Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Nursing Home Accommodation

Mary Butler

337. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the status of the replacement and refurbishment of 90 community nursing units nationwide as announced on 26 January 2016; the funding allocated to each project in 2019; and the date on which each of the projects will be complete and operational. [53826/19]

Mental Health Commission Reports

Mary Butler

348. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 26 November 2019, the specific areas of significant improvement in view of the fact the MHC acknowledged significant improvements regarding all areas of compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52682/19]

Vaccination Programme

Mary Butler

403. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the national HPV vaccination programme to provide universal HPV vaccination to boys up to 17 and 18 years of age (details supplied); if the programme will be extended to include all boys of school-going age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52930/19]

Vaccination Programme

Mary Butler

404. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health if the HPV vaccination programme will be delivered under the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52931/19]

Tattooing and Body Piercing Regulation

Mary Butler

422. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to regulate the piercing and tattoo sector; the status of guidelines on the sector; the age of consent for such procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53065/19]

Hospital Services

Mary Butler

423. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when the stoma clinic at University Hospital Waterford will be reinstated (details supplied). [53070/19]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Mary Butler

289. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress of the community employment supervisors pension claim in respect of the sanctioning of funding for the community employment supervisors pension gratuity claim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51968/19]

Labour Activation Programmes

Mary Butler

293. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will inform major stakeholders on foot of the completed interdepartmental review regarding labour activation schemes; when she plans to publish the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51970/19]

HSE Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

368. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for a home support house in CHO5 at the end of October 2019; the number waiting zero to three, three to six, six to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51303/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mary Butler

407. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 310 of 19 November 2019, if an organisation (details supplied) will continue to provide services for children at a school in Waterford city; if not, the person or body that will be providing the service if it discontinues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51599/19]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Mary Butler

594. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason community employment supervisors are classified as employees of an active labour market programme in view of the fact the majority of the supervisors are recruited from the open job vacancies market and are employed on indefinite contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51174/19]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Mary Butler

557. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of discussions on an agreed funding package for community employment supervisors in relation to the pension and gratuity claim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50156/19]

Departmental Correspondence

Mary Butler

121. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a reply will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49236/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

135. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an operation at St. James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49192/19]

Broadband Service Provision

Mary Butler

227. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on an issue (details supplied) which is affecting a rural part of County Waterford; the way in which this issue will be addressed in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49288/19]

Sports Capital Programme Data

Mary Butler

243. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of clubs and organisations in Waterford city and county that were unsuccessful in their application for funding under the sports capital grant scheme; the number that failed to meet the criteria; the main reason unsuccessful applicants in Waterford city and county were declined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49242/19]

Sports Capital Programme Administration

Mary Butler

244. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a second round of funding under the sports capital grant programme will become available; if so, when the funds may become available; the closing date for additional information and submissions which need to be supplied by clubs and organisations that were unsuccessful in the most recent allocations under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49243/19]

Sports Capital Programme Data

Mary Butler

245. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications nationally received under the sports capital grant programme for 2019; the amount applied for; the profile of applications in terms of sporting discipline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49244/19]

Sports Capital Programme Data

Mary Butler

246. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications received under the sports capital grant programme for 2019 from clubs and organisations in Waterford city and county; the amount applied for by such clubs and organisations; the amount approved and declined, respectively, for such clubs and organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49245/19]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Mary Butler

249. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an application for sports capital grant funding by a centre (details supplied) was unsuccessful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49249/19]

Emergency Departments Waiting Times

Mary Butler

88. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the reason to date in 2019 over 1,190 persons over 75 years of age have endured emergency department wait times of more than 24 hours at Waterford University Hospital. [48764/19]

Mental Health Commission Reports

Mary Butler

122. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to ensure that the findings of the Inspector of Mental Health Services report on Waterford department of psychiatry published in October 2019 are acted upon. [48765/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Butler

269. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48581/19]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data

Mary Butler

210. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 15 November 2019 or the latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of persons awaiting placement under the scheme by local health area in tabular form; and the length of time waiting. [48220/19]

Home Help Service Data

Mary Butler

211. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO area as of 15 November 2019 or the latest date available; the way in which this compares to target in each LHO for the same time period; the number of persons on the waiting list for home support hours in each LHO area; and the number waiting 0 to three, three to six, six to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively in tabular form. [48221/19]

Insurance Costs

Mary Butler

83. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the spiralling insurance costs for special schools (details supplied) which can cost up to 38% of the capitation grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47399/19]

School Equipment

Mary Butler

87. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to providing a grant for the servicing of equipment for special schools (details supplied) as this can result in a large financial outlay for schools from the capitation grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47400/19]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Mary Butler

309. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when the position for clinical psychologist and social worker will be filled for a special school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47424/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mary Butler

310. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health if an organisation will continue to provide services for children at a special school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if not, the person or body that will be providing the service if this discontinues. [47425/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Mary Butler

396. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to employing a second full-time nurse for a special school (details supplied) in County Waterford. [47426/19]

Occupational Therapy Provision

Mary Butler

166. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the wait time for children that are waiting to receive an appointment with an occupational therapist (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46820/19]

Health Services Funding

Mary Butler

167. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the status of capital funding of €25,000 for a centre (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46821/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Mary Butler

174. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a heart bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46856/19]

Family Reunification

Mary Butler

231. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a residence permit will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46156/19]

Palliative Care for Children

Mary Butler

304. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health his views on the lack of palliative care for paediatric patients in the South/South West Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46065/19]

Palliative Care for Children

Mary Butler

305. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the staffing structure within the palliative care team in terms of paediatric care in the South/South West Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46066/19]

Palliative Care for Children

Mary Butler

306. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the procedures in place for paediatric patients who require palliative care; the age at which children transition to adult care; the way in which such care is determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46067/19]

Palliative Care for Children

Mary Butler

307. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that children of all ages who are patients in need of palliative care in the South/South West Hospital Group have access to such care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46068/19]

Palliative Care for Children

Mary Butler

308. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the paediatric palliative care available by hospital by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46069/19]

Palliative Care for Children

Mary Butler

309. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of children that required and received palliative care in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by CHO and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46070/19]

Departmental Funding

Mary Butler

313. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when an allocation will be made to a support centre (details supplied) under the community and voluntary support grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46101/19]

Hospital Overcrowding

Mary Butler

132. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the overcrowding issue being experienced in the adult psychiatric unit at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45824/19]

Hospitals Data

Mary Butler

133. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of adult cases admitted to the psychiatric unit at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of adult discharges that occurred in the same period at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45825/19]

Hospital Transfers

Mary Butler

134. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of adult cases transferred from the psychiatric unit at University Hospital Waterford to another similar facility due to overcrowding issues at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45826/19]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Mary Butler

135. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the staffing numbers at the psychiatric unit at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45827/19]

Hospital Facilities

Mary Butler

136. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a new psychiatric unit at University Hospital Waterford; the progress made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45828/19]

Mental Health Services Provision

Mary Butler

137. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide appropriate step-down services for psychiatric patients - both adults and children - at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45829/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff

Mary Butler

138. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure all staff are trained in Children First to address the needs of children being admitted to mental health services at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45830/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision

Mary Butler

139. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve access to appropriate facilities for all child cases being admitted to mental health services at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45831/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision

Mary Butler

140. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that children will not be admitted to the adult psychiatric unit at University Hospital Waterford and that appropriate care is provided to children in the appropriate setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45832/19]