Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Hospital Staff Recruitment

John Brassil

46. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the reason a full-time cardiologist, respiratory consultant and an associate professor from UCC that agreed to be assigned to University Hospital Kerry have not yet been appointed; and the status of progress in regard to same. [16236/18]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

John Brassil

75. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to recruit a new cardiologist at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17094/18]

Schools Building Projects Applications

John Brassil

144. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a new building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17194/18]

Medicinal Products

John Brassil

221. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health when the national biosimilars strategy will be published; the reason for the delay in publishing same; the measures the strategy will contain to increase Ireland's low uptake of biosimilars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17095/18]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications

John Brassil

250. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of the application by a person (details supplied) for the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17262/18]

Sport Ireland

John Brassil

205. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16857/18]

National Driver Licensing Service

John Brassil

206. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to assist elderly persons who do not have access to computers or broadband to book an appointment for the National Driver Licensing Service; if they will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16859/18]

Garda Data

John Brassil

55. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda station in County Kerry in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16556/18]

School Staff

John Brassil

393. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a recent decision to refuse an appeal by a school (details supplied) regarding provision of an additional teacher for the 2018/2019 academic year will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15656/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Brassil

721. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of progress on an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15258/18]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

John Brassil

737. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to extend the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system to the entire population for persons with type 1 diabetes on the long-term illness scheme; if no plans are in place, if the monitoring system will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15333/18]

Health Services

John Brassil

781. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce an information campaign on the contribution calcification testing could play in reducing the incidence of heart attacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15605/18]

Hospital Services

John Brassil

795. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of cataract treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15632/18]

Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards

John Brassil

801. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1077 of 11 September 2017, the status of the establishment of a registration board for regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists; the status of the drafting of by-laws to establish a register of members of the professions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15643/18]

Health Care Professionals

John Brassil

835. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if members of an association (details supplied) are recognised to gain employment with the HSE; if not, the reason therefor; if they will be recognised once regulation of the profession is in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15693/18]

Hospital Staff Data

John Brassil

836. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the number of staff on sick leave at University Hospital Kerry; the amount it is costing to agency backfill as a consequence of this leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15698/18]

Hospital Staff Data

John Brassil

837. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the number of health professionals who have left their posts at University Hospital Kerry in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15699/18]

Hospital Staff Data

John Brassil

838. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical staff on the ground across all departments, that is, speech and language and physiotherapy at University Hospital Kerry by number and department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15700/18]

Hospital Staff Data

John Brassil

839. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies that exist for clinical staff posts at University Hospital Kerry by numbers and posts in each department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15703/18]

Home Help Service Provision

John Brassil

863. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if additional home help hours can be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15825/18]

Health Services Staff Data

John Brassil

1005. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the number of community ophthalmic physicians, orthoptists, nurses and administration staff assigned to primary care eye services in each local health office area; and the equivalent figures in 2016 and 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16638/18]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications

John Brassil

1028. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16756/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

John Brassil

1039. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16819/18]

GLAS Payments

John Brassil

1071. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farm payments for persons (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15467/18]

Employment Support Services

John Brassil

1371. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the policies and supports in place to encourage employers to engage persons with disabilities, particularly persons with Down's, syndrome to work for them; if additional supports are planned to promote same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14965/18]

DEIS Status

John Brassil

143. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for the removal of DEIS status for a school (details supplied); the guidelines under which this was decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14637/18]

Summer Works Scheme Eligibility

John Brassil

148. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to refuse funding via the summer works scheme for a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14644/18]

School Accommodation Provision

John Brassil

177. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14704/18]

Medicinal Products

John Brassil

271. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if melatonin will be added to the list of medicines covered by the medical card (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14614/18]

Passport Applications Administration

John Brassil

153. Deputy John Brassil asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will make special arrangements to provide additional staff, working hours and supports to the Passport Office to address the large backlog in passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13565/18]

Drainage Schemes

John Brassil

225. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will carry out works at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13578/18]

Residency Permits

John Brassil

292. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a stamp 4 application in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13582/18]

Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage

John Brassil

339. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if Melatonin will be made available under the medical card scheme for children with autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13584/18]

Maternity Services

John Brassil

373. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health when he expects a decision will issue by the South-South West Hospital Group regarding approval of a capital submission for a dedicated obstetric theatre for University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13792/18]

Health Services Data

John Brassil

406. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the types and number of different testing methodologies for borreliosis being employed here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13973/18]

Disease Incidence

John Brassil

418. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the number of samples submitted for testing for Lyme borrelia for each of the years 2007 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in tabular form; the number which returned positive results, long-standing positive results and an equivocal result, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14001/18]

Roads Maintenance Funding

John Brassil

512. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be made available to Kerry County Council to fully recondition the Dale Road, Abbeydorney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13533/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times

John Brassil

583. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the wait times for claims decisions, reviews and appeals by scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13724/18]

Teacher Recruitment

John Brassil

229. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will overturn the decision relating to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12270/18]

School Accommodation

John Brassil

238. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a request for four classrooms and two science laboratories for a school (details supplied) will be allowed; if all costings have been submitted for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12359/18]

Summer Works Scheme

John Brassil

239. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 21 May 2017, if the summer works scheme will be reopened to new applications in view of the fact that his Department is advising that applications made for additional school accommodation in certain instances are more appropriate to the summer works scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12360/18]

Special Educational Needs

John Brassil

251. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request the State Examinations Commission to revise the qualifying criteria for the RACE scheme to allow special arrangements for children with processing speed deficits (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12567/18]

Public Sector Staff Retirements

John Brassil

270. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make changes to the terms and conditions of service of primary school principals that would encourage them to defer retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12828/18]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

John Brassil

546. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to improve neurological services here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12380/18]

Hospital Beds Data

John Brassil

547. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the number of dedicated beds for neurology here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12381/18]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

John Brassil

548. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the actions he will take to address staffing deficits in neurology services here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12382/18]

Nursing Staff Provision

John Brassil

587. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure his Department makes adequate funding available to the HSE to provide a replacement public health nurse (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12515/18]

Home Help Service Provision

John Brassil

617. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to provide additional home help hours to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12599/18]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications

John Brassil

662. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of a fair deal application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12857/18]

Housing Issues

John Brassil

1021. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the definition of the term "effective" in correspondence (details supplied). [12002/18]