Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Haddington Road Agreement Issues

Clare Daly

241. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason sections 38 and 39 funded voluntary organisations were included in the savings required by the Haddington Road agreement and the impact this will have on the provision of services. [41249/13]

Obesity Strategy

Clare Daly

36. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the initiatives he intends to undertake to deal with serious obesity levels here. [39922/13]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

47. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there are no funding cuts to St. Michael's House, in order to reduce the harsh impact on services such as residential and respite care. [39921/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Clare Daly

1304. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that children suffering from arthritis and rheumatological illnesses are dealt with in view of the waiting lists that in some cases can be up to eighteen months [37062/13]

Hospital Complaints Procedures

Clare Daly

1345. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to order an investigation into the treatment of patients in Baggot Street hospital in the 1960s and if he has received any complaints in that regard. [37320/13]

Medical Card Eligibility

Clare Daly

677. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse his announced cut and confirm that all cancer patients will continue to be in receipt of medical cards. [36148/13]

Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions

Clare Daly

1114. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that no doctor is allowed to work more than a 24 hour shift. [35133/13]

Symphysiotomy Report

Clare Daly

244. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason he has been involved in meetings with so-called representative groups of symphysiotomy victims but has failed to meet with Survivors of Symphysiotomy; if the Walsh report has been furnished to these groups; and when it will be furnished to others and made public. [33699/13]

Medicinal Products Expenditure

Clare Daly

270. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the amount the State spends on statins each year; the reason generic statins are 2,600% cheaper in Spain; and his plans to reduce the cost here. [32795/13]

Medicinal Products Expenditure

Clare Daly

271. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health to rank by price the amount the State spends, or subsidises by tax relief on prescribed medication and or prescription refunds, on the top ten prescribed drugs. [32796/13]

Sunbed Usage

Clare Daly

206. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce legislation to protect young persons from sunbed use as a result of the huge incidents of skin cancer resulting from same [32306/13]

Symphysiotomy Report

Clare Daly

217. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the Walsh report has been given to groups, group representatives or persons and if so, to whom it has been given, and the date of same. [32378/13]

Hospital Services

Clare Daly

667. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason Mallow Hospital will not take children under six years of age given that the South Doc facility only has one night doctor and in the event of a day doctor being late on the shift, potentially has no staff available to deal with medical emergencies; and the steps he intends to take to ensure that children in medical emergencies have access to timely treatment. [31787/13]

Maternal Deaths

Clare Daly

101. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the changes he intends to implement in relation to maternal mortality reporting and investigating procedures to improve the information gathered in order to assist in saving women's lives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30024/13]

Home Help Issues

Clare Daly

144. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason he has not yet honoured the Labour Court recommendations which ordered the payment of a gratuity of four and a half weeks for home helps who were employed in the sector between 2000 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30025/13]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

512. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the parents of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin were informed that the Health Service Executive funding for their child's adult service's had been allocated to Prosper Fingal instead of St. Michael's House and the implications of same. [28756/13]

Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme Eligibility

Clare Daly

885. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will guarantee that the issue of the woman excluded from the Lourdes redress scheme will be sorted out prior to the summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27261/13]

Hospital Services

Clare Daly

893. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 23 May 2013, the alternative available to patients who urgently require a video EEG monitoring test in the absence of the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit being opened at Beaumont Hospital Dublin. [27184/13]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

932. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the person (details supplied) has a place at St. Michael's House training centre, Coolock, when they leave St. Michael's House School in Raheny, Dublin; if not, the reason for same; and the steps he intends to take to address it. [26691/13]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

933. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will explain the cutbacks in the budget allocation to St Michael's House; and the way they are expected to deliver appropriate services to young adults with disabilities in view of the fact that they have to reduce places as a result of cutbacks and staffing shortages. [26692/13]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Clare Daly

973. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of cases of infection with the hospital bug C. diff each week/month in Dublin hospitals. [27038/13]

Medical Card Applications

Clare Daly

1009. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [27600/13]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Clare Daly

1018. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health how a person can gain access to personal assistant, PA, support; the number of new applicants that were accepted onto the scheme in each of the past five years; and the number of persons who left the scheme during that period. [27671/13]

Treatment Abroad Scheme

Clare Daly

1026. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if there are any schemes available for citizens who are on the waiting list for surgery here for a period of years to avail of treatment funded by the State in another jurisdiction; and if so, if he will outline the way such schemes are administered. [27765/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Clare Daly

1027. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) who is in urgent need of a knee replacement surgery. [27767/13]

Hospital Staff

Clare Daly

247. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the Coombe Hospital, Dublin, has not paid moneys owed to agency nursing staff as a result of a European court ruling, despite the fact that all other similar hospitals have settled; and if he will intervene to ensure that these moneys are paid without further delay. [26189/13]

Proposed Legislation

Clare Daly

609. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the Private Member's Bill regarding the Statute of Limitations Amendment Act 2013 in relation to survivors of symphysoiotomy is expedited through the Committee at the earliest opportunity. [25055/13]

Hospitals Funding

Clare Daly

201. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the works to be carried out in the Sacred Heart Hospital, Castlebar, County Mayo, as a result of the Health Information and Quality Authority report are carried out in a reasonable timeframe in order that the hospital can survive and that any idea of €10 million having to be found by 2015 from within the hospital's own resources requires extra Government assistance. [24813/13]

Water Fluoridation

Clare Daly

209. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the name of the company that undertook the national audit of the fluoridation process at water treatment plants commissioned by the Irish expert group on fluorides and health in 2008/2009; and the full operational and labour costs, excluding chemicals, associated with the 250 water fluoridation plants nationally [24878/13]

Water Fluoridation

Clare Daly

210. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 15 May 2013, the exact nature of the capital costs specified for the small-sized plants; and if the figure given for the larger plant related to the cost of a complete new facility or the replacement of equipment [24879/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Clare Daly

216. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has to wait 19 months for a video EEG monitoring test in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; the alternatives or supports available to enable this person to access the urgent medical attention they require [24925/13]

Thalidomide Victims Compensation

Clare Daly

256. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health with regard to the Heidelberg study into survivors of thalidomide, if he has proposals to bring in a scheme similar to that operated by the German Government, where thalidomide survivors can draw down or borrow money to purchase items like car adaptions, kitchens, housing and so on at a rate of 1.6% [23170/13]

Water Fluoridation

Clare Daly

271. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the range of capital costs for installing a fluoridation system for a large, medium and small scale water treatment plant; if he will provide a breakdown of the costs for installation including all necessary equipment, monitoring systems, contractor expenses, design and installation; if the figure quoted in a previous Parliamentary Question includes costs for auditing water treatment fluoridation plans; and when these were independently audited last since 2006 [23321/13]

Hospital Complaints Procedures

Clare Daly

105. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will assist a person (details supplied) whose spouse died 40 years ago giving birth in the Coombe Hospital, Dublin 8, and whose death was recorded as avoidable and the hospital responsible but nobody was ever held to account. [22385/13]

Patient Transport Provision

Clare Daly

112. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will explain the ending of the transport service provided for patients in nursing homes to attend hospital appointments; and the action he will take regarding same. [22384/13]

Suicide Incidence

Clare Daly

581. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of women who committed suicide in the past ten years; and of those women, the number who were pregnant [22166/13]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Clare Daly

605. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if there is a register of persons who are profoundly deaf; and the grants available for children and persons who are profoundly deaf, including whether there are plans to include replacement parts associated with cochlear implants on the medical card scheme. [22305/13]

Food Ingredients

Clare Daly

665. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the action he will take to ensure that manufacturers reduce the sugar content in products such as breakfast cereals; and the steps he has taken to receive an explanation of the reason they use up to 30% more sugar in their products for the European market compared to amounts in the US. [22728/13]

Water Fluoridation

Clare Daly

216. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of water treatment plants that have fluoridation systems installed here; the number that are planned in future programmes of works; and the cost of installation, operation and maintenance since programme commenced [21612/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Clare Daly

380. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is waiting more than two years for a hernia operation at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and the action he will take regarding same. [21119/13]

Thalidomide Victims Compensation

Clare Daly

391. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the recommendations of the Heldelbery study into the survivors of thalidomide have not been implemented here; and his proposals for same [21279/13]

Thalidomide Victims Compensation

Clare Daly

510. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will convene a meeting with the Department of Social Protection, his Department and the thalidomide survivors groups as a matter of urgency to prepare a comprehensive plan for the delivery of a care package for the 32 thalidomide survivors which honours the commitment given to their parents in 1975. [19920/13]

Thalidomide Victims Compensation

Clare Daly

511. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funds are ringfenced to meet the needs of the 32 thalidomide survivors, including access to car and dwelling adaptations, personal assistances, and any other measures necessary in a comprehensive care package. [19921/13]

Water Fluoridation

Clare Daly

548. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the actions he intends to take in relation to the fluoridation of water in view of the fact that the United States EPA is classifying fluoride as a chemical for which there is substantial evidence of developmental neurotoxicity alongside arsenic, lead, benzine, cocaine, LSD and PCBs. [19974/13]

Maternity Services

Clare Daly

210. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of non-national maternal deaths using MDE classifications rather than CSO classifications that have occured here. [19524/13]

Departmental Legal Cases

Clare Daly

211. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of High Court maternity cases which have involved non-nationals. [19525/13]

Ministerial Meetings

Clare Daly

224. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the commitment given to the Happy New Ear campaign to meet with the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, may be prioritised as the matter is one of urgency for the children involved. [19625/13]

Water Fluoridation

Clare Daly

249. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the report prepared (details supplied) regarding findings and observations on fluoride by the US National Research Council, examined within the context of a comparison of population health and disease burdens, between the fluoridated Republic of Ireland and non-fluoridated Northern Ireland and Europe; and the steps he intends to take as a result of this research [18163/13]

Maternity Services

Clare Daly

1159. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health with regard to the draft national consent policy in relation to refusal of treatment in pregnancy, if the guideline which says that a woman's refusal of treatment which may impact on the life of the foetus must require a legal opinion to be sought and if this is not a serious breach of the woman's human rights regarding her own decision making with regard to giving birth. [16324/13]

Mental Health Services Provision

Clare Daly

1213. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the 891 staff promised for community mental health services are delivered as a matter of urgency [16654/13]