Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Psychological Services

Catherine Murphy

286. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the plans in place for psychiatry staffing services in Kilcock health centre to provide counselling services to young persons based in Kilcock, Maynooth and Leixlip who require psychological assistance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40954/19]

Psychological Services

Catherine Murphy

287. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of young persons and teenagers awaiting psychologist intervention services in the County Kildare area; the wait time for each district; the number of staff providing services in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40955/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision

Catherine Murphy

288. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will undertake an urgent review of the allocation of mental health services to young persons; the areas in which gaps in provision of services exist by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40956/19]

Mental Health Services

Catherine Murphy

383. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39645/19]

Mental Health Services Data

Catherine Murphy

384. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the mental health support services available for inpatients in each hospital nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39648/19]

Hospital Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

129. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of agency and staff nurses on duty on 13 September 2019 at Children's Health Ireland at Connolly Hospital, Temple Street Children's University Hospital, Our Lady's Children's Hospital and Tallaght Hospital, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37985/19]

Hospital Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

130. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the way in which staff and agency nurses are allocated and or assigned by children’s hospital in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37986/19]

Hospital Complaints Procedures

Catherine Murphy

131. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to complaints regarding patient care and or patient conditions at Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin to date in 2019; the nature of the issues brought to his attention regarding the hospital and patient care and or conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37987/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

158. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of civil servants who have left and or retired from his Department in the past ten years who were bound by a cooling-off period in respect of taking up new employment in the private sector by grade, year and sector the staff moved on to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38154/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

159. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of civil servants who have left and or retired from his Department in the past ten years who were not bound by a cooling-off period in respect of taking up new employment in the private sector by grade, year, and sector the staff moved on to; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38170/19]

HSE Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

143. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the costs incurred to date and the projected costs regarding the integrated finance and procurement management system project design that is being refined to incorporate changes arising from the decision to create six new regional health areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37787/19]

Vaccination Programme

Catherine Murphy

146. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the financial assistance available for parents and or guardians of boys who will miss the entry requirements to the programme in respect of the HPV immunisation programme for boys entering the first year of second-level education in 2019; if he will initiate a catch-up programme in respect of boys missing the vaccine in 2019; if holders of medical cards can avail of the programme outside of the thresholds set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37803/19]

Vaccination Programme

Catherine Murphy

322. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to make the HPV vaccine available on the medical card and or provide a subsidy for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36968/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Catherine Murphy

330. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount refunded and or paid to date following a HSE audit of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36990/19]

HSE Staff Remuneration

Catherine Murphy

333. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to issues regarding a new payroll software in use by the HSE in respect of persons and various grades and or rank and or duty in which the software cannot calculate correctly and in a timely manner regular payments and overtime payments due to staff for hours worked (details supplied); the status of progress made by the HSE on addressing the various issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37001/19]

Vaccination Programme

Catherine Murphy

336. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a HPV immunisation scheme for boys in line with the scheme for girls when it was first introduced (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37014/19]

Newborn Screening Cards

Catherine Murphy

416. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 907 of 6 September 2019, the options being considered regarding the archive of bloodspot screening cards retained without permission from 1984 to 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37356/19]

Maternity Services

Catherine Murphy

878. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by each maternity hospital in the past five years to date on infant feed formula, teats and bottles by hospital, amount and year; if hospitals are permitted to accept infant feed formula and related products without charge from suppliers for distribution to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35071/19]

Dental Services

Catherine Murphy

886. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of the refurbishment and reopening of the HSE children's dental service (details supplied) in Celbridge, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35117/19]

Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments

Catherine Murphy

899. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the decision to cut the rehabilitative training allowance will be reviewed with a view to fully reinstating same; the reason for the decision to cut the allowance; if his attention has been drawn to a national petition (details supplied) regarding the allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35179/19]

Newborn Screening Cards

Catherine Murphy

906. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the level of access a company has to Guthrie cards in the archives of Temple Street Hospital; if he has granted the company access and-or view and-or use of Guthrie cards for purposes in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; if so, the name of the companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35198/19]

Newborn Screening Cards

Catherine Murphy

907. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the options paper supplied to him by his officials in the context of the newborn screening card archive forum 2016; the policy decision he has taken since 2017 in this regard based on the options paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35199/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

923. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by his Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount projected to be spent on the renewal of such licences by his Department over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35343/19]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Catherine Murphy

978. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the context of preparedness and ongoing upskilling of staff regarding the regulation; the cost expended on the external advice and training on same to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35578/19]

Departmental Customer Charters

Catherine Murphy

998. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints his Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if his attention has been drawn to issues and or problems in having complaints registered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35646/19]

Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation

Catherine Murphy

1054. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he and his officials will meet with persons (details supplied) regarding Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and the issue in relation to the availability and quality of treatment of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35836/19]

Departmental Internships

Catherine Murphy

1186. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of unpaid internships issued and-or granted to persons to work in his Department over the past five years to 28 August 2019; the number of persons who took up unpaid internship roles in that timeframe; if his Department continues to offer unpaid internships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36150/19]

Protected Disclosures

Catherine Murphy

1192. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the safeguards in place to protect the identity of persons who make a protected disclosure in instances in which the protected disclosures are shared with external consultants; if the person who made the protected disclosure is notified in advance; if his or her consent is required in order to share the disclosure with external consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36203/19]

Vaccination Programme

Catherine Murphy

1294. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if certain aspects of the HPV immunisation programme will be reviewed with the view to introducing a catch-up scheme for persons that have just missed the September 2019 introduction of the programme for boys entering the first year of second-level education (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36544/19]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Catherine Murphy

1247. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health when the fund in respect of publicly funded assisted human reproduction will be made available; the way in which prospective patients will apply; if he will make access to the fund available on a retrospective basis; if persons will have access to the fund at a later date in respect of the treatment should they opt for assisted human reproduction before the scheme is introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32343/19]

Protected Disclosures Data

Catherine Murphy

1261. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures for which he has engaged an external consultancy and or legal firm since 2014 to date; the name of the firms engaged; the year and the costs associated with engaging the consultancy and or legal firms in respect of protected disclosures; the way in which persons are protected in cases in which an external consultancy firm is engaged in respect of protected disclosures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32401/19]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Catherine Murphy

1562. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the names of the laboratories and their subsidiaries and-or related companies that are subject to ongoing correspondence with the HSE regarding CervicalCheck (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33429/19]

Hospital Car Parks

Catherine Murphy

1640. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount raised through public hospital car parking charges in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the amount paid to the private companies that operate hospital car parks; the amount retained by the hospital; the way in which it is used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33659/19]

HSE Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

1731. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount spent to date on each aspect of the HSE IFMS single national integrated finance and procurement management system; the overall budget for the project; the status of the project; his future plans for the project in view of the fact that the HSE will be restructured into new regional health areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33847/19]

National Dementia Strategy

Catherine Murphy

446. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the level of dementia services and supports by county; his plans to increase funding for dementia support services in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30468/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

408. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the costs paid for projects to companies (details supplied) engaged by his Department in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the reason each was engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29445/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

421. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the costs paid to a company (details supplied) for projects each was engaged by his Department in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the reason it was engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29554/19]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Catherine Murphy

384. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will make the FreeStyle Libre device available to all persons with type 1 diabetes as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26294/19]

Medicinal Products Availability

Catherine Murphy

304. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to make Spinraza treatment available to SMA sufferers (details supplied); the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24879/19]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Catherine Murphy

370. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if there are age restrictions or otherwise for persons wishing to avail of treatment in view of the fact that Spinraza treatment has been approved; if so, the rationale for imposing a barrier to the treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25090/19]

HSE Properties

Catherine Murphy

451. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount of land purchased and leased by size and amount expended in the past five years to date; the location of same; the term of the lease and amount expended per year in cases in which land is leased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25387/19]

HSE Properties

Catherine Murphy

452. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of buildings and property purchased and leased and the amount expended in the past five years to date; the location of same; the term of the lease and the amount expended per year in cases in which properties are leased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25404/19]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Catherine Murphy

540. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to significant delays experienced by persons referred to the Coombe Women and Infant University Hospital in respect of routine gynaecology appointments; the steps he is taking to allocate resources to reduce waiting times of up to 52 weeks; the average waiting time nationally for persons referred by general practitioners to hospitals that provide routine gynaecology services in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23790/19]

Disease Incidence

Catherine Murphy

547. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he and-or his officials gather baseline health data on cancers and pulmonary diseases for the affected districts in which industrial incineration licences are granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23829/19]

Physiotherapy Provision

Catherine Murphy

666. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for persons in receipt of a medical card to be seen by and receive treatment from a physiotherapist by CHO region, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24095/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists Data

Catherine Murphy

672. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for treatments from a physiotherapist in respect of persons in receipt of a medical card by CHO region in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24152/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Catherine Murphy

148. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a petition regarding RehabCare; the level of involvement he will take on this matter; if he has engaged with the HSE on this issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20955/19]

Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision

Catherine Murphy

684. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of financial assistance for persons seeking IVF treatments; the date on which financing persons for same will commence in 2019; the way in which the application process will be governed; the eligibility criteria for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18666/19]

Disability Support Services Provision

Catherine Murphy

819. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of times per year since 2008 that funding has been applied for to provide a residential placement for a person (details supplied) who has been waiting since 2008 for this allocation of residential care; the number of applications for funding refused; the dates and if applications for part-time residential care were requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19189/19]

Calorie Posting on Menus

Catherine Murphy

198. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of the issue of calories on menus; if his Department has conducted a regulatory impact assessment; the estimated cost regarding the implementation by statute of the proposal; if he has engaged in quarter 3 and 4 of 2018 and to date in 2019 with relevant stakeholders and representative bodies in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18243/19]