Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Reports

Billy Kelleher

392. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when her Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30217/15]

Departmental Reports

Billy Kelleher

431. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when his Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30208/15]

Drug Treatment Programmes

Billy Kelleher

446. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the issue of the diversion of methadone provided under the methadone maintenance programme to the illicit drugs trade; if his Department has tracked or analysed the extent of the problem; if he will provide an estimate of the cost foregone to the Exchequer as a result of this diversion; the measures his Department have implemented to tackle this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29843/15]

Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

485. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by local health area the average waiting time for ophthalmic assessment for primary or post-primary students. [29724/15]

HSE Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

497. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 9 July 2015, if he will provide the information sought for June 2015, not April 2015 as provided in the reply; and if it is not the case that the information is available to him, given that his Department has provided information to the Department of Finance for the purposes of the June Exchequer returns, and that furthermore in Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 30 September 2014, he provided Dáil Éireann with an update as to the Health Service Executive's net current deficit against profile at the end of September 2014. [29842/15]

Medical Card Data

Billy Kelleher

503. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 July 2015; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [29857/15]

Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

504. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form and by local health office area, the numbers waiting for orthodontic treatment at the end of June 2015, including the number aged 16 years and under and the number above 16 years of age. [29858/15]

Hospital Services

Billy Kelleher

519. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 660 of 16 June 2015 on the 2,684 cases on the National Treatment Purchase Fund inpatient/day case list for 30 May 2013 in Cork University Hospital, the number of these cases in respect of which the scheduled treatment or procedure was provided in Cork University Hospital; the number of cases in which the scheduled treatment or procedure was outsourced; the number of cases in which no scheduled treatment or procedure actually occurred; and in view of the inability of Cork University Hospital to provide an answer (details supplied) and its view that it is a matter for the National Treatment Purchase Fund, if he will direct whoever is responsible for this matter to provide an answer to the question originally put. [29900/15]

Departmental Reports

Billy Kelleher

525. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the date on which his Department received the international evidence review on independent hospital trusts undertaken by the Health Research Board at his Department's request; when he will publish this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29932/15]

Speech and Language Therapy

Billy Kelleher

529. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form and by local health area, the number of persons currently on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list, and within that, the numbers waiting less than four months, from four to 12 months, and for more than 12 months. [29986/15]

Speech and Language Therapy

Billy Kelleher

530. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form and by local health area, the number of persons currently on the speech and language therapy treatment waiting list, and within that, the numbers waiting less than four months, from four to 12 months, and for more than 12 months. [29987/15]

Health Insurance Regulation

Billy Kelleher

531. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he has further extended the date by which the Voluntary Health Insurance Board must acquire the necessary capital reserves to make an application for authorisation by the Central Bank of Ireland. [29988/15]

General Practitioner Services

Billy Kelleher

532. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, details of the number of general practitioner vacancies by local health area. [29989/15]

Hospital Staff Data

Billy Kelleher

533. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the most up-to-date figures for the number of vacant positions in each public and voluntary hospital in the following categories: consultants; non-consultant hospital doctors; nursing positions; other health and social care professionals; management: administration; and general support staff. [29990/15]

Ambulance Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

534. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form and by Health Service Executive region, sub-divided by every 50,000 miles or 80,000 km, the distances that have been travelled by emergency ambulances currently in service; those travelled by intermediate care ambulances currently in service; those travelled by rapid response vehicles currently in service, in such a capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29991/15]

Ambulance Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

535. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for each ambulance station and in each month in the year to April 2015, the percentage of clinical status 1 echocardigram incidents responded to by first responder in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less; and the percentage of clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less. [29992/15]

Ambulance Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

536. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in April 2014; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes, 40 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 120 minutes, and 180 minutes to hand over patients, get the trolleys back and return to responding to calls. [29993/15]

Mental Health Services

Billy Kelleher

537. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the progress made in implementing each of the 31 recommendations in the 2011 Health Service Executive report, Time to Move on from Congregated Settings; the timeframe for full implementation of the recommendations in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29994/15]

Primary Care Centres

Billy Kelleher

538. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form details of the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012; the current status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29995/15]

Hospital Beds Data

Billy Kelleher

539. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of beds and wards in hospitals (details supplied); the number of those beds and wards that are currently closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29996/15]

Alcohol Pricing

Billy Kelleher

540. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the discussions he has undertaken with the relevant members of the Northern Ireland Executive with regard to a joint approach to the introduction of minimum prices for alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29997/15]

National Children's Hospital Status

Billy Kelleher

541. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to outline the progress made on the development of the national children's hospital since the selection of the site at St. James's Hospital in autumn 2012; the timelines for the next steps in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29998/15]

Hospital Procedures

Billy Kelleher

542. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each public hospital in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29999/15]

Hospital Procedures

Billy Kelleher

543. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed, by voluntary hospital, in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30000/15]

Hospital Services

Billy Kelleher

544. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of procedures the Health Service Executive procured from private and independent hospitals in 2015 to date; the amount spent by the executive on these procedures in private and independent hospitals in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30001/15]

HSE National Service Plan

Billy Kelleher

545. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the measures that have been introduced to achieve projected savings of €95 million from the annual drugs budget, as outlined in the Health Service Executive national service plan for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30002/15]

HSE National Service Plan

Billy Kelleher

546. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to outline the measures that have been introduced in 2015 to improve the procurement of medicines to realise savings in the drugs budget, as outlined in the Health Service Executive national service plan for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30003/15]

Hospital Beds Data

Billy Kelleher

547. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of critical care beds in each public hospital at the end of each of the years 2011 to 2014 and the latest figure for 2015. [30004/15]

Accident and Emergency Departments Staff

Billy Kelleher

548. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for each public and voluntary hospital with an emergency department, the number of emergency medicine consultants in each; and the number of each that have an emergency medicine consultant available daily on a 24 hour basis. [30005/15]

Hospital Services

Billy Kelleher

549. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form and by public and voluntary hospital the revenue raised between 1 January 2015 and 30 June 2015 from charges for private patients in public beds; the same details for the first six months of 2014 and for 2013; if he will provide in tabular form and by public and voluntary hospital the number of procedures from 1 January 2015 to 30 June 2015 in each hospital which has treated private patients in public beds and the equivalent figures for the first six months of 2014 and of 2013; and the number of applications for payment by the insurer that were submitted by each hospital for such procedures carried out between 1 January 2015 and 30 June 2015, between 1 January 2014 and 30 June 2014 and between 1 January 2013 and 30 June 2013. [30006/15]

Ambulance Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

550. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of emergency ambulances that have been decommissioned by the Health Service Executive national ambulance service in 2015 to date; the number of new emergency ambulances that have been acquired in 2015 to date; the number of intermediate care ambulances that have been decommissioned by the executive's national ambulance service so far in 2015; the number of new intermediate care ambulances that have been acquired so far in 2015; the number of rapid response vehicles that were decommissioned by the executive's national ambulance service in 2014; the number of new rapid response vehicles that have been acquired in 2015 to date; the number of vehicles which have been commissioned or purchased as rapid response vehicles that have been acquired in 2015 to date; the number currently in use; the number awaiting entry into service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30014/15]

Ambulance Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

551. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of emergency ambulances currently in service; if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the total number according to the year they entered service; if he will provide in that table data on pods and vehicles in terms of the date they entered service and the Health Service Executive region in which they are based; the number of intermediate care ambulances currently in service; if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the total number according to the year they entered service; if he will also provide in that table data on pods and vehicles in terms of the date they entered service and the Health Service Executive region in which they are based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30015/15]

Health Services Staff Data

Billy Kelleher

552. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the Health Service Executive on 1 July 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. [30017/15]

Hospital Consultant Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

577. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the number of full-time consultants in paediatrics and neonatology to at least 320 whole-time equivalents, as recommended by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. [30182/15]

Medical Card Administration

Billy Kelleher

578. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing medical cards to all children under six years of age, as recommended by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. [30183/15]

Vaccination Programme

Billy Kelleher

579. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to include the roll-out of the meningococcal B vaccine, the varicella vaccine and the rotavirus vaccine to all children, and the human papilloma virus vaccine to boys in the national childhood immunisation programme; and the estimated cost of same. [30184/15]

Vaccination Programme

Billy Kelleher

580. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Tdap vaccine for pregnant women will be funded. [30185/15]

Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

581. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the recommendations of the international working group’s model for cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology for congenital heart disease for the island of Ireland; if he is committed to the recommendation for the expansion and updating of the cardiac intensive care unit capacity in Dublin to at least ten fully staffed beds; the estimated cost of this particular recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30186/15]

Departmental Reports

Billy Kelleher

582. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when his Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30215/15]

Departmental Reports

Billy Kelleher

631. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when his Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30214/15]

Departmental Reports

Billy Kelleher

679. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30211/15]

Departmental Reports

Billy Kelleher

770. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when his Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30212/15]

Departmental Reports

Billy Kelleher

812. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when his Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30209/15]

Departmental Reports

Billy Kelleher

845. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30220/15]

Departmental Reports

Billy Kelleher

870. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when her Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30207/15]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

215. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the proposals to increase staffing resources in a hospital (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29468/15]

Health Services Staff

Billy Kelleher

216. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the proposals to have a person return to employment in the Health Service Executive (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29469/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

260. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-evaluate the Special Needs Assistant allocation that has been provided to a school (details supplied) in County Cork, as part of the roll-out of two further classrooms, to bring the school into operation in its new premises; if she will increase the allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29244/15]

Home Help Service Data

Billy Kelleher

559. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 23 June 2015 and the failure of the Health Service Executive to answer the question sufficiently, if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of home help hours provided and how this compares to the targets set in each local health office area for each month to date in 2015. [28492/15]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications

Billy Kelleher

563. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the application of a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the fair deal scheme will be expedited given the person's circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28499/15]

Home Help Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

580. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application under the home help scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [28542/15]

Hospitals Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

605. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount spent on medicines in each of Ireland's public hospitals in each of the years 2010 to 2014, and the estimated spend in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28698/15]

HSE Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

606. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the total amount spent by the Health Service Executive on biological medicines in each of the years 2010 to 2014, and the estimated spend in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28699/15]

HSE Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

607. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the Health Service Executive on biosimilar medicines in each of the years from 2010 to 2014, and its estimated expenditure in 2015; his views on the increased use of biosimilars within the Irish health care service; the measures he plans to introduce to facilitate this increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28700/15]

HSE Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

608. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to increasing the use of biosimilar medicines as a means of reducing or containing the State’s annual medicines bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28701/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

613. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health regarding the decrease of 6,178 persons in June 2015 in the number on the outpatient waiting list for more than 12 months at Waterford University Hospital, the number of the 6,178 who were seen by a consultant in Waterford University Hospital; the number who were provided with an appointment elsewhere; if such an alternative arrangement was public or private; the number who were deemed to be no longer waiting on an appointment; if he is satisfied that the May 2015 figure of 10,886 was a true and accurate reflection of the number waiting more than a year for an outpatient appointment in the hospital in that month. [28753/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

614. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health regarding the decrease of 2,388 persons in June 2015 in the number on the outpatient waiting list for more than 12 months at South Infirmary Victoria Hospital in County Cork, the number of the 2,388 who were seen by a consultant in the hospital; the number who were provided with an appointment elsewhere; if such an alternative arrangement was public or private; the number who were deemed to be no longer waiting on an appointment; and if he is satisfied that the May 2015 figure of 5,899 was a true and accurate reflection of the numbers waiting more than a year for an outpatient appointment in the hospital in that month. [28754/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

615. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health with regard to the decrease of 2,049 persons in June 2015 in the number on the outpatient waiting list for more than 12 months at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, the number of the 2,049 who were seen by a consultant in the hospital; the number who were provided with an appointment elsewhere; if such an alternative arrangement was public or private; the number who were deemed to be no longer waiting on an appointment; and if he is satisfied that the May 2015 figure of 5,727 was a true and accurate reflection of the numbers waiting more than a year for an outpatient appointment in the hospital in that month. [28755/15]

Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

633. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form and by local health office area for those up to 16 years of age and those over 16 years of age, details of the numbers waiting for orthodontic treatment at the end of March 2015. [28877/15]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

651. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the assistance necessary to allow Cork University Hospital to increase its staffing levels in its paediatric high-dependancy unit, and allow the hospital to use the currently vacant beds in this unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28917/15]

Housing for People with Disabilities Provision

Billy Kelleher

847. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the key priorities in 2015 of the national housing strategy for people with a disability; the progress made in achieving these priorities in the first half of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28372/15]

Rental Accommodation Scheme Criteria

Billy Kelleher

863. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if direction has been issued by him or his Department to local authorities to contact those on the housing list to fill out a rental accommodation scheme questionnaire, threatening them with the closure of their housing application if they do not respond in 14 days, despite the fact that they did not apply for the scheme; his views on such directions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28821/15]

Driver Licences

Billy Kelleher

910. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that driving licences are free for persons over 70 years of age; the circumstances in which a person over 70 years of age would be charged in relation to a driving licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28508/15]

Universal Health Insurance

Billy Kelleher

1. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of the commitments in the programme for Government on universal health insurance; his views that both parties in government remain committed to the goal of universal health insurance, based on multiple insurers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27791/15]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times

Billy Kelleher

25. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that outpatient waiting list figures published for December 2013 by the National Treatment Purchase Fund were accurate; if the data reported in waiting lists published a year later did not contradict the information published in December 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27658/15]

Maternity Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

31. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the new national maternity strategy will be published; the timeframe in place for the relocation of the three Dublin maternity hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27659/15]

Care of the Elderly Provision

Billy Kelleher

54. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views that the additional funding announced in April 2015 to tackle overcrowding in emergency departments in hospitals has, to date, had the impact that was envisaged; the action that will be taken to address the developing shortage of nursing home places for older persons no longer capable of living at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27660/15]

Universal Health Insurance White Paper

Billy Kelleher

61. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he will publish and act on the results of the costings exercise commissioned by his Department into universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27656/15]

HSE Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

65. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Health Service Executive’s financial position; the net current deficit of the executive against profile at the end of June 2015; if additional expenditures announced for free general practitioner care and to tackle overcrowding in emergency departments in hospitals are reflected in this; the latest projection for the overall deficit in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27657/15]

Departmental Budgets

Billy Kelleher

196. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health with regard to the once-off revenue measures of €330 million that he announced for the health budget in 2015, the amount of this revenue that was raised by the end of June 2015; the sources of same; and if he expects there to be any variance in the revenues raised in 2015 from his original estimate in October 2014. [28029/15]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

201. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the embargo on dental nurses will be lifted; if so, when; the number of positions that will be filled in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28040/15]

Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

211. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will increase the staffing levels at St. Ita's in Newcastle West, County Limerick to allow this facility to be used to its full potential, and to fulfil its designated use as a palliative care and hospice unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28092/15]

Property Tax Assessments

Billy Kelleher

68. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance if he will enquire of the Revenue Commissioners if they have made a decision regarding the a repayment request by a person (details supplied) in County Cork, further to an overpayment by that person of Local Property Tax, which overpayment was based on an incorrect valuation of the person's house by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27849/15]

Horticulture Sector

Billy Kelleher

107. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of investment his Department is making in horticulture; if his Department liaises with local authorities to foster a greater appreciation of horticulture, especially in urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27932/15]

Cancer Incidence

Billy Kelleher

157. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age with cancer as of 30 June 2015; the number of these who had a medical card; and the number who had a general practitioner card, at that time. [27767/15]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data

Billy Kelleher

184. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, for the end of June 2015, for each local health area, the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; and the length of time they are waiting. [27930/15]

Social Welfare Appeals

Billy Kelleher

104. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan, given that a determination on a local authority house will be made within a week, and this is dependent on the person being in receipt of a social welfare payment. [27719/15]

Universal Health Insurance

Billy Kelleher

300. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health with regards to his comments in Dáil Éireann on 1 July 2015 that the Economic and Social Research Institute report on the costs of introducing universal health insurance was a draft report, if the institute submitted the report as a draft or if it submitted it as a final estimate of what it had been commissioned to report on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27399/15]

Sexual Offences Data

Billy Kelleher

315. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of sexual abuse allegations reported from 1990 to date in 2015; the number that have been investigated; and that have gone before the criminal courts; the number of health care employees convicted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27099/15]

Health Services Staff

Billy Kelleher

323. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the embargo will be lifted on the hiring of speech and language therapists; the number of jobs currently vacant in this field; of those, the number that are permanent positions or contract positions; in respect of speech and language courses that are run in our universities, the number of this year's graduates who will be employed by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27142/15]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Billy Kelleher

328. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason the personal assistant service for children with special needs to allow them to attend preschool is not filling the hours awarded in the North Lee in Cork, while in the South Lee in Cork personal assistant hours are being fully filled, leaving children in the North Lee unable to attend their full early childhood care and education preschool year; the action the Health Service Executive is taking to resolve this disparity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27180/15]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Billy Kelleher

329. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will ensure that a child (details supplied) in County Cork will have her full personal assistant hours filled to allow the child to attend the early childhood care and education preschool year, as is the child's entitlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27182/15]

Psychological Services

Billy Kelleher

331. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there is currently no child psychologist in County Meath, leaving children and families without the necessary assessments they require; the action that will be taken to rectify this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27189/15]

Hospital Services

Billy Kelleher

368. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on proposals by Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 to close a taxi rank at the hospital; and if he will put any measures in place to address the concerns of the customers and drivers who currently use the rank. [27380/15]

Universal Health Insurance

Billy Kelleher

391. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that the Economic and Social Research Institute has estimated the additional cost of universal health insurance at between 3.5% and 10.7% more than the current system, or €666 million and €2.05 billion in current prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27490/15]

Universal Health Insurance

Billy Kelleher

392. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Health Insurance Authority has presented a report to him that estimates the cost of universal health insurance between €2,197 and €3,201 for every adult per year, with an additional 15% cost for children and students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27491/15]

Crime Prevention

Billy Kelleher

153. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action the Government will take to halt the online trade in illegal medicines, in view of a recent fatality. [26728/15]

Universal Health Insurance

Billy Kelleher

168. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if media reports of a €3,000 average cost per adult for universal health insurance are correct; if he has received the results of the costing exercise; if he will publish same; his plans to confine any such scheme to hospital services only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26776/15]

Hospital Facilities

Billy Kelleher

169. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the new cystic fibrosis ward at Cork University Hospital will open; the reason previous targets for the opening have not been met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26777/15]

Hospital Staff

Billy Kelleher

182. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the current staffing crisis being experienced within Listowel Community Hospital in County Kerry poses a real threat to the viability of the hospital; if he is aware that the staffing complement in the hospital decreased from 1,068 nursing hours per week in 2008 to 563.5 hours per week in June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26822/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

146. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount spent by her Department on tackling drug-related crime in each of the years 2009 to 2014; the estimated spend in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26481/15]

Drugs Dealing

Billy Kelleher

147. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the total value of the illicit drugs market; if she will provide a further breakdown of value by each drug type; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26482/15]

Ministerial Meetings

Billy Kelleher

148. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times since the current Government took office that she has met directly the Minister for Health to discuss the national drugs strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26483/15]

National Drugs Strategy Implementation

Billy Kelleher

176. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of times since the current Government took office that he has met the Minister of State with responsibility in the area of drugs to discuss the national drugs strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26483/15]

Proposed Legislation

Billy Kelleher

177. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a new misuse of drugs Bill will be enacted; the measures that will be included in this legislation to combat the illicit drug trade and facilitate addiction treatment services; if he is satisfied with the time being taken to introduce this legislation; if he is in a position to fast-track this legislation to ensure it is enacted by the end of 2015, in view of the urgency needed to combat drug-related criminality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26484/15]

National Drugs Strategy Implementation

Billy Kelleher

178. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the issue of the diversion of methadone provided under the methadone maintenance programme to the illicit drugs trade; if his Department has tracked or analysed the extent of the problem; if he will provide an estimate of the cost to the Exchequer as a result of this diversion; the measures his Department has implemented to tackle this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26485/15]

National Drugs Strategy Implementation

Billy Kelleher

190. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown, in tabular form, of the amounts spent on the methadone maintenance programme, including medicine costs, general practitioner fees, pharmacy fees and the costs of other ancillary and-or related services in each of the years from 2009 to 2014; the estimated spend for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26473/15]

National Drugs Strategy Implementation

Billy Kelleher

191. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners suitably qualified and currently engaged by the Health Service Executive to administer the methadone maintenance programme; if he will provide a breakdown of the location and number of each such general practitioner by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26474/15]

Drug Treatment Programmes Policy

Billy Kelleher

192. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the methadone maintenance programme is successful in treating the estimated 20,000 heroin addicts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26475/15]

Drug Treatment Programmes Policy

Billy Kelleher

193. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the initiatives that have been developed and undertaken by his Department to bring the estimated 10,000 heroin addicts outside of treatment into treatment programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26476/15]