Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Industrial Disputes

Clare Daly

414. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to act on his preference for negotiation as a dispute resolution regarding the threatened paramedic dispute in relation the withdrawal of labour on 22 January 2019; and his further plans to intervene. [2673/19]

Industrial Disputes

Clare Daly

415. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE has not responded to the requests by an organisation (details supplied) to meet to discuss contingency plans in order to agree appropriate emergency ambulance cover on the day of the threatened industrial dispute; and the action he has taken to ensure both sides meet to discuss such a plan. [2674/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

427. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to open an aftercare service for vulnerable profoundly deaf persons that depend on Irish Sign Language as their communication in order that they can be cared for in a signing environment. [2806/19]

Brexit Issues

Clare Daly

437. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if there will be changes to the situation by which the HSE sends young children to the UK for certain treatments, such as eating disorders and psychiatric conditions, in view of the uncertainty in relation to Brexit; if this will cause delays in receiving treatment in the UK; and if children will have to be sent to other EU countries. [2867/19]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision

Clare Daly

162. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 11 December 2018, the details of the pilot programme to be rolled out in CHO areas 6 and 7; the target group, that is, disabilities, ages, time since neuro trauma and so on; the type of service being delivered; and the goals of same. [2149/19]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision

Clare Daly

163. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who are chronically neurodisabled but need ongoing input from various specialties are being pushed down the waiting lists for services while existing poorly resourced services are struggling to deliver the most basic services to the recently discharged neurodisabled. [2150/19]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Clare Daly

164. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when the psychology department at Beaumont Hospital (details supplied) will be moved from the prefab in which it has resided for many years into a permanent and appropriate building. [2151/19]

Hospital Car Parks

Clare Daly

165. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason persons with disabilities attending the psychology department in Beaumont Hospital must pay to park in a limited number of disabled parking spaces in a multi-storey carpark (details supplied). [2152/19]

Abortion Services Provision

Clare Daly

565. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the operation of a three day waiting period for women who will seek abortion services in view of a discrepancy between his previous statements and that of the chief medical officer. [54166/18]

Crisis Pregnancy Services

Clare Daly

598. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the crisis pregnancy helpline will be accessible to deaf women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54312/18]

Departmental Funding

Clare Daly

678. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure a definitive source of funding to prevent the closure of an organisation (details supplied) in view of the recognition of Irish Sign Language and the unique opportunity to tackle the marginalisation of those from the deaf community. [54553/18]

Abortion Services Provision

Clare Daly

706. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to prevent rogue pregnancy agencies from misleading the public with regard to the HSE My Options website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1116/19]

Disability Services Provision

Clare Daly

738. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a grant to a person (details supplied) was cut in view of the fact they were given a commitment by the HSE that they were entitled to the grant. [1351/19]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision

Clare Daly

368. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the facilities and options available for persons with acquired brain injury in view of the slow progress over the years in the provision of facilities and the fact that many persons are required to travel to the UK for treatment (details supplied). [51834/18]

Patient Transport

Clare Daly

386. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when the operation of non-ambulance transport from Sligo University Hospital was last tendered; and when the next tender process for such transport will commence. [52142/18]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services

Clare Daly

154. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the person or body at national level with expertise in neuro-trauma and-or disability who is leading and responsible for the roll-out of the neuro-rehabilitation implementation framework. [51236/18]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services

Clare Daly

155. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the way in which neuro-rehabilitation services being rolled out under the neuro-rehabilitation implementation framework will integrate with existing services. [51237/18]

Trade Union Recognition

Clare Daly

171. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 28 November 2018, if he will clarify a series of matters relating to same (details supplied). [51294/18]

HSE Staff

Clare Daly

181. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the management of the HSE is engaging with public health nurses in CHO area 1 south Donegal community nursing service as per the recommendations of the WRC in February 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51413/18]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Clare Daly

66. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if access to experimental drugs such as Pembrolizumab will be provided to all women with cervical cancer in view of the decision to make such drugs available to women whose false negative screening results were uncovered during the audit of the CervicalCheck screening programme. [50596/18]

Maternity Services

Clare Daly

70. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will halt the handover of the new national maternity hospital to a private entity and ensure that this institution is in full public ownership in order to protect women’s lives, health and choices. [50595/18]

Irish Sign Language

Clare Daly

234. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the progress made to enact the Irish Sign Language Act 2017. [51121/18]

Health Services Data

Clare Daly

333. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) captures and records referral data on the children it assesses, including the source of report; and if so, the number of children for whom the source of report was Tusla since 2013. [50234/18]

Hospital Investigations

Clare Daly

150. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if further external investigation into CPE deaths in UHL is planned in view of the fact that some persons with CPE that died during the period of the recent external review of CPE deaths in UHL were not included in the review (details supplied). [49923/18]

Home Care Packages Provision

Clare Daly

187. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the urgent need for a package to be negotiated in order to facilitate a person (details supplied) in leaving Beaumont and returning home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49607/18]

Haddington Road Agreement Implementation

Clare Daly

192. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 10 October 2018, when a substantive response from the HSE is likely to issue. [49651/18]

Industrial Disputes

Clare Daly

218. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the ongoing union recognition industrial dispute as a result of the failure of the HSE to recognise the PNA's right to negotiate on behalf of ambulance staff. [49805/18]

Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists

Clare Daly

361. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay for a person (details supplied) to see an occupational therapist. [48929/18]

HSE Staff

Clare Daly

399. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the HSE’s revisiting of its preventative measures on bullying and harassment in the workplace, specifically the actions laid out in a HR email of 17 August 2018 (details supplied). [49058/18]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision

Clare Daly

323. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if funding was made available to the HSE in budget 2019 for the roll-out of the neuro-rehabilitation implementation framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47669/18]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy

Clare Daly

324. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason there has been no investment in clinical services providing neuro-rehabilitation across the country since the publication in 2011 of the National Policy and Strategy for the Provision of Neuro-Rehabilitation Services in Ireland 2011-2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47670/18]

Hospitals Building Programme

Clare Daly

337. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an increase in construction vehicles entering and leaving the site owned by an organisation (details supplied) that is earmarked for the new maternity hospital; if this increase is linked to the construction of the planned new car park and pharmacy; and if so, if these works are going ahead with or without his knowledge or authority. [47709/18]

HSE Reports

Clare Daly

338. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the report of the working group on a model of care for lymphoedema and lipoedema treatment in Ireland established by the HSE has been finalised and published; and if he will meet with a representative group (details supplied) for persons living with lymphoedema. [47710/18]

Homeless Persons Supports

Clare Daly

423. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the action he has taken further to being informed of the imminent eviction of a person (details supplied) from a service into the general homeless provision despite the person's extensive list of disabilities and mental health issues. [48011/18]

Health Reports

Clare Daly

459. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the position regarding progress of the Farrelly commission; and when it is likely interim reports will be issued or final adjudications brought before Dáil Éireann. [48265/18]

HSE Staff Data

Clare Daly

110. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE employs quantity surveyors directly; if they are employed on an ad hoc contract project basis; and if so, the reason therefor. [47465/18]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

378. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health to set out the dates he formally approved each of the human papillomavirus vaccination campaigns in 2017 and 2018, including the Armed for Life and Protect our Future campaigns. [46830/18]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

379. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health to identify the person who authorised the HSE not to include the vaccine manufacturers' package leaflets in school packs, instead substituting these leaflets with the HSE vaccine information leaflets and booklets. [46831/18]

Child and Family Agency Staff

Clare Daly

489. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if information on the rate of staff turnover at an organisation (details supplied) is kept by either her Department or Tusla; and if so, the rate of turnover in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [44796/18]

Child Abuse

Clare Daly

490. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the timeline for forensic examination of a child following a disclosure of sexual abuse by that child. [45124/18]

Pharmacy Services

Clare Daly

524. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans to allow the sale of 5-hydroxytryptophan here; and the reason it has not been permitted for sale over the counter or on prescription to date. [44746/18]

Hospital Deaths

Clare Daly

632. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 24 October 2018, the robust methodology used in the review to determine the inclusion-exclusion criteria; the matrix-criteria used to determine the living or deceased status of the 195 CPE positive patients; the period the review covered; and the reason more patients who had been identified by the whistleblower as having died were omitted from the review. [45275/18]

Health Services Reports

Clare Daly

661. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the report commissioned into the use of transvaginal mesh; and the date for its publication. [45388/18]

Health Services Reports

Clare Daly

662. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if a redress or other scheme for women affected by complications caused by transvaginal mesh is under consideration; and if not, the reason therefore. [45389/18]

Health Services Reports

Clare Daly

663. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the two priority recommendations in regard to aftercare which were identified for immediate advancement pending the delivery of the Chief Medical Officer’s report into transvaginal mesh (details supplied). [45390/18]

Health Services Reports

Clare Daly

664. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some consultants are refusing to sign the relevant documentation for patients that wish to travel to the UK for treatment for mesh-related complications with the consequence that such women cannot have their treatment paid for by their health insurers; and the steps he will take to address this in view of the fact that these refusals are resulting in women being put through unnecessary and ongoing pain due to lack of access to treatment. [45391/18]

Hospitals Data

Clare Daly

678. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of surgeries carried out on intersex infants in each of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 in all hospitals to align the infant's genitals with chromosomal sex. [45471/18]

Health Services Data

Clare Daly

679. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals of intersex infants for surgery abroad to align the infant's genitals with chromosomal sex made by clinicians in each of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016. [45472/18]

Hospitals Data

Clare Daly

720. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if staff raised concerns regarding the clinical performance of a person (details supplied) with a manager, clinical director or senior clinical staff in University Hospital Limerick prior to April 2018. [45664/18]

Hospitals Data

Clare Daly

721. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency transfusions performed during the past three years on patients under the care of a person (details supplied); and the number that had incident forms which were submitted over the same period. [45665/18]

Hospitals Data

Clare Daly

722. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical risk forms in relation to University Hospital Limerick submitted on Q Pulse. [45666/18]

Child Abuse

Clare Daly

726. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the practice guidelines or policy document used by staff at an organisation (details supplied) to guide the conduct of assessments of allegations of child sexual abuse. [45691/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

222. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the HSE should cease using the title early intervention in view of the fact that it acknowledged a 32 month waiting time for early intervention teams and is misleading to parents that have applied for assessments. [44007/18]

Hospital Deaths

Clare Daly

225. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 17 October 2018, the assurance he has received in regard to ULHG having measures in place to appropriately support and manage patient care needs in line with national and international best practice; if his attention has been drawn to the conclusion of the UHL report on the death of patients in whom CPE had been detected, which states that more preventable deaths will occur at UHL unless increased infection prevention and control staff are employed and better infrastructure created to combat the spread of CPE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44049/18]

Hospital Deaths

Clare Daly

226. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason over 120 known KPC-CPE positive patients were excluded from the review into CPE deaths in UHL in view of the fact that many in the exclusion category were known to be KPC-CPE positive and died during the period that the review covered. [44050/18]

Hospital Investigations

Clare Daly

227. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to conduct a systems analysis investigation into the CPE scandal in UHL. [44051/18]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

253. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on the advertising and promoting of the HPV vaccine in each of the years 2014 to 2017. [44155/18]

Hospital Deaths

Clare Daly

147. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason it took until 2017 and a whistleblower making contact with the Limerick coroner for UHL to initiate an internal and external review of the deaths of patients in UHL in whom CPE had been detected (details supplied). [42584/18]

Hospital Staff

Clare Daly

340. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 25 September 2018, if social workers involved in clinical practice in a unit at a hospital (details supplied) between December 2016 and June 2017 were recent graduates or carrying out clinical practice in a trainee capacity. [42174/18]

Hospital Staff

Clare Daly

341. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 25 September 2018, if psychologists involved in clinical practice in a unit in a hospital (details supplied) between December 2016 and June 2017 were employed in a locum role during that period. [42175/18]

Hospital Staff

Clare Daly

342. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 25 September 2018, if psychologists involved in clinical practice in a unit in a hospital (details supplied) between December 2016 and June 2017 occupied the grade of clinical psychologist basic grade during that period. [42176/18]

Health Services

Clare Daly

107. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE can make a decision to refuse a person (details supplied) a top-up in relation to taking up a room in a facility (details supplied). [41582/18]

Patient Safety

Clare Daly

117. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the attention of University Hospital Limerick, UHL, management was drawn to the fact that a clinical incident form had been submitted prior to an adverse event involving a person (details supplied) regarding the harm done to another surgical patient in UHL while under the care of a person; and the steps taken by UHL management following the submission of the clinical incident form to ensure patient safety. [41628/18]

Hospital Services

Clare Daly

118. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of adverse clinical incidents that have been notified to UHL management in regard to the performance of clinical duties by a person (details supplied). [41629/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

98. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when the transition of services from the school age disability team to the progressing children's disability services is likely to be complete. [41302/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

99. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to deal with the block in providing assessments by the school age disability team that are running at capacity while children with complex needs appointments are delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41303/18]

Health Services Provision

Clare Daly

101. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to establish a human milk bank here. [41311/18]

Haddington Road Agreement Implementation

Clare Daly

108. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 20 September 2018, if persons (details supplied) can provide the evidence that they circulated the appeals circular to all staff in SSWHG as they do with all circulars. [41334/18]

Haddington Road Agreement Implementation

Clare Daly

109. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 7 September 2018, if the complainants referred to were subsequently regularised; and if not, if they were informed it was too late to go through the appeals process. [41335/18]

HSE Staff

Clare Daly

110. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if a review will be conducted and a process commenced such that those who are entitled to full regularised posts under circular 017/2013 but who have not yet been regularised are given an automatic entitlement to their posts and redress for withheld wages or if it is intended that redress must be sought on an individual basis via the court system. [41336/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

206. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing an application by a person (details supplied) for an early intervention team in order to access educational supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40729/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

207. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the resources to early intervention teams in order to cease the long delays for families seeking educational supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40730/18]

Bullying in the Workplace

Clare Daly

225. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints in regard to bullying that have been submitted by nurses and midwives via the HSE's new complaints notification process created as part of the organisation's dignity at work policy since the notification system launched. [40630/18]

Medical Consent

Clare Daly

292. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 156 to 158, inclusive, of 26 September 2018, if Defence Forces medical officers are excluded from the legal obligation to obtain prior consent from their patients prior to a medical investigation, examination or treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40893/18]

Health Services Data

Clare Daly

296. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the full year cost of recruiting an extra 70 mental health intellectual disability posts for children. [40926/18]

Disabilities Assessments

Clare Daly

124. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if, since the new standard operating guidelines for the assessment of need have been developed by the HSE, these guidelines have been relied on for children's assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40386/18]

Online Safety

Clare Daly

158. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take under the Action Plan for Online Safety to remove harmful material relating to bogus cures for autism and to prevent further material of this nature from being posted online. [40166/18]

Medicinal Products Regulation

Clare Daly

173. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the actions he plans to take to deal with the promotion of the illegal and dangerous so-called MMS as a purported cure for autism in view of the fact that these methods are essentially endangering and abusing children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40157/18]

HSE Staff

Clare Daly

175. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the way in which a trip was funded for HSE personnel who recently accepted an award (details supplied) in Chicago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40168/18]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

319. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will commission an investigation into the Pandemrix vaccine in view of the recent revelations published in a journal (details supplied) regarding same; and if he will clarify comments made in Dáil Éireann. [39888/18]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Clare Daly

340. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the way in which mediators are being selected to work on CervicalCheck cases; if all mediators involved are fully qualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39456/18]

Personal Injury Claims

Clare Daly

341. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if alternative dispute resolution professionals such as mediators will be asked to present to or work with the expert group on alternatives to court in clinical negligence claims in order to give their views on the way in which alternative dispute resolution processes might work in medical negligence cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39458/18]

Pharmacy Regulations

Clare Daly

349. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to proposed changes by an organisation (details supplied) to pharmacy regulations under the Pharmacy Act 2007, which would undermine the qualifications awarded to pharmacy assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39486/18]

HIQA Investigations

Clare Daly

410. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, was informed by Tusla during its investigation into the management of allegations of child sexual abuse against adults of concern, that the final draft of Tusla's policy and procedures for responding to allegations of child abuse and neglect was issued by the relevant committee within Tusla and sent to senior management in 2016, not 2014, in view of a statement on page 135 of the HIQA report; and if HIQA received a copy of this 2016 policy during its investigation [39846/18]

HIQA Investigations

Clare Daly

411. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if HIQA was informed by Tusla that a draft practice guidance note (details supplied) for social workers in regard to responding to allegations of child abuse and neglect had issued in 2016 and was circulated by email and hard copy to senior management within Tusla; and if HIQA received a copy of this practice guidance note during its investigation into the management of allegations of child sexual abuse against adults of concern [39847/18]

HSE Staff Responsibilities

Clare Daly

422. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses issued with a service imperative instruction who have been asked to change or vary their normal duties by the HSE since 2014 [39881/18]

HSE Staff Responsibilities

Clare Daly

423. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees issued with a service imperative instruction who have been asked to change or vary their normal duties by the HSE since 2014 [39882/18]

Medical Consent

Clare Daly

156. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if there is a State-wide policy in regard to obtaining written patient consent prior to the prescription of an unlicensed drug to that patient. [38918/18]

Medical Consent

Clare Daly

157. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if a sanction applies to a clinician who prescribes an unlicensed drug to a patient without having first obtained that patient's written consent. [38919/18]

Medical Consent

Clare Daly

158. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if it is the practice in the public health system to obtain written patient consent prior to that patient being prescribed an unlicensed drug [38920/18]

Hospital Investigations

Clare Daly

206. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if it is the practice of UHL to isolate patients colonised or infected with CPE or other drug-resistant infections; and if so, when this practice commenced. [39070/18]

Hospital Investigations

Clare Daly

207. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when the external review into possible association of CPE with patient deaths between February 2009 and May 2017 will be published; and if the recommendations of that review are being implemented by UHL pending publication. [39071/18]

Hospital Investigations

Clare Daly

208. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent upward trend in CPE cases at UHL (details supplied); if he has sought an explanation from UHL for this upward trend in view of the fact that both an internal and external review into CPE management at the hospital have been conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39072/18]

Psychological Services

Clare Daly

242. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if all psychologists and social workers working in an organisation (details supplied) have specialist training in forensic interviewing techniques and child sexual abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38680/18]

Health Services

Clare Daly

243. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if an audit of the quality and reliability of the findings of an organisation (details supplied) has ever been carried out; if so, when; and the person or body that carried out the audit. [38683/18]

Public Procurement Regulations

Clare Daly

254. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if a company is owned by a person (details supplied). [38294/18]

Public Procurement Regulations

Clare Daly

255. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has contracted out privately owned companies in which they have an interest to deliver occupational health services to public bodies such as Cork University Hospital or other hospitals in the South/South West hospital group and UCC; and, if so, if this person has declared a conflict of interest to the group and the HSE nationally. [38295/18]

Public Procurement Regulations

Clare Daly

256. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the procurement process for contracting employee assistance support in the South/South West hospital group. [38296/18]

Hospital Groups

Clare Daly

257. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the UHL group has a mortgage on its property portfolio in view of the fact that the HSE is not permitted to hold mortgages; and the person who authorised this mortgage and signed off on same. [38297/18]

Hospital Groups

Clare Daly

258. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the person or body that applied for and authorised a bridging loan of behalf of UHL hospital group going back to 2014. [38298/18]