Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Health Services Expenditure

Louise O'Reilly

784. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if there are figures available that can quantify the cost to the health service of patient care for those living with coeliac disease in terms of direct management of those diagnosed as well as the level of potentially avoidable hospital admissions and outpatient treatments in cases in which the primary diagnosis was coeliac disease. [13069/17]

Health Screening Programmes

Louise O'Reilly

785. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to an assessment of the long-term value to the health service of establishing a national screening service for coeliac disease for all children (details supplied). [13070/17]

School Curriculum

Louise O'Reilly

786. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if there is a plan in place to develop educational supports within junior and senior schools possibly under the CSPE curriculum to support needs (details supplied). [13071/17]

Health Services Funding

Louise O'Reilly

787. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his plans to review funding or the appropriateness of managing funding for persons with coeliac disease within the disability section of a service rather than a more relevant area such as health and well-being (details supplied). [13072/17]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Louise O'Reilly

788. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the total saving achieved per annum by removing the cost of gluten-free products from medical cards since the cut was introduced in 2012; and his plans to review this policy. [13073/17]

Medicinal Products Prices

Louise O'Reilly

801. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of negotiations between his Department and pharmaceutical companies to secure an agreed price for the drug Sativex (details supplied). [13166/17]

Health Screening Programmes

Louise O'Reilly

808. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his plans to develop a national coeliac disease register to identify external contributing factors or to establish possible causation in diagnosis, in addition to any regional variations in the figures for testing, diagnosis and post-diagnosis supports based on availability of financial or medical resources (details supplied). [13201/17]

Hospital Beds Data

Louise O'Reilly

819. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds per 1,000 of the population; if there is data relating to these figures in a comparable context in respect of other OECD countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13265/17]

Health Services Staff Data

Louise O'Reilly

867. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the current registered nurse-to-patient ratios and doctor-to-patient ratios, respectively; the safe levels required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13427/17]

National Maternity Strategy

Louise O'Reilly

868. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of implementing the national maternity strategy; the current funding allocated for same; the funding earmarked to implement it across the next couple of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13428/17]

Midwifery Services

Louise O'Reilly

869. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the current standard (details supplied) for midwifery staffing; the cost of bringing the current Irish levels in line with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13429/17]

Health Services Staff

Louise O'Reilly

870. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the current international and best practice standards for consultant obstetricians and gynaecologists; the cost of bringing the current Irish levels in line with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13430/17]

Medicinal Products Regulation

Louise O'Reilly

871. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the details of the orphan medicinal products regulation; if his attention has been drawn to the monopoly that pharmaceutical companies can hold for orphan medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13431/17]

Prescriptions Charges

Louise O'Reilly

872. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges; the estimated cost of lowering the drug payment scheme threshold in €20 intervals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13432/17]

Medical Card Data

Louise O'Reilly

873. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the current average cost of a GP visit card; the current average cost of a GP visit card for under six years of age; the current average cost of a GP visit card for over 70 years of age; the current average cost of a GP visit element of medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13433/17]

Hospitals Data

Louise O'Reilly

920. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the amount of public money spent in each of the past five years in respect of treatment in hospitals by the Health Service Executive (details supplied); if these hospitals have entered contracts with the National Treatment Purchase Fund for taking patients off waiting lists; the other funding that has been given to this hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13650/17]

Departmental Funding

Louise O'Reilly

921. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all State funding allocation relating to AIDS-HIV prevention to LGBT and non-LGBT organisations over the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13651/17]

Crisis Pregnancy Services

Louise O'Reilly

15. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made by his Department, following his comments on 17 November 2016, to give consideration to ways of better protecting the public from certain crisis pregnancy agencies or counsellors that are providing information (details supplied); the resources that have been made available by his Department to do this; the status of legislation to tackle the issue of rogue crisis pregnancy agencies; the status of his Department's review of the Regulation of Information (Services Outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12348/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Louise O'Reilly

22. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, will be requested to lead a project team to undertake a feasibility study of progressing to an integrated approach to waiting list management at hospital group level; if departmental, HSE and external advice will be sought on this feasibility study; if the terms of reference can be extended to examine waiting list management across hospital groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11888/17]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Louise O'Reilly

46. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of children that have been refused access to general practitioner registration at their first choice of surgery; if he has been contacted by any general practitioners as a result of problems with under six registrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11890/17]

Maternity Services Provision

Louise O'Reilly

54. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the current level of provision of anomaly scans to persons in the public health system; the timeframe of plans to roll out these scans to all maternity sites; when the clinical guidance in respect of provision of detailed routine scans at 20 weeks will be developed and published; if this scan will be available as a matter of choice and personal decision or if it will be confined strictly to clinical guidance and recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11891/17]

Air Ambulance Service Provision

Louise O'Reilly

107. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the contingencies that are in place to ensure that transport for paediatric cardiac and liver transplants are guaranteed in view of the fact that staffing difficulties have meant that transport of and timelines for Priority 1 children cannot be guaranteed at this time; if any firm arrangements or contracts have been put in place to guarantee the use of these services should the need arise aside from the five options that have been explored or liaisons that have been made with other contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11889/17]

Hospitals Policy

Louise O'Reilly

121. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason no comprehensive theatre modelling exercise or review has been completed by the HSE; the details of the project which has commenced to allow regular tracking of hospital reported unused theatre sessions in acute hospitals; the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11887/17]

Tobacco Control Measures

Louise O'Reilly

186. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if Ireland plans to sign up to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products; if so, the status of the progress of Ireland's accession to the protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12266/17]

Hospital Beds Data

Louise O'Reilly

206. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the number of hospital beds per 1,000 of the population from the current level of less than 4 to 4.6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12288/17]

Hospital Beds Data

Louise O'Reilly

207. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of a hospital bed; the fully absorbed cost of a hospital bed including staff, ancillary services and running costs; the capital costs associated with opening new beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12289/17]

Accident and Emergency Departments

Louise O'Reilly

208. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of running the emergency department task force; the cost that would be associated with establishing this on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12290/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Louise O'Reilly

209. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the costs that would be associated with carrying out a feasibility study on a new and single integrated hospital waiting list management system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12291/17]

HSE Expenditure

Louise O'Reilly

210. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the HSE information technology budget to bring it to the EU and OECD averages, respectively; the cost of increasing the HSE information technology budget by an average of 2%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12292/17]

HSE Expenditure

Louise O'Reilly

211. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of fast tracking the roll-out of the electronic health record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12293/17]

HSE Expenditure

Louise O'Reilly

212. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of employing a speech and language therapist, an occupational therapist, a physiotherapist and a psychologist, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12294/17]

Home Help Service Expenditure

Louise O'Reilly

213. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing home help hours by 10% and increasing home care packages by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12295/17]

Maternity Services

Louise O'Reilly

214. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of ensuring that maternity hospitals have access to foetal anomaly screening with the requisite staff and equipment; the cost of employing additional sonographers and other personnel required for rolling out anomaly screening to each of the 19 maternity units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12296/17]

Maternity Services

Louise O'Reilly

215. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of ensuring that Ireland meets the birthrate plus standard for midwifery staffing; the cost of employing a midwife, consultant obstetricians and a gynaecologist respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12297/17]

Ambulance Service Staff

Louise O'Reilly

216. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of employing an advanced paramedic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12298/17]

Ambulance Service

Louise O'Reilly

217. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of purchasing, equipping and staffing 12 new ambulances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12299/17]

Ambulance Service Provision

Louise O'Reilly

218. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the costs associated with the implementation of the National Ambulance Service capacity review in terms of personnel, vehicles and equipment, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12300/17]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Louise O'Reilly

219. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of rolling out free general practitioner care at a rate of almost a quarter of a million more persons each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12301/17]

Prescriptions Charges

Louise O'Reilly

220. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the total estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges; the total estimated cost of the phased abolition of charges by 50 cent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12302/17]

Medical Card Data

Louise O'Reilly

221. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of granting an automatic medical card to all those in receipt of domiciliary care allowance; the annual cost of the provision of this to new applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12303/17]

Emergency Departments

Louise O'Reilly

222. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing the €100 charge for the use of emergency departments; the cost of abolishing the €75 per day charge for inpatient care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12304/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Louise O'Reilly

492. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11332/17]

Food Safety Authority of Ireland

Louise O'Reilly

529. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to recent studies both in France and the United States that cast doubt on the safety of the food additive titanium dioxide, E171, in nano particle size; if he has requested the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, FSAI, to re-evaluate the use of this food additive, especially in view of its use in many foods, including confectionary, eaten by young children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11498/17]

Health Services Data

Louise O'Reilly

581. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the details of the State’s subsidy to the Gay Health Network since 2005 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11669/17]

Health Services Data

Louise O'Reilly

582. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the details of the State’s subsidy to the gay HIV strategies and expenditure since 2005 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11670/17]

Health Services Data

Louise O'Reilly

583. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the details of the State’s subsidy to a group (details supplied) and expenditure since 2005 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11671/17]

Health Services Data

Louise O'Reilly

584. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who were recipients of post-exposure prophylaxis, PEP, through the HSE in each of the past ten years in tabular form; the locations they have accessed it; if it was for occupational or non-occupational exposure; the rate of completion of regimen; the number of repeat users; the State expenditure for PEP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11672/17]

Chronic Disease Management Programme

Louise O'Reilly

630. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the intense struggle endured by many persons suffering from chronic Lyme disease; his plans to support the affected persons adequately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12021/17]

Disease Management

Louise O'Reilly

631. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties encountered by persons living with Ménière's disease; if his attention has been further drawn to the growing evidence of the role that upper cervical chiropractic treatment can play in mitigating the vertigo and other debilitating symptoms endured by the affected persons; and if he will ensure that supports will be provided for the affected persons to avail of this treatment. [12022/17]

Hospital Staff

Louise O'Reilly

259. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the detail of the distribution of specialist registrars to every hospital across the State for each of the years 2006 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [10585/17]

HSE Staff Data

Louise O'Reilly

272. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the value of private activity in public hospitals by publicly employed consultants on type B contracts for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10627/17]

Disability Services Funding

Louise O'Reilly

510. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he, or a body under the aegis of his Department, has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) in respect of funding; if he will liaise with this organisation and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to ensure that parenting programmes and summer groups receive additional funding needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9973/17]

HSE Agency Staff Expenditure

Louise O'Reilly

531. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the total agency spend at University Hospital Galway for each of the years 2011 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9644/17]

HSE Reviews

Louise O'Reilly

552. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if a HSE-commissioned review of genetics services completed in 2014 was published and is publicly available; if this is the same document as the national genetics and genomics document; when this will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9745/17]

Health Screening Programmes

Louise O'Reilly

553. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for genetic testing in respect of exome sequencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9746/17]

Primary Care Services Provision

Louise O'Reilly

593. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason the decision was made to remove the public health nurse from Ballymun; the services that are now in place to carry out developmental examinations of babies at various stages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10091/17]

Hospital Equipment

Louise O'Reilly

635. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation in Tallaght hospital in which equipment required for PH testing is currently inoperative, resulting in the suspension of the testing at the hospital; when the equipment will be replaced in view of the fact that it is on the Capital and Equipment list for 2017; if he will ensure the fast-tracking of procurement of this equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10276/17]

Hospital Equipment

Louise O'Reilly

636. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of persons that have been affected by a situation in Tallaght hospital in which equipment required for PH testing is currently inoperative, resulting in the suspension of the testing at the hospital; the way those persons who were referred to Tallaght for this test will be dealt with; the location and when they can they receive these tests; the waiting times expected as a result of this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10277/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Louise O'Reilly

648. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 22 February 2017 his plans to assist those persons that had been on a compassionate based programme of the drug (details supplied); if he will intervene to ensure a mechanism is put in place to ensure access is continued for those persons in receipt of the drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10391/17]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Louise O'Reilly

189. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason a decision was made not to reimburse Respreeza; the grounds on which this decision was made; if the HSE will be re-entering negotiations with the drug company (details supplied); the outcome for those persons who had been on a compassionate based programme of this drug; his plans to assist those persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8916/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Louise O'Reilly

407. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of children that have been diagnosed with thoracic scoliosis and are awaiting corrective surgery; the rate at which surgeries are currently being progressed; the details of those who have been waiting six months or longer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8130/17]

Nursing Staff Data

Louise O'Reilly

421. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the age profile of public health nurses by age decile; the numbers per head of population; the geographic area covered by public health nurses, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8262/17]

HSE Staff Data

Louise O'Reilly

422. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of community paramedics employed by the HSE, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8263/17]

HSE Staff Data

Louise O'Reilly

423. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in speech and language services at different grades, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8264/17]

HSE Staff Data

Louise O'Reilly

424. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in the mental health services at different grades, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8265/17]

HSE Staff Data

Louise O'Reilly

425. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed to provide disability services in HSE services and in services provided for the HSE and by a third party, by grade and by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8266/17]

HSE Staff Data

Louise O'Reilly

426. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed by the HSE in social inclusion services and their grades, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8267/17]

HSE Data

Louise O'Reilly

427. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the numbers of persons in nursing homes run by the HSE, by county; number of persons accommodated in private nursing homes as a result of financial supports from the HSE, with a breakdown by scheme, such as fair deal and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8268/17]

HSE Staff Data

Louise O'Reilly

428. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed directly by the HSE to provide community dental services, by grade and by county; the number of persons receiving treatment paid for by the HSE in private services in 2016; the overall amount paid by the HSE for those services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8269/17]

Health Services Access

Louise O'Reilly

462. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if intervention will be provided by his Department to support a request for a person (details supplied) to be moved to another facility in view of the breadth and depth of their diagnosis and need for specialised services; if funding is available to support same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8470/17]

Medical Card Applications

Louise O'Reilly

492. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason persons (details supplied) cannot get a medical card for their child despite holding one themselves; the legislation which precludes this; his plans to change this in view of the frequency of cross border working arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8668/17]

Hospital Services

Louise O'Reilly

193. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient theatres, excluding maternity and surgery theatres, across hospital sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7776/17]

Hospital Services

Louise O'Reilly

194. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the details of the gap that exists between capacity in theatre infrastructure and patient demand in terms of treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7777/17]

Electronic Health Records

Louise O'Reilly

195. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if there is a facility similar to the clinical communications gateway in the health service; if not, if his Department's e-health strategy has considered this, or if it is part of the digital package solution; if he will examine this facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7778/17]

Patient Data

Louise O'Reilly

196. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if data is available in respect of did not attend and late cancellation rates for day surgery theatres; if so, if he will provide this information for each of the past 18 months; the way in which this data is collected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7779/17]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Louise O'Reilly

244. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to reviewing the age for the cervical smear examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7953/17]

Hospital Services

Louise O'Reilly

220. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the theatre utilisation rate for each of the acute and non-acute hospitals here for 2017 and for each of the past five years; if data are collected in respect of under booking, turnaround and downtime between patients; if so, if he will provide this information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7563/17]

Health Care Policy

Louise O'Reilly

221. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will announce a date for the publication of the national policy for the development of a trauma network for Ireland in view of the fact that a public consultation took place in autumn 2015 and that according to his Department's website, the national steering group was scheduled to publish its report in mid-2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7564/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Louise O'Reilly

350. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he or the HSE has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) regarding funding; if he will work with this organisation and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to ensure that parenting programmes and summer groups receive additional funding needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6660/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Louise O'Reilly

360. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of surgery in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6698/17]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Louise O'Reilly

397. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will consider including a new blood glucose monitoring system using skin sensors; the status of the review of the formal application to add the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to the reimbursement list; if he has a timeframe for its consideration in compliance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6828/17]

Dental Services Provision

Louise O'Reilly

438. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of primary school dental services by Health Service Executive region, with particular reference to the waiting times and availability of dentists visiting primary schools, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6978/17]

Dental Services Provision

Louise O'Reilly

439. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason dental services in Dublin West continue to be restricted; the reason dentists have not been replaced who have resigned or are on maternity leave; if he will replace them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6979/17]

Dental Services Provision

Louise O'Reilly

440. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of primary school dental services in Dublin West, with particular reference to the waiting times and availability of dentists visiting primary schools, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6980/17]

HIV-AIDS Programmes

Louise O'Reilly

206. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of funding for the rapid HIV testing service (details supplied); if his Department plans to fund this service in view of its successful pilot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6565/17]

Health Services Provision

Louise O'Reilly

220. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6264/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Louise O'Reilly

400. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will consider including a new blood-glucose-monitoring system using skin sensors; when the HSE is due to meet the manufacturers of FreeStyle Libre; if he will provide an update on this meeting; if the manufacturer has made a completed application to the HSE for reimbursement of the device under the community drugs scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5584/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Louise O'Reilly

401. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason 41 persons with disabilities moved into institutions in 2015, as revealed in the recently published 2015 annual report from the implementation group for Time to Move On From Congregated Settings: A Strategy for Community Inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5585/17]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Louise O'Reilly

233. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of additional staff that will be recruited or are planned to be recruited in the State's primary care centres in 2017; the additional staff that will be hired, including in which primary care centre and their role, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4951/17]

Hospitals Funding

Louise O'Reilly

256. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the annual budget allocated to Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2007 to 2016, in tabular form; and the amounts of money returned and reported as unspent for each of the years 2007 to 2016 [5068/17]

Nursing Staff Recruitment

Louise O'Reilly

28. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to implement the recommendations of an expert group report in August 2016 which called for additional nursing posts to be created and filled to look after all admitted patients in emergency departments and extra patients on wards; the steps that have been taken to secure and retain nursing positions that have been advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4858/17]

Health Services Data

Louise O'Reilly

41. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries cancelled in each month to January 2017 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4549/17]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision

Louise O'Reilly

49. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his views on the lack of neuro-rehabilitation services as a critical factor in the current trolley crisis, leading to delayed discharges and unnecessary admissions; the immediate steps he is taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4548/17]

Maternity Services Provision

Louise O'Reilly

81. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will ring-fence funds specifically for the necessary investment in equipment and personnel for providing 20-week routine scans for pregnant women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4547/17]

Health Services

Louise O'Reilly

101. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the exact initial work that has taken place on the 2017 capacity review; the exact arrangements being put in place for the review to date; the timeline of the work of the review for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4546/17]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Louise O'Reilly

125. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to the budget announcement of additional funding being made to the National Treatment Purchase Fund to outline the evaluation mechanisms in place to ensure value for money; the evaluation mechanisms in place to ensure satisfactory outcomes and number of treatments in accordance with the funding allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4550/17]

Blood Donations

Louise O'Reilly

273. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reasoning behind question 52 on the new IBTS questionnaire for blood donation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4803/17]

Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage

Louise O'Reilly

601. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to exclude medical card holders and families with coeliac disease from availing of gluten-free products under the scheme. [4532/17]

Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage

Louise O'Reilly

602. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the financial hardship endured by many persons and families with coeliac disease due to the costs of purchasing many gluten-free products; and his plans to either directly or in co-operation with other Departments improve supports to these persons and families. [4533/17]

Irish Blood Transfusion Service

Louise O'Reilly

209. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide a room to the IBTS for its services in the new Balbriggan primary care centre when it opens; if he or the HSE will engage with the IBTS on the way in which the new primary care centres can be used for this purpose to avoid having to use hotels and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3338/17]