Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Stroke Care

Billy Kelleher

151. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the recommendation by the national stroke programme, as part of the phased introduction of early supported discharge for a further nine teams to be established over a three-year period, will be part of the 2018 national service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51272/17]

Stroke Care

Billy Kelleher

152. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the consideration being given to the expansion of thrombectomy in the national service plan; the actions being taken to advance the recommendations of the HIQA health technology assessment of mechanical thrombectomy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51273/17]

Hospital Services

Billy Kelleher

153. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to address infrastructural and equipment issues in relation to the provision of thrombectomy services in Beaumont Hospital; the level of capital expenditure required to replace the existing angiography suite and to open a second angiography suite; if this is being provided for in the HSE national services plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51274/17]

Stroke Care

Billy Kelleher

154. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the level of additional clinical staffing that is required to sustain the increasing level of service provided by the thrombectomy service annually; if this is being provided for in the HSE national services plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51275/17]

Hospital Services

Billy Kelleher

155. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the geographical gap in heart failure services in the south southwest hospital group area; if a business case has been made for the €750,000 investment that is needed to establish heart failure services in Cork University Hospital and Kerry General Hospital; if this will be provided for as a priority in the HSE service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51276/17]

Health Service Capacity Review

Billy Kelleher

156. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the health service capacity review; the timeframe for publication of the review and its findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51277/17]

Hospitals Funding

Billy Kelleher

292. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if funding and resources will be made available to facilitate additional spinal fusion operations for children with scoliosis before Christmas 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50818/17]

Emergency Departments Waiting Times

Billy Kelleher

314. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if persons that are aged 75 years or over have experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours to date in 2017; and, if so, the hospital in which that wait occurred. [50907/17]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility

Billy Kelleher

315. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of amending the fees charged under the NHSS to enable nursing home residents with an assessed weekly income of €300 or less to retain a minimum of €60 weekly. [51134/17]

Hospitals Funding

Billy Kelleher

316. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost current and capital of providing a mobile catheterisation laboratory for Waterford University Hospital. [51135/17]

Hospitals Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

317. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year running costs of opening all medical assessment units on a seven day basis. [51136/17]

Hospital Consultant Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

318. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an extra 500 hospital consultants; and the average estimated cost for support staff required per consultant. [51137/17]

Nursing Staff Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

319. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 4,000 nursing staff. [51138/17]

Prescriptions Charges

Billy Kelleher

320. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing prescription charges. [51139/17]

General Practitioner Services

Billy Kelleher

321. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of increasing the general practitioner rural practice allowance to €25,000. [51140/17]

National Maternity Strategy Implementation

Billy Kelleher

322. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of implementing the national maternity strategy. [51141/17]

Home Help Service Data

Billy Kelleher

323. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 2.2 million home help hours. [51142/17]

Home Help Service Data

Billy Kelleher

324. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 5,000 home care packages. [51143/17]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

325. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of completing the recruitment required for the full implementation of A Vision for Change. [51144/17]

Drugs Payment Scheme

Billy Kelleher

326. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reducing the drug payment threshold to €100. [51145/17]

Speech and Language Therapy Staff

Billy Kelleher

327. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of recruiting an additional 200 speech and language therapists. [51146/17]

Occupational Therapy Staff

Billy Kelleher

328. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of recruiting an additional 200 occupational therapists. [51147/17]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

329. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of recruiting an additional 200 physiotherapists. [51148/17]

Health Services Data

Billy Kelleher

330. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost of recruiting an additional 50 dental surgeons. [51149/17]

Ambulance Service

Billy Kelleher

331. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of providing an additional emergency ambulance fleet; and the full-year costs of additional personnel required for its staffing. [51150/17]

Disability Services Data

Billy Kelleher

332. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing an additional one and a half million personal assistant hours for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51151/17]

Home Help Service Data

Billy Kelleher

333. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 200 intensive home care packages for persons with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51152/17]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

334. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his Department’s estimated full-year cost of providing free general practitioner care to all the population. [51153/17]

Hospital Beds Data

Billy Kelleher

335. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the full year cost of providing an additional 100 critical care beds. [51154/17]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Data

Billy Kelleher

336. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an additional 150 inpatient rehabilitation beds. [51155/17]

National Maternity Strategy Implementation

Billy Kelleher

337. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the national maternity strategy; and the additional extra funding that will be required for its implementation. [51156/17]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Data

Billy Kelleher

340. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of staff in community neuro-rehabilitation teams in each community healthcare organisation; the specific medical or health care posts in each team in each community health care organisation; and the estimated full year cost of providing a full neuro-rehabilitation team in each CHO, in tabular form [51166/17]

Health Services Data

Billy Kelleher

342. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care; the numbers waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and the numbers waiting more than 52 weeks. [51179/17]

Health Services Data

Billy Kelleher

343. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for a ophthalmology appointment in primary care; the numbers waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and the numbers waiting more than 52 weeks. [51180/17]

Health Services Data

Billy Kelleher

344. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care; the numbers waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and the numbers waiting more than 52 weeks. [51181/17]

Health Services Data

Billy Kelleher

345. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for a oral health appointment in primary care; the numbers waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and the numbers waiting more than 52 weeks. [51182/17]

Primary Care Centres Data

Billy Kelleher

346. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012, in tabular form; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51185/17]

Patient Data

Billy Kelleher

347. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of serious reportable events being notified within 24 hours to a designated officer. [51186/17]

Patient Data

Billy Kelleher

348. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of mandatory investigations that commence within 48 hours of the events occurring. [51187/17]

Patient Data

Billy Kelleher

349. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of mandatory investigations that are completed within four months of notification of the events occurring. [51188/17]

Patient Data

Billy Kelleher

350. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of reportable events in 2017 that were reported within 30 days of occurrence to the designated officer. [51189/17]

Ambulance Service Data

Billy Kelleher

351. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in September 2017; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than of 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; the number that waited longer than 40 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes 120 minutes and 180 minutes for same, in tabular form. [51190/17]

Hospital Admissions

Billy Kelleher

352. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations that have been cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51191/17]

Voluntary Hospital Sector

Billy Kelleher

353. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations that have been cancelled or postponed in each voluntary hospital to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51192/17]

Hospitals Data

Billy Kelleher

354. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures the HSE procured from private and independent hospitals to date in 2017; the amount spent by the HSE on these procedures in private and independent hospitals to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51193/17]

HSE Staff Data

Billy Kelleher

355. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the HSE on 1 November 2017 or latest date available. [51194/17]

Hospitals Data

Billy Kelleher

356. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out MRI scans, in tabular form; the number of persons waiting as of 1 November 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the following waiting periods, less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [51195/17]

Hospitals Data

Billy Kelleher

357. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out CT scans, in tabular form; the number of persons waiting as of 1 November 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the following waiting periods, less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [51196/17]

Hospitals Data

Billy Kelleher

358. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out bone scans, in tabular form; the number of persons waiting as of 1 November 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the following waiting periods, less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [51197/17]

Hospitals Data

Billy Kelleher

359. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out angiograms, in tabular form; the number of persons waiting as of 1 November 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the following waiting periods, less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [51198/17]

Hospitals Data

Billy Kelleher

360. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out electroencephalograms, in tabular form; the number of persons waiting as of 1 November 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the following waiting periods, less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [51199/17]

Hospitals Data

Billy Kelleher

361. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, in tabular form; the number of persons waiting as of 1 November 2017 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the following waiting periods, less than three months, three months to six months, six months to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [51200/17]

Medical Card Data

Billy Kelleher

362. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards for persons over 70 years of age in circulation as of 31 October 2017 for each local health area, in tabular form. [51201/17]

Medical Card Data

Billy Kelleher

363. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards in circulation as of 31 October 2017 for each local health area, in tabular form. [51202/17]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Billy Kelleher

323. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the outcome of the meeting between a company (details supplied) and the HSE in recent days regarding the drug Vimizim for the treatment of Morquio disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49906/17]

Health Services Funding

Billy Kelleher

324. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the way in which rates paid by the HSE to private addiction clinics are decided upon; the details of the decision process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49907/17]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Billy Kelleher

325. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the outcome of the meeting between the HSE and a company (details supplied) in relation to Respreeza; the ongoing difficulties which has seen deterioration in the health of persons with alpha-1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49908/17]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Billy Kelleher

326. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if measures have now been put in place to allow persons with alpha-1 to receive Respreeza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49909/17]

National Children's Hospital

Billy Kelleher

327. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the application by the Children's hospital group for paediatric interventional radiology service to be developed in existing hospitals prior to the move to the new children's hospital has been successful through the 2018 estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49910/17]

Hospitals Funding

Billy Kelleher

363. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the balance of the capital funding due to the Mercy University Hospital, Cork, will be released in 2018; when this money will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50085/17]

VAT Exemptions

Billy Kelleher

74. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the way in which an academy (details supplied) can get recognised in order not to charge VAT on its courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49662/17]

General Medical Services Scheme

Billy Kelleher

162. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if dental services such as teeth cleaning are available under the medical card scheme. [49795/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

175. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be moved to Beaumont Hospital to have the required surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49825/17]

Social Welfare Schemes

Billy Kelleher

218. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if teeth cleaning performed by a dental hygienist, as distinct from a dentist' is covered under the dental benefit scheme. [49799/17]

Hospital Services

Billy Kelleher

170. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the enforcement measures in place with regard to the 80/20 public private split in hospitals; if it is departmental policy to allow individual hospitals to disregard this rule as long as the overall hospital group comes in around the target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49599/17]

HSE Reports

Billy Kelleher

171. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the next HSE performance report will be published. [49600/17]

Public Sector Pensions

Billy Kelleher

314. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a former HSE employee in receipt of a public service pension is entitled to return to work for the HSE through an agency without affecting their pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48720/17]

Mental Health Services

Billy Kelleher

316. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has failed to secure an independent living placement for a person (details supplied) who has been detained in a mental health facility for four years without having a psychiatric condition; when a place will become available; the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48726/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

319. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the services that can be made available by the HSE to a person (details supplied) in view of the mental health concerns expressed by their general practitioner; if he is satisfied with the level of mental health services available to those under 18 years of age in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48736/17]

Home Care Packages Funding

Billy Kelleher

320. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive funding for their home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48737/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Billy Kelleher

321. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on spending in respect of the service reform fund; the amount that has been drawn down from this fund to date; the specific services that have received funding from the fund to date; the stated use of the funds drawn down from the fund by each applicable service to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48738/17]

Health Insurance Data

Billy Kelleher

325. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance by age groups (details supplied). [48788/17]

Speech and Language Therapy Staff

Billy Kelleher

386. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of both in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists in the Dublin south city LHO; and the number of these accessible by persons in the catchment areas of Rathmines, Terenure and Rathfarnham. [49221/17]

Health Services Staff Data

Billy Kelleher

387. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of both in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent social workers in the Dublin south city LHO; and the number of these accessible by persons in the catchment areas of Rathmines, Terenure and Rathfarnham. [49222/17]

Health Services Staff Data

Billy Kelleher

388. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of both in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent public health nurses in the Dublin south city LHO; and the number of these accessible to persons in the catchment areas of Rathmines, Terenure and Rathfarnham. [49223/17]

General Practitioner Data

Billy Kelleher

389. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in the Dublin south city LHO who have signed up to the free general practitioner service for the under sixes scheme; and the number of these accessible by persons in the catchment areas of Rathmines, Terenure and Rathfarnham. [49224/17]

Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

390. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged under 18 years of age for speech and language assessment in the Dublin south city LHO; and the number of these within the catchment areas of Rathmines, Terenure and Rathfarnham. [49226/17]

Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

391. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting time for children aged under 18 years of age for speech and language therapy treatment in the Dublin south city LHO; and the number of these within the catchment areas of Rathmines, Terenure and Rathfarnham. [49227/17]

Speech and Language Therapy Staff

Billy Kelleher

392. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of both in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists in the Cork south Lee LHO; and the number of these accessible by persons in the catchment area of Douglas. [49228/17]

Health Services Staff Data

Billy Kelleher

393. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of both in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent social workers in the Cork south Lee LHO; and the number of these accessible by persons in the catchment area of Douglas. [49229/17]

Health Services Staff Data

Billy Kelleher

394. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of both in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent public health nurses in the Cork south Lee LHO; and the number of these accessible by persons in the catchment area of Douglas. [49230/17]

General Practitioner Data

Billy Kelleher

395. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners the Cork south Lee LHO who have signed up to the free general practitioner service for the under sixes scheme; and the number of these accessible by persons in the catchment area of Douglas. [49231/17]

Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

396. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children under 18 years of age for speech and language assessment in the Cork south Lee LHO; and the number of these within the catchment area of Douglas [49233/17]

Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

397. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged under 18 years of age for speech and language therapy treatment; the number in the Cork south Lee LHO; and the number of these within the catchment area of Douglas [49234/17]

Dental Services

Billy Kelleher

405. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Dentist Act 1985 will be amended to allow dental hygienists direct access to persons in view of recent changes to the dental treatment benefit scheme reinstating a free scale and polish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49275/17]

Hospitals Discharges

Billy Kelleher

424. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of elective discharges in each public and-or voluntary hospital in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of which were private and the number of which were public, by hospital, by year, in tabular form. [49401/17]

Hospitals Discharges

Billy Kelleher

425. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of elective discharges in each speciality as per the NTPF definitions of speciality in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of which were private and the number of which were public, by hospital, by year, in tabular form. [49402/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

426. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if there is a common outpatient waiting list as per the consultants contract 2008. [49403/17]

Hospital Charges

Billy Kelleher

427. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the revenue raised from charges for private patients in public beds; the number of procedures in each hospital which has treated private patients in public beds; and the number of applications for payment by the insurer that were submitted by each hospital for such procedures carried out by public and-or voluntary hospital, in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [49404/17]

Children in Care

Billy Kelleher

532. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the length of time children in Dublin south city LHO and the catchment areas of Rathmines, Terenure and Rathfarnham are waiting to be allocated a social worker, in respect of cases, including high priority cases, of child protection and children in care. [49225/17]

Children in Care

Billy Kelleher

533. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the length of time children in Cork south Lee LHO and the catchment area of Douglas are waiting to be allocated a social worker, in respect of cases, including high priority cases, of child protection and children in care. [49232/17]

Dental Services

Billy Kelleher

588. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration is being given to give dental hygienists a dental treatment benefit contract in order to allow persons avail of a free scale and polish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49207/17]

Emergency Departments

Billy Kelleher

21. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason for the record overcrowding in hospital emergency departments to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48416/17]

HSE National Service Plan

Billy Kelleher

46. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the 2018 HSE service plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48183/17]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Billy Kelleher

80. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on concerns being raised regarding access to orphan and high-tech drugs due to the process of reimbursement assessment; if Ireland is in line with EU norms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48186/17]

Industrial Disputes

Billy Kelleher

83. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action he will take to alleviate the difficulties being experienced by section 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48185/17]

Paediatric Services

Billy Kelleher

93. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action which will be taken to reduce the long waiting times for paediatric rheumatology appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48187/17]

Economic and Social Research Institute

Billy Kelleher

101. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of extra hospital beds that will be required on foot of the ESRI projection that demand for inpatient bed days is projected to increase by between 32% to 37% by 2030, from 3.27 million in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48184/17]

Broadband Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

395. 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. [47755/17]

School Accommodation Provision

Billy Kelleher

84. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47359/17]