Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Primary Care Centres Data

Louise O'Reilly

1375. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, by grade, that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Dublin, inner city-Summerhill; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25827/16]

Primary Care Centres Data

Louise O'Reilly

1376. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, by grade, that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Coolock, Dublin 17; the services which will be provided; the number of additional staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25828/16]

Maternity Services

Louise O'Reilly

1392. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with a person (details supplied) regarding issues on maternity services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25922/16]

Legislative Programme

Louise O'Reilly

1417. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of international public funding models for fertility treatment; when the general scheme of legislative provisions dealing with assisted human reproduction, AHR, will be published; the timeframe for the legislation dealing with AHR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26026/16]

Alcohol Advertising

Louise O'Reilly

1656. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there has been interaction between his Department and the Department of Health in respect of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 with respect to the regulation of advertising and sponsorship of alcohol products; if so, if he will provide documents relating to this, including memos or information made available with respect to codes and standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24701/16]

Departmental Funding

Louise O'Reilly

1657. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the working relationship between his Department and the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland; if State funding is made available to this body; if so, the detail of funding for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24702/16]

Garda Data

Louise O'Reilly

105. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number, rank, title and job of members of An Garda Síochána who are assigned to the Dublin metropolitan region north; the number of stations and vehicles in this division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21933/16]

Health Services

Louise O'Reilly

555. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of podiatry and chiropody services in the Health Service Executive west region; the number and location of local podiatry clinics in this region that have been discontinued in the past ten years, in tabular form; if he will publish the criteria for discontinuing such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21929/16]

Health Services Staff Data

Louise O'Reilly

680. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors, general practitioners and nurses dedicated to supporting patients living with dementia and their families in County Donegal; and his plans to add to this list of important supports. [22802/16]

Hospitals Data

Louise O'Reilly

685. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated to every hospital here in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date; the numbers of inpatients per annum in every hospital in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date; and the numbers of medical staff in every hospital in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date. [22875/16]

General Medical Services Scheme Administration

Louise O'Reilly

686. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if persons with a medical card having blood samples taken by their local general practitioner or primary care centre are liable for a charge; and if they are not liable for a charge, the way this instruction or guideline is regulated. [22876/16]

Alcohol Pricing

Louise O'Reilly

170. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he has considered introducing a ban on below invoice cost selling on alcohol products, where alcohol products would not be permitted to be sold at less than the invoice cost price inclusive of value-added tax and excise duty, as a measure to support minimum unit pricing in tackling discounting of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21719/16]

Alcohol Pricing

Louise O'Reilly

171. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the contingency plans in place to curtail the retail of cheap alcohol products at discounted prices should he be unable to immediately implement minimum unit pricing upon enactment of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21720/16]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services

Louise O'Reilly

185. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the progress being made to date on the development of an implementation plan for the neuro-rehabilitation policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21444/16]

Hospital Beds Data

Louise O'Reilly

186. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient rehabilitation beds; the cost of increasing the number of inpatient beds to 270 to meet the needs of the population; the staff that would be needed to staff these beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21445/16]

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services

Louise O'Reilly

187. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of community neuro-rehabilitation teams here; the number of staff and the services as part of these teams; the cost of increasing the number of these teams to include one in each local health office and to provide staffing for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21446/16]

Home Help Service Data

Louise O'Reilly

2. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of banked and paid for hours that home-help workers are due; the breakdown of these by region; the number of hours that have been cut from persons in the same areas for the period 2014 to 2016 to date; the number of home-help hours projected for 2016 and the percentage of these that have been delivered to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21095/16]

Health Services Reports

Louise O'Reilly

20. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 213 to 215, inclusive, of 23 June 2015, the actions he is taking to ensure patient safety in terms of investigating why certain hospitals have higher than average death rates; if he will undertake any investigations or follow-up action following the publication of the second annual report of the national health care quality reporting system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20917/16]

HSE Governance

Louise O'Reilly

24. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing a legislative based accountability framework for Health Service Executive employees; the consultation or meetings he has had on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20913/16]

Medical Card Administration

Louise O'Reilly

46. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his plans to legislate for a distinct new medical need ground for eligibility for the medical card with an assessment involving the establishment of a threshold of medical need and not tested against a household’s financial means or against diagnosis titles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20916/16]