Parliamentary questions

Services for People with Disabilities

Billy Kelleher

164. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why he has not provided an assessment of need to a person (details supplied) under the Disability Act 2005; why there is such a delay; the action he is taking to resolve the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16151/16]

Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme

Billy Kelleher

187. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will process and issue payments under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; if he is aware that the delay is causing financial hardship and difficulties for families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16164/16]

TAMS Applications

Billy Kelleher

188. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in processing grant applications under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; the measures he is putting in place to resolve this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16165/16]

Medicinal Products Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

464. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount his Department spent on providing individual medicines (details supplied) to patients, the price paid for each medicine and the dispensing fees paid to pharmacists for each medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15945/16]

Respite Care Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

471. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a person (details supplied) with traditional respite care through the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15968/16]

Cancer Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

165. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is taking action or implementing measures to tackle statistics outlined in the recent National Cancer Registry of Ireland report into cancer rates in Cobh, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15161/16]

Flood Prevention Measures

Billy Kelleher

360. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if as part of efforts to get flood insurance for previously flooded locations, flood prevention works by local authorities will be included as well as those carried out by the Office of Public Works; the updated progress on such efforts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14549/16]

Drugs Dealing

Billy Kelleher

416. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the specific changes to the misuse of drugs legislation that need to be put in place, to address the illegal sale of prescription drugs. [14405/16]

Midwifery Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

419. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of midwives in each public and voluntary hospital that provide maternity services for the end of 2015 and the latest figures available in 2016 in tabular form [14409/16]

Maternity Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

420. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of obstetricians, whole-time equivalent, employed in each of the 19 maternity units nationwide (details supplied); and the number of locum appointments for the end of 2015 and the latest figures available for 2016 in each hospital in tabular form. [14410/16]

Antimicrobial Resistance

Billy Kelleher

422. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the recommendations contained in the recent UK Government report authored by Lord O’Neill on antimicrobial resistance, AMR; his plans to introduce the key recommendations contained in the report; if he is satisfied that Ireland’s AMR policy is robust enough to meet the huge challenge of AMR and with the situation that Ireland, unlike the UK, does not have set targets for the reduction of usage and or prescribing of antibiotics in health care settings such as hospitals or primary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14416/16]

Antimicrobial Resistance

Billy Kelleher

423. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons or incidents, if any, where antimicrobial resistance has occurred within the health care services over the past ten years; the hospitals which treated these patients and the measures being undertaken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14417/16]

Health Insurance Regulation

Billy Kelleher

424. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he expects legislation on health insurance, specifically to provide insurers with legal clarity to facilitate insurers when withdrawing products from the market and protection to consumers where benefits are continuously changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14418/16]

Health Insurance Cover

Billy Kelleher

425. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to publish the Health Insurance Authority report on reform of minimum benefits provided for as part of health insurance cover; if not, why not; if he will outline the timeline for the introduction of this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14419/16]

Health Insurance

Billy Kelleher

426. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is committed to the introduction of a system of diagnostic-related group data as a measure of health status for health insurance; if so, the measures he has undertaken to progress this initiative; if he has engaged with insurers on this issue; when was the last time this issue was discussed between his Department and insurers; the reasons for the delay in introducing this system which is commonplace in many countries; if he will commit to a timeline for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14420/16]

Health Services Staff Data

Billy Kelleher

427. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spent on agency staff each month in 2016 to date and the equivalent figures for each month in 2015; the proportion of the HSE’s anticipated agency staff expenditure for 2016 that has been incurred to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14421/16]

Health Services Staff Remuneration

Billy Kelleher

430. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to award equal pay to clinical nurse manager 2 grades, to close the gap between those who were regularised and did not get incremental credit, and those appointed recently who are on a higher rate, that existed under old contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14535/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Billy Kelleher

431. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will raise the qualifying age for a personal assistant beyond the current maximum age of 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14541/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Billy Kelleher

436. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) to ensure they are seen by specialist as soon as possible given the apparent oversight in relation to their case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14594/16]

Care of the Elderly Provision

Billy Kelleher

1. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of new nursing home places, home care packages and home help hours he will introduce under the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14118/16]

School Accommodation

Billy Kelleher

108. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction a 12th classroom to facilitate a school's (details supplied) enrolment figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13929/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Billy Kelleher

177. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will increase the funding to the National Rehabilitation Hospital to facilitate an increase in the therapies provided which have been curtailed due to lack of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13943/16]

Hospitals Discharges

Billy Kelleher

178. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons up to 65 years of age who have an acquired brain injury including stroke who are residing in publicly funded hospitals; and the number of these persons who are regarded as delayed discharges, by public hospital, in tabular form. [13944/16]

School Transport Data

Billy Kelleher

328. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to his reply to Question No. 134 of 28 April 2016, if he will, for the years 2008 to 2015, repeat and expand on the information in the table to his reply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13368/16]

Leader Programmes Administration

Billy Kelleher

360. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will release Leader funding to the Avondhu and Blackwater local action groups in County Cork. [12504/16]

Hospital Staff Data

Billy Kelleher

679. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the net increase in whole-time equivalent terms in the number of nurses employed in all acute hospitals to date in 2016 in tabular form; the number of nursing vacancies in each hospital at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12798/16]

Patient Transport Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

687. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the sums paid by the Health Service Executive by hospital under its control regarding the acquisition costs of transporting patients in taxi services, bus services, private ambulance services and HSE-owned ambulance services for the past five years by category in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12899/16]

Motorised Transport Grant Closure

Billy Kelleher

706. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to reintroduce the motorised transportation grant and if so when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13202/16]

Medicinal Products Regulation

Billy Kelleher

708. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he intends to update and amend the Misuse of Drugs Act to deal with prescription drugs. [13208/16]

Schools Recognition

Billy Kelleher

84. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 17 May 2016, if he is considering the issuing of a roll number to a school (details supplied). [12250/16]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Billy Kelleher

192. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost-analysis figures for the socio-economic burden of hospital acquired infection; the comparative figures for other European Union countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12324/16]

Medicinal Products Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

193. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the average sums the Health Service Executive paid for a typical course of fidaxomicin, vancomycin and other drugs used for persons infected with clostridium difficile and methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, in hospitals under its control, by patient, in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12325/16]

Medicinal Products Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

194. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the sums the Health Service Executive paid for fidaxomicin, vancomycin and other drugs in treating patients for infection with Clostridium difficile and methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, in hospitals under its control in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12326/16]

Home Care Packages Administration

Billy Kelleher

244. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the names and contact details of all officials who give approval for home care companies in each local health office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11910/16]

HSE Funding

Billy Kelleher

257. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide funding for the website, family.ie, for the provision of services in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12002/16]

School Funding

Billy Kelleher

150. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills to sanction the ancillary funding a school (details supplied) has requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11334/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

187. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills to allocate a special needs assistant to a person (details supplied). [11669/16]

Disabilities Assessments

Billy Kelleher

386. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to expedite the clinical assessment of a person (details supplied) given that the person's age and the current waiting time will mean the person will be too old to be assessed and will not benefit in the final years of education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11222/16]

Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

393. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to previous questions on behalf of persons (details supplied), given that they have ceased dealing with the HSE due to the continuing lack of co-operation, have written directly to him to inform him of this, have offered to meet him and his Department, and have specifically requested a fully independent review into the aftermath of a child's birth with no involvement from the executive, why the executive is being allowed to set the terms of reference and manage a review into its own failings when the persons have specifically stated they are totally opposed to this; why has the Executive provided the persons' private medical records to a third party without their consent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11196/16]

Home Help Service Data

Billy Kelleher

405. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a package under the home help scheme by local health office area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11234/16]

Home Help Service Data

Billy Kelleher

406. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home help by local health office area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11235/16]

Speech and Language Therapy

Billy Kelleher

473. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for speech and language therapy assessment for less than four months, for between four and 12 months, and for more than 12 months by local authority area in tabular form. [11588/16]

Youth Services Funding

Billy Kelleher

629. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to increase funding for Foróige, following reductions imposed on it over the past number of years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11700/16]

Waste Disposal

Billy Kelleher

109. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has put preventative measures in place to prevent an increase in dumping given the implementation of the pay-by-weight household collection charge; if he is offering support to local authorities, community groups and so on who have to tackle this issue on a daily basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10988/16]

Home Care Packages Data

Billy Kelleher

150. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of applications received, granted and in place under the home care scheme to date, by local health area office, in tabular form. [10749/16]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Billy Kelleher

176. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who participated on the trial Fampyra scheme for multiple sclerosis who are no longer having their costs covered on the grounds of not showing a sufficient improvement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10853/16]

Medicinal Products

Billy Kelleher

177. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will continue on the Fampyra subsidised programme due to the high cost involved, with the drug unaffordable for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10854/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

252. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills to reverse the decision to further cut the allocation of special needs assistants at a school (details supplied) in County Cork, leaving it with only 2.5 assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9460/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

264. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will issue a roll number to a centre for autism (details supplied) in Carrigaline in County Cork which has submitted an application for a special school for children on the autism spectrum disorder. [9647/16]

Mental Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

630. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will award financial assistance to Lisheen House in Skibbereen, County Cork, for the provision of the mental health services it provides throughout Cork city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9353/16]