Parliamentary questions

General Practitioner Services

Thomas P. Broughan

322. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if it is permissible for general practitioners to charge small fees to persons with medical cards for certain services or weekend visits; if not, the way in which this practice is being monitored to ensure that it is not commonplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48740/17]

Mental Health Services

Thomas P. Broughan

323. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health when the 24-7 crisis mental health service will be launched as announced in February 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48757/17]

Brexit Issues

Stephen Donnelly

324. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the preparations made in his Department in the event of no agreement being reached between the United Kingdom and the European Union on the terms of the UK's exit from the EU; if such preparations involve the drawing up of detailed and specific contingency plans in the event of a hard Brexit and a trade regime based on WTO tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48779/17]

Health Insurance Data

Billy Kelleher

325. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance by age groups (details supplied). [48788/17]

Vaccination Programme

Thomas P. Broughan

326. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the alleged inclusion of thiomersal in the influenza vaccine being administered by the HSE; if his Department and the HSE are studying reports of increased instances of miscarriage allegedly due to this substance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48790/17]

Vaccination Programme

Thomas P. Broughan

327. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if all elements used in the HSE influenza vaccine are safe for pregnant persons; the evidence his Department and the HSE have to support this; if recent conflicting evidence is being examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48791/17]

Hospital Procedures

David Cullinane

328. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times primary percutaneous coronary intervention emergency procedures were carried out at University Hospital Waterford outside the normal hours of 9 to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 207, by month and year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48792/17]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Jan O'Sullivan

329. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the progress made on the 96 bed extension to University Hospital Limerick and the transfer of the university maternity hospital to the Dooradoyle campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48793/17]

Departmental Staff Training

Catherine Murphy

330. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the cost of providing external coaching and-or training services for staff development in his Department over the past five years and to date in 2017, by cost per year, in tabular form; the company that delivered the training courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48808/17]

Medical Card Eligibility

Noel Rock

331. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce the necessary primary legislation to increase the gross income per week to €1,000 in order for persons over 70 years of age to receive a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48819/17]

Primary Care Centres

Dara Calleary

332. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the range of services provided at primary care centres (details supplied) in County Mayo; if physiotherapy services will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48826/17]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Shane Cassells

333. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Health if kuvan,the only medical treatment available for phenylketonuria, will be made available to persons with this rare genetic disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48828/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Robert Troy

334. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if there are grants available to assist a group (details supplied) in its work. [48829/17]

HSE Properties

Peter Burke

335. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to make urgent repairs to a health centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48854/17]

Ambulance Service Provision

Gerry Adams

336. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if all ambulance shifts in the north-east region have been covered for the months of September, October and November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48859/17]

Ambulance Service Provision

Gerry Adams

337. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to cover sick leave or annual leave for ambulance shifts in the north-east region; if there are ambulance shifts currently without cover as a result of sick leave or annual leave in this region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48860/17]

Ambulance Service Provision

Gerry Adams

338. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if ambulance shifts in the north-east region have been forced to close as a result of sick or annual leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48861/17]

Ambulance Service Provision

Gerry Adams

339. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the ambulances available for response in the north-east region for November 2017; the number of call outs made by each of the available ambulances; and the location of the call outs to which ambulances were dispatched, in tabular form. [48862/17]

Mental Health Services Funding

James Browne

340. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the amount and percentage of the mental health budget spent on staffing and non-staffing expenditure, respectively, in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48868/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

James Browne

341. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on mental health patients who have to receive treatment at locations outside of their community health care organisation some distance from their primary residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48869/17]

Mental Health Services Data

Pearse Doherty

342. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an initial assessment as part of child and adolescent mental health services for three months, six months, nine months, 12 months, 15 months and more than 15 months, respectively, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48896/17]

Mental Health Services Data

Pearse Doherty

343. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant psychiatrist positions which have yet to be filled within child and adolescent mental health services, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48897/17]

Mental Health Services Data

Pearse Doherty

344. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of beds which are available within child and adolescent mental health services in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48898/17]

Mental Health Services Data

Pearse Doherty

345. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant suicide crisis assessment nurse positions within child and adolescent mental health services, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48899/17]

Mental Health Services Data

Pearse Doherty

346. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time positions which exist within adult mental health services; the number of said positions which exist within children's mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48900/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Peter Fitzpatrick

347. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48918/17]

Health Services Provision

Clare Daly

348. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the care provided to a person (details supplied). [48921/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Michael Healy-Rae

349. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48927/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Michael Healy-Rae

350. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48933/17]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

351. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48953/17]

Mental Health Services Data

Eamon Scanlon

352. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents waiting for an appointment for child and adolescent mental health services in CHO1 at the end of October 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48959/17]

Outreach Clinics

Gerry Adams

353. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of outreach clinics in circumstances in which persons living in regional areas who suffer from juvenile idiopathic arthritis can be treated locally; the counties in which regional clinics are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48960/17]

Health Services Provision

Gerry Adams

354. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health his views on the shortage of health care professionals including registrars, physiotherapists, psychologists and ophthalmologists in paediatric rheumatology services; his plans to increase the number of paediatric rheumatology consultant posts here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48961/17]

Health Services Provision

Gerry Adams

355. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for implementation of the business plan submitted by rheumatology management at Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48962/17]

Health Services Provision

Gerry Adams

356. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to set up a formal service for teenagers to transit from paediatric rheumatology treatment to adult services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48963/17]

Respite Care Services Funding

Tony McLoughlin

357. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Health if a dedicated funding allocation can be made available to the HSE locally for increased levels of respite care in counties Sligo and Leitrim CHO1 region in view of the fact that new houses need to be purchased to provide this care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48964/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Kevin O'Keeffe

358. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if an outpatient appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be expedited. [48965/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

James Lawless

359. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if an appointment scheduled for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48984/17]

Weather Events Response

Tom Neville

360. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Health the number of vulnerable persons who are reliant on HSE funded home care services left without all or partial care hours on 18 October 2017 due to Storm Ophelia; the policies and provisions that will be made to ensure continuity in service and essential care for vulnerable clients of home care agencies in the event of future weather warnings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48985/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John McGuinness

361. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early date for an operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [48988/17]

Emergency Departments Data

Seán Fleming

362. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of attendances at each accident and emergency department in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48996/17]

HSE Regional Service Plans

Louise O'Reilly

363. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if the chief medical officer or a body in the HSE has recommended the implementation of the Portlaoise action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49028/17]

Drug and Alcohol Task Forces

Paul Murphy

364. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the funding that will be provided in 2018 for the drugs task forces; the details of the allocation of that funding between the different task forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49036/17]

Patient Data

Eoin Ó Broin

365. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons remaining in institutional settings, that is, hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, care homes, nursing homes and so on, longer than their discharge date; if there is a study of instances in which persons are remaining in institutional settings for significant periods of time after their discharge date passes; and if these instances are related to risk of homelessness, in tabular form. [49054/17]

Departmental Websites

Jonathan O'Brien

366. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the domain names registered to or owned by his Department or through a third-party company. [49067/17]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Mattie McGrath

367. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the average costs associated with processing and answering written and oral parliamentary questions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49126/17]

Health Services Provision

Micheál Martin

368. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health his views on the continued lack of a rehabilitation unit for persons with a neurological disability in the south of the country despite the recommendations from numerous reports; and his further views on the status of the most recent report commissioned by the South-South West Hospital Group for the planning of such a unit which is now more than a year overdue. [49149/17]

Legislative Process

Louise O'Reilly

369. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the details of the contact between his Department and the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment in respect of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015, specifically on provisions and amendments previously tabled relating to restrictions on advertising on the Internet and for related definitions and offences; the way in which the two Departments plan to deal with this gap in the Bill with regard to Internet advertising; if he will report on developments in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49152/17]

Health Services Provision

Michael Fitzmaurice

370. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund a surgical procedure carried out in a private setting for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49153/17]

Disability Services Funding

Anne Rabbitte

371. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the way in which personalised budgets or individualised funding is administered through the HSE in circumstances in which a person has a disability (details supplied); if parents can apply for part of the funding to employ a personal assistant for the days their child is not in the service and is engaged in alternative activities; if they must be out of the service to receive this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49155/17]