Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Patient Data

Billy Kelleher

223. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the national patient experience survey includes patients in accident and emergency departments. [26157/17]

Hospitals Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

232. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when his attention was drawn to the fact that Tallaght hospital had cut its cleaning budget in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26217/17]

Hospitals Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

233. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take regarding the decision to cut Tallaght hospital's cleaning budget in 2015; if the persons that made the decision still hold positions of responsibility in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26218/17]

Hospitals Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

234. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the decision to cut Tallaght hospital's cleaning budget in 2015 was sanctioned by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26219/17]

Hospitals Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

235. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the decision to cut Tallaght hospital's cleaning budget in 2015 was sanctioned by the board of the Dublin Midlands hospital group; if their attention was drawn to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26220/17]

Hospitals Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

236. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if other hospitals have imposed reductions on cleaning and hygiene similar to Tallaght hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26221/17]

Hospitals Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

237. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cleaning budget for Tallaght hospital in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively; and the amount it has increased in order to treat the adverse consequences of the previous decision to cut the budget. [26222/17]

Health Services Staff Training

Billy Kelleher

385. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if general practitioners and other medical professionals receive regular training on Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25269/17]

Pre-Hospital Emergency Care

Billy Kelleher

442. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a solution can be offered to persons (details supplied) who wish to work in the emergency services here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25493/17]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Billy Kelleher

464. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the application for reimbursement for the drug Entresto; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25667/17]

Home Help Service Data

Billy Kelleher

465. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for home care packages for persons aged 65 to 74 years of age, 75 to 84 years of age and 85 years of age and older received in each of the years 2011 to 2016. [25670/17]

Home Help Service Data

Billy Kelleher

466. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for home help hours for persons aged 65 to 74 years of age, 75 to 84 years of age and 85 years of age and older received in each of the years 2011 to 2016. [25671/17]

Infant Mortality Data

Billy Kelleher

504. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of perinatal deaths and the perinatal mortality rate in each maternity unit in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and the number of stillbirths and the number of early neonatal deaths within that timeframe. [26003/17]

State Claims Agency

Billy Kelleher

505. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of compensation payments made by the HSE on foot of incidents in maternity units in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the amount of each individual payment; and the maternity unit in which the incident took place. [26004/17]

Tax Data

Billy Kelleher

82. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised from tobacco product tax by product type in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form. [25089/17]

Tax Data

Billy Kelleher

83. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide clearance data for roll-your-own tobacco products cleared from tax warehouses in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form. [25090/17]

Tobacco Control Measures

Billy Kelleher

183. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address the use of disposable tins by tobacco companies to bypass upcoming plain packaging laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25202/17]

Tobacco Control Measures

Billy Kelleher

184. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address tobacco companies rapidly increasing the production of products affected by plain packaging laws prior to the 30 September 2017 deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25203/17]

Medicinal Products Supply

Billy Kelleher

203. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if there is a contingency plan in place in order that smaller hospitals that do not have compounding capabilities and do not run out of chemotherapy drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25261/17]

Medicinal Products Supply

Billy Kelleher

204. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will consider pharmacists prescribing nicotine replacement therapy the way in which the morning after pill is prescribed (details supplied); if he will adopt the HIQA recommendation of a review of dispensing rules for nicotine replacement therapy on the general medical scheme and that this takes place without delay in order that operational structures can be developed to provide nicotine replacement therapy without a prescription to general medical scheme patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25262/17]

Prescriptions Charges

Billy Kelleher

205. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing the prescription charge on a phased basis over five years, beginning in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25263/17]

Prescriptions Charges

Billy Kelleher

206. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the 50 cent prescription charge reduction for medical card holders over 70 years of age to the entire general medical scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25264/17]

Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold

Billy Kelleher

207. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme reimbursement threshold on a phased annual basis from €144 per month to €132 per month, €120 per month, €100 per month and €85 per month respectively, beginning in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25265/17]

Medicinal Products Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

208. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the programme for Government commitment to reduce the cost of medicines by reducing the annual required co-payment on the drugs payment scheme; his plans to amend reimbursement of the scheme from a monthly to annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25266/17]

Hospital Charges

Billy Kelleher

209. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing statutory public inpatient charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25267/17]

Health Promotion

Billy Kelleher

210. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department and Healthy Ireland will implement the WHO international code of marketing of breast milk substitutes in full (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25268/17]

IBRC Liquidation

Billy Kelleher

180. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance if tendering or procurement was required for companies or persons hired to assist with the liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, such as in accounting, legal matters and so on; the companies or persons hired through this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24098/17]

IBRC Liquidation

Billy Kelleher

181. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the companies or persons that were hired as part of the liquidation of the IBRC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24099/17]

IBRC Liquidation

Billy Kelleher

182. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the costs incurred in the liquidation of the IBRC; the companies and persons hired; the area of expertise of each; the payments made to each person and company in addition to the timeframe of each individual contract, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24100/17]

Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

416. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of chiropodists in County Kerry to treat medical card holders; the names and addresses of each; the current waiting list for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23980/17]

Obesity Strategy

Billy Kelleher

471. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason for the lack of adoption of obesity treatment programmes with regard to the requirement of treatment programmes for obesity since the publication in 2005 of the report of the National Taskforce on Obesity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24276/17]

Obesity Strategy

Billy Kelleher

472. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost to the healthcare system, in terms of hospital care and medications, of those living with obesity; if his Department has carried out a cost-benefit analysis of the wider implementation of obesity treatment programmes versus current long term spending on obesity-related diseases such as diabetes, obesity related cancers and heart disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24277/17]

Rights of Way Provision

Billy Kelleher

474. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been unable to secure a registered right of way from the HSE on a road at which they have an existing right of way and have been using for the past 30 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24292/17]

Garda Deployment

Billy Kelleher

41. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Cork division in each year since Garda recruitment resumed in 2014; and the attested personnel strength of each in September 2014 and at the end of April 2017. [23757/17]

HSE Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

220. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the HSE budget for information technology in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [23735/17]

HSE Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

221. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent upgrading and updating information systems in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [23736/17]

HSE Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

222. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent on software to combat malware and cyber attacks in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [23737/17]

Cyber Security Policy

Billy Kelleher

223. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of computers provided by the HSE to staff; and the number that have had software upgrades in each of the past five years with a view to strengthening protection against cyber attacks. [23738/17]

Cyber Security Policy

Billy Kelleher

224. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of computers provided by the HSE to staff; and the number of each that came into service in each of the past ten years. [23739/17]

HSE Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

225. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated expenditure on information technology in the capital plan to 2021; and the amount that has been drawn down to date. [23740/17]

Hospital Consultant Contracts

Billy Kelleher

226. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants currently employed on a full-time permanent basis; the number employed on a temporary basis; the number on the specialist register; and the number not on the specialist register [23741/17]

Hospital Consultant Contracts

Billy Kelleher

227. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time hospital consultants who have left the health service in each of the past four years. [23742/17]

Cancer Incidence

Billy Kelleher

228. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if survival rates for ovarian cancer are less here than in other EU and OECD countries; if so, the action being taken to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23743/17]

Cyber Security Policy

Billy Kelleher

232. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE personnel assigned to cyber security in each of the years 2012 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [23785/17]

Hospital Charges

Billy Kelleher

238. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of the €632,117,844 income raised by private charges (details supplied) by hospitals in 2016 which was charged following emergency admissions; and the amount which was charged following elective admission in each of the years from 2014 to 2016, in tabular form. [23527/17]

Drugs Payment Scheme

Billy Kelleher

345. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a drug (details supplied) in the treatment of systemic Degos disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22704/17]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Data

Billy Kelleher

356. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to the allocation of an extra €15 million to the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2017, the number of persons in each hospital on day case and inpatient lists who have been offered treatment by the fund to date in 2017; and the number of persons in each hospital who have had treatment as a result of such an offer. [22736/17]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Data

Billy Kelleher

357. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of the extra €15 million allocated to the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2017 that has been spent; and the dates and locations that it was spent. [22737/17]

Obesity Strategy

Billy Kelleher

410. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the benefits of treating persons with obesity in reducing mortality, the comorbidities of obesity, reducing disease management costs and improving quality of life; his policy for treating persons with established obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22963/17]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Billy Kelleher

189. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the findings of the evaluation of a drug (details supplied) for reimbursement by the NCPE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22206/17]

Hospital Charges

Billy Kelleher

205. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of a review of the policy on charging private patients in public hospitals; if he has had direct engagement with insurance companies on the matter; when the review will be completed; and if it will accord with his reported view that it is not acceptable that persons are being pressurised at a vulnerable time to sign forms that allow hospitals to bill health insurers for treatments provided by the public health system. [22300/17]

Health Reports

Billy Kelleher

350. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on each individual recommendation, including the measures or actions that will be undertaken to implement same in respect of the recommendations detailed in a report by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21394/17]

Disabilities Assessments

Billy Kelleher

364. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 6 April 2017, if he will provide a breakdown of these figures into regional areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21450/17]

Departmental Meetings

Billy Kelleher

424. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the meetings his Department has facilitated since 27 May 2013 with regard to the relocation of the National Maternity Hospital to St. Vincent's Hospital campus, in tabular form. [21552/17]

Health Services Access

Billy Kelleher

175. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the independent clinical review of scoliosis services in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21206/17]

Health Services Access

Billy Kelleher

176. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the action plan on scoliosis will be released; if there has been engagement with surgeons as part of the development of this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21207/17]

Medicinal Products Prices

Billy Kelleher

192. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised by groups (details supplied) in respect of the delays with reporting decisions relating to a drug; if he has examined these issues; the action being taken to address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21256/17]

Medicinal Products

Billy Kelleher

212. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the assessment process for Respreeza (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21359/17]

Hospitals Patronage

Billy Kelleher

2. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the ownership and governance of hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21080/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

40. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he expects to see a real and substantial improvement in hospital waiting lists. [20743/17]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration

Billy Kelleher

79. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the review of the fair deal scheme with regard to its impact on farming families will be completed. [20746/17]

Accident and Emergency Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

85. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the ongoing difficulties in emergency departments in the south/south west hospital group. [20742/17]

Medicinal Products Regulation

Billy Kelleher

87. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE will undertake a comprehensive review of the use of the drug valproate by pregnant women here. [20745/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Billy Kelleher

91. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if Respreeza will be approved for persons with alpha-1 lung disorder. [20744/17]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Billy Kelleher

157. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a leeway given to persons that apply for student grant applications that have disabilities when applying for education grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20958/17]

Inquiry into Child Abuse

Billy Kelleher

375. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills whether recent reports that an organisation (details supplied) has paid the amount it owes to victims of abuse are accurate; if so, the manner in which this has been done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20508/17]

Regeneration Projects

Billy Kelleher

443. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has received a submission made by persons (details supplied); if he will include these properties in the regeneration scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19409/17]

National Stroke Programme Implementation

Billy Kelleher

1071. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the outgoing clinical lead of the HSE’s national stroke programme has warned of an imminent crisis due to the failure to invest in services to meet an expected 50% increase in stroke within the next eight years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20543/17]

National Stroke Programme Implementation

Billy Kelleher

1072. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to a lack of modest investment in services, the average length of stay of stroke patients in acute hospitals is now increasing and direct discharge to nursing homes is up by 2.3%, which alone has added €17.25 million to the cost of nursing home care to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20544/17]

National Stroke Programme Implementation

Billy Kelleher

1073. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure ongoing clinical leadership within the national stroke programme in the face of the challenges to service delivery caused by a soaring stroke rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20545/17]

National Stroke Programme Implementation

Billy Kelleher

1074. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve the rate of admissions to stroke units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20546/17]

Health Services Staff

Billy Kelleher

1075. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve inadequate levels of nursing staff, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, clinical nutritionists and speech and language therapists for stroke patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20547/17]

Hospital Staff

Billy Kelleher

1076. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals that have access to a medical social worker and a neuropsychologist, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20548/17]

National Stroke Programme Implementation

Billy Kelleher

1077. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost of rolling out early supported discharge programmes nationally for stroke patients in circumstances in which this would improve patient outcomes and free up acute hospital beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20549/17]

Home Care Packages

Billy Kelleher

1078. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons under 65 years of age now account for one in every four strokes, yet home care packages are not tailored to the specific needs of persons who could be living with the side effects of strokes for decades; if he will create an entitlement to home care which is appropriate for stroke survivors of all ages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20552/17]

Health Services Staff

Billy Kelleher

1079. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists serving stroke patients here; his views on whether this is adequate to treat the often complex emotional and psychological impacts of stroke; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20553/17]

Health Insurance Data

Billy Kelleher

293. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently availing of private health insurance in certain age groups (details supplied). [18617/17]

Nursing Staff Data

Billy Kelleher

294. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of new nursing staff recruited for each hospital (details supplied) in the year to the end of March 2017 in tabular form; the number of nursing staff that left the hospital in the year to the end of March 2017, in tabular form; the number of nursing staff in the hospital in July 2016, in tabular form; and the net increase or decrease in nursing staff in each hospital in the year to the end of March 2017 in tabular form. [18618/17]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data

Billy Kelleher

302. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the scheme for each local health area in tabular form; and the time waiting in tabular form. [18716/17]

Hospital Beds Data

Billy Kelleher

303. 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 7 April 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18717/17]

Home Help Service Data

Billy Kelleher

304. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours by local health area provided in each month in 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form. [18718/17]

Home Care Packages Data

Billy Kelleher

305. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home care packages currently being provided by local health office area on a seven day week basis, on a five day week basis and fewer than five days a week, respectively, in tabular form. [18719/17]

Ambulance Service Data

Billy Kelleher

306. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in March 2017 in tabular form; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes, 40 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 120 minutes and 180 minutes, respectively, to hand over patients, receive their trolley and return to responding to calls, in tabular form. [18720/17]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

116. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the €1 million funding announced in budget 2017 for the provision of CCTV cameras; and when local communities can apply for this. [17635/17]

Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

487. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be released to ease the waiting list of more than 200 persons who are waiting on walking aids with a charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17552/17]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Billy Kelleher

488. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with additional foot orthotics to assist with alignment resulting from cerebral palsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17553/17]

Hospital Consultant Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

520. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to hire a myalgic encephalomyelitis specialist consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17684/17]

Patient Data

Billy Kelleher

521. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of myalgic encephalomyelitis patients here; the source of this information; the way in which it is collated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17685/17]

Care Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

522. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the supports in place to assist diagnosed myalgic encephalomyelitis patients in the community to assist them with their everyday lives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17686/17]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility

Billy Kelleher

523. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a 90% agricultural relief to farm business assets under the financial assessment of the nursing home support scheme in order that the contribution to cost of care is calculated on agricultural value and reflects ability to pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17692/17]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility

Billy Kelleher

524. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the charge on productive assets be removed to reflect ability to pay, in relation to the assessment of farmers under the nursing home support scheme; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17693/17]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility

Billy Kelleher

525. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the review of the nursing home support scheme will be completed; the changes which will be introduced to aid farm families and small businesses; when these changes will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17694/17]

Cancer Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

616. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to make proton beam therapy available here. [18185/17]

Cancer Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

617. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if clinical trials for proton beam therapy have taken place here. [18186/17]

Cancer Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

618. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Chief Medical Officer is of the view that proton beam therapy is an effective treatment. [18187/17]

Intermediate Care

Billy Kelleher

223. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE can confirm plans to remove the intermediate care vehicle from Castleblayney station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17157/17]

Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

229. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if there is a threat of closure to Elphin health centre and Strokestown health centre in County Roscommon; his plans to wind down services in one or both health centres following completion of the new Boyle primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17188/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

234. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years of age currently on waiting lists for an appointment with their local child and adolescent mental health team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17206/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

235. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18years of age for an appointment with their child and adolescent mental health team by HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17207/17]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Billy Kelleher

236. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years currently on waiting lists for a speech and language assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17208/17]