Parliamentary questions

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

340. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the informal talks that took place following the resignation announcement by the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Mr Martin McGuinness. [1710/17]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings

Micheál Martin

341. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the inquiry into the Dublin-Monaghan bombings. [1711/17]

International Terrorism

Micheál Martin

342. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the increased violence in Turkey and, in particular, the bombings in Istanbul, which have resulted in many lives being lost. [1907/17]

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

343. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the meetings held on 12 January 2017 and any other dates held by both the Irish and British Governments to try and avert Assembly elections since the resignation announcement of the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. [1902/17]

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

344. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on advancing political stability after the elections in Northern Ireland on 2 March 2017 and on having a fully functioning Executive thereafter and implementing in full the outstanding areas of the Good Friday Agreement and subsequent agreements. [2733/17]

Human Rights

Maureen O'Sullivan

345. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects the report on business and human rights to be published. [3087/17]

Overseas Development Aid Expenditure

Maureen O'Sullivan

346. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged with the Minister for Finance regarding Ireland's development aid budget commitment of reaching 0.7% GNI; and the timeframe for doing so. [3088/17]

Nuclear Proliferation

Maureen O'Sullivan

347. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline Ireland's engagement regarding the UN talks on nuclear proliferation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3089/17]

Diplomatic Representation

Maureen O'Sullivan

348. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to examine the possibility of reopening the Irish embassy to the Islamic Republic of Iran in Tehran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3090/17]

Overseas Development Aid

Maureen O'Sullivan

349. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland, through his Department or through Irish Aid, can support those Iraqi refugees, predominantly Christians living in Jordan who have been dependent on the fund-raising activities of persons and groups to provide them with food, shelter, health care and education. [3202/17]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

350. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Question No. 1627 of 17 January 2017, the status of the liaison with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport in regard to the further actions that might be taken to ensure US airlines on charter to the US military comply fully with regulations here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3233/17]

EU Meetings

Clare Daly

351. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position taken and the points raised by Ireland at the joint meeting of EU Foreign Affairs and Defence Ministers on 14 November 2016 to discuss the implementation of the EU Global Strategy and the Common Security and Defence Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3234/17]

Visa Agreements

Clare Daly

352. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Saudi Arabia's human rights record, in addition to the issue of potential war crimes having been recently committed in Yemen by Saudi Arabia and its allies, will form part of his Department's exploration of the possibility of Ireland negotiating a bilateral agreement with Saudi Arabia. [3235/17]

Trade Sanctions

Clare Daly

353. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the issue of an EU-wide boycott of goods from Israeli settlements with his EU counterparts in view of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 which describes Israel’s settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem as illegal and a flagrant violation under international law. [3236/17]

Undocumented Irish in the USA

Brendan Howlin

354. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with US officials on changes to policy regarding the undocumented Irish in the United States. [40020/16]

Northern Ireland

Brendan Howlin

355. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions his Department has planned in the event of the power-sharing Administration in Northern Ireland not being formed after new elections. [1991/17]

Military Neutrality

Gino Kenny

356. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether Ireland's neutrality is in question due to the shift towards an alliance with Britain, Europe and the United States; if Ireland has entered into agreements with foreign powers on air defences without consulting Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39827/16]

Safety of Irish Citizens Abroad

Gino Kenny

357. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will telephone President Duterte on behalf of a person (details supplied); if he will meet with the person's spouse to hear their perspective; and if he will verify the location of the person's passport. [1743/17]

Ministerial Correspondence

Richard Boyd Barrett

358. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any reply he may have received from the Egyptian Prime Minister to his letter of November 2016 mentioned in Dáil Éireann on 23 November 2016. [1611/17]

Superannuation Schemes

Thomas P. Broughan

359. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department is examining the equality issues of public sector employees who are unmarried, that is single, divorced or widowed and without children, but are contributing 1.5% of their monthly gross salary to the spouses' and children's superannuation scheme; if he has appointed officials to examine the equality issues of this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2827/17]

An Clár Brústocaireachta

Dara Calleary

360. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Dara Calleary den Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe an síleann sé go bhfuil sé inghlactha nach bhfuil comhfhreagras maidir leis an gClár Brústocaireachta á sheoladh trí mheán na Gaeilge nó go dátheangach chuig grúpaí brústocaireachta cé gur tugadh geallúint go ndéanfar amhlaidh i mí Eanáir 2016; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [2539/17]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Tom Neville

361. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a meeting of the high-level forum which was set up to deal with outstanding issues relating to community employment supervisors and assistants will meet in view of the fact that a new chairperson has been appointed to this forum. [2615/17]

Public Sector Pensions Legislation

Brendan Griffin

362. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the repeal of FEMPI legislation in respect of retired public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2701/17]

Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation

Robert Troy

363. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure more regulation in the beauty industry (details supplied). [2742/17]

Standards in Public Office Commission

Billy Kelleher

364. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if workers in the health service are obliged to make declarations under the Standards in Public Office Acts; and if so, the criteria for same. [2744/17]

Superannuation Schemes

Thomas P. Broughan

365. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public sector employees who are unmarried, that is, single, divorced or widowed, and without children, but are contributing 1.5% of their monthly gross salary to the spouses' and children's superannuation scheme; the number of public sector employees in these categories with no dependent children whose children are over 18 years of age, but are contributing 1.5% of their monthly gross salary to the spouses' and children's superannuation scheme; the financial contribution of both of these groups to this superannuation scheme; the total number of public sector employees contributing 1.5% of their monthly gross salary to the spouses' and children's superannuation scheme; the value of this superannuation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2825/17]

Superannuation Schemes

Thomas P. Broughan

366. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of recipients of payments from the spouses' and children's superannuation scheme in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the total value of each of these superannuation scheme payments for each of these years; the total number of public sector employees; the total number of public sector employees who are unmarried, that is single, divorced or widowed with no children; the total number of public sector employees who are unmarried, that is single, divorced or widowed with children over 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2826/17]

Public Private Partnerships Data

Michael McGrath

367. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of current public private partnership, PPP, projects in which the State is involved; the value of PPP projects to which the State was party for each year from 2004 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2828/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Dara Calleary

368. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within his Department on 1 January 2017; the expected change in that pay as a consequence of the provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2913/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Dara Calleary

369. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of assistant secretaries general in his Department; the annual pay of each assistant secretary general within his Department at 1 January 2017; the expected change in that pay as a consequence of the provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2929/17]

Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation

Dara Calleary

370. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost in 2017 and on a 12-month basis to his Department of bringing forward the increases due under the Lansdowne Road agreement from September to April; the way in which this cost will be funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2945/17]

Civil Service Management

Thomas P. Broughan

371. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the previously agreed upgrade of Civil Service staff officers to executive officers; if this upgrade took place on 2 January 2017; if not, the reason it has not taken place; the future plans for this upgrade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2979/17]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Éamon Ó Cuív

372. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the position for conservation ranger advertised in autumn 2016 closed before midnight on the last day for accepting applications when this was not specified on the application form; the reason an application from a person (details supplied) who went to lodge an application in the late afternoon on the last day for accepting applications was rejected by the system and could not be lodged; the steps he will take to ensure that this application is now accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3082/17]

Public Procurement Contracts

Catherine Murphy

373. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to ensure that third level colleges and education centres are compliant with tendering procedures and national procurement guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3105/17]

Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation

Seán Sherlock

374. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the revised pay scales for Secretaries General from 1 April 2017 following pay restoration measures under the Lansdowne Road Agreement. [3129/17]

Office of Public Works Properties

Brendan Smith

375. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Office of Public Works will finalise the purchase of a property which is necessary to ensure the delivery of public services in proper accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3181/17]

Gaeltacht Policy

Dara Calleary

376. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans to re-introduce the gaeltacht housing grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2536/17]

State Bodies Data

Pearse Doherty

377. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of all projects for which funding and business supports have been approved by Údarás na Gaeltachta, including details of the business type and activities carried out with respect to each; the details of the funding type and headings under which funding was granted with respect to each, for each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2685/17]

North-South Implementation Bodies

John Brassil

378. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason the budget for Foras na Gaeilge was cut despite an increase of 12% for her Department. [2707/17]

Irish Language

John Brassil

379. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if all State services and State-sponsored bodies are covered under the remit of the language commissioner. [2708/17]

State Bodies Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

380. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the level of Údarás na Gaeltachta supported jobs at 1 January 2016 and at 31 December 2016, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2722/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Dara Calleary

381. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of Secretaries General in her Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within her Department at 1 Jan 2017; the expected change in that pay as a consequence of the provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2902/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Dara Calleary

382. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of assistant secretaries general in her Department; the annual pay of each assistant secretary general within her Department at 1 January 2017; the expected change in that pay as a consequence of the provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2918/17]

Culture Ireland Grant Scheme

Maureen O'Sullivan

383. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the supports available to Irish artists, from her Department and other organisations that receive Government funding, that have been invited to exhibit their work abroad in prestigious venues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2952/17]

Earcaíocht agus Soláthar Foirne Tríú Leibhéal

Catherine Connolly

384. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an n-iarrfaidh sí ar Údarás Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar an gcinneadh gan líofacht sa Ghaeilge a bheith riachtanach don phost mar Uachtarán na hOllscoile as seo amach; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [3025/17]

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

385. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil athbhreithniú déanta ag a Roinn nó ag dream atá coimisiúnaithe ag a Roinn ar dhul chun cinn fheidhmiú na Straitéise Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge; má tá, cén uair a fhoilseofar é; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [3078/17]

Clár Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh

Éamon Ó Cuív

386. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén scéim a cuireadh in áit Scéim Labhartha na Gaeilge; cén líon daoine atá cláraithe sa scéim ar fud na tíre (briste síos de réir contae); cén chaoi a n-oibríonn an scéim; an bhfuil measúnú á dhéanamh ar na teaghlaigh atá páirteach sa scéim lena chinntiú gur teaghlaigh iad a labhraíonn Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [3079/17]

CLÁR Programme

Seán Sherlock

387. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the potential of three-phase electric power; if her attention has been further drawn to its potential in assisting the rural economy; and if there is any intention to restore grants for its installation. [3126/17]

Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme

Joe Carey

388. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 780 of 17 January 2017, the position regarding a specific case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3173/17]

Commencement of Legislation

Joan Burton

389. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Health when sections 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2575/17]

Blind Welfare Allowance Data

Maureen O'Sullivan

390. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of the blind welfare allowance; if all current recipients of the blind welfare allowance had their eligibility assessed using the same means test; if he will publish details of the blind welfare allowance means test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2686/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Robert Troy

391. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3103/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Kevin O'Keeffe

393. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if suitable long-term accommodation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [2535/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Seamus Healy

394. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health if, in view of the fact that the urology outpatient waiting list at Waterford University Hospital is now 48-plus months, the proposals he has to rectify the situation. [2541/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Peter Burke

395. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment with the orthodontic service for a person (details supplied). [2561/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

396. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be granted a date for an assessment of needs to be carried out. [2564/17]

Health Services Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

397. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred by the Health Service Executive, HSE, in hiring consultants in each of the years 2011 to 2016, in tabular form; the specific projects for which consultants were hired; the expenditure incurred on each project; and the payment per project to consultants. [2571/17]

Health Services Expenditure

Brendan Griffin

398. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive, HSE, is funding the provision of accommodation at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2582/17]

Taxi Licences

Catherine Murphy

399. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will amend tendering arrangements for taxis to ensure that greater weighting is given to the availability of wheelchair-accessible taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2584/17]

Health Services

Louise O'Reilly

400. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of international public funding models for fertility treatment; when the general scheme of legislative provisions dealing with assisted human reproduction, AHR, will be published; the timeframe for the legislation dealing with AHR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2585/17]

Disease Management

Billy Kelleher

401. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a date to meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2586/17]

Medicinal Products Licensing

Jonathan O'Brien

402. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the Health Products Regulatory Authority plans to have cannabidiol made available by prescription for treatment of epilepsy. [2587/17]

Medical Card Eligibility

Robert Troy

403. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health his plans to issue a generic medical card that may be used by vulnerable persons to allow them to attend a doctor's surgery not in his or her locality (details supplied). [2605/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

John Brassil

404. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2607/17]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Robert Troy

405. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [2608/17]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Mick Barry

406. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre device (details supplied) will be made available through Health Service Executive, HSE, funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2614/17]

Respite Care Services Provision

Brendan Griffin

407. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is being charged for long-term respite care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2616/17]

Health Services

David Cullinane

408. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the mobile catheterisation lab which has been announced by the Minister of State for training, skills and innovation will be for the use of University Hospital Waterford alone or if it will be shared with other hospitals; if it is to be shared, the details of the arrangement that will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2617/17]

Hospital Services

Michael Healy-Rae

409. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will provide information (details supplied) regarding University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2618/17]

Psychological Services

Eugene Murphy

410. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will secure an urgent assessment appointment with a child psychologist for a person (details supplied) who has been waiting for over nine months for an urgent appointment. [2620/17]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Eugene Murphy

411. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to find an interim replacement for the position of child psychologist in the Roscommon area to replace the current child psychologist who is currently on sick leave since March 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2621/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

412. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on recent reports in the media that service users from a Health Service Executive, HSE, funded centre (details supplied) in Ballina have been facilitated by that service to attend hare coursing events, including two outings to coursing meetings in Loughrea, County Galway, and Liscannor, County Clare. [2628/17]

Medical Goods Regulation

Jim O'Callaghan

413. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if the range of low-protein products available through the long-term illness scheme has been kept up to date; if the low-protein products required for persons suffering from phenylketonuria is provided for under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2632/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Ruth Coppinger

414. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if he will comment on reports of hare coursing being an activity supported as part of a therapeutic service (details supplied) in County Mayo; his views on hare coursing being supported in this way; if there are other parts of the health service giving any support to hare coursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2633/17]

Disease Management

Jim O'Callaghan

415. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to outline the steps that have been taken to put in place a successor to the national rare disease plan 2014-18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2634/17]

Home Care Packages Provision

Bernard Durkan

416. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if a home care package will be facilitated in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2637/17]

Medical Card Drugs Availability

Mattie McGrath

417. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to outline the reason MacuShield is no longer available under the general medical services scheme or the hardship scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2638/17]

Medical Card Drugs Availability

Mattie McGrath

418. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to list the medicines taken from the general medical services scheme in the past 12 months; the reason for removal; the options available to persons who cannot afford medications that have been removed from the GMS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2639/17]

Primary Care Services Provision

Jackie Cahill

419. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health to set down in tabular form the total number of referrals from Caredoc Clonmel to the accident and emergency departments of South Tipperary General Hospital and University Hospital Waterford in each of the years from 2010 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2646/17]

Vaccination Programme

David Cullinane

420. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans to extend the meningitis B vaccine scheme to children born before 1 October 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2648/17]

Nursing Home Services

John Lahart

421. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to close a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2649/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Brendan Griffin

422. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to open a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2650/17]

Medical Card Applications

John McGuinness

423. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the application for a medical card for a person (details supplied). [2655/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Éamon Ó Cuív

424. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for an outpatient appointment; the reason for the delay in issuing a date for an appointment in view of the fact that it is an urgent case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2656/17]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review

Noel Rock

425. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health if he will review the fair deal scheme to include home care packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2657/17]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review

Noel Rock

426. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent documentary "We Need to Talk About Dad"; his views on whether the fair deal scheme is overly complex; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2660/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Éamon Ó Cuív

427. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for a physiotherapy appointment; if he will ensure that the person's case will be prioritised in view of the severity of their medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2662/17]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Mary Butler

428. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health to outline the reason a person (details supplied) who secured full-time employment at University Hospital Waterford in early December 2016 is still waiting for a personal identification number from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. [2663/17]

Hospital Groups

Seán Sherlock

429. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans regarding representation by management or clinicians at Mallow General Hospital on the South/South West Hospital Group. [2666/17]

Patient Data

Seán Sherlock

430. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the activity levels at Mallow General Hospital and the number of patients that are considered inpatients at the hospital but treated in other hospitals and then returned to Mallow General Hospital for continuing care as inpatients for each of the years 2014 to 2016. [2667/17]

Hospital Beds Data

Seán Sherlock

431. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of beds used at Mallow General Hospital. [2668/17]

Hospital Services

Seán Sherlock

432. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to set out the definition of acute medical care as it relates to Mallow General Hospital; and whether bypass protocols for Mallow General Hospital are strident, such that more acute medical care could be carried out at the hospital to alleviate pressures in Cork city. [2669/17]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Thomas Byrne

433. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients of the neurology department in Beaumont Hospital have had appointments cancelled without advance notice, resulting in patients presenting for appointments and being sent home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2672/17]

Ambulance Service Data

Billy Kelleher

434. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which an ambulance has been called to the acute mental health unit on the grounds of Cork University Hospital to transfer a patient to the emergency department in CUH from the date of opening of the unit to the present day, by date, in tabular form; the response time in each case in addition to the base from which the ambulance travelled to carry out the transfer; if there are any long-term plans to avoid tying up ambulances for the transfer of patients across the campus; if the matter of the way patients are transferred from the acute mental health unit to the emergency department at CUH was discussed when the unit was being designed and before the unit opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2674/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Billy Kelleher

435. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the actions his Department and the HSE have taken to ensure the continued supply of Respreeza for those persons who were part of the original clinical trial which is due to end on 31 January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2678/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Brendan Griffin

436. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2682/17]

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]

Ombudsman's Remit

Martin Heydon

438. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Health if the Office of the Ombudsman, in investigating a complaint against a doctor in a hospital, has access to clinical investigations; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2691/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Peter Fitzpatrick

439. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health the status of his negotiations with the supplier of the Orkambi drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2694/17]

Hospital Facilities

Bernard Durkan

440. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when it is expected funding might be provided for the endoscopy unit at Naas General Hospital having particular regard to the urgent needs of the hospital at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2702/17]