Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Ministerial Hospital Visits

John Brassil

338. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm a date to visit Kerry University Hospital as agreed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10756/19]

Health Services Funding

John Brassil

358. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health his views on the reduced funding to Cork Kerry Community Healthcare from €2.2 million in 2018 to €1.6 million in 2019 for the management of emergency cases in the region; his further views on the fact that Cork Kerry Community Healthcare received no funding for the development of services in 2018 taking into account the increase in service needs by service users and that the known level of need exceeds the funding available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10798/19]

Rent Supplement Scheme

John Brassil

551. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a facility (details supplied) is being used for housing allocation or emergency accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10520/19]

Housing Provision

John Brassil

592. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a facility (details supplied) is being used for housing allocation or emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10521/19]

Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times

John Brassil

217. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average wait time for new applications, reviews and appeals, respectively, for all social welfare payments, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10121/19]

Meat Processing Plants

John Brassil

275. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the legislation that allowed for the anti-competitive practice of meat processing companies owning bovine feedlots or contracting bovine feedlots to feed cattle which have been the source of supply for 20% of all cattle slaughtered in meat processing plants here (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9286/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

John Brassil

298. Deputy John Brassil 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. [9033/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists Data

John Brassil

343. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for patients referred to Cork University Hospital for ophthalmology assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9337/19]

Childcare Services Inspections

John Brassil

585. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to revise the new compliance audits on childcare services in view of the issues regarding the matter by community providers of the service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9561/19]

Mental Health Services Provision

John Brassil

126. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if funds will be allocated to refurbish an acute mental health unit in University Hospital Kerry as committed to in the 2019 national service plan of the HSE; if the overspend on the national children’s hospital will not impact on this commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8828/19]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

John Brassil

127. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if Lomotil will be reimbursed under the medical card scheme at its cost price to pharmacies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8829/19]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

John Brassil

136. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if Lomotil will be reinstated on the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8903/19]

Meat Processing Plants

John Brassil

146. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the legislation allowing feedlots to be owned or contracted by meat processing companies here will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8823/19]

Bovine Disease Controls

John Brassil

147. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of cattle from bovine feedlots that are exported; the percentage being slaughtered in food processing factories here, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8824/19]

Medicinal Products Availability

John Brassil

174. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of the drug Kuvan for phenylketonuria; the reason it has not been provided to patients as recommended by the HSE drugs group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8758/19]

Live Exports

John Brassil

180. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason persons are being informed that 60,000 calves will be exported in view of the fact the structure allows for only 38,000 calves to be exported; the person or body that will deal with the exportation of the remaining 22,000 calves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8556/19]

Bovine Disease Controls

John Brassil

181. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason bovine feedlots are allowed here; the locations to which the cattle from the feedlots are sent; if the cattle are exported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8557/19]

Bovine Disease Controls

John Brassil

182. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body that owns the largest feedlots here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8558/19]

Courts Service Properties

John Brassil

267. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans to redevelop Tralee court services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7699/19]

Medicinal Products Regulation

John Brassil

321. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the findings of research undertaken by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics into the potential effect of broadening the health technology criteria for assessing orphan drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7690/19]

Disability Services Funding

John Brassil

382. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if approval for funding for a facility (details supplied) will be provided; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8000/19]

Bord Bia

John Brassil

459. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 70-day rule under the quality assurance scheme will be reviewed and altered (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7748/19]

Beef Industry

John Brassil

460. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the four-movement rule on cattle will be amended (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7749/19]

Beef Industry

John Brassil

463. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the 4-movement rule on cattle is the most effective way to ensure quality assurance and the best prices for farmers; if there is evidence to show that additional movement between farms prior to slaughter affects the quality of meat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7834/19]

Working Family Payment Applications

John Brassil

627. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a social welfare payment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8142/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

John Brassil

102. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a new building by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7590/19]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

John Brassil

148. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if the reason the methodology of the cross-border directive will be investigated by which patients are being treated within a few weeks cannot be applied to the National Treatment Purchase Fund in order to expedite the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7441/19]

Hospital Procedures

John Brassil

159. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if cataract surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7474/19]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

John Brassil

161. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [7480/19]

Telecommunications Services Provision

John Brassil

162. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address the perceived poor to non-existent phone coverage and broadband service in a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7163/19]

Special Areas of Conservation Management

John Brassil

232. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the managing and administration of permits for farmers to carry out works in designated special area of conservation, SAC, areas; the authority managing same; if it has been devolved to the local authorities, when this transfer was made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7272/19]

Revenue Commissioners

John Brassil

173. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to the introduction of a category of vulnerable taxpayers or persons to be defined in the Revenue Commissioners' guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6614/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

John Brassil

254. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place to ensure that individual education plans will be provided (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6615/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

John Brassil

255. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the availability of the July provision to more children with Down's syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6632/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

John Brassil

256. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills if individual education plans will be provided for teenagers with Down's syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6633/19]

Cancer Services Provision

John Brassil

355. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that cancer patients have access to innovative new cancer treatments at the same time as those in other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6335/19]

National Cancer Strategy

John Brassil

356. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health his plans regarding strengthening the role of the national cancer control programme in delivering the National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026 as per recommendation No. 44; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6334/19]

National Cancer Strategy

John Brassil

357. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026; the funding allocated in 2019 towards the implementation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6336/19]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Data

John Brassil

409. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the NTPF on patients by county in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6550/19]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Data

John Brassil

412. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the amount of the NTPF budget spent on patients with addresses in County Kerry in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6585/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

John Brassil

107. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5787/19]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Payments

John Brassil

117. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health when a fair deal scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5845/19]

EU Directives

John Brassil

50. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the action he is taking to address the concerns being expressed regarding the falsified medicine directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5264/19]

Health Services Data

John Brassil

384. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time in CHO 4 for ophthalmology assessments; the average waiting time for ophthalmology day case appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5287/19]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

John Brassil

138. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the way in which patients are selected for referral via the NTPF to private hospitals for treatment with specific reference to a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4715/19]

Hospital Facilities

John Brassil

144. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of the construction of a helipad at Cork University Hospital to facilitate an air ambulance service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4734/19]

Social Welfare Benefits

John Brassil

235. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons who are forced to retire at 65 years of age and subsequently qualify for jobseeker's benefit can work part-time if the option arises without their benefit being reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4729/19]

Social Welfare Benefits

John Brassil

236. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the system for persons who retire at 65 years of age and then have to claim jobseeker's benefit for a year before reaching pension age will be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4730/19]

Military Medals

John Brassil

98. Deputy John Brassil asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to fulfil the commitment given by his predecessor in 2017 to award medals (details supplied) for bravery to the veterans of Jadotville and the families of deceased members. [3763/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

John Brassil

201. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a new school building. [3767/19]