Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]