Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Public Procurement Regulations

Clare Daly

259. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the CEO of UHL or their family members are renting or leasing property to the HSE; and if so, if the CEO has declared this as a conflict of interest. [38299/18]

Public Procurement Regulations

Clare Daly

260. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the CEO of UHL is a shareholder or holds directorship of a company that owns private property and rents, leases property, space or services to the HSE or its agents. [38300/18]

Public Procurement Regulations

Clare Daly

261. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the university from which the CEO of UHL received the entitlement and award to use the title professor. [38301/18]

Hospital Groups

Clare Daly

265. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the taking out of a mortgage and a bridging loan by UHL has not been reported to the director general by the head of estates for the HSE and head of maintenance; and the reason a formal investigation into the way in which and the reason this happened has not been carried out. [38312/18]

Vaccination Programme Data

Clare Daly

272. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE have obtained all the research behind the Gardasil HPV vaccines research trial data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38353/18]

Open Disclosures Policy

Clare Daly

126. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if ring-fenced funding will be made available to the HSE for investment in training of personnel in order to support the introduction of mandatory open disclosure as contained in the patient safety Bill 2018; if so, the amount of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38041/18]

Open Disclosures Policy

Clare Daly

127. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has drawn up training plans for personnel to support them through the culture change necessary to ensure the full and smooth implementation of mandatory open disclosure provisions as contained in the patient safety Bill 2018 [38042/18]

Haddington Road Agreement Implementation

Clare Daly

160. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 7 September 2018, the reason a formal procedure for informing the relevant individuals of the process to appeal was not utilised in view of a paragraph (details supplied) in the circular in regard to the appeal procedure relating to Circular 17/2013. [38189/18]

Social Media Regulation

Clare Daly

105. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the action he plans to take to deal with the use of social media sites to promote the illegal and dangerous so-called MMS as a purported cure for autism with particular reference to the need for stiffer penalties for those involved who are essentially endangering and abusing children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37949/18]

Hospital Consultant Remuneration

Clare Daly

457. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate the new entrant consultant salary rates that were reduced in October 2012 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37301/18]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Clare Daly

471. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if funding for a life-saving treatment for persons with spinal muscular atrophy, Spinraza, will be approved in line with the BeNeLuxA initiative (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37349/18]

Disability Services Provision

Clare Daly

521. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason funding for a person (details supplied) has been deferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37500/18]

Haddington Road Agreement Implementation

Clare Daly

586. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 28 June 2018, if the Health Service Executive, HSE, can provide evidence that the attention of all employees, both in acting positions and not successful in the first round of the Haddington Road agreement, was drawn to circular 17/2013 and the appeals process when it was released; and if so, if he will furnish the evidence. [35493/18]

Hospital Deaths

Clare Daly

599. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if a root cause analysis was carried out by University Hospital Limerick into the death of a person (details supplied) who died in 2017 of sepsis. [35537/18]

Hospital Mortality Rates

Clare Daly

600. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if University Hospital Limerick has carried out an audit of its sepsis survival rates and mortality rates to establish if early detection and survival rates of sepsis are in line with best practice. [35538/18]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Clare Daly

601. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the family of a person (details supplied) was notified that carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae, CPE, was detected prior to his death; and if CPE was recorded on his death certificate. [35539/18]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Clare Daly

602. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if, following the death of a person (details supplied) in University Hospital Limerick in early 2017, an alert was issued to persons with cystic fibrosis attending the hospital as to the dangers of carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae, CPE, for persons with this condition; and if the HSE or his Department has carried out a risk assessment regarding the risk to other cystic fibrosis patients from the super bug CRE both in University Hospital Limerick and throughout the health service. [35540/18]

Hospital Deaths

Clare Daly

603. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the coroner was ever notified that extended spectrum beta-lactamases, ESBL, was a significant factor in the death of a neonate in the maternity unit in University Hospital Limerick prior to 2015. [35541/18]

Hospitals Policy

Clare Daly

619. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was moved to different rooms repeatedly during a stay as an inpatient in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin, with the consequence that they suffered a number of severe panic attacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35616/18]

Maternity Services Provision

Clare Daly

621. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1420 of 24 July 2018, if the legal framework will be brought before Dáil Éireann before it is signed; and if its signature will be subject to the approval of Dáil Éireann. [35621/18]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Clare Daly

666. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a company (details supplied) charging monthly fees to the HSE for use of medical equipment that it failed to collect from a patient; if his attention has been further drawn to similar practices regarding medical units no longer in use that remain uncollected by private suppliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35748/18]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Clare Daly

682. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons infected with carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae, CRE, in Tallaght University Hospital in 2018, who have died as a result of acquiring same. [35789/18]

Health Services

Clare Daly

726. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if it is planned to revise the consent section of the E112 form (details supplied). [35901/18]

Medical Products Supply

Clare Daly

749. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when the drug C1 esterase inhibitor Berinert will be made available by the HSE to persons with hereditary angioedema. [35981/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

801. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to a service (details supplied) in each of the years 2005 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [36155/18]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Clare Daly

813. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the definition of medical equipment will be amended such that it encompasses cooling equipment in circumstances in which an applicant for provision of medical equipment by the HSE suffers with hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia in view of the fact that at present the HSE will reject such applications such as in a case (details supplied), despite the fact that cooling equipment is essential medical equipment for such persons. [36208/18]

HSE Staff Recruitment

Clare Daly

866. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if, and when, interviews were held by the HSE at University Hospital Limerick for the post of acting or temporary CEO; and if the post was advertised internally within the HSE or through publicjobs.ie. [36457/18]

HSE Staff

Clare Daly

867. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the CEO at University Hospital Limerick has retained a post within the Saolta group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36458/18]

Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme

Clare Daly

1310. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has a family relationship with another person that was involved in vaccine trials. [32538/18]

Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme

Clare Daly

1311. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the definition of certain vaccine damage claims referred to in point "b" of the list of broad areas to be examined by the expert group considering alternative mechanisms to the court process for resolving clinical negligence claims. [32539/18]

Disease Management

Clare Daly

1374. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 26 June 2018, if there is a written record in all 45 cases of persons colonised or infected with carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae, CPE, in Tallaght Hospital in 2018 of their having been informed of this fact. [32593/18]

Disease Management

Clare Daly

1375. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 26 June 2018, the number of persons colonised or infected with CPE in Tallaght Hospital in 2018 who have died as a result of acquiring same. [32594/18]

Maternity Services Provision

Clare Daly

1420. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 639 of 10 July 2018, if the legal framework being finalised with regard to the intention to protect the State's investment in the new maternity hospital will be brought before Dáil Éireann before it is finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32846/18]

Hospital Procedures

Clare Daly

1464. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when a similar suspension will be implemented here in view of the acceptance by the UK NHS of a recommendation from the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review to suspend the use of vaginal mesh implants to treat stress urinary incontinence. [33007/18]

Hospital Procedures

Clare Daly

1465. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when it is planned to equip HSE hospitals with the scanning equipment necessary to detect vaginal mesh implants in view of the fact that Irish women suffering complications from mesh must travel to the UK for scans. [33008/18]

Hospital Procedures

Clare Daly

1466. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the chief medical officer's report on vaginal mesh implants will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33009/18]

Ambulance Service

Clare Daly

1481. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason there was no response from either the HSE or Dublin Fire Brigade to a 999 call placed on 11 May 2018 for a sick child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33098/18]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Clare Daly

347. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 839 of 12 June 2018 to set out the number of candidates approached by the HSE's external contractor prior to the decision being made to engage with a person (details supplied). [31720/18]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Clare Daly

348. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 839 of 12 June 2018 to outline the basis upon which the HSE chose to engage specifically with a person (details supplied) in regard to the post; if the HSE engaged with other persons in this regard; and if so, the number [31721/18]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Clare Daly

349. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 839 of 12 June 2018 if a person (details supplied) was interviewed for the post before appointment; and if the HSE is satisfied that the person has the appropriate experience and skills base to hold the role. [31722/18]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Clare Daly

350. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 839 of 12 June 2018 to indicate the duration of the contract given to a person (details supplied) following appointment to the role; if this contract is renewable; and if so, if it has been renewed to date. [31723/18]

Fire Service

Clare Daly

479. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 5 July 2018, the reason there was no response from either the HSE or Dublin Fire Brigade to a 999 call placed on 10 May 2018 for a sick child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32180/18]

National Cervical Screening Programme

Clare Daly

485. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if women who are concerned in regard to the possibility that a cervical smear test may have returned a false negative, and who wish to see a consultant in order to have their test results reviewed and to clarify the state of their health and choose to do so privately in order to speed up the process, cannot then return to the public system for treatment (details supplied). [32246/18]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Clare Daly

385. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in order to facilitate the purchase of medically essential cooling equipment for their home. [30036/18]

Hospital Procedures

Clare Daly

392. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of surgeries carried out on intersex infants in 2017 in Crumlin Hospital to align the infant's genitals with chromosomal sex. [30053/18]

Legislative Measures

Clare Daly

555. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the legal parentage rights of same-sex couples who conceive a child through surrogacy will be addressed in upcoming legislation amending the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015. [30345/18]

National Maternity Hospital

Clare Daly

639. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding to a reconstituted national maternity hospital that will be a subsidiary of a group (details supplied) of which the ultimate owner will be an entity that will report to the Vatican Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. [30737/18]

Ambulance Service

Clare Daly

239. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason no ambulance was despatched to a 999 call for a sick child on 10 May 2018 at an address (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29878/18]

Medicinal Products Availability

Clare Daly

384. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) was not approved for lidocaine 5% medicated plasters prescribed by their general practitioner following the changes introduced on 1 December 2017; if the HSE received an appeal from the person's general practitioner; when a decision will be made on the appeal case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29317/18]

Haddington Road Agreement Implementation

Clare Daly

190. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of employees that did not make the criteria in the first round of the Haddington Road regularisation process; and the number of that group whose attention was formally drawn to the appeals process in the correct timeframe by human resources senior management. [28475/18]

Haddington Road Agreement Implementation

Clare Daly

191. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will be required to review the number of staff regularised outside of the Haddington Road Agreement or appeals process that met no criteria. [28476/18]

HSE Staff

Clare Daly

192. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE human resources department conduct closed interviews for staff to be appointed in their post in the HSE SSWHG. [28477/18]

Disease Management

Clare Daly

334. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy that all patients found to be colonised with carbapenemase producing enterobacterales, CPE, are informed of this fact; and if their having been informed is documented. [27587/18]

Disease Management

Clare Daly

335. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy that all patients found to be infected with CPE are informed of this fact; and if their having been informed is documented. [27588/18]

Disease Management

Clare Daly

336. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy that all patients who are found to be colonised with CPE and are informed of this fact are offered advice on precautions to be taken to avoid the spread of the bacteria. [27589/18]

Disease Management

Clare Daly

337. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy that all patients who are found to be infected with CPE and are informed of this fact are offered advice on precautions to be taken to avoid the spread of the bacteria. [27590/18]

Disease Management

Clare Daly

338. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in University Hospital Limerick who have been informed that they are colonised or infected with CPE since the beginning of 2018. [27591/18]

Disease Management

Clare Daly

339. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in Tallaght Hospital who have been informed that they are colonised or infected with CPE since the beginning of 2018. [27592/18]

Vaccination Programme Data

Clare Daly

361. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of doses of the HPV vaccine administered here to date; and the number of cases of anaphylactic or anaphylactoid reactions reported to the Health Products regulatory Authority, HPRA, within the first three years of the vaccine being administered through the school system, that is between 1 September 2010 and 1 June 2013, before the number of vaccine doses per patient was reduced from three to two in 2014. [27638/18]

Commencement of Legislation

Clare Daly

371. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the commencement date for Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015. [27731/18]

Departmental Reports

Clare Daly

365. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 451 of 30 January 2018, when the report on lymphoedema services will be published; and the reason it has been delayed. [26514/18]

Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision

Clare Daly

402. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 748 of 12 June 2018, if consideration will be given to putting in place public funding for IVF prior to the enactment of the assisted human reproduction Bill 2017 in order to honour his previous commitment to have such funding in place by 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26761/18]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Clare Daly

430. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when the decision was made to appoint a person (details supplied) to represent CervicalCheck; to identify the person who made the decision; the purpose for which the person was appointed; the role and responsibilities of the person; and the fee being paid. [26922/18]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

122. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number and types of seizures and suspected adverse reactions to the HPV vaccine reported to the HPRA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25807/18]

HIV-AIDS Programmes

Clare Daly

123. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the HSE promotional campaign for the HPV vaccine which contains captions such as armed for life and protect our future and states that the HPV vaccine protects girls from getting cervical cancer when they are older in view of information (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25808/18]

Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council

Clare Daly

137. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 919 of 16 January 2018, if there is a review by PHECC to resolve the ongoing problems with non-recognised institutions or instructors of first aid training as a result of its prohibition on advertising by unrecognised and smaller providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25878/18]

Proposed Legislation

Clare Daly

578. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the detail of plans to repeal section 85(6) of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 in view of the repeal of the eighth amendment of the Constitution. [25123/18]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Clare Daly

581. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 24 May 2018, the exact quantum of funding allocated in 2018 to provide for the full implementation of national policies and guidelines in regard to antimicrobial resistance and healthcare acquired infections. [24236/18]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Clare Daly

593. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when it is likely that there will be a change in regard to which labs are used to analyse smear tests for the CervicalCheck programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24325/18]

Health Care Policy

Clare Daly

600. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when a revised HSE national consent policy will be published which omits paragraph 7.7.1’s exceptions to the principle of consent [24380/18]

Health Care Policy

Clare Daly

601. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to inform all medical practitioners and persons in associated professions that the exception contained in paragraph 7.7.1 of the HSE's national consent policy no longer applies. [24381/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

608. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the strategy in place to provide services for school leavers and young persons who are exiting RT programmes in 2018. [24426/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

609. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to develop a long-term strategy to put in place adequate services to meet the growing needs of those exiting disability and RT services on reaching 18 years of age. [24427/18]

Health Products Regulatory Authority

Clare Daly

656. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the additional duty of care placed on a doctor prescribing an unlicensed medicine; and the additional steps the doctor must take to ensure patients' attention is being drawn to the various risks attached to prescribing of the medicine in view of the fact that the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA, has no involvement in the safety of the medicine. [24542/18]

Audiology Services Provision

Clare Daly

700. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 17 May 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the position of at least some families is that they were not communicated with appropriately or kept informed. [24770/18]

Audiology Services Provision

Clare Daly

710. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 17 May 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as of 24 May 2018 the chairman of the incident group was unable to give a date for the release of the report and that it was still being finalised as of that date; and when the report will be released, in view of the fact that it was to have been published in the week beginning 21 May 2018. [24798/18]

Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision

Clare Daly

748. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when IVF funding will be provided; if there is pending legislation in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24983/18]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Clare Daly

751. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the families of the 74 persons who died as a result of CPE in University Hospital Limerick were provided with full information in regard to the risks of CPE colonisation, the precautions required to prevent its spread and the mortality risk when CPE enters the bloodstream following detection of CPE colonisation; and if the external review into the deaths of these persons examined whether full information was provided to families in this regard. [24996/18]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Clare Daly

752. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the families of the 74 persons who died as a result of CPE in University Hospital Limerick were informed that an external review into the deaths was under way and were kept informed as the review progressed. [24997/18]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Clare Daly

753. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if University Hospital Limerick had in place prior to the commencement of the external review into the deaths of 74 persons in whom CPE colonisation was detected, a documented system for informing persons of the risks of CPE, the precautions necessary to prevent its spread and the need to alert other healthcare facilities visited by the person of the fact of CPE colonisation upon admission to that facility. [24998/18]

Hospital Deaths

Clare Daly

755. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 30 May 2018, if a follow-up will be made on an incident (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25003/18]

National Maternity Hospital Administration

Clare Daly

778. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the agreement reached by his Department with St. Vincent's University Hospital, SVUH, in relation to the national maternity hospital; if, and the way in which under the terms of the agreement the national maternity hospital is to retain its status as a private or voluntary Catholic hospital; and the way in which and the way in which it is worded under the terms of the agreement, the ethos and values of an organisation (details supplied) is to be guaranteed. [25111/18]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Clare Daly

839. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if an open recruitment process for the role of CEO of University Limerick hospital group was followed prior to the appointment of a new CEO in 2014. [25319/18]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

844. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, sanctioned a person (details supplied) in 2015 following a fitness to practice hearing. [25347/18]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

845. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if public money is being used to fund an appeal by a person (details supplied) of the outcome of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, decision made in 2015 in regard to fitness to practice. [25348/18]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Clare Daly

120. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the practice of the dermatology department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda requesting persons to reply by return of post to queries (details supplied) within seven days or be taken off the appointment waiting list. [23997/18]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

138. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason cases of suspected adverse reactions to the HPV vaccine Gardasil previously listed as convulsions were recently amended on the HPRA line listing report to seizures; if these amendments were notified to the EMA EudraVigilance database; if the attention of the case ID patient holder is drawn to such changes to their records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23836/18]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

139. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the long-term protection provided by the HPV vaccine Gardasil in view of information (details supplied); if a booster dose will be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23837/18]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

140. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE failed to provide parents with the HPV vaccine Gardasil manufacturer's package leaflet in the HSE parent information packs which promote the vaccine, particularly in view of the disclaimer contained on the HSE's website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23838/18]

Hospital Deaths

Clare Daly

142. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23851/18]

Medical Negligence Cases

Clare Daly

91. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the progress of proposals to improve the legal approach to managing clinical negligence cases. [23434/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

94. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is now operating assessment of needs for children with disabilities on a new standard operating procedure; and the organisations which were consulted regarding the new procedures. [23435/18]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Clare Daly

406. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy to ensure that the presence of hospital acquired infection is recorded on the death certificates of persons that die as a consequence of same. [23349/18]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Clare Daly

407. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to assigning a specialist task force to monitor and control the spread of superbugs in University Hospital Limerick in view of the very serious deficiencies reported in the management and control of CPE in the September 2017 HIQA inspection report of the hospital in particular (details supplied). [23350/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Clare Daly

120. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22895/18]

HSE Reviews

Clare Daly

126. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the internal review into the deaths of 74 University Hospital Limerick patients who tested positive for CPE has been published; and if he will provide a copy of same. [22913/18]

HSE Reviews

Clare Daly

127. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when an independent external review by a senior microbiologist from the UK into the deaths of 74 University Hospital Limerick patients who tested positive for CPE will be completed. [22914/18]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Clare Daly

132. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated in 2018 to provide for the full implementation of national policies and guidelines in regard to antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-acquired infections; and if the funding has been ring-fenced for that purpose. [22942/18]

Narcolepsy Issues

Clare Daly

133. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a judgment (details supplied) of the European Court of Justice; and if he will direct the State Claims Agency to cease its defence of cases for damage by a drug on the basis of that judgment. [22944/18]

Disabilities Assessments

Clare Daly

158. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the national disability team has produced new standard operation procedures to assess needs; if they have been implemented by the HSE; and the consultation process that took place before the new procedures were implemented. [23007/18]