Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

General Practitioner Services Provision

Seán Kyne

75. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health the type of measures he is considering to help support the provision of general practitioner services in rural areas, given the global pressures on the recruitment and training of health care staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3888/16]

General Practitioner Contracts

Billy Kelleher

76. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the negotiation of a new contract for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3925/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Joan Collins

77. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on survivors of severe acquired brain injury depending on a maintenance programme in nursing home care rather than in proper rehabilitation therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3944/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Colm Keaveney

78. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive target for moving persons out of congregated settings was not met in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3886/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

79. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he is aware, and if it is acceptable, that there are approximately 250 children with scoliosis who are waiting for an operation to fix their spine or waiting to see a consultant; that many of these children have been waiting for more than 15 months for vital treatment; how he will ensure that these children who are in chronic pain are treated as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3935/16]

Medicinal Products Availability

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

80. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is negotiating with the drug supplier Vertex, which produces the drug Orkambi, a drug which has been found to significantly improve the lives of cystic fibrosis sufferers, to ensure that the best possible treatment is available to the thousands of sufferers; if he has considered a pan-European Union approach to acquiring this drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3937/16]

Hospital Staff

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

81. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health why he has not honoured commitments by his predecessor to fund academic appointments to University Hospital Waterford in the context of the reconfiguration of acute hospital services in the south east; if an agreement was entered into in 2013 to fund a number of specific posts at the hospital over an initial five year period; if he will issue a direction in the closing days of Dáil Éireann to honour this commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3938/16]

Mental Health Services Staff

Clare Daly

82. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the chronic shortage of nursing staff in St. Joseph's Association for the intellectually disabled in Portrane, County Dublin; if he has consulted with the Health Service Executive on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3891/16]

Hospital Facilities

Billy Kelleher

83. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of commissioned units in public and voluntary hospitals that have yet to open, including the patient accommodation capacity in each, in tabular form; when they will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3928/16]

Mental Health Services Provision

Robert Troy

84. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the progress he has made in ending the practice of placing children and adolescents in adult psychiatric wards, further to the commitment of the programme for Government. [3205/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Colm Keaveney

85. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive's service plan makes no provision for an increase in the number of personal assistant hours for persons with disabilities in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3885/16]

Accident and Emergency Services Provision

Michelle Mulherin

86. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Health the measures he it taking to address the issue of patients on trolleys at Mayo General Hospital, including the capacity problem that sees the emergency department at the hospital dealing with 36,000 patients as opposed to 20,000 patients, for which it was designed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3890/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

87. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the funding and the number of hours being provided for home help, and the funding and the number of packages being provided for home care in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3927/16]

Hospital Staff Data

John Halligan

88. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency staff at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2013 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3934/16]

Community Care Provision

John Browne

89. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive community intervention teams by local health office; the local health offices that do not have a community intervention team exclusive to their locale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3930/16]

Health Services Access

Mick Wallace

90. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health his views on the recent statistics from Health Consumer Powerhouse, which found Ireland to have the longest emergency department waiting times in Europe and placed Ireland second worst for access to specialists; the measures he is taking or planning to address these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3922/16]

Health Services Staff

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

91. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the status of his provision of arthritis-specific front-line staff during his period as Minister for Health, including consultants, clinical nurse specialists, advanced nurse practitioners, physiotherapists and occupational therapists; the numbers in situ; if he will add to their number, with a particular focus on addressing the long waiting lists for those persons who are undiagnosed and untreated and living every day with crippling pain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3939/16]

Hospital Staff

John Halligan

92. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Health the number of academic appointments at University Hospital Waterford funded since the reorganisation of hospital services in the south east; the appointments he and the Health Service Executive have committed to make; when these appointments will be made; who will take on the permanent costs of these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3932/16]

Disability Support Services Provision

Joan Collins

93. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the status of funding and services for survivors of severe acquired brain injury, including those currently provided, and the number of patients affected; and if he will improve these services in line with best practice with international agreements such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [3943/16]

Speech and Language Therapy

Finian McGrath

94. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health to ensure all persons with a disability who need speech and language and therapy services get adequate services in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3327/16]

Labour Activation Measures

Ruth Coppinger

95. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach the number of participants on labour activation schemes, by scheme and by month, since July 2015, in tabular form. [4169/16]

Departmental Legal Cases Data

Jack Wall

96. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Taoiseach his views on a submission (details supplied); if he will reply to the requests in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3409/16]

Departmental Funding

Fergus O'Dowd

97. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Taoiseach the funding he allocated and the funding spent on capital projects and other initiatives in the constituency of Louth-East Meath, by project and initiative, by completion date and by cost, for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3569/16]

Unemployment Data

Willie O'Dea

98. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Taoiseach the rates of unemployment in Limerick city and county in each of the years 2009 to 2012, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3408/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Michael McGrath

99. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Taoiseach the amount he spent on media clipping and media monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4204/16]

Ministerial Expenditure

Michael McGrath

100. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Taoiseach the expenses claimed, including the amount of mileage and the amount claimed, by each Minister and Minister of State, by calendar year, during the current Dáil Eireann, in tabular form. [4205/16]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Lucinda Creighton

101. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Taoiseach the name, costs, date of commission, date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [4206/16]

Departmental Investigations

Lucinda Creighton

102. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Taoiseach the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been responsible, by name, by terms of reference, by cost, including the cost to date where an inquiry has not been concluded, and by date, including the projected date of conclusion where an inquiry has not been concluded, from 1991 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4207/16]

Appointments to State Boards Data

Catherine Murphy

103. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application process or otherwise, from 7 March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies on State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4624/16]

Humanitarian Assistance Scheme

Barry Cowen

104. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount allocated and spent to date under the humanitarian fund for flooding, by county. [4420/16]

Carer's Allowance Payments

Michael Ring

105. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive arrears following an appeal under the carer's allowance scheme. [3953/16]

Humanitarian Assistance Scheme

Patrick O'Donovan

106. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will include preventative works for persons affected by flooding such as flood barriers for doors under the humanitarian assistance scheme or the Government assistance scheme. [3962/16]

Invalidity Pension Payments

Noel Harrington

107. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3963/16]

Water Conservation Grant Eligibility

Willie O'Dea

108. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is not entitled to a water conservation grant since moving address given that the person had already registered with Irish Water; if she will award the grant to this person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3964/16]

Invalidity Pension Applications

Michael McNamara

109. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the invalidity pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3973/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

Pat Rabbitte

110. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the deadline for submissions to the Labour Market Council for its review of payments for persons under 26 years of age under the jobseeker's allowance scheme; when the report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3985/16]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Bernard Durkan

111. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4009/16]

Illness Benefit Payments

Michelle Mulherin

114. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who receives a payment under the illness benefit scheme receives an additional payment for a dependent child. [4022/16]

Exceptional Needs Payment Data

Pearse Doherty

115. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the sum of payments made under the exceptional needs payment scheme for each of the years from 2011 to 2015, in tabular form, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4029/16]

Exceptional Needs Payment Data

Pearse Doherty

116. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of formal requests made and the number refused under the exceptional needs payment scheme to her Department's representative, formally known as the community welfare officer, by county, for each of the years from 2011 to 2015, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4030/16]

Family Income Supplement Data

Noel Harrington

117. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of lone parents claiming family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4033/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Applications

Jack Wall

118. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a transfer payment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare under the one-parent family payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4043/16]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Terence Flanagan

119. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4057/16]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Gerry Adams

120. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath who has made an application in respect of a child under the carer's allowance scheme and when she will make a decision on this application. [4120/16]

National Internship Scheme Eligibility

Charlie McConalogue

121. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is not being considered for a placement under the JobBridge scheme; why a farm assist payment is not seen as a qualifying payment under the JobBridge scheme, given that no further entitlements are being claimed in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4147/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Ruth Coppinger

122. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the research conducted by the Simon Communities, Locked Out of the Market III: The Gap Between Rent Supplement/HAP [Housing Assistance Payment] Limits and Market Rents, that indicates that 95% of properties advertised for rent are not available at the rent supplement limits. [4167/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Ruth Coppinger

123. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to increase rent supplement levels, given the research by the Simon Communities showing a 32.3% rise in rents since April 2012, given that rent supplement levels have remained unchanged since June 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4168/16]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Ruth Coppinger

124. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have had a penalty applied to their social protection payment for refusing to take part in a labour activation scheme, including the schemes the refusal referred to, in tabular form. [4170/16]

Employment Support Services

Ruth Coppinger

125. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of participants in the Dublin 15 and 24 areas who have been referred to the JobPath scheme. [4171/16]

National Internship Scheme Data

Ruth Coppinger

126. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of companies that have been banned from the JobBridge scheme. [4172/16]