Written Answers Nos. 178-186
178. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if a decision has been made in principal to provide a person (details supplied) in County Galway with a procedure; the reason for the delay in making a decision in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39700/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn relation to the particular patient query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.
179. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Longford is admitted to hospital for an orthopaedic procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39714/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn relation to the particular patient query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.
181. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39728/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe scheduling of appointments for patients is a matter for the hospital to which the patient has been referred. Should a patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or she would be in the best position to take the matter up with the consultant and hospital involved. In relation to the specific case raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
182. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Health the amount that has been saved since this Government came to power in each of the following areas; savings on the State's drug budget; Health Service Executive payroll; hospital consultants pay; HSE procurement that is procurement other than non-pay procurement and non-core pay expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39735/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraI have referred the Deputy's question to the HSE for direct reply.
183. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a grant to a hospice (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39752/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
184. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review the circumstances of the death abroad of a person (details supplied); the assistance that will be afforded to the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39604/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department has provided consular assistance to the family of the person mentioned by the Deputy since they were first informed of the death. While I am very conscious of the plight of the family and sympathise with their great loss, my Department is not in a position to directly intervene in the German legal process. We have advised the family to take professional legal advice on their current position and on the legal avenues that may be available to them in the pursuit of their case. The Director of Consular Section in my Department has arranged to meet the family of the deceased, this week. My Department will continue to provide all possible consular assistance to the family.
185. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding Ireland’s diplomatic relationship with Palestine; and his plans to follow the example of Sweden by granting full diplomatic recognition to Palestine. [39627/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraI refer the Deputy to my reply to Question 219 on 14 October (38848/14), which was as follows:
Ireland supports the full achievement of a Palestinian state. We believe this should happen soon. Our policies are designed to be supportive of the negotiated comprehensive peace agreement which we believe is fundamental to the achievement of this objective. I believe substantive political talks on a peace settlement must take place as a matter of urgency and I reiterated that view recently at the Gaza Reconstruction Conference hosted by the Governments of Norway and Egypt on 12 October in Cairo. I am conscious of Sweden’s new approach and Ireland’s position will continue to be evaluated in light of our own assessment and that of all our EU Partners.
186. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Skills when funding for a library extension will be provided in respect of a library (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39591/14]
Amharc ar fhreagra206. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received a request for financial assistance towards the cost of providing additional library places at University of Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39726/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 186 and 206 together. I am pleased to inform the Deputies that €10 million will be made available next year for the library project to which they refer. This project is one of the three major capital projects in Irish universities which will benefit from the €20 million of funding in 2015 that formed part of my budget announcement on Tuesday, 14 October.
