Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Abortion Services

Clare Daly

113. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the way he will ensure that psychiatrists are screened to work within the new legislation in view of the fact that over 100 psychiatrists have signed an open letter opposing the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act with many stating they would participate in the carrying out of assessments in effect to prevent a woman accessing her legal right to an abortion where her life is in danger from suicide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36498/14]

Maternity Services

Clare Daly

117. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he proposes to take to overhaul Irish maternity policy which shows increasing reliance on caesarean sections, which is expensive, wasteful, damaging to maternal and foetal outcomes and not in accordance with international best practice. [36500/14]

Medical Consent

Clare Daly

333. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to put the right to informed consent and voluntary refusal on a statutory footing in view of the Hamilton v. the Health Service Executive ruling, which contradicts a principle already part of the Irish national consent policy. [36748/14]

Health Services

Clare Daly

135. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to regulate the home help sector, which has expanded in the private sector due to the Health Service Executive recruitment embargo, and whereby many, mainly women workers, are being grossly exploited on low wages, in some instances not getting statutory entitlements, and whereby many older citizens who require assistance are not getting sufficient hours to meet their needs. [35982/14]

General Practitioner Services

Clare Daly

385. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the way the proposal to have free general practitioner care for over 70s can be made available to all if only those whose doctor is a public sector GP can avail of the scheme; and the reason he is reluctant to have a system akin to the drug payment scheme, which covers people for any GP. [35754/14]

Care of the Elderly Provision

Clare Daly

418. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of designated centres for the care of the elderly regulated under the Health Act 2007 (Care and Welfare of Residents in Designated Centres for Older People) Regulations 2009 which have major non-compliances in meeting the mandatory requirements to provide privacy and dignity due to insufficient physical design and layout; if he will provide the number of outstanding work plan applications by the Health and Safety Authority to his Department to rectify the situation; the location and estimates of costs of these proposals; and his plans to provide funding to allow these centres to meet the legal standards of the legislation intended to ensure the maintenance, care, welfare and well-being of persons resident in a designated centre. [35922/14]

Health Services Staff Remuneration

Clare Daly

1033. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the pool basis from which staff were paid, based on so much per obstetric bed, plus other inputs, such as students' fees, which funded various costs, including salaries and fees, and then paid percentages to the master, the consultants, assistant masters, is still operational in some form. [34017/14]

Motorised Transport Grant Eligibility

Clare Daly

1115. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a date for the restoration of the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant. [34648/14]

Medical Card Eligibility

Clare Daly

229. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health with regard to the provision of free general practitioner medical cards for over 70s, if this will operate like the drug payment card; and if it can be used in any pharmacy or if persons will have to visit public sector general practitioners in view of the fact that in many areas there are only private practices and all areas experience waiting lists. [31702/14]

HSE Complaints Procedures

Clare Daly

275. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to an article in The Sunday Times by Justine McCarthy dated 25 May 2014, in which it was noted that his Department stated a certain contention (details supplied) was not correct, the person or persons on whose legal advice this statement was based, in other words, whether it was the advice of the Attorney General or an external or other source. [31817/14]

Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

632. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the various anti-malaria medications the Health Service Executive’s health protection surveillance centre would consider suitable for sub-Saharan Africa, in the knowledge that the final choice of most appropriate drug would be made by the patient in consultation with his or her doctor and depending on individual circumstances. [30903/14]

Medicinal Products Availability

Clare Daly

207. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the position regarding fampyra being made available to multiple sclerosis sufferers who have benefited from same and could not afford the cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30542/14]

Hospital Services

Clare Daly

717. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) in County Dublin in the care of Beaumont Hospital is currently receiving no treatment because the drug recommended, Lemtrada, is deemed too expensive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29310/14]

Departmental Reports

Clare Daly

190. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when the annual report required under sections 15 to 20, inclusive, of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and the number of terminations that have been carried out under the Act. [28782/14]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

163. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his officials have achieved a budget underspend on the Hepatitis C compensation tribunal for this past year in the region of €30 million; the nature of this budget surplus; and if the source of the saving is associated with recovered costs from previous years, recently discovered administration improvements or a restriction of awards being paid to the victims. [28592/14]

Mental Health Services Funding

Clare Daly

553. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the rationale behind the decision for Social Anxiety Ireland no longer being funded by the Mater Hospital Group. [28383/14]

National Maternity Hospital

Clare Daly

563. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the recruitment process behind appointing the project manager for the €150 million national maternity hospital project on St.Vincent's hospital campus; and if the job was advertised publicly. [28411/14]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Clare Daly

587. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the BreastCheck screening range to those between the ages of 65 and 69 years in view of the fact that a significant proportion of women are diagnosed in this age range. [28505/14]

Patient Files

Clare Daly

195. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the action that was taken to investigate the disappearance of 30 patient files while in transit between Mayo General Hospital and St. Michael's day hospital, Castlebar, in 2012; if he will clarify the correct procedure for transporting confidential patient files between institutions under the remit of the Health Service Executive. [27612/14]

Departmental Records

Clare Daly

43. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that material microfilmed under the Access to Institution and Related Records project includes mother and child homes; and that any material from the project data base was given to the Magdalen inquiry. [26882/14]