Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]