Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

HSE Reviews

Billy Kelleher

153. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason an internal HSE review of cancer screening at Wexford General Hospital did not refer to concerns expressed by a person employed by the HSE regarding a clinician (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10260/18]

HSE Reviews

Billy Kelleher

154. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason open disclosure was not maintained between the HSE and families affected by probable missed cancers at Wexford General Hospital during the completion of the external review of a case (details supplied) in spite of the HSE's prior commitment to open disclosure with the families concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10261/18]

HSE Investigations

Billy Kelleher

155. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason families affected by cases linked to a clinician at Wexford General Hospital were not contacted regarding concerns expressed by a person who reported the matter to the HSE, as noted in a case report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10262/18]

Health Services Data

Billy Kelleher

162. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of the long-term illness scheme and the high-tech scheme in 2017; the amount of expenditure on both schemes respectively in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10307/18]

Medicinal Products Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

163. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on medicines in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the projected spend in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10308/18]

Medicinal Products Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

164. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the value and volume of generic medicines and branded medicines reimbursed by the HSE in each of the years 2013 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10309/18]

Departmental Communications

Billy Kelleher

123. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Taoiseach if his Department has agreed a set of priority information campaigns in 2018; the subject of such campaigns to be undertaken by his Department; and the funding allocated for such campaigns. [9973/18]

Tax Code

Billy Kelleher

162. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the introduction date for the sugar sweetened drink tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9461/18]

Tax Code

Billy Kelleher

163. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue per annum from the sugar sweetened drink tax from 2018 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9462/18]

Tax Code

Billy Kelleher

164. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to ring-fencing revenue from the sugar sweetened drink tax specifically for an obesity prevention fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9463/18]

Hospitals Building Programme

Billy Kelleher

384. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of the new children’s hospital at the St James’s hospital campus; the timeframe for its opening; the estimated timeframe for its completion including all systems requirements; and the funding in 2018 for the project. [9301/18]

Hospitals Building Programme

Billy Kelleher

385. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of the outpatient department and urgent care centre at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; the timeframe for its opening; the estimate for its completion including all systems requirements; and the funding in 2018 for the project. [9302/18]

Hospitals Building Programme

Billy Kelleher

386. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of the outpatient department and urgent care centre at Tallaght hospital, Dublin; the timeframe for its opening; the estimate for its completion including all systems requirements; and the funding in 2018 for the project. [9303/18]

National Maternity Hospital Status

Billy Kelleher

387. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for relocating the National Maternity Hospital at St Vincent’s University Hospital; the timeframe for its opening; the estimate for its completion including all systems requirements; and the funding in 2018 for the project. [9304/18]

Hospitals Building Programme

Billy Kelleher

388. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for relocating the Coombe hospital at St James’s hospital; the timeframe for its opening; the estimate for its completion including all systems requirements; and the funding in 2018 for the project. [9305/18]

Hospitals Building Programme

Billy Kelleher

389. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for relocating the Rotunda hospital at Connolly hospital; the timeframe for its opening; the estimate for its completion including all systems requirements; and the funding in 2018 for the project. [9306/18]

Hospitals Building Programme

Billy Kelleher

390. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for relocating Limerick University Maternity Hospital at University Hospital Limerick; the timeframe for its opening; the estimate for its completion including all systems requirements; and the funding in 2018 for the project. [9307/18]

Cancer Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

391. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for completing each of the proposed national programme for radiation oncology developments at Cork, Galway and Dublin; the timeframe for each to open; the estimate for the completion of each including all systems requirements; and the funding in 2018 for each project. [9308/18]

Mental Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

392. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of the national forensic mental health service hospital at Portrane, County Dublin; the timeframe for its opening; the estimate for its completion including all systems requirements; and the funding in 2018 for the project. [9309/18]

Community Care Provision

Billy Kelleher

393. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the replacement and refurbishment of 90 community nursing units across the country in tabular form; the funding being allocated to each project in 2018; and the expected completion date for each. [9310/18]

Departmental Staff Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

416. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the post of independent appeals officer for his Department, as advertised in the autumn, has been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9493/18]

Broadband Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

581. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date for the rollout of high speed broadband for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9676/18]

General Data Protection Regulation

Billy Kelleher

101. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if administrative fines can be imposed on general practitioners acting in the course of their work if section 136 of the Data Protection Bill 2018 is enacted in legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9054/18]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

131. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a permanent general practitioner will be assigned to Waterville, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8878/18]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Payments

Billy Kelleher

132. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the funding that has been spent on the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8879/18]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Data

Billy Kelleher

133. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount that was spent in private hospitals here and outside the State in relation to the NTPF in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8880/18]

Cross-Border Health Initiatives

Billy Kelleher

134. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent by the HSE to pay for procedures under the cross-border healthcare directive and the treatment abroad schemes in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8881/18]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Billy Kelleher

146. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons offered an opportunity to attend an assessment with a person (details supplied); the number that responded; the number that attended on the day; the number that have been subsequently put forward for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8915/18]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Billy Kelleher

147. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if children with scoliosis attending from Temple Street Children's University Hospital have been offered access to assessment and surgery through a mechanism (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8916/18]

Cross-Border Health Initiatives

Billy Kelleher

159. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive shall not make the reimbursement of the costs of cross-border healthcare under EU regulations subject to prior authorisation except in circumstances in which it has been made subject to prior authorisation under regulation 12; the exceptions under regulation 12; the date the exceptions were made; the reason for the exceptions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8957/18]

Cross-Border Health Initiatives

Billy Kelleher

160. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on whether in the ordinary course of requiring medical treatments that the spirit of the cross border EU regulations not to require prior authorisation is being thwarted by the information on the HSE website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8958/18]

Garda Stations

Billy Kelleher

234. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the opening date for a new Garda station in an area (details supplied); the number of gardaí that will be stationed there; the opening hours of the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8242/18]

Primary Care Centres Data

Billy Kelleher

374. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012, in tabular form; the status of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8527/18]

Emergency Departments Data

Billy Kelleher

375. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 75 years of age or over who experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours in January 2018; and the hospitals in which the wait occurred. [8528/18]

Waste Disposal Charges

Billy Kelleher

468. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the allowance of €75 for households with medical waste will come into effect; the way in which persons will apply for the allowance; the documentation that will be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8260/18]

Waste Disposal Charges

Billy Kelleher

469. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an increase to the €75 allowance will be awarded to households with higher waste weights in cases in which more than one member of the household has medical waste; and if an additional allowance will be awarded to these households. [8261/18]

Broadband Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

475. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date for the roll-out of high speed broadband for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8497/18]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Billy Kelleher

216. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the start-up costs incurred by the reactivation of the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2017. [7944/18]

Legislative Process

Billy Kelleher

176. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the legislative steps required to change the competent authority for patient radiation safety from his Department to HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7667/18]

Legislative Process

Billy Kelleher

177. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if SI 125/2000 and SI 478/2002 will remain in place until new legislation is introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7668/18]

Radiation Monitoring Systems

Billy Kelleher

221. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the transposition of EURATOM 2013/59 into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7665/18]

Radiation Monitoring Systems

Billy Kelleher

222. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the primary legislation and-or statutory instruments required for the enactment of EURATOM 2013/59 into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7666/18]

Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations

Billy Kelleher

191. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Skills will be implemented in order to allow those attending private colleges to receive SUSI grants; if so, when students of colleges (details supplied) can expect to receive grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6939/18]

Nursing Home Fees

Billy Kelleher

339. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the fair deal fees for individual HSE nursing homes will be published or laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas (details supplied); and his views on the importance of providing transparency with regard to fees payable for public nursing home care. [6732/18]

Housing Assistance Payment

Billy Kelleher

676. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the steps he has taken to ensure the housing assistance payment rates are in line with market rents in Cork city; if a review has been conducted recently (details supplied); if there is a review scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7271/18]

Housing Assistance Payment

Billy Kelleher

677. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to extend the 50% homeless rate of HAP to support those leaving homelessness available in the Dublin region to the Cork and other regions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7272/18]

HSE Funding

Billy Kelleher

1. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to outline his views on whether the HSE will be within budget in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6586/18]

Departmental Reports

Billy Kelleher

22. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the proposed trauma strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6396/18]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Billy Kelleher

62. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans in 2018 to address the long-standing need for the provision of a neuro-rehabilitation unit to serve counties Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6394/18]

Ministerial Correspondence

Billy Kelleher

72. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason it was necessary to write to the Director General of the HSE in January 2018 regarding the executive’s budget for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6397/18]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration

Billy Kelleher

75. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he will bring forward the proposed changes to the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6398/18]

Emergency Departments Waiting Times

Billy Kelleher

80. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the 18-month target for outpatient waiting times announced in 2015 is still departmental policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6395/18]

Medical Card Administration

Billy Kelleher

193. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure that persons who are medical cardholders have their medical needs met without charge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6512/18]

School Accommodation Provision

Billy Kelleher

115. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is being considered for a new school on a greenfield site in view of its increasing pupil numbers and the fact that its lease is out in 2022; if so, the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6132/18]

HSE Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

225. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount that has been allocated for gaymen's health services in 2018; the way in which this budget will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6393/18]

HSE Funding

Billy Kelleher

226. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application by an organisation (details supplied) to the HSE seeking further funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6451/18]

Respite Care Grant Eligibility

Billy Kelleher

327. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to reinstate the respite care grant of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5375/18]

Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

334. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the approval of the model of care for rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders; the timeframe for its approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5395/18]

Paediatric Services

Billy Kelleher

335. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans for the development of future adult and paediatric rheumatology services in view of the difficulties accessing both services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5396/18]

Health Reports

Billy Kelleher

356. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the cross-divisional lymphoedema working group will finalise its report; if it will be made available to an organisation (details supplied) to review; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5499/18]

Health Reports

Billy Kelleher

357. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans once the cross-divisional lymphoedema working group publishes its findings; his further plans for the implementation of its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5500/18]

General Medical Services Scheme Administration

Billy Kelleher

382. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the necessity for a change of pessary will be included in the GMS to compensate general practitioners for carrying out this procedure in an effort to reduce the lengthening waiting list; if the pessary will be provided on the GMS in view of the fact that it is provided free at hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5606/18]

Flood Relief Schemes Funding

Billy Kelleher

146. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding for a flood relief scheme (details supplied) will be approved in order to allow the project to proceed without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4772/18]

Health Service Capacity Review

Billy Kelleher

241. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of increasing health service capacity as detailed on page nine of the executive summary of the health service capacity review; and the costs for both scenarios provided, in tabular form. [4912/18]

Emergency Departments Waiting Times

Billy Kelleher

242. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of patients over 75 years of age who have had to wait more than 24 hours in an accident and emergency department in 2017, by hospital, in tabular form. [4913/18]

Ambulance Service Data

Billy Kelleher

243. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in December 2017, in tabular form; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to hand over patients, retrieve their trolleys and return to responding to calls; and the number that waited longer than 40, 60, 90, 120 and more than 180 minutes for same, respectively. [4914/18]

Health Promotion

Billy Kelleher

378. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred by Healthy Ireland on advertising for each year since its launch; and the funding allocated for such purposes in 2018. [4077/18]

Drugs Payment Scheme

Billy Kelleher

389. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost of including products to treat head lice on the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4115/18]

Health Services Data

Billy Kelleher

391. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the annual figure for the throughput of the minor injuries units in hospitals; the peak times for attendances; and the weekend attendance figures. [4119/18]

Hospital Staff

Billy Kelleher

127. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on whether patients in public hospitals that are to be treated by consultants not on the Medical Council’s specialist register should be made aware of this fact in advance; and if so, his plans to ensure that such information is provided to patients in public hospitals. [3721/18]

Haddington Road Agreement Implementation

Billy Kelleher

128. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the hospitals in which the reforms introduced under the Haddington Road agreement regarding the operation of the working day over a period from 8am to 8pm are being applied in full; the hospitals in which this is not implemented; and the reason therefor, in tabular form [3722/18]

Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors

Billy Kelleher

129. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the hospitals in which the transfer of tasks previously undertaken by non-consultant hospital doctors to nurses in return for the restoration of the time and one-sixth twilight payment has been implemented in full; the hospitals in which this is implemented; and the reason therefor, in tabular form. [3723/18]

Hospital Consultant Contracts

Billy Kelleher

130. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the hospitals in which consultants are routinely rostered to carry out duties on a Saturday or Sunday, in tabular form. [3724/18]

Nursing Staff Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

347. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited in 2017 across all sectors of the health service; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this recruitment. [2890/18]

Speech and Language Therapy Staff

Billy Kelleher

348. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists recruited in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care and acute disability services; and the net increase in speech and language therapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [2891/18]

Occupational Therapy Staff

Billy Kelleher

349. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists recruited in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care and acute disability services; and the net increase in occupational therapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [2892/18]

Health Services Staff Data

Billy Kelleher

350. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists newly recruited in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care and acute disability services; and the net increase in physiotherapists numbers resulting from this recruitment. [2893/18]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy

Billy Kelleher

355. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe agreed to publish the implementation plan for the national neuro-rehabilitation strategy in view of the fact that the plan was not published by year end 2017 as per his commitment. [2904/18]

Hospital Beds Data

Billy Kelleher

360. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional beds in each hospital that have now opened or are due to open, further to his recent press statement that additional beds in a number of hospitals, including St James's, the Mater and Beaumont are opening; and if the beds are new capacity or existing beds that have been closed. [2923/18]

Vaccination Programme Data

Billy Kelleher

362. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the HSE's expenditure on flu vaccines for each of the past five years, in tabular form. [2927/18]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Billy Kelleher

373. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of the drug Ocrevus to the reimbursement scheme; if a date for introduction has been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2957/18]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Billy Kelleher

374. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the request to introduce a pilot reimbursement scheme to allow Ocrevus to be brought to persons as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2958/18]

School Accommodation Provision

Billy Kelleher

105. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the actions being taken by his Department to resolve the shortage of secondary school places in Glanmire, County Cork and the greater area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2581/18]

School Accommodation Provision

Billy Kelleher

106. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the expansion of a school (details supplied) will be sanctioned in order to allow the necessary additional classrooms and buildings; the progress of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2582/18]

Health Services Staff Data

Billy Kelleher

211. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of audiologists for adult services by county; his views on whether there is a sufficient number employed; the number on the panel for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2616/18]

Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

212. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the outsourcing of audiologist services by way of voucher or similar system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2620/18]

Hospital Facilities

Billy Kelleher

764. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of a 12-bed short stay unit at Tullamore hospital. [54823/17]

Hospitals Policy

Billy Kelleher

765. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of an integrated care steering committee between the Dublin Midlands hospital group and relevant community health organisations 7 and 8 respectively. [54824/17]

Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

766. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of a model of care proposal for the expansion of rehabilitation services in counties Laois and Offaly in conjunction with community health organisation 8. [54825/17]

Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

767. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the model for integrated care programme for older persons at Tallaght hospital in association with the local CHO, clinical strategy and programmes and social care division. [54826/17]

Hospital Facilities

Billy Kelleher

768. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of a frailty intervention therapy team and additional telemetry units in St. James’s Hospital emergency department. [54827/17]

Hospital Facilities

Billy Kelleher

769. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the commissioning of an MRI unit at Tullamore hospital. [54828/17]

Hospital Facilities

Billy Kelleher

770. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional staff recruited for the phased increase in radiation oncology services at St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar. [54829/17]

Hospital Facilities

Billy Kelleher

771. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the commissioning of new linear accelerators at St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar, during 2017; and the number now in place. [54830/17]

Hospital Facilities

Billy Kelleher

772. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans for the relocation of the Coombe maternity hospital to the St. James’s site; the progress made on this in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54831/17]

Hospital Services

Billy Kelleher

773. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase access to the weight management programme and to bariatric surgery within the Ireland East hospital group during 2017; the number of persons who accessed the programmes during the year; and the equivalent figures for 2016. [54832/17]

Hospital Facilities

Billy Kelleher

774. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of the 31-bed complex discharge facility in Beaumont hospital. [54833/17]

Hospital Facilities

Billy Kelleher

775. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the progression of the phase II capital development of 81 beds and five theatres in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. [54834/17]

Medical Research and Training

Billy Kelleher

776. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if eight medical scientists were recruited by the RCSI group for the laboratory modernisation implementation of the MedLIS system. [54835/17]

Hospital Facilities

Billy Kelleher

777. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if will report on increased radiology capacity within the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, RCSI, hospital group; if there is a PET scanner now situated in Beaumont Hospital; and if there is a second CT scanner for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and a MRI situated at Connolly Hospital. [54836/17]