Parliamentary questions

Electronic Health Records

Alan Kelly

614. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of electronic health records; if he will consider a period of public consultation with regard to the data collected and its use; and the timeline for the roll-out of e-health records. [22258/16]

Patient Data

Alan Kelly

615. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of people here suffering from coeliac disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22259/16]

Accident and Emergency Services Provision

Alan Kelly

616. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will guarantee that trauma care services in emergency departments in Cavan, Naas, Portiuncula in Ballinasloe, Mullingar, Portlaoise, Saint Luke's in Kilkenny, Wexford, South Tipperary in Clonmel and Mercy University Hospital in Cork will not be removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22260/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Alan Kelly

617. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the eligibility criteria and application process for patients with muscular dystrophy who require a personal assistant. [22261/16]

Maternity Services

Alan Kelly

618. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the introduction of a single clinical guideline for the use of 0xytocin during labour as advocated for by the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the clinical strategies and programmes division of the HSE. [22262/16]

Drug Treatment Programmes

Alan Kelly

619. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health for a list of all pharmacies engaged in the provision of methadone to patients; the number involved in the pharmacy needle exchange programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22263/16]

Health Strategies

Alan Kelly

620. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to publish the review carried out into the previous national intercultural health strategy 2007-2012; and the timeline for its publication [22264/16]

Traveller Community

Alan Kelly

621. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will consider commissioning a new study into the health care of members of the Traveller community on a similar basis to the 2010 all-Ireland Traveller health study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22265/16]

National Drugs Strategy Implementation

Alan Kelly

622. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to continue the implementation of the previous Government’s strategy on supervised injection centres; and if so, the timeline for the introduction of these services. [22266/16]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Alan Kelly

891. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is concerned with the lack of substantive investigations into cartel activity here by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, since its creation, in particular the lack of criminal convictions, despite the increased resources and sanctions provided for by the previous Government; her views that the CCPC is failing as an enforcement agency, in view of the evidence that both price fixing and bid rigging is prevalent in many sectors of the economy. [22656/16]

EU Regulations

Alan Kelly

892. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware of the cost to consumers of geo-blocking by companies providing online services and goods; if she supports the EU Commission proposals to prevent geo-blocking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22671/16]

Consumer Protection

Alan Kelly

893. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated total cost of cartel activity to the economy, given that the EU Commission has estimated that cartel activity can cost up to 3% of GDP; and in view of the harm being caused to the economy, if she is concerned by the lack of prosecutions being taken under section 4 of the Competition Act 2002. [22675/16]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Alan Kelly

894. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of files forwarded to the DPP by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and previously the Competition Authority in 2013, 2014 and 2015 in respect of suspected infringements of section 4 of the Competition Act 2002. [22676/16]

EU Directives

Alan Kelly

895. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of EU directives relating to her Department that currently require transposition into Irish law; the number of such directives for which the deadline for transposition has passed; the communications both formal and informal that she has received from the European Commission regarding the failure to transpose said directives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22713/16]

EU Directives

Alan Kelly

896. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the EU accounting directive (2013/34/EU) has still not been transposed into Irish law despite a deadline of 20 July 2015; when she intends to transpose the directive; and if the European Commission has raised the issue of non-transposition with Ireland. [22714/16]

Low Pay Commission Report

Alan Kelly

897. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to accept the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission on the national minimum wage that is due to report on the week of 19 July 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22715/16]

Low Pay Commission Report

Alan Kelly

898. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Low Pay Commission will report back on its examination of the prevalence of low pay among young persons and women in the workforce; if she expects new legislation or regulations to arise on foot of these investigations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22716/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Alan Kelly

899. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingency plans her Department has put in place to address the impact on Ireland of Brexit; if she has met her counterpart in the British Government and the Northern Irish and Scottish administrations to discuss this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22717/16]

Corporation Tax

Alan Kelly

900. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on proposals to lower the UK's corporation tax rate to 15% or lower; if she has discussed this matter with the Minister for Finance; if they are developing a strategy to address the potential impact of such a move on the Irish economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22718/16]

Proposed Legislation

Alan Kelly

901. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for the passage of the Competition (Amendment) Bill through the Oireachtas; the amendments she expects to introduce to the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22719/16]

Living Wage

Alan Kelly

902. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she is taking to progress a motion (details supplied) which supported the call for an incremental increase in the minimum wage until it is set at 60% of median earnings and a living wage to be adopted throughout the public sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22720/16]

Proposed Legislation

Alan Kelly

903. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for the introduction of legislation to implement the recommendations of the University of Limerick report to the Government - A Study on the Prevalence of Zero Hours Contracts among Irish Employers and their Impact on Employees and the Cahill-Duffy expert examination and review of laws on the protection of employee interests when assets are separated from the operating entity and commissioned following the treatment of workers (details supplied) in June 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22721/16]

Living Wage

Alan Kelly

904. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is considering measures to ensure that the Government leads by example and becomes a living wage employer by 2018 and that the living wage is progressively extended to State procured services in the areas of security, cleaning and hospitality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22722/16]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Alan Kelly

4. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide an up-to-date list of section 38 entities which receive funding from the HSE and the amount of funding each organisation received from 2013 to 2015, inclusive; if he will publish all HSE audits of section 38 organisations; and if he will consider a policy of seeking to ensure a representative of the HSE serves on the board of each of these entities on at least a pro tem basis to ensure transparency and public confidence in the spending of public money. [21096/16]

Budget Submissions

Alan Kelly

30. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he has examined the Alzheimer Society of Ireland's recent pre-budget submission, in particular if he notes the request for an additional €67 million in budget 2017 to provide additional home care packages for persons suffering from dementia; and his views on whether this proposal should be implemented in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20609/16]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

324. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Ceanncora Lawn, Ballinlough, County Cork, which should result in the creation of one housing unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21024/16]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

325. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Gerald Griffin Street, County Cork, which should result in the creation of 17 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21025/16]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

326. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Dean Rock, Togher, County Cork, which should result in the creation of 60 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21026/16]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

327. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Kilnagleary, Carrigaline, County Cork, which should result in the creation of 48 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21027/16]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

328. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Beechgrove, Clonakilty, County Cork, which should result in the creation of 45 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21028/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

329. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Rosscarbery, County Cork, which should result in the creation of nine housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21029/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

330. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Fairfield, Masseytown, Macroom, County Cork, which should result in the creation of seven housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21030/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

331. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Charleville, County Cork, which should result in the creation of four housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21031/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

332. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Ballingeary, Macroom, County Cork, which should result in the creation of three housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21032/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

333. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Mount St. Joseph, Chapel Hill, Macroom, County Cork, which should result in the creation of five housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21033/16]

Vaccination Programme

Alan Kelly

520. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to the extension of the human papillomavirus immunisation programme in secondary schools to boys in recognition of the threat HPV-related cancers and diseases pose to males as well as females; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20784/16]

Medicinal Products Expenditure

Alan Kelly

521. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce the cost of drugs for patients here; to estimate the amount he believes can be saved by the Health Service Executive in 2016 through reduced drug prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20785/16]

Infectious Disease Incidence

Alan Kelly

522. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of persons that his Department believes to be HIV positive; the measures being taken to combat new HIV infections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20786/16]

Psychological Services

Alan Kelly

523. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding available to recruit new psychologists and counsellors in 2016 in order to develop psychological services for persons under 18 years of age; and the timeframe for the delivery of these services. [20787/16]

Health Insurance Data

Alan Kelly

524. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons here currently covered by private health insurance; if this has increased or decreased since July 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20788/16]

Dental Services Provision

Alan Kelly

525. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons eligible for dental care under the dental treatment services scheme in the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20789/16]

Health Services Staff Data

Alan Kelly

526. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses currently employed by the Health Service Executive; his plans to recruit further public health nurses over the next five years and if so, the number; and if he will provide a timeline for the recruitment of new staff. [20790/16]

Charities Regulation

Alan Kelly

579. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the Health Service Executive's ability to monitor section 38 agencies and organisations; if the system of oversight has been strengthened since 2014 when the executive indicated that the system of oversight for sections 38 and 39 organisations was lacking and that new procedures were needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21151/16]

HSE Governance

Alan Kelly

580. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the way the financial management systems of the Health Service Executive have been reformed to ensure more effective oversight of the system for funding sections 38 and 39 organisations, given that it funds over 1,900 voluntary agencies to a value of approximately €3.1 billion, 44 of which are funded under section 38 of the Health Act to the value of €2.5 billion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21152/16]

HSE Governance

Alan Kelly

581. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the Health Service Executive employs enough qualified accountants, financial controllers and auditors to ensure an effective monitoring of the funding system to section 38 and section 39 organisations; the number of accountants, financial controllers and auditors specifically tasked with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21153/16]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Alan Kelly

582. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if employees of section 38 agencies are public servants, members of public service pension schemes and are directly bound by his consolidated pay scales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21154/16]

Charities Regulation

Alan Kelly

583. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the measures he is proposing to strengthen the 2013 governance arrangements the Health Service Executive introduced with the section 38 agencies in particular in terms of strengthening the direct relationship between the executive and the boards of each of these agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21155/16]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Alan Kelly

791. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she received the 2015 annual report of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission by 30 June 2016 as required by section 32 of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014; and when it is intended to publish the report. [20535/16]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Alan Kelly

208. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has plans to ensure an Ehlers-Danlos syndrome specialist is in place in any hospital here. [20112/16]

Programme for Government

Alan Kelly

1. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will publish on the record of Dáil Éireann the full detail of all agreements made between the Government and all Independent Teachtaí Dála, political groupings and political parties, as he has previously stated he would. [16880/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

265. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Shannon, County Clare, which should result in the creation of 15 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19668/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

266. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Quilty, County Clare, which should result in the creation of ten housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19669/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

267. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Ennis, County Clare, which should result in the creation of seven housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19670/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

268. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Doonbeg, County Clare, which should result in the creation of 12 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19671/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

269. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Thomas Davis Street in Cork city which should result in the creation of 35 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19672/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

270. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Vincent Avenue, St. Mary's Road in Cork city which should result in the creation of 25 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19673/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

271. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Boyces Street in Cork city which should result in the creation of 12 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19674/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

272. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Friar's Walk in Cork city which should result in the creation of four housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19675/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

273. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at St John's Well in Cork city which should result in the creation of two housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19676/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

274. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Lough Road in Cork city which should result in the creation of two housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19677/16]

EU Directives

Alan Kelly

663. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures that have been adopted to date to transpose Directive 2014/104/EU on private party actions for damages for infringements of European Union competition law; the further measures proposed; if it is intended that the directive will be fully transposed into national law by 27 December 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19547/16]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Alan Kelly

664. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is concerned that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, received the lowest ranking of any antitrust enforcement agency worldwide in the 2015 Global Competition Review ratings; if she will give consideration to both a staffing and organisational review of the CCPC, in particular regarding cartel investigations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19548/16]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

103. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a construction project at Bagenalstown, County Carlow which should result in the creation of 24 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18624/16]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

104. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a construction project at Tullow, County Carlow which should result in the creation of 14 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18625/16]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

105. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a construction project at Rathvilly, County Carlow, which should result in the creation of ten housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18626/16]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

106. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a construction project at Myshall and Mount Leinster, County Carlow which should result in the creation of eight housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18627/16]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

107. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a construction project at Bagenalstown, County Carlow which should result in the creation of six housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18628/16]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

108. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a construction project at Borris, County Carlow which should result in the creation of four housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18629/16]

Local Authority Housing

Alan Kelly

109. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a construction project at Rathvilly and Tullow, County Carlow which should result in the creation of two housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18630/16]

Local Authority Housing

Alan Kelly

110. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a construction project at Hackettstown, County Carlow which should result in the creation of four housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18631/16]

Local Authority Housing

Alan Kelly

111. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a construction project at Ballyhaise, County Cavan which should result in the creation of eight housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18632/16]

Local Authority Housing

Alan Kelly

112. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a construction project at Butlersbridge, County Cavan which should result in the creation of six housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18633/16]

Third Level Institutions

Alan Kelly

115. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent by each university on taxi hire in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18032/16]

Third Level Institutions

Alan Kelly

116. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent on taxi hire in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 in respect of each of the State's institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18033/16]

Third Level Institutions

Alan Kelly

117. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent on legal fees in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 by the State's seven universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18034/16]

Third Level Institutions

Alan Kelly

118. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent on legal fees in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 by each institute of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18035/16]

Legislative Measures

Alan Kelly

541. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Government has given UEFA a guarantee to enact legislation on the prohibition of the sale of match tickets by ticket touts in advance of the Euro 2020 championships and if such legislation is currently being prepared; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18029/16]

Legislative Measures

Alan Kelly

542. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to approve and sign a code of practice on the conduct of adjudications under section 9 of the Construction Contracts Act 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18030/16]

Legislative Measures

Alan Kelly

543. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation why Ireland has not yet ratified the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna, 1980) despite previous recommendations in favour of ratification from the Law Reform Commission and the sales law review group; her plans to bring forward proposals enabling ratification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18031/16]

Ministerial Appointments

Alan Kelly

162. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will appoint a new chair of the Higher Education Authority as a matter of urgency given that the authority has been without a chair since January 2016; and if and when he will fill the vacancies that currently exist on the board of the Higher Education Authority. [16761/16]

University Governance

Alan Kelly

163. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of universities that currently provide a residence for their president; if he is aware of any universities in the process of purchasing such properties; if such expenditure is an appropriate use of public funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16762/16]

Road Tolls

Alan Kelly

529. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of variable operational payments paid by the National Roads Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland in respect of under usage of the N18 Limerick tunnel in each year to date in 2016; the future cost for the duration of the public private partnership based on projected future usage levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16760/16]

EU Directives

Alan Kelly

552. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she intends to transpose the European Union audit directive by the deadline of 17 June 2016; and the practical consequences of not having it transposed by the deadline. [16853/16]

Human Rights

Alan Kelly

140. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the critical funding crisis facing the Inter-American Court on Human Rights; the implications that this crisis might have on cases such as that of a person (details supplied); and if he has taken steps through the European Union and bilateral communications with funding countries to address this crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16288/16]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Alan Kelly

55. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no commitment on delivering an extended range of general practitioner services in the new programme for Government; and how he will develop the delivery of key health services at general practitioner and primary care level, including direct access for general practitioners to ultrasound and X-ray services, enhanced minor surgery services, and community-based clinical programmes, targeting the most prevalent chronic diseases. [13740/16]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Alan Kelly

82. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to roll out free general practitioner care for the entire population, given the success of the programme for children under six years of age and adults over 70 years of age; if he will confirm that he has not abandoned the roll-out of free general practitioner care to other cohorts of the population; and the estimated timeline for this programme. [13737/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

31. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will deliver the target of 17,000 social housing units in 2016, as set out in the social housing output report published in January 2016, the categories under which he will deliver them, and the quantity to be delivered. [11883/16]