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Tue, 27 Jun 2017
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Departmental Staff Data
Brendan Howlin
346. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health to set down the staffing complement of his Department in whole-time equivalents as at the end of 2016. [29606/17]
Tue, 27 Jun 2017
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General Medical Services Scheme
Brendan Howlin
357. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the action that will be taken by the HSE to address the situation whereby general practitioners are charging GMS patients for diagnostic and routine blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29664/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Home Care Packages Provision
Brendan Howlin
1266. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to ensure home care packages for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27668/17]
Tue, 23 May 2017
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Services for People with Disabilities
Brendan Howlin
511. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the status of a needs assessment by a multidisciplinary team for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24552/17]
Tue, 23 May 2017
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Health Services Provision
Brendan Howlin
512. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for occupational therapy and speech and language therapy services in County Wexford; if occupational and speech and language therapists on maternity or long-term sick leave are replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24513/17]
Tue, 16 May 2017
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
Brendan Howlin
394. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the decision to refuse long-term residential care to a person (details supplied) who has applied under the nursing homes support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22919/17]
Tue, 4 Apr 2017
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Services for People with Disabilities
Brendan Howlin
517. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the status of the policy proposals for the Health (Transport Support) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16280/17]
Tue, 28 Mar 2017
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Mental Health Services Provision
Brendan Howlin
367. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the limited number of places in the Central Mental Hospital which are currently available to the Irish Prison Service for persons in custody who require residential mental health treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15165/17]
Tue, 28 Mar 2017
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Home Care Packages Provision
Brendan Howlin
368. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide sufficient funds to ensure that adequate home care package hours will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15166/17]
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Services for People with Disabilities
Brendan Howlin
601. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the number of service users who are currently on the waiting list to access full-time adult residential care places in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11810/17]
Tue, 21 Feb 2017
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National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
Brendan Howlin
482. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can access treatment through the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8619/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
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EU Bodies
Brendan Howlin
138. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if he has raised Ireland's bid to secure the European Medicines Agency with his EU counterparts in bilateral meetings. [2781/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Medicinal Products Availability
Brendan Howlin
437. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the consideration that has been given to providing the drug Nusinersen to those persons suffering from type 1 spinal muscular atrophy; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that doctors are reporting this drug to be the first to have clinically meaningful outcomes for children with this condition; the efforts that can be made to speed up access to this drug for those persons affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2683/17]
Tue, 13 Dec 2016
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Brendan Howlin
504. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons prioritised as urgent on the outpatient list for urology services at University Hospital Waterford have been informed that they can expect to be seen within four years (details supplied); his views on whether this waiting time is appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39999/16]
Tue, 8 Nov 2016
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Medicinal Products
Brendan Howlin
358. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if the eye medication MacuShield has been withdrawn from medical card patients; the reason for its withdrawal; and if a substitute medication will be made available to medical card patients. [33581/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Health Services Staff
Brendan Howlin
512. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the actions taken by the HSE to date to enforce amongst all HSE services the ruling of the European Court of Justice which determined that time spent travelling to and from first and last appointments by workers without a fixed office as working time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30797/16]
Tue, 27 Sep 2016
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Hospital Services
Brendan Howlin
632. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health when the Wexford satellite dialysis unit will be in operation; if he is aware that the current location is experiencing planning difficulties; if he will seek to find an alternative site for this urgently needed facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26773/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Hospital Appointments Status
Brendan Howlin
1279. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who is on a waiting list will receive the hospital treatment they require. [25571/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Hospital Appointments Status
Brendan Howlin
1319. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who is on a waiting list will receive the hospital treatment they require. [25705/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Brendan Howlin
1320. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who is on a waiting list will receive the hospital treatment they require. [25706/16]