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Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Garda Vetting of Personnel
Bernard Durkan
116. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which Garda vetting has been completed in respect of candidates that sat entrance exams since recruitment to An Garda Síochána recommenced; the degree to which approval forthcoming is pending or refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8891/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Citizenship Applications
Michael Healy-Rae
117. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a matter will be addressed regarding a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8949/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Family Reunification Policy
Clare Daly
118. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of his plans to introduce a family reunification humanitarian admission programme as announced in November 2017. [8951/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Departmental Reports
Micheál Martin
119. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the Copenhagen economic report; and the role her Department officials will have in responding to same. [8467/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Brexit Supports
Fiona O'Loughlin
120. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the contingencies and supports in place to safeguard Irish small and medium-sized enterprises and export businesses from a hard Brexit scenario, including revision of state aid rules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8894/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Brexit Supports
Fiona O'Loughlin
121. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have taken up Brexit business supports, such as the be prepared grants and Brexit readiness vouchers provided by Enterprise Ireland and InterTradeIreland. [8895/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Brexit Issues
Fiona O'Loughlin
122. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of Brexit-related supports for enterprise and farming, including relaxation of State aid rules, European and Irish grant funding and in market supports in the EU 26 for businesses seeking to increase trade. [8896/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Enterprise Ireland Funding
Pearse Doherty
123. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the companies that received aid under the Enterprise Ireland stabilisation fund; the amount each company received; the ex-post analysis of the scheme that has been carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8909/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Enterprise Ireland Funding
Pearse Doherty
124. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that received aid under the stabilisation fund that are still in business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8910/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Ticket Touting
Róisín Shortall
125. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of efforts to curb ticket touting; and the timeframe for the passing of legislation in this regard. [8976/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Health Services Reports
Louise O'Reilly
126. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his views on whether Sláintecare is a comprehensive reform action plan or implementation plan for the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8846/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Health Services Reports
Louise O'Reilly
127. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the advice received by his Department in relation to the costings in Sláintecare; if his Department or others are costing the proposals separately; when this is expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8847/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Health Services Reports
Louise O'Reilly
128. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his views on the Sláintecare report; the timeframe for same; if he will meet with the members of the Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare in advance of publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8848/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Hospital Charges
Niamh Smyth
129. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 287 and 359 of 12 December 2017, if he has made decisions based on the findings by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8859/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Hospital Appointments Status
Barry Cowen
130. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [8875/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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General Practitioner Services Provision
Billy Kelleher
131. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a permanent general practitioner will be assigned to Waterville, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8878/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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National Treatment Purchase Fund Payments
Billy Kelleher
132. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the funding that has been spent on the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8879/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
Billy Kelleher
133. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount that was spent in private hospitals here and outside the State in relation to the NTPF in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8880/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Cross-Border Health Initiatives
Billy Kelleher
134. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent by the HSE to pay for procedures under the cross-border healthcare directive and the treatment abroad schemes in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8881/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Health Services Provision
Niamh Smyth
135. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8885/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Hospital Appointments Administration
Robert Troy
136. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be issued for a person (details supplied). [8888/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Medicinal Products Availability
Gino Kenny
137. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if Sativex is available or being prescribed by general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8889/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Vaccination Programme
Jack Chambers
138. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health if immunocompromised groups of persons in need of immunisation from tuberculosis are being provided with the BCG vaccination; the measures he is undertaking to ensure there is a sufficient supply of the BCG vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8892/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Mental Health Services Provision
Fiona O'Loughlin
139. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health the status of a matter (details supplied). [8893/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Services for People with Disabilities
Fiona O'Loughlin
140. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health the number of day places available for training young adults with disabilities, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8898/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Services for People with Disabilities
Fiona O'Loughlin
141. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health the number of school leaver places available to young persons with intellectual disabilities from September 2018; the number available in September 2016 and September 2017, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8899/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Home Care Packages Data
Brendan Smith
142. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the homecare budget, including home care packages and home help services in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2017; the provision for such services in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8906/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Maurice Quinlivan
143. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no child psychologist in the County Limerick early intervention service since May 2017. [8912/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Maurice Quinlivan
144. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a child psychologist in County Limerick. [8913/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Maurice Quinlivan
145. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a child psychologist in County Limerick, by the number of months waiting. [8914/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Hospital Appointments Administration
Billy Kelleher
146. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons offered an opportunity to attend an assessment with a person (details supplied); the number that responded; the number that attended on the day; the number that have been subsequently put forward for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8915/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Hospital Appointments Administration
Billy Kelleher
147. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if children with scoliosis attending from Temple Street Children's University Hospital have been offered access to assessment and surgery through a mechanism (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8916/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Health Services Staff
Kevin O'Keeffe
148. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if a public health nurse will visit a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [8932/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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HSE Properties
Jackie Cahill
149. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to consider the use of a site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8933/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Coroners Service
Mary Butler
150. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when the details of the inquest of a person (details supplied) will be received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8937/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Hospital Appointments Administration
Robert Troy
151. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who attended an appointment was told to return home in view of the fact that there was no consultant on site to carry out the assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8938/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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EU Directives
Brendan Howlin
152. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health his plans to include chiropractors as a regulated profession; if his attention has been drawn to the way in which the Euratom directive is being implemented in other EU states; if he has had discussions with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8939/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Community Care
Louise O'Reilly
153. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason HSE performance reports since July 2016 suggest that no community intervention team service is available for the CHO1 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8946/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Community Care
Louise O'Reilly
154. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the community intervention team staffing levels by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8947/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Community Care
Louise O'Reilly
155. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the community intervention teams which are outsourced; the CHO areas they are in; the way in which outsourced staffing levels compare to directly employed HSE CIT staff by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8948/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Hospital Overcrowding
Clare Daly
156. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the recent crisis in Temple Street Children's University Hospital (details supplied); the steps he has taken to ensure that this will not happen again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8952/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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HSE Reports
Louise O'Reilly
157. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when a report (details supplied) will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8953/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Medicinal Products Availability
Brian Stanley
158. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the HSE decision on access to the versatis patch pain medication which has been withdrawn; the legal powers he has in regard to such decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8956/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Cross-Border Health Initiatives
Billy Kelleher
159. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive shall not make the reimbursement of the costs of cross-border healthcare under EU regulations subject to prior authorisation except in circumstances in which it has been made subject to prior authorisation under regulation 12; the exceptions under regulation 12; the date the exceptions were made; the reason for the exceptions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8957/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Cross-Border Health Initiatives
Billy Kelleher
160. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on whether in the ordinary course of requiring medical treatments that the spirit of the cross border EU regulations not to require prior authorisation is being thwarted by the information on the HSE website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8958/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Health Services Staff
Richard Boyd Barrett
161. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been facilitated to return to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8959/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Services for People with Disabilities
Dara Calleary
162. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that assessment of needs policy has changed in County Mayo; if children must now have a pre-diagnosis before being accepted for assessment of needs appointments; if the policy has changed; if this policy has changed nationwide; if it is restricted to County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8960/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Medical Card Applications
Bernard Durkan
163. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8977/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Hospital Appointments Administration
Willie Penrose
164. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to contact the relevant authorities with a view to expediting an urgent appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9019/18]
Wed, 21 Feb 2018
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Rural Development Programme
Bernard Durkan
165. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in the implementation of key rural development initiatives as contained in the rural development programme 2014 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8970/18]