Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Speech and Language Therapy Data

Billy Kelleher

354. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists in CHO area 3 and LHO area Tipperary north east Limerick; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Thurles can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41450/17]

Social Workers Register

Billy Kelleher

355. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent social workers in CHO area 3 and LHO area Tipperary north east Limerick; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Thurles can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41451/17]

Nursing Staff Data

Billy Kelleher

356. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent public health nurses in CHO area 3 and LHO area Tipperary north east Limerick; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Thurles can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41452/17]

General Practitioner Co-operatives

Billy Kelleher

357. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in community health care organisation, CHO, area 3 who have signed up to the free general practitioner service for the under sixes scheme; the number in local health office, LHO, Tipperary north east Limerick; the number of these that persons in the catchment area of Thurles can access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41453/17]

Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

358. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years of age for speech and language assessment in CHO area 3 and Tipperary north east Limerick LHO; the number of these within the catchment area of Thurles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41455/17]

Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

359. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years of age for speech and language therapy treatment in CHO area 3 and Tipperary north east Limerick LHO; the number of these within the catchment area of Thurles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41456/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Billy Kelleher

360. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the drug ocrelizumab for the treatment of multiple sclerosis; if the drug is being assessed by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, NCPE; and if not, if it will be assessed in the near future. [41461/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Billy Kelleher

363. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a permanent residential place can be provided for a person (details supplied). [41470/17]

Emergency Services

Billy Kelleher

409. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will meet persons (details supplied) to discuss their recent experience with the emergency services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41715/17]

Nursing Education

Billy Kelleher

413. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to introducing a postgraduate programme that would allow nurses from other fields to study and train to become general nurses helping to alleviate staffing issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41732/17]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Billy Kelleher

415. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the consideration that has been given to the use of email, text and so on to notify persons of appointments in circumstances in which it is possible in an effort to reduce administration costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41741/17]

Respite Care Services Funding

Billy Kelleher

416. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will allocate in budget 2018 the required moneys for the provision of the pilot project for Prader-Willi syndrome providing respite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41743/17]

Medicinal Products Supply

Billy Kelleher

446. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the extent to which savings from the State’s agreement with an organisation (details supplied) in 2016 have been applied towards the funding of new medicines; and the processes in place to ensure that in 2018 savings generated under the agreement are applied for the funding of new medicines by the Health Service Executive and transparently reported as such. [41919/17]

Medicinal Products Supply

Billy Kelleher

451. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the outcome of the drugs group meeting on 14 September 2017 following its review of Vimizim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41932/17]

Child Protection

Billy Kelleher

540. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the length of time children in CHO area 7, Dublin south west LHO and the catchment area of Tallaght are waiting to be allocated a social worker in cases of child protection and children in care and high-priority cases of child protection and children in care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41433/17]

Child Protection

Billy Kelleher

541. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the length of time children in CHO area 8, Longford and Westmeath LHO and the catchment area of Mullingar are waiting to be allocated a social worker in cases of child protection and children in care and high-priority cases of child protection and children in care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41440/17]

Child Protection

Billy Kelleher

542. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the length of time children in CHO area 4, Cork south Lee LHO and the catchment area of Mahon are waiting to be allocated a social worker in cases of child protection and children in care and in high-priority cases of child protection and children in care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41447/17]

Child Protection

Billy Kelleher

543. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the length of time children in CHO area 3, Tipperary north east Limerick LHO and the catchment area of Thurles are waiting to be allocated a social worker in cases of child protection and children in care and in high-priority cases of child protection and children in care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41454/17]

Public Services Card

Billy Kelleher

586. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if legislation is required in respect of the identification card that is being rolled out, particularly in relation to the area of data protection in view of the multiple proposed uses for this card across Departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41736/17]

Health Care Policy

Billy Kelleher

1. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to implement the Sláintecare report. [41051/17]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

47. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he plans to further extend eligibility for free general practitioner care. [40940/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Billy Kelleher

55. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the recent assertion that Irish persons have the worst access to newly launched medicines. [40941/17]

HSE Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

58. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if reports that the HSE is facing a projected €300 million financial deficit this year are accurate; and the action that will be taken to address this. [40942/17]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration

Billy Kelleher

68. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he expects to bring forward proposals on changing the nursing home support scheme. [40943/17]

Health Service Capacity Review

Billy Kelleher

71. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the bed capacity review. [40939/17]

HSE Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

212. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting zero to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41185/17]

HSE Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

213. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for an ophthalmology appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting zero to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41186/17]

HSE Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

214. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting zero to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41187/17]

HSE Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

215. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting zero to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41188/17]

HSE Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

216. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting zero to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41189/17]

HSE Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

217. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, waiting for an oral health appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting zero to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41190/17]

Home Help Service Data

Billy Kelleher

218. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area in June, July and August 2017; and the way in which this compares against the target in tabular form. [41205/17]

Long-Term Illness Scheme

Billy Kelleher

260. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre system will be made available under the long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; if availability will not be restricted only to people with type 1 diabetes but will be made available to all persons on multiple daily insulin injections based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40142/17]

Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

261. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a social worker will be assigned to a person (details supplied); the efforts being made to secure housing for this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40143/17]

Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage

Billy Kelleher

262. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of Nivolumab on the reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40144/17]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data

Billy Kelleher

310. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the funding provided for the nursing home support scheme in each year since its inception; and the revenue raised each year on the basis of the financial assessment of assets. [40339/17]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review

Billy Kelleher

312. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund has reviewed the price being charged for long-term residential care in private nursing homes (details supplied); if the transparency of the pricing mechanism will be increasing in order that existing and potential investors can make as informed decisions as possible; and if so, if he will report on the findings. [40347/17]

Medicinal Products Supply

Billy Kelleher

336. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he plans to restrict the provision of adult nappies to persons; if so, the reason this measure is being undertaken; the amount that supplies are being reduced by; the timeframe for this measure to be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40469/17]

Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

350. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of non-health care, community based organisations or enterprises, such as cafés or hotels, which have applied for authorisation by the Health Products Regulatory Authority to be a listed organisation permitted to administer emergency medicines as provided for under SI 449/2015; the number of persons authorised to administer emergency care within these listed organisations to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40507/17]

Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

351. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the extent to which both the excessive cost and duration of training required by members of community organisations recognised as listed organisations under SI 449/2015 to become recognised as authorised persons to administer emergency medicines under the terms of this legislation are acting as a barrier to the successful implementation of this initiative, including the widespread roll-out of such training and the increased access to emergency medicines by persons who require them; his views on whether it is time to update the training to enable communities to have access to these life-saving medicines in GAA clubs, cafés and workplaces; the measures he plans to take to address these barriers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40508/17]

Nursing Home Fees

Billy Kelleher

168. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to survey individual nursing homes on the amount they are charging in additional fees to residents under the nursing home support scheme and the services they are delivering for these levies. [40112/17]

Nursing Home Fees

Billy Kelleher

169. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to regulate the charging of additional fees to residents under the nursing home support scheme. [40113/17]

Ambulance Service Data

Billy Kelleher

170. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in July 2017; the number of such ambulances that waited more than 20, 40, 60, 90, 120 and 180 minutes respectively to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls, in tabular form. [40114/17]

Disabilities Assessments

Billy Kelleher

395. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be given an appointment for an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39179/17]

Patient Transport Provision

Billy Kelleher

410. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if funding can be provided for a person (details supplied) with special needs for a taxi to transport them to and from a training centre. [39321/17]

Health Services

Billy Kelleher

441. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken to improve juvenile arthritis treatment in Cork University Hospital; when a replacement consultant will be put in place; if consideration is being given for a satellite clinic in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39446/17]

Health Services

Billy Kelleher

442. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason funding for the World Health Organization's baby friendly health initiative has stopped; if this decision will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39450/17]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Billy Kelleher

443. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been or will be given to the funding of an IVF scheme to eliminate the cystic fibrosis gene for couples affected by this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39451/17]

Primary Care Centres Data

Billy Kelleher

507. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the operational primary care centres and the year in which they opened, by county, in tabular form. [39706/17]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Billy Kelleher

523. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the freestyle libre system to be made available under the long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; if the system will not be restricted only to persons with type 1 diabetes but will be made available to all persons on multi-daily insulin injections based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39797/17]

Pension Provisions

Billy Kelleher

246. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to change the policy of pensions ceasing on the demise of former HSE employees to allow the pension to pass to the spouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37121/17]

Medical Card Data

Billy Kelleher

776. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of over-70s GP-only cards in circulation by local health office as of 30 June 2017. [36914/17]

Occupational Therapy

Billy Kelleher

803. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Cork on a waiting list for occupational therapy; the number awaiting occupational therapy services for up to 12 months, 24 months and 36 months and over, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36981/17]

Mental Health Services Data

Billy Kelleher

804. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented for mental health services to HSE facilities in County Cork in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of persons who presented for mental health services to HSE facilities with a residential address in County Cork in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36982/17]

Vaccination Programme

Billy Kelleher

843. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 968 of 20 June 2017, if the health technology assessment, HTA, on universal vaccination will be completed before September 2018; if his Department is working towards extending the HPV vaccination to boys in September 2018 or 2019 if the assessment produces a positive recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37054/17]

Primary Care Centres Administration

Billy Kelleher

844. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) has agreed to a deal to take over a number of primary care centres currently operated by the HSE; the primary care centres, in tabular form; the revenues raised by such deals; if other companies have agreed to similar deals for primary care centres or other health facilities; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37057/17]

HSE Staff Training

Billy Kelleher

849. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the training and qualifications required by HSE home helps; the training and qualifications required by employees of private home care provider companies that are employed by the HSE and those hired directly by the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37093/17]

Cross-Border Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

850. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if persons with Lyme disease are eligible under the cross border Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37095/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans

Billy Kelleher

868. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the waiting list action plans for 2017 in the areas of inpatient and day case, scoliosis and outpatient services have been funded by the National Treatment Purchase Fund or if they are a HSE initiative only. [37129/17]

Community Care

Billy Kelleher

980. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the Maynooth community care unit, County Kildare; and the timeframe for the unit to receive its €1 million investment. [37485/17]

Disability Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

986. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37508/17]

Hospitals Building Programme

Billy Kelleher

1212. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if recent newspaper reports that he plans to build three new public hospitals which would carry out only non-emergency operations are accurate; the number of beds that would be provided by such hospitals; the general regional location of each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38394/17]

Medical Card Data

Billy Kelleher

1268. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards and general practitioner cards respectively as of 1 August 2017; and the number of each type of card issued on a discretionary basis as of 1 August 2017. [38931/17]

Medical Card Data

Billy Kelleher

1269. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards in each local health office, LHO, as of 1 August 2017; and the figures for each LHO on 1 January 2017. [38932/17]

Ambulance Service Data

Billy Kelleher

1270. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in June 2017; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than of 20, 40, 60, 90, 120 and 180 minutes respectively to hand over patients, retrieve their trolleys and return to responding to calls, in tabular form [38933/17]

Medical Products Supply

Billy Kelleher

655. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of Vimizin (elosulfase alfa) for the treatment of Morquio A syndrome (MPS 1VA); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34924/17]

Medical Products Supply

Billy Kelleher

656. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if Vimizin (elosulfase alfa) is being provided to persons here; if so, the qualifying criteria; if other persons avail of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34925/17]

Hospitals Building Programme

Billy Kelleher

659. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposed construction of the 50-bed residential unit in Tuam, County Galway, on HSE lands adjoining the Grove health centre; if a person has offered €7 million towards the construction of the hospital; his plans to provide the remaining €5 million of capital funding for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34944/17]

Palliative Care Facilities

Billy Kelleher

693. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of hospices and palliative care units that receive funding from the HSE as section 39 entities; the number of beds in each hospice and palliative care unit; the number of WTE staff employed in each; and the funding provided by the HSE in 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [35096/17]

Health Services

Billy Kelleher

792. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will act on the ME information pack (details supplied) that was recently distributed; if so, the measures he plans to introduce; the timeframe for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35355/17]

Health Services

Billy Kelleher

793. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the international consensus criteria for the diagnosis of ME will be distributed to general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35356/17]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

795. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the specialists will be in situ to see patients with regard to the identification of a sarcoma specialist at St. Vincent's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35359/17]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Billy Kelleher

797. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if arthritis patient appointments in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin are being cancelled for July 2017 and rescheduled for March 2018; his views on whether it is satisfactory that children are being left for so long without monitoring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35364/17]

Mobility Allowance Review

Billy Kelleher

908. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the statutory provisions are complete in respect of the new transport support scheme; when the legislation will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35707/17]

Hospital Charges

Billy Kelleher

943. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 6 July 2017, the legal standing of the patient waiver form. [35788/17]

Disability Support Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

1050. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a residential placement for a person (details supplied) who is currently residing with their grandparents and needs their own supervised independence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36268/17]

Hospital Beds Data

Billy Kelleher

1068. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 14 July 2017 or the latest date on which data for validated bed closures at hospital and ward level are available, in tabular form. [36374/17]

Hospitals Discharges

Billy Kelleher

1069. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in all public and voluntary acute hospitals at the end of June 2017 or the latest date available; and the number of which have been delayed for periods (details supplied) respectively, in tabular form. [36375/17]

Emergency Departments Waiting Times

Billy Kelleher

1070. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if persons aged 75 years of age or over have experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours to date in 2017; and, if so, the hospital in which the wait occurred. [36376/17]

Organ Donation

Billy Kelleher

1071. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the targets in place for organ donation and transplant rates; if they have been achieved to date in 2017; and if not, the progress made towards achieving the targets. [36377/17]

Health Strategies

Billy Kelleher

1072. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the preparations that have been put in place for the implementation of the policy on trauma systems. [36378/17]

Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

1073. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the planning of a national genetic and genomic medicine network service which will operate on a hub and spoke basis; the location of the hubs and spokes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36379/17]

Hospitals Discharges

Billy Kelleher

1074. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of elective inpatient discharges in each public and voluntary hospital during the first six months of 2017. [36380/17]

Hospital Services

Billy Kelleher

1075. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of haemodialysis patients treated in acute hospitals during the first six months of 2017. [36381/17]

Health Services

Billy Kelleher

1076. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of haemodialysis patients treated in contracted centres during the first six months of 2017. [36382/17]

Health Services

Billy Kelleher

1077. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home therapies dialysis patients treated during the first six months of 2017. [36383/17]

Hospitals Discharges

Billy Kelleher

1078. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost through delayed discharges during the first six months of 2017. [36384/17]

Stroke Care

Billy Kelleher

1079. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of acute stroke patients who have spent all or some of their hospital stay in an acute or combined stroke unit during the first six months of 2017. [36385/17]

Stroke Care

Billy Kelleher

1080. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of persons with confirmed acute ischaemic stroke who receive thrombolysis during the first six months of 2017. [36386/17]

Hospital Services

Billy Kelleher

1081. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the acute hospitals that have a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, outreach programme. [36387/17]

Health Services Data

Billy Kelleher

1082. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons attending the rapid access lung clinic in designated cancer centres during the first six months of 2017. [36388/17]

Health Services Data

Billy Kelleher

1083. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons attending rapid access prostate clinics in cancer centres during the first six months of 2017; and the number of persons attending such clinics who attended or were offered an appointment within 20 working days of receipt of referral in the cancer centres over the same time period. [36389/17]

HSE Agency Staff Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

1084. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spent on agency staff each month to date in 2017; the equivalent figures for each month in 2016; the proportion of the HSE’s anticipated agency staff expenditure for 2017 that has been incurred to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36390/17]

Prescriptions Charges

Billy Kelleher

1085. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount collected in prescription charges for medical card prescriptions in each of the years 2011 to 2016; and the amount projected for 2017. [36391/17]

Emergency Departments

Billy Kelleher

1094. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the emergency department task force report recommendations; and the recommendations that have and have not been fully implemented in tabular form. [36487/17]

Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

1121. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE's development of a community-based cardiac rehab programme in collaboration with a charity (details supplied). [36608/17]

Tobacco Control Measures

Billy Kelleher

1122. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of residential units for older persons that have implemented the tobacco-free campus policy; and the percentage of residential units for older persons which now do so. [36609/17]

Tobacco Control Measures

Billy Kelleher

1123. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of residential disability services that have implemented the tobacco-free campus policy; and the percentage of residential disability services which now do so [36610/17]

Tobacco Control Measures

Billy Kelleher

1124. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of smokers who have received or are receiving intensive cessation support from a cessation counsellor either face to face, in a group, by phone or via a HSE QUIT team to date in 2017. [36611/17]

Tobacco Control Measures

Billy Kelleher

1125. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have enrolled in QUIT programmes to date in 2017. [36612/17]