Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Healthcare Policy

Alan Kelly

741. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if free sanitary products are being provided in all public hospitals; if not, his plans to do so; when they will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18886/19]

Hospitals Discharges

Alan Kelly

742. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to deal with delayed discharges in hospitals; the volume of delayed discharges across all hospitals in each of the years 2016 to 2018, and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18887/19]

Nursing Home Accommodation Provision

Alan Kelly

749. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of a new nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18914/19]

Planning Guidelines

Alan Kelly

1557. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the planning guidelines for solar development at large scale ground mount level will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19349/19]

Local Authority Charges Application

Alan Kelly

1558. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on standardisation of development charges by local authorities for grants of planning permission for solar farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19350/19]

Commercial Rates

Alan Kelly

1559. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the Valuation Office has a policy on standardisation of rates applicable to solar farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19351/19]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Alan Kelly

162. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if there are risks in Beaumont Hospital with regard to patients being accommodated in non-clinical areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18108/19]

Health Services Staff Remuneration

Alan Kelly

162. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when section 39 workers in Nenagh day care centre will have their pay restored in view of the fact it has been reinstated for their counterparts in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17909/19]

Post Office Network

Alan Kelly

208. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions or communications he or his officials have had with An Post regarding the relocation of the post office in Thurles; the details of such discussions or communications; the dates, times, attendees and locations of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17876/19]

IDA Ireland

Alan Kelly

100. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the new advance factory locations for inward investment will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17061/19]

Patient Safety

Alan Kelly

112. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the status of a further external review of the case of a person (details supplied). [16992/19]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

127. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the dates and attendees since 1 May 2016 of meetings between his Department and the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding the health benefits of a nationwide ban on smoky coal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17056/19]

Hospital Transfers

Alan Kelly

137. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason a patient transfer between UHL and the Mater Hospital on 4 April 2018 could not be completed by ambulance and had to be carried out by a family member; if this endangered the patient; his views on whether this was acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17089/19]

Broadband Service Provision

Alan Kelly

159. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be brought to Kilcommon, Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17060/19]

Road Projects

Alan Kelly

169. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to fund the Thurles bypass in 2019 or 2020; if funding will be provided for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17071/19]

Road Projects

Alan Kelly

175. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding being provided in 2019 or planned for 2020 for the Thurles inner relief road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17090/19]

Housing Data

Alan Kelly

219. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the date, location and volume of units of all official openings for social housing schemes for local authority, approved housing bodies or other, or sod turnings he or other Ministers have partaken in since 1 May 2016, in chronological and tabular form. [17065/19]

Schools Amalgamation

Alan Kelly

85. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) since it was included on the school capital building plan in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16835/19]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Alan Kelly

113. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if there are funding issues with regard to the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16792/19]

Postal Services

Alan Kelly

157. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that An Post adheres to Government policy in all its activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16833/19]

An Bord Pleanála Review

Alan Kelly

206. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reviews conducted into An Bord Pleanála since its inception; if copies of same will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16836/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Alan Kelly

212. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to progress the development of a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that it has been on the school building capital plan since 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16308/19]

Naturalisation Applications

Alan Kelly

249. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 285 of 18 December 2018 and 244 of 26 January 2019, if the application will be finalised for the naturalisation ceremony due to take place at the end of April 2019 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16149/19]

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

Alan Kelly

380. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when a report by a company (details supplied) on the cost overruns in the national children’s hospital will be published; the reason the report has been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16304/19]

Patient Data

Alan Kelly

381. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients being treated for cataracts in public and private hospitals, by year and hospital, in each of the years 2015 to 2018, and to date in 2019. [16305/19]

Patient Data

Alan Kelly

382. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients being treated in Croom Hospital in each of the years 2015 to 2018, and to date in 2019. [16309/19]

Patient Data

Alan Kelly

391. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients being treated in Croom Hospital in each of the years 2015 to 2018, and to date in 2019. [16422/19]

Greyhound Industry

Alan Kelly

478. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a copy of the document, Irish Greyhound Board Business Model Analysis, which was prepared by a company (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16316/19]

Bord na gCon

Alan Kelly

479. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the remuneration and benefits policy in place for management in the Irish Greyhound Board; the contracts, benefits and bonus structures that are in place; if they meet with all Government guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16317/19]

Bord na gCon Staff

Alan Kelly

480. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of director of events and hospitality services advertised by the Irish Greyhound Board; if this role was appropriately filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16318/19]

Bord na gCon Staff

Alan Kelly

481. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of the director of human resources advertised by the Irish Greyhound Board; if this role was appropriately filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16319/19]

Bord na gCon

Alan Kelly

482. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contracts awarded for human resource services by the Irish Greyhound Board since 2015; the cost of each individual contract; the tendering details of each contract; the reason such contracts have been necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16320/19]

Bord na gCon

Alan Kelly

483. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a list of all roles within the Irish Greyhound Board that have been publicly advertised in each of the years 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019, will be published; if all roles in the organisation have been appropriately advertised during that time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16321/19]

Bord na gCon

Alan Kelly

484. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ownership structures for all greyhound stadiums that come under the ownership or management of the Irish Greyhound Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16322/19]

Greenways Development

Alan Kelly

529. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Glenbeigh to Renard South Kerry greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16273/19]

Brexit Preparations

Alan Kelly

534. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans Fáilte Ireland has prepared to help the tourism industry post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16306/19]

Road Traffic Accidents Data

Alan Kelly

535. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of traffic accidents or collisions on the M7 in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date 2019. [16307/19]

Medical Card Eligibility

Alan Kelly

205. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the income limits for a medical card application (details supplied). [14427/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Alan Kelly

291. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when there will be an autism spectrum disorder unit for post-primary schools in Nenagh, County Tipperary. [12806/19]

Immigration Policy

Alan Kelly

542. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a change in the visa policies and procedures rules for ministers of faith from various different denominations coming here from outside the State. [13640/19]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Alan Kelly

729. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the projects that will be affected by the €24 million cut to the health capital budget; if the cut will result in further delay to persons with disabilities who are due to move from institutions to homes in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13305/19]

Semi-State Bodies

Alan Kelly

948. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a copy of all sales and marketing strategies by an organisation (details supplied) from 2013 to date in 2019 will be provided; if he is satisfied that all the actions in the strategies have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12738/19]

Bord na gCon Administration

Alan Kelly

949. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request an organisation (details supplied) to provide a copy of its organisational structure; the positions vacant in the organisation; the reason these positions are vacant; and if a copy of all previous organisational structures of the organisation since 2010 will be provided. [12739/19]

Bord na gCon

Alan Kelly

950. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the corporate governance structures in place for the past two years in an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12740/19]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Alan Kelly

34. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason the second Scally report into the cervical cancer scandal is delayed; and when it will be published. [11795/19]

Dental Services Data

Alan Kelly

77. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the targets under the 1994 dental health action plan that children are entitled to three routine screenings in first or second class, third or fourth class and in sixth class, including orthodontic screening, are being achieved across each HSE region; the percentage figures achieved for same across all regions in each of the years 2015 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11796/19]

Hospital Facilities

Alan Kelly

98. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the new 60 bed unit in University Hospital Limerick will be opened and operational. [11794/19]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times

Alan Kelly

270. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the criteria for treatment under the NTPF for public patients seeking wisdom tooth removal or impacted teeth removal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11511/19]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times

Alan Kelly

271. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the waiting times under the NTPF for patient access to wisdom tooth removal or impacted teeth removal; his views on whether the exclusion of accredited specialists from providing this service is causing another significant delay for this cohort of patients (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11512/19]

HSE Properties

Alan Kelly

136. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the future of a building and site (details supplied); if the State asset, historical workhouse and famine graveyard will be put to public use or sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11321/19]

Air Quality

Alan Kelly

140. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if an analysis has been performed on the health risks associated with air quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11327/19]

Air Quality

Alan Kelly

141. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he has met with officials from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment to discuss the issue of sub par air quality here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11328/19]

Bituminous Fuel Ban

Alan Kelly

192. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the smoky coal ban will be enacted; the reason for its delay in view of the fact that the enactment of the ban had previously been confirmed for September 2018 by his predecessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11329/19]

Bituminous Fuel Ban

Alan Kelly

193. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the clean air strategy; when it will be published; the reason he plans to include the enactment of the ban as a measure within the package in view of the fact that European Commission clearance has already been provided; if this delay will lead to a further 1,150 premature deaths due to air quality (details supplied) in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11330/19]

Bituminous Fuel Ban

Alan Kelly

194. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the arrangements that will apply in respect of the nationwide ban on smoky coal; when the ban will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11331/19]

Public Procurement Contracts Data

Alan Kelly

153. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contracts, the duration of each and values that have been awarded to companies (details supplied) for the restoration of Leinster House; the person or body that awarded each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9351/19]

Naturalisation Applications

Alan Kelly

244. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 18 December 2018, when a decision will issue in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9152/19]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Alan Kelly

434. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the second report into the CervicalCheck scandal will be published which was dealing with full contractual and quality control issues in relation the laboratories used by CervicalCheck; the reason it has been delayed; if the terms of reference provided to a person (details supplied) for this work will be published; when these terms of reference were provided to the person; if the person expressed concerns regarding this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9685/19]

National Parks

Alan Kelly

23. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contact she and her officials have had with executors of an estate (details supplied) with regard to the house, its surrounds and the approximate 5,000 acres of land in the estate and securing continuing public access to the lands. [8694/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Alan Kelly

218. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project to rebuild a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7890/19]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Alan Kelly

366. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when building will commence for the proposed new primary care centre at Ballyboden, Dublin 16 in view of the fact that the site was purchased a number of years ago and has received planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7888/19]

Health Services Funding

Alan Kelly

367. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if HSE projects in an area (details supplied) will be affected by the cost overrun in the building of the national children's hospital, such as a new renal unit at Tallaght University Hospital, new primary care centres and care-of-the-elderly facilities in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7889/19]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Alan Kelly

587. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare service providers that closed their services in 2018 and to date in 2019, or have indicated that they are not reopening in September 2019; the number of childcare places which will be lost due to these facilities closing by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8137/19]

State Pension (Contributory)

Alan Kelly

616. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the difficulties being experienced on the website MyWelfare.ie will be resolved; and when a paper application form inviting pensioners to fill in gaps in their records will be issued. [7959/19]

Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

654. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans for increasing housing supply in the South Dublin County Council area; the timeframe for same (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7891/19]

Hospitals Data

Alan Kelly

164. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments cancelled in January 2017, 2018 and 2019 by week and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7486/19]

Departmental Budgets

Alan Kelly

82. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has sent communication from his Department in recent months requesting the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to make budgetary savings in order to provide extra funding for the overspend in the national children’s hospital; and if so, if the correspondence will be published. [7301/19]

National Children's Hospital Administration

Alan Kelly

147. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the risk registers from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board for 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, respectively, will be published. [7373/19]

National Children's Hospital Administration

Alan Kelly

148. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the board minutes of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board from 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, respectively will be published. [7374/19]

Civil Service Accountability

Alan Kelly

202. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his officials and civil servants across the public service are subject to circular 12/2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6427/19]

Ministerial Briefing

Alan Kelly

203. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the dates, attendees and purposes of all meetings he or his special advisers had with a person (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [6519/19]

Departmental Correspondence

Alan Kelly

204. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish all correspondence between a person (details supplied) or his office or officials with the Minister, his special advisers, the Secretary General of his Department or the Secretary General's office in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date on 2019. [6520/19]

National Children's Hospital

Alan Kelly

207. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all communications between his Department and the Department of Health regarding the national children’s hospital in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019 will be published. [6610/19]

HSE Reports

Alan Kelly

434. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when a report (details supplied) on the review of genetics services here will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6630/19]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Alan Kelly

435. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied), under its contract to provide cervical screening services to the HSE, outsources some of its work outside of the contract with the HSE to labs in the United States of America; if so, when he and a person were notified of same; the actions that have been taken as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6631/19]

National Children's Hospital

Alan Kelly

464. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if a copy of all minutes of meetings of the board or sub-committees of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board held in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, will be provided. [6830/19]

Hospitals Data

Alan Kelly

514. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if funding is being provided in the 2019 capital plan for the new 60-bed modular unit at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7134/19]

Hospitals Data

Alan Kelly

515. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 721 of 15 January 2019, if the reply is accurate in view of his comments at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health regarding the proposed new 60-bed modular unit for University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7135/19]

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

Alan Kelly

90. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date, format and person or body by which he was informed of the cost overruns in the national children’s hospital in November 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6169/19]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

177. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the dates, times, minutes and personnel present for all meetings between his officials and the chief executive or acting chief executive of the HSE in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019. [6132/19]

Ministerial Meetings

Alan Kelly

178. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the dates, times, minutes and personnel present for all meetings between him and the Chief Medical Officer in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [6133/19]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

179. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the dates, times, minutes and personnel present for all meetings between a person (details supplied) and the Chief Medical Officer in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [6134/19]

Road Improvement Schemes

Alan Kelly

232. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all roads funding for Cavan County Council has been appropriately spent over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6063/19]

Protected Disclosures

Alan Kelly

268. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the actions he has taken regarding the protected disclosure received on the way in which roads funding has been spent in Cavan County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6062/19]

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

Alan Kelly

59. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach the date in November 2018 on which his attention was first drawn to the cost overruns in the national children’s hospital. [5780/19]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Alan Kelly

140. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if there will be a delay in the provision of capital funding to Cavan General Hospital for the purpose of upgrading wards in view of the significant cost overruns in the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5910/19]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Alan Kelly

46. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if a guarantee will be provided that the 24-week delay in smear testing under the CervicalCheck programme has not adversely affected the health outcomes for some women [5414/19]

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

Alan Kelly

191. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date in October 2018 on which his attention was drawn to, either formally or informally, the overspends in the costs of the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5619/19]

Medical Products Supply

Alan Kelly

319. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the anxiety and worry the parents of children with SMA are experiencing due to the delay in making the drug Spinraza available; the timeline for making it available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4989/19]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Alan Kelly

346. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the capital projects, including information technology and equipment, the commencement date of which has been postponed, delayed or dropped as a result of the overruns in spending on the national children’s hospital by project, original commencement date and new commencement date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5102/19]

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

Alan Kelly

450. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the date in October 2018 his Department drew the attention of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, either formally or informally, to the overspends in the costs of the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5640/19]

National Children's Hospital

Alan Kelly

451. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the date and times of meetings he and-or his officials had with the national children’s hospital project and programme board since its inception; the persons who attended each meeting; if the minutes of each meeting will be published; if he will publish the correspondence between the board and his Department; if he will publish the minutes of the meetings of the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5641/19]

National Children's Hospital

Alan Kelly

452. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the date in November 2018 he or his officials informed the Taoiseach of the cost overruns in the national children’s hospital; the format in which this information was given; the person or body that provided same; if he will publish documentation relating to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5642/19]

National Children's Hospital

Alan Kelly

453. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the communications with the national paediatric hospital development board; the date and times of all meetings he and-or his officials had with the board; the purpose of these meetings; if he will publish the minutes of each meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5643/19]

Free Travel Scheme Review

Alan Kelly

604. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the travel pass scheme in particular to children who are wheelchair bound. [4984/19]

Alcohol Pricing

Alan Kelly

180. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the timelines for the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4840/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Kelly

99. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of air transport provided by the Air Corps to each Minister and Minister of State in each Department in each of the years 2016 to 2018, inclusive; the number of trips by year; the cost per trip by date; and the number of passengers per trip by year in tabular form. [2948/19]

Hospital Overcrowding

Alan Kelly

366. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of operations cancelled in 2018 due to overcrowding by hospital. [2469/19]

Hospitals Data

Alan Kelly

367. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of operations cancelled due to staff shortages by hospital. [2470/19]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Data

Alan Kelly

368. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of surgical procedures from public waiting lists undertaken in the private sector under the National Treatment Purchase Fund by hospital. [2471/19]