue, 20 Mar 2018
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Departmental Staff Data
Dara Calleary
440. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the number of persons holding Civil Service positions above clerical officer grade in his Department who entered the Civil Service via a route other than through an open competition run by the Public Appointments Service or its predecessors; the grades of each; and the basis for the non-standard recruitment. [11860/18]