Parliamentary questions

Child Care Services Staff

Hildegarde Naughton

47. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by the operators of private creche facilities in recruiting and retaining staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6714/17]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Data

Hildegarde Naughton

430. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on pre-planned and pre-admit waiting lists for Galway University Hospital; the number currently on waiting lists published by the NTPF (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6952/17]

Chronic Disease Management Programme

Hildegarde Naughton

282. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the percentage of the health budget which is spent on the care of persons with chronic diseases here; and the cost of this to his Department and the economy in general. [4826/17]

Health Services Expenditure

Hildegarde Naughton

283. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health if his Department has set aside in its annual Estimates a budget for spending on preventative health, education and promotion; and the criteria for private entities to be provided grants for this purpose. [4827/17]

Health Services Expenditure

Hildegarde Naughton

284. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health his views on a departmental policy for providing grants to entities which have the aim to promote preventative health education for non-communicable chronic disease; and the way in which this policy will be administered. [4828/17]

Immigrant Investor Programme Administration

Hildegarde Naughton

90. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the recent rule changes to the immigrant investor programme became applicable; when the public was made aware of these changes; when her Department ceased taking applications under the scheme in 2016; if the public was made aware that such applications would be rejected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3825/17]

Single Payment Scheme Applications

Hildegarde Naughton

413. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason persons (details supplied) in County Mayo have not received payment under the single farm payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38599/16]

Ambulance Service

Hildegarde Naughton

225. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.211 of 26 May 2016 (details supplied), the number of ambulance call outs to north west Connemara in County Galway and the length of time between each call out and arrival at the scene, in each of the years 2014 to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38126/16]

Health Services Staff

Hildegarde Naughton

296. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in sanctioning staff for the new 75 bed ward block at University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33306/16]

Charitable Donations Administration

Hildegarde Naughton

333. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE received a donation of €300,000 intended for use by a children's cancer charity (details supplied) in 2009 but only ever provided €50,000 of the money to the intended beneficiary; if the rest of the funds will now be supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33458/16]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Hildegarde Naughton

334. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the details of proposals for the development of a new day surgery and additional theatres at Merlin Park University Hospital contained in the capital plan, including the scale, purpose and proposed cost of the development, in addition to a timeline within which it is expected to be completed [33459/16]

Divorce Process

Hildegarde Naughton

41. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the specific legal and constitutional constraints to introducing clean break divorce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31065/16]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Hildegarde Naughton

484. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent on capital projects at University Hospital Galway since 1 January 2006; the hospital's official bed capacity on that date; and the current official bed capacity of the hospital. [29846/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Hildegarde Naughton

485. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the number of patients by clinical specialty who have been on outpatient waiting lists for Galway University Hospital for less than six months, between six and 12 months, 12 and 24 months, 24 and 36 months, 36 and 48 months and more than 48 months. [29847/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Hildegarde Naughton

486. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the number of patients by clinical specialty who have been on outpatient waiting lists for Mayo General Hospital for less than six months, between six and 12 months, 12 and 24 months, 24 and 36 months, 36 and 48 months and more than 48 months. [29848/16]

Hospital Procedures

Hildegarde Naughton

487. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the number of operations or procedures by clinical specialty that were scheduled but cancelled at University Hospital Galway since the beginning of 2016. [29849/16]

Hospital Procedures

Hildegarde Naughton

488. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the number of operations or procedures by clinical specialty that were scheduled but cancelled at Mayo General Hospital since the beginning of 2016. [29850/16]

Hospitals Building Programme

Hildegarde Naughton

489. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the total cost of civil, architectural and structural design in respect of the new 75 bed ward block at University Hospital Galway; if the design is substantially identical to a project at another hospital; and if the fact that a pre-existing design was replicated resulted in cost savings. [29851/16]

Hospitals Building Programme

Hildegarde Naughton

490. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the current status of a cost-benefit analysis commissioned in respect of a new emergency department at University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29852/16]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Hildegarde Naughton

491. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the current bed capacity of Merlin Park Hospital; the complete range of specialties and services offered at the hospital; and his views on whether the hospital has infrastructural capacity to accommodate additional services. [29853/16]

Flood Relief Schemes

Hildegarde Naughton

881. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline his plans to introduce a grant aid scheme following flooding that occurred in south County Mayo in December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24487/16]

GLAS Payments

Hildegarde Naughton

1502. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 14 July 2016, when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the 2015 green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24488/16]

Animal Identification Schemes

Hildegarde Naughton

1510. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the traceability of animals and authentication of the various documents relating to all bovines whether in the context of carriage between farms, between farms and marts and between farms and meat processing plants and the adequacy of cross checks at farms, meat plants and cattle marts, with specific reference to the need to ensure the absolute accuracy of the information contained in the relevant documentation. [24575/16]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Hildegarde Naughton

1522. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the detail of payments made or due to a person (details supplied) under his Department's schemes for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24956/16]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Hildegarde Naughton

1523. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amounts repaid relating to over-claiming on the AEOS for 2015 by a person (details supplied); if there is an appeals procedure open to this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24957/16]

Parking Provision

Hildegarde Naughton

312. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health his plans for the development of car-parking facilities at University Hospital Galway that did not proceed to construction since 2006; if he will provide a breakdown of the costs associated with these plans including but not limited to fees for consultants, planners and architects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23020/16]

Parking Provision

Hildegarde Naughton

313. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the number of car-parking spaces available at University Hospital Galway, UHG; the number of car-parking spaces currently required at UHG under the city development plan; and if any variance between these figures represents a restriction on the future development of the hospital on its current site. [23021/16]

Hospitals Expenditure

Hildegarde Naughton

334. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the amount paid by the Saolta University Health Care Group for the rental of a premises across from University Hospital Galway on Newcastle Road for the purpose of patient record management and associated activities in each of the past five years. [23249/16]

Hospitals Expenditure

Hildegarde Naughton

335. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the amount paid by Galway University Hospitals to contractors for the storage or management of patient charts in each of the past five years, with details of the contracted parties, the services provided and the location of charts that are stored off-site. [23250/16]

Ambulance Service Provision

Hildegarde Naughton

218. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the cost incurred by a group (details supplied) in the provision of private ambulance transport for each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21895/16]

GLAS Applications

Hildegarde Naughton

233. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the 2015 green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21818/16]

Schools Health and Safety

Hildegarde Naughton

258. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish guidelines with current information regarding good nutrition for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20778/16]

School Curriculum

Hildegarde Naughton

259. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish his departmental policy as regards directing schools to include up-to-date nutritional education in the curriculum, with an emphasis on education on sugar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20779/16]

Commemorative Events

Hildegarde Naughton

25. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has assessed the success and impact of the State's commemorative events held throughout the Easter period; if attendance figures are available for the various events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19886/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Hildegarde Naughton

262. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing ultrasound scans to new born infants with potential hip dysplasia at University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20287/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Hildegarde Naughton

263. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the long waiting lists for cataract operations at University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20288/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Hildegarde Naughton

462. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health if adequate funding will be provided to support personal assistant services in the west whereby a person (details supplied) on a prioritised waiting list will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19200/16]

Ambulance Service

Hildegarde Naughton

463. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions the Saolta hospital group availed of the services of a private ambulance company in the years 2014 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19201/16]

Ambulance Service

Hildegarde Naughton

464. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the cost of the provision of a Health Service Executive intermediate care ambulance vehicle and crew on a 12-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19202/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Hildegarde Naughton

560. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health if adequate funding will be provided to support personal assistant services in the west of Ireland whereby a person (details supplied) on a prioritised waiting list will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19608/16]

Hospital Services

Hildegarde Naughton

212. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the number of the nine new radiographer posts in University Hospital Galway (details supplied) who will be dedicated primarily to musculoskeletal disease; and of those dedicated musculoskeletal disease posts, the number who will be assigned for dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scanning. [17640/16]

Public Service Obligation Levy Increase

Hildegarde Naughton

501. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the plan to increase the public service obligation levy by nearly 36% in each of the years 2016 and 2017; if so, the estimated knock-on effect of this on the price of electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16784/16]

Primary Care Services Provision

Hildegarde Naughton

482. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health to outline his views on using a community-based model for the development and improvement of eye care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16040/16]

EU Directives

Hildegarde Naughton

527. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the system of fines for breach of the nitrates directive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16039/16]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Hildegarde Naughton

186. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the reason it took three months for a person (details supplied) to receive a notification of an appointment to see a consultant dermatologist; the reason that person will not be seen until August 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13952/16]

GLAS Payments

Hildegarde Naughton

822. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received payment under the GLAS 2015 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13471/16]

Personal Injury Claims

Hildegarde Naughton

55. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will introduce legislation to allow for periodic payments to persons who have received personal injuries awards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12444/16]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Hildegarde Naughton

56. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12445/16]

Ambulance Service Data

Hildegarde Naughton

211. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call–outs to north-west Connemara in County Galway and the length of time between each call–out and arrival at the scene in each of the years from 2014 to 2015 and in 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12446/16]

Hospital Equipment

Hildegarde Naughton

81. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide adequate resources and trained staff, on a full-time basis, to ensure that the dual energy X-ray absorptiometry scanner in Merlin Park Hospital in County Galway is properly utilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9309/16]