Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

National Maternity Strategy Implementation

Clare Daly

127. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the major outputs of the steering group for the implementation of the model of care to date. [14616/19]

National Maternity Strategy Implementation

Clare Daly

128. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when the building work will commence on the first of the alongside birthing centres, which were a core recommendation for the supported care pathway of the national maternity strategy in view of the fact that there are only two midwife-led centres in the 19 maternity units. [14617/19]

National Maternity Strategy Implementation

Clare Daly

129. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when the HSE national office of nursing and midwifery will update its protocols on home birth to reflect the international evidence base included in the guideline planning to birth at home in Northern Ireland 2018. [14618/19]

Vaccination Programme Data

Clare Daly

134. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ascertain the number of persons diagnosed with narcolepsy as a result of receiving Pandemrix in 2011; and when it was reissued for use as the winter flu vaccine. [14640/19]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Clare Daly

628. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the follow-up steps taken by HIQA to ensure that the serious and potentially deadly failures in the management of CPE at Cork University Hospital found in its inspection of 7 November 2018 have been comprehensively addressed and remedied. [12854/19]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Clare Daly

629. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the results of audits on compliance with the CPE outbreak control checklist, version 1.0, since March 2018 for hospitals (details supplied). [12856/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

646. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of conferences, nationally or internationally, attended by representatives of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland in the period from June 2016 to June 2018; the persons who attended in each case; and the cost of attendance in each instance, broken down by flights, accommodation and expenses. [12955/19]

Health Services Data

Clare Daly

664. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent survey conducted by an organisation (details supplied) which showed a severe lack of services and large out of pocket costs for the 800,000 persons living with neurological conditions here; and the steps he will take to address the deficits in care and services for persons with these conditions [13048/19]

Care Services Provision

Clare Daly

665. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent survey conducted by an organisation (details supplied) which showed the strain that family carers of persons with neurological conditions are subjected to including the fact that a third of family carers are providing care for more than ten hours a day; and the reason comprehensive supports are not available such that family carers do not pick up the slack for failings in the health service [13049/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

717. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an email (details supplied); his views on the issues raised therein in regard to the corporate governance of the NMBI; and the steps he will take to address same. [13243/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

718. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention was drawn to an email by a person (details supplied); if so, the action undertaken by his Department following his attention being drawn to same. [13244/19]

Fibromyalgia Support Services

Clare Daly

739. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason Ireland does not maintain a registry of persons with fibromyalgia; and when a registry will be established. [13331/19]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Clare Daly

740. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason fibromyalgia is excluded from the long-term illness list in view of the fact it is a long-term and debilitating illness; and when it will be placed on the list. [13332/19]

Medical Conditions

Clare Daly

741. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure fibromyalgia is classified as a disability. [13333/19]

Disability Support Services Provision

Clare Daly

769. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 12 March 2019, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that dispersing this group of deaf persons will not enhance their life; and if arrangements will be made to satisfy the unique needs of this specific group (details supplied). [13419/19]

Vaccination Programme Data

Clare Daly

800. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the details of the HPV immunisation uptake statistics provided by the HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre for the school year 1 September 2017 to 1 June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13523/19]

Vaccination Programme Data

Clare Daly

801. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of suspected adverse reactions to the HPV vaccine reported to the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA, as at 31 December 2018; the number of cases reported; the number of system organ class reactions reported; the percentage of cases categorised as serious; the number of cases unresolved; and the regular intervals the HPRA is required to update its national monitoring webpage. [13524/19]

Medical Card Applications

Clare Daly

861. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a series of matters relating to an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied); when the application will be processed and the medical card issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13729/19]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Clare Daly

870. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that construction work on the proposed new 27 bed inpatient unit for acute mental health at Sligo University Hospital commenced in November 2018; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the unit is to be completed before the end of 2019; if the increased costs for the construction of the proposed national children’s hospital will have an impact on the completion date for the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13806/19]

HIQA Investigations

Clare Daly

915. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if HIQA has undertaken investigations specifically into the management of CPE in Limerick University Hospital; and if not, if it plans to do so. [14054/19]

Abortion Services Provision

Clare Daly

31. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the accessibility of termination of pregnancy services including the availability of information materials in different languages and the accessibility of My Options for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11791/19]

Abortion Services Provision

Clare Daly

52. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the geographical accessibility of termination of pregnancy services; the locations in which ultrasound scanning is provided; if hospitals are operating catchment areas for the provision of termination of pregnancy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11792/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

273. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to relocate 33 persons from a home (details supplied); if those persons will be relocated together to a complex; if they will be dispersed to other locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11545/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

282. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of external consultants employed on a full-time basis by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI; and the levels within the organisation at which these consultants work. [11576/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

283. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the annual staff turnover in the NMBI since 2011; and the turnover rate at each level of the organisation. [11577/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

284. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of agency staff employed in the NMBI in each year since 2011; and the percentage of total staff represented by agency staff in the case of each year. [11578/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

285. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures lodged by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, staff being investigated. [11579/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

286. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of progress toward the publication of revised legislation in an area (details supplied). [11580/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

287. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the changes made to the size and make-up of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, board since the publication of a report in 2015 (details supplied). [11581/19]

Ambulance Service Accommodation

Clare Daly

288. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if emergency accommodation is provided by the HSE for nursing staff of St. Mary's Hospital in a building (details supplied); if so, the number of managers of the national ambulance service, NAS, who have used this accommodation facility in the past five years; the number of interns of the NAS who have used the facility in the past five years; if the attention of interns has been drawn to the fact that this facility is available; if not, the reason therefor; and the costs of using this facility [11582/19]

Ambulance Service Accommodation

Clare Daly

289. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a national ambulance service, NAS, paramedic intern used accommodation in a campsite due to the fact that the intern could not afford to rent accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11583/19]

Ambulance Service Staff

Clare Daly

290. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason overtime for intermediate care operative, ICO, grades in the national ambulance service, NAS, in Limerick has been discontinued. [11584/19]

Ambulance Service

Clare Daly

291. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to private ambulances from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018 in the Limerick area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11585/19]

Ambulance Service Staff

Clare Daly

292. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the significant deterioration in bullying figures between the 2016 national ambulance service, NAS, survey and the survey carried out in 2018; and his further views on the levels of discrimination that have been highlighted in both surveys. [11586/19]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use

Clare Daly

387. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the progress made on the granting of importation licences for medicinal cannabis and the sourcing of an adequate distribution company to ensure supply of medication to pharmacies here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11950/19]

Medicinal Products Licensing

Clare Daly

159. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if Pembrolizumab has received marketing authorisation here and in the EU, respectively, for the treatment of cervical cancer. [10972/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

165. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to improve out-of-hours disability services in counties Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11034/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

283. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the CEO recruitment process in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; if he has been briefed on the departure of the previous interim CEO and the dismissal of their interim successor by the president of the board (details supplied); and if his attention has been drawn to the ethical reasons that forced the interim successor into this situation. [10363/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

284. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the appointment of the CEO of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland by the board without following a similar recruitment process to that followed when a person (details supplied) was appointed to the interim role; and the reason the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland does not appear to have advised the public on its website as to the name of the current incumbent. [10364/19]

General Practitioner Services

Clare Daly

361. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the base fees and payments from public funds made to persons (details supplied). [10811/19]

Primary Care Centres Expenditure

Clare Daly

130. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the public funding used in the construction of a health facility (details supplied). [10015/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

137. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland made representations to the HSE with a view to taking over an investigation of a person (details supplied); and if not, the reason therefor. [10046/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

138. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE was permitted to carry out a systems analysis in the case of a person (details supplied) rather than the investigation being given over to the NMBI. [10047/19]

HSE Investigations

Clare Daly

94. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene with the HSE and request that it urgently settle the case of a person (details supplied). [9776/19]

Cancer Services Provision

Clare Daly

95. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on whether a two-tier system of cancer patients has been created by the granting of free access to the cancer drug Pembro to those persons suffering with cervical cancer but not to other cancer sufferers. [9777/19]

Cancer Services Provision

Clare Daly

96. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if an analysis has been carried out in regard to whether cancer patients denied access to Pembro due to the fact they do not have cervical cancer may have grounds to launch litigation against the State on the basis that the State is offering access to Pembro to cervical cancer sufferers but denying it to persons suffering with other types of cancer. [9778/19]

HSE Investigations

Clare Daly

107. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has been delaying full discovery in a case (details supplied); and the steps he will take to ensure that the discovery of documents is expedited [9811/19]

Midwifery Services

Clare Daly

291. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the level of midwifery staffing in the 19 maternity units as measured against the 2016 birthrate plus; and the recommended midwifery staffing levels. [9013/19]

Midwifery Services Provision

Clare Daly

292. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of the 100 midwifery posts recommended by the 2016 birthrate plus consultancy report and advertised in 2016 under phase I of the report that are filled. [9014/19]

Midwifery Services

Clare Daly

293. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of the additional 100 midwifery posts recommended by the 2016 birthrate plus consultancy report and advertised in 2017 under phase II of the report that are filled. [9015/19]

Midwifery Services

Clare Daly

294. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of the 15 director of midwifery posts advertised in 2016 that are filled. [9016/19]

Maternity Services

Clare Daly

295. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent midwives in the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital in each of the years 2016 to 2018. [9017/19]

Midwifery Services Provision

Clare Daly

296. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 5 February 2019, the proportion of women that will be accessing the supported care pathway entirely by the end of 2019. [9018/19]

Proposed Legislation

Clare Daly

305. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the progress of legislation to provide for exclusion zones for protests around health institutions such as general practitioner offices and hospitals in which termination of pregnancy services may be provided. [9080/19]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Clare Daly

309. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when Spinraza treatment will be rolled out to spinal muscular atrophy, SMA, sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9094/19]

Health Services

Clare Daly

325. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if HSE policy states that information regarding the fact that the use of morcellators during fibroid surgery may spread cancer and decrease long-term survival of patients due to the fact uterine tissue may contain unsuspected cancer, must be shared by the consulting doctor with patients when considering surgery with the use of these devices. [9215/19]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

399. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the way in which the Health Products Regulatory Authority plans to monitor the safety of the HPV vaccine Gardasil 9 as a black triangle product; if it is to be administered to girls and boys here simultaneously with other vaccines as proposed by HIQA in its health technology assessment on extending the HPV vaccination to boys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9582/19]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

400. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the use by HIQA of Norwegian health technology assessment local data in the absence of validated Irish data on hospitalisation rates for the associated adverse events of the HPV vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9583/19]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

401. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the HIQA health technology assessment report on extending the HPV vaccine to boys (details supplied); if HIQA included studies in its review that did not conform with the EU, European Medicines Agency, EMA, Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA, Food and Drug Administration, FDA, and World Health Organization, WHO, definition of a serious adverse event; and if so, the definition of such an event HIQA used to select relevant international literature for the purpose of its assessment. [9584/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

144. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the length of time it has taken to fill the CEO post in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland following the departure of a person (details supplied) and the stepping down of another person pending a recruitment campaign; and the person holding the post at present. [8559/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

145. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on legal fees by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland since 2015 on fitness to practice and industrial relations issues. [8560/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

146. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to evidence provided in early January 2019 by a person (details supplied) at a constructive dismissal case taken against the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI; and the steps he will take to investigate the allegations. [8561/19]

National Children's Hospital Location

Clare Daly

140. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the review of the national children's hospital process; if the option of investigating alternatives to the continuation of the project at St. James's will be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7412/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision

Clare Daly

173. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has been denied an inpatient place in a facility on the basis of being dependent on alcohol despite having been referred there by the child's psychiatrist. [7526/19]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Clare Daly

119. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of reports commissioned from firms (details supplied) in 2018; the firm that completed each report; and the cost of each report. [7180/19]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Clare Daly

120. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants from firms (details supplied) contracted to perform work in 2018; and the amount spent on consultants from each firm. [7197/19]

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

Clare Daly

142. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual running costs of the national children’s hospital. [7297/19]

Health Services Provision

Clare Daly

379. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans for the implementation of the national clinical programme for epilepsy, which has been under discussion since 2012 and was approved by the HSE in 2016 (details supplied). [6398/19]

Ambulance Service Staff

Clare Daly

451. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of the 1,800 National Ambulance Service staff involved with direct patient contact and the number in an administrative role, respectively. [6757/19]

Ambulance Service Staff

Clare Daly

452. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of the 1,800 members of the National Ambulance Service, NAS, availing of the facility to have union deductions taken by NAS payroll. [6758/19]

National Children's Hospital

Clare Daly

504. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent opening of an 18,000 sq. m, 148-bed, state-of-the-art children’s hospital in Germany (details supplied). [7027/19]

Primary Care Centres Staff

Clare Daly

159. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if a clinic (details supplied) is in a position to provide postnatal care with qualified registered midwives on its staff. [5990/19]

Drug Rehabilitation Clinics

Clare Daly

116. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) receives funding for rehabilitation services from the HSE. [5843/19]

Nursing Staff Data

Clare Daly

131. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses on extended leave in the HSE by month in 2018; if each post empty due to leave is covered; and if not, the percentage of posts that were fully covered in each month in 2018. [5873/19]

HSE Staff Data

Clare Daly

132. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists on extended leave in the HSE by month in 2018; if each post empty due to leave is covered; and if not, the percentage of posts that were fully covered in each month in 2018. [5874/19]

Occupational Therapy Staff

Clare Daly

133. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists on extended leave in the HSE by month in 2018; if each post empty due to leave is covered; and if not, the percentage of posts that were fully covered in each month in 2018. [5875/19]

HSE Staff Data

Clare Daly

134. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of physical therapists on extended leave in the HSE by month in 2018; if each post empty due to leave is covered; and if not, the percentage of posts that were fully covered in each month in 2018. [5876/19]

Midwifery Services Provision

Clare Daly

74. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when community midwifery support will be rolled out for women giving birth in the days immediately following birth once they are discharged from hospital. [5342/19]

Hospital Deaths

Clare Daly

108. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if an independent investigation into the death of a person (details supplied) will take place as soon as possible. [5341/19]

Abortion Services Provision

Clare Daly

393. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the availability and national distribution of termination of pregnancy services in hospital settings; the number of hospitals providing termination of pregnancy services under sections 9 to 12, inclusive, of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the adequacy of hospitals to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5324/19]

Abortion Services Provision

Clare Daly

394. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the legal guidance that has been provided to hospitals, general practitioners and specialist reproductive healthcare providers participating in termination of pregnancy services to support the implementation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5325/19]

Abortion Services Provision

Clare Daly

395. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the availability to women of a choice of method of abortion; the availability nationally of surgical termination of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5326/19]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

412. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the Gardasil vaccine. [5476/19]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Clare Daly

435. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the Health Products Regulatory Authority's equivalent of black box warnings apply to morcellators sold here. [5542/19]

Hospital Deaths

Clare Daly

436. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of women here who have died in the past decade within a year of having hysterectomies by morcellation. [5543/19]

Mental Health Services Provision

Clare Daly

468. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the number of children and adolescents awaiting treatment and or assessments from CAMHS (details supplied). [5668/19]

Maternity Services

Clare Daly

165. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 381 of 22 January 2019, if a high dependency bed was available over the Christmas 2018 period, that is, 23 December to 26 December in the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital. [4790/19]

Maternity Services

Clare Daly

166. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 381 of 22 January 2019, the midwifery and obstetric registrar staffing levels in the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital for the period of 23 to 26 December 2018; and the obstetric consultant cover available. [4791/19]

Health Services Staff Data

Clare Daly

169. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the turnover of nursing and midwifery staff across the health service over 2017. [4535/19]

HSE Agency Staff Data

Clare Daly

170. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of agency nursing and midwifery staff employed in the health system; and the annual cost for agency nursing and midwifery staff in 2017 and 2018, respectively. [4536/19]

Maternity Services

Clare Daly

171. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 18 October 2016, the steps taken since 2017 to address the deficit in midwifery staff in the four largest maternity hospitals; and the current deficit in midwifery staff in the same hospitals. [4537/19]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Clare Daly

205. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of CervicalCheck claims that have been through the courts to date that have ended with a settlement with no admission of liability, a settlement with an admission of liability, a settlement with an admission of liability of which negligence was a part, a finding of negligence or a finding of no negligence, respectively. [4636/19]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Clare Daly

206. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not clarified to date the number of the 221 women whose smear results were found to be discordant upon audit that had clearly discordant results; and the number involved that had clear false negatives which are an accepted and unavoidable feature of the screening test. [4637/19]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Clare Daly

207. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the roll-out of the new and more accurate HPV screening test for cervical cancer has been impacted or delayed by the controversy over the disclosure of cervical screening audit results in May 2018. [4638/19]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

310. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason HIQA in its health technology assessment, HTA, report on extending the HPV vaccine to boys published in December 2018 used a Norwegian definition of a serious adverse reaction instead of the EU/EMA/HPRA definition of a serious adverse reaction as set out in guidelines (details supplied). [3765/19]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

311. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason HIQA or his officials consider Norwegian data to be more accurate or relevant than HPRA data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3766/19]

HSE Reports

Clare Daly

328. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when the implementation plan for the recommendations set out in the report of the Chief Medical Officer in regard to the use of vaginal mesh will be published; and the steps he is taking to ensure no further delay in the establishment of mechanisms for women who have suffered complications from mesh accessing aftercare. [3846/19]

HSE Reports

Clare Daly

329. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has completed its examination of whether it needs to source services from abroad to address immediate shortfalls identified in the provision of aftercare services for women affected by vaginal mesh complications either through utilisation of the treatment abroad scheme or by commissioning services from abroad; if all women so affected can now expect prompt and appropriate treatment for complications which some have been enduring for years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3847/19]

Maternity Services

Clare Daly

381. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if there was a maternal death in a hospital (details supplied) on 25 December 2018; and if the hospital has reported this death to the Coroner. [2505/19]

Maternity Services

Clare Daly

403. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels of midwives in HSE maternity units and maternity hospitals; and the number by which these staff numbers fall short of or exceed the birth rate plus metric. [2608/19]