Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

James Browne

1. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if, in view of recent events, he has plans to review arrangements for the funding and auditing of section 38 agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21103/16]

Home Help Service Data

Louise O'Reilly

2. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of banked and paid for hours that home-help workers are due; the breakdown of these by region; the number of hours that have been cut from persons in the same areas for the period 2014 to 2016 to date; the number of home-help hours projected for 2016 and the percentage of these that have been delivered to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21095/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

3. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health when the task force for the implementation of personalised budgets for persons with disabilities will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21104/16]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Alan Kelly

4. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide an up-to-date list of section 38 entities which receive funding from the HSE and the amount of funding each organisation received from 2013 to 2015, inclusive; if he will publish all HSE audits of section 38 organisations; and if he will consider a policy of seeking to ensure a representative of the HSE serves on the board of each of these entities on at least a pro tem basis to ensure transparency and public confidence in the spending of public money. [21096/16]

Hospital Groups

Jack Chambers

5. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the criteria for appointment to senior hospital management positions and for board appointments in each of the hospital groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21105/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Aindrias Moynihan

6. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce gynaecology waiting times in Cork University Hospital. [20992/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Michael Moynihan

7. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase between December 2015 and May 2016 in the number of outpatients waiting more than a year for a consultation in Cork University Hospital. [20984/16]

Mental Health Services Provision

Mick Wallace

8. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health his proposals to end the practice of admitting children to adult mental health units and cope in an age-appropriate way with the rise in the number of children and young persons receiving acute inpatient mental health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20611/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Brassil

9. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the waiting times for cataract surgery in County Kerry. [20963/16]

Health Services

Maureen O'Sullivan

10. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health his views on whether proper protocols were followed in a case (details supplied); and his and the Health Service Executive's plans to amend guidelines and best practice standards to ensure persons at risk are dealt with promptly. [20612/16]

Home Help Service

Robert Troy

11. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health his proposals to increase the number of hours under the home help scheme and the number of home care packages in counties Longford and Westmeath. [20977/16]

Mental Health Services Report

Catherine Connolly

12. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if he has commenced the promised review of A Vision for Change, when he will complete it, the composition of the review team, its terms of reference, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20606/16]

Health Services Provision

Mick Barry

13. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health his views on the continuing depth of involvement of religious organisations in providing State-funded health care, on the separation of church and State, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21000/16]

Nursing Home Services

Jackie Cahill

14. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if he will discuss with the Health Service Executive the need for capital funding to secure the future of a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20599/16]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

15. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will review legislation, given that the Crowe Horwath report into the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland is reported to note that the legislation underpinning the management of fitness-to-practise cases and the corporate governance of the board appears to be a major contributor to the current problems and is in need of urgent review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20923/16]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Gino Kenny

16. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the recruitment of a full-time consultant medical oncologist with a special interest in sarcoma in St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin 4; if he will renew the contract of the locum consultant medical oncologist who has a special interest in sarcoma until the post is filled on a permanent basis; if he will agree to meet the Sarcoma Action Group of concerned cancer patients and their families who are seeking an urgent meeting with him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20616/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Willie O'Dea

17. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase between December 2015 and May 2016 in the number of outpatients waiting more than one year for a consultation in University Hospital Limerick. [20983/16]

Home Care Packages Provision

Bríd Smith

18. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the increases in staffing that have been achieved to deal with the crisis under the home help scheme and the carer respite services; the number of persons who are in hospital with their discharge delayed who are waiting to access these services; the number of carers who have been unable to continue as carers, due to the lack of respite services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20910/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Bernard Durkan

19. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects to be in a position to reduce the waiting lists for various procedures throughout the public health and hospital system with a view to ensuring a readily accessible hospital service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20912/16]

Health Services Reports

Louise O'Reilly

20. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 213 to 215, inclusive, of 23 June 2015, the actions he is taking to ensure patient safety in terms of investigating why certain hospitals have higher than average death rates; if he will undertake any investigations or follow-up action following the publication of the second annual report of the national health care quality reporting system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20917/16]