Written answers

Friday, 6 September 2019

  • Services for People with Disabilities
    770. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to reduce the care hours provided for a person (details supplied) will be reconsidered, which have been reduced from ten to seven hours per...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    771. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding in relation to the nursing home support scheme will be proved in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35541/19]
  • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
    772. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to end the availability of the rehabilitative training bonus will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35696/19]
  • National Dementia Strategy
    773. To ask the Minister for Health if the call of an organisation (details supplied) for investment will be included in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36156/19]
  • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
    774. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary medical certificate application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36382/19]
  • Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation
    775. To ask the Minister for Health when Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be fully commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34986/19]
  • Prescriptions Charges
    777. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 4 May 2017, the consideration being given to the issue raised (details supplied); his views on whether urgent...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    778. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an angiogram appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34687/19]
  • Maternity Services
    779. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the services provided in a clinic (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the ownership of the...
  • Hospital Services
    782. To ask the Minister for Health if procedures and operations for persons over 60 years of age are being carried out in Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    783. To ask the Minister for Health the status of capital expenditure for a new wing to Cavan General Hospital and a 14-bed ward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34693/19]
  • Drug Treatment Programmes Data
    784. To ask the Minister for Health if costs are determined by costs per treatment episode; the number of episodes in each of the years since 2012 by medical detoxification unit, community based...
  • Protected Disclosures
    785. To ask the Minister for Health if other Departments have been notified of the receipt of protected disclosures submitted to the National Maternity Hospital; the number of protected...
  • Hospital Services
    786. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused access to genetic testing that was recommended by their treating physician. [34696/19]
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    787. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the national forensic mental health service facility in Portrane, County Dublin; the completion date for same; if the project...
  • Mental Health Services
    788. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken during 2018 to improve outcomes for persons with comorbid severe mental illness and substance misuse problems. [34710/19]
  • Diabetes Strategy
    790. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make flash glucose monitoring technology available for persons with type 1 diabetes regardless of age; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    791. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a drugs payment card by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34718/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    792. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [34724/19]
  • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
    793. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency staff in the health service to date in 2019 and for the same period in 2018, by occupation, hospital and community healthcare organisation...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    794. To ask the Minister for Health if St. James's Hospital, Dublin will review the case of a person (details supplied) to determine if an earlier appointment than 14 October 2019 can be...
  • Treatment Abroad Scheme
    795. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 15 May 2019, if a referral under the treatment abroad scheme will be expedited and approved for a person (details...
  • Departmental Correspondence
    796. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of all correspondence will be provided between his Department and a person (details supplied). [34734/19]
  • HSE Waiting Lists
    797. To ask the Minister for Health if there are major issues with referrals to ear, nose and throat, ENT, care for children (details supplied). [34739/19]
  • Dental Services Data
    798. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments under the school dental service in Cork city in each of the past 15 years by child. [34741/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Delays
    800. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for an operation in view of the fact their condition was diagnosed over three years ago; and if he will...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
    801. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women waiting for colposcopy appointments by hospital on 19 July 2019, in tabular form. [34758/19]
  • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
    802. To ask the Minister for Health if a vitamin B12 injection supplied by a general practitioner is covered under the full medical card; if the patient is charged for this service; and if he...
  • Hospital Investigations
    803. To ask the Minister for Health if he and his officials have considered requesting HIQA to review the circumstances in relation to a recent termination (details supplied) in Holles Street...
  • Abortion Services Provision
    804. To ask the Minister for Health the assurances he has received from Holles Street Hospital regarding the ongoing safety of termination services at the hospital; if this included practices at...
  • Health Services Appeals
    805. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34771/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    806. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34773/19]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
    807. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for spinal fusion operations; the steps he will take to ensure there is more access to operating theatres for such children...
  • Vaccination Programme Data
    808. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of vaccine rates in County Wicklow by town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34781/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    809. To ask the Minister for Health if an outpatient appointment for a person (details supplied) who has been on the waiting list for two years will be expedited. [34782/19]
  • Medical Card Applications
    810. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34784/19]
  • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
    811. To ask the Minister for Health when speech therapy will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34785/19]
  • Medical Card Applications
    812. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34786/19]
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    813. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding cancer drugs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34803/19]
  • Mental Health Services
    814. To ask the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy to house patients who have mental health problems in communities (details supplied). [34805/19]
  • Thalidomide Victims Compensation
    815. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the issues facing persons with thalidomide-related injuries, both those acknowledged by the State and those who remained unacknowledged,...
  • Hospitals Capital Programme
    816. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of the 80-bed community hospital in Ballyshannon, County Donegal; if the estimated €25 million has been put in place to...
  • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
    817. To ask the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitor will be added to both the medical card cover and long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Home Help Service Provision
    818. To ask the Minister for Health the status of home help for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34819/19]
  • Emergency Departments Data
    819. To ask the Minister for Health the year-on-year change in the number of patients attending the emergency department of Tallaght University Hospital in comparison to the year-on-year change...
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    820. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in acquiring a site for the Knocklyon and Rathfarnham primary healthcare centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34831/19]
  • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
    821. To ask the Minister for Health the funding to be allocated to drugs and alcohol local task forces in Dublin 24; if additional funding is being allocated in 2019; if so, the amount of...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    822. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance which can be provided to a person (details supplied) in need of a medical card due to impending surgery for pancreatic cancer; and if he will...
  • Ministerial Advisers Data
    823. To ask the Minister for Health the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to him and the Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of each in tabular form; and...
  • Pharmacy Services
    824. To ask the Minister for Health the official HSE policy with regard to the filling of blister packs by pharmacists; if this process will incur a charge for patients; if the costs involved can...
  • Medicinal Products
    825. To ask the Minister for Health when medicine will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34872/19]
  • Home Care Packages Data
    826. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of home care provision being provided to persons under 65 years of age, aged 65 and over and 75 years of age and over; the smallest and largest...
  • HSE Staff Recruitment
    827. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no clinical psychologist at a centre (details supplied); when it is expected one will be hired; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    828. To ask the Minister for Health when a device (details supplied) will made available for free to type 1 diabetics; the qualifying criteria for same; if patients on the earlier 640g model will...
  • Transport Support Scheme
    829. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in replacing the mobility allowance and the motorised transport scheme with new schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34904/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Delays
    830. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a medical appointment. [34915/19]
  • Hospital Overcrowding
    831. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding overcrowding in hospitals, particularly in University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    833. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34920/19]
  • Respite Care Services
    834. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter will be addressed with regard to travel to and from respite care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34938/19]
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    835. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties regarding accessing the drug Sativex here even when prescribed by a consultant neurologist; the status and...
  • Hospital Services
    836. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34946/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Delays
    837. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for heart surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34948/19]
  • Disability Services Provision
    838. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for residential care by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34949/19]
  • Dental Services Provision
    839. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34950/19]
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    840. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 3 July 2019, if he will provide the evidence of compliance for the site requested (details supplied); and if he...
  • Home Help Service Provision
    841. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34958/19]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    842. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive hearing aids; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34959/19]
  • Medical Card Applications
    843. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address issues (details supplied) regarding the medical card application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34961/19]
  • Home Help Service
    844. To ask the Minister for Health the reason arrangements with respect to the provision of home help support for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal have been changed with regard to...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    845. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding charges in a nursing home for a person (details supplied). [34963/19]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    846. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details suppled) who has been waiting for over four years for an appointment with an orthopaedic consultant at Naas General Hospital...
  • Hospital Appointments Delays
    847. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal had appointments for a procedure in Galway University Hospital cancelled on four occasions; when a new...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    848. To ask the Minister for Health if a neck and head support will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34981/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    849. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34982/19]
  • Cancer Screening Programmes
    850. To ask the Minister for Health the productivity levels of cytoscreeners working on behalf of CervicalCheck before and after the judgment in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    852. To ask the Minister for Health the reason immunotherapy treatment is not being provided to cancer patients in public hospitals despite being recommended by oncologists; and if he will review...
  • Respite Care Services Provision
    853. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding respite hours for a person (details supplied). [35001/19]
  • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
    854. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for cross-Border funding by a person (details supplied). [35002/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    855. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [35012/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Administration
    856. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns (details supplied); if there is a concerted effort by the HSE to keep down referral numbers to consultants at smaller hospitals by...
  • Hospital Services
    857. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns regarding neurology day services and consultant clinics in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the location and days they take place; his...
  • Hospital Beds Data
    858. To ask the Minister for Health the number of stepdown beds available at a hospital (details supplied); if the additional six promised for the unit in 2018 have opened; and if he will make a...
  • National Dementia Strategy Implementation
    859. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the dementia adviser service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35017/19]
  • HSE Properties
    860. To ask the Minister for Health if the sale of the old St. Felim's hospital building and grounds in Cavan town has been agreed or completed; his views on the decision of the HSE to proceed...
  • Home Help Service
    861. To ask the Minister for Health if the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the provision of carer's and home help will be reviewed; if the shut down of home help in...
  • Hospital Services
    862. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of the 20-week anomaly scan in Cavan General Hospital; if it is open to all women; the days on which it operates; and if he will...
  • Emergency Departments
    863. To ask the Minister for Health the status of works planned for the refurbishment of the emergency department at Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35022/19]
  • Emergency Departments Data
    864. To ask the Minister for Health the number of attendances at the emergency department in Cavan General Hospital in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    865. To ask the Minister for Health if the terms of fair deal will be extended retrospectively in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35025/19]
  • HSE Reports
    866. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters regarding a Comptroller and Auditor General report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35026/19]
  • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
    867. To ask the Minister for Health his plans or the plans of the HSE to provide or reimburse ocrelizumab for primary progressive multiple sclerosis patients in view of the decision of the UK...
  • Infectious Diseases
    868. To ask the Minister for Health if the rules governing public health and exemptions from attendance at court in the case of infectious diseases apply to the family courts; if not, the...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    869. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for an assessment in respect of a scoliosis procedure will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Health Services
    870. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to include bowel cleansing services within the public health system for diverticulitis sufferers here (details supplied); and if he will make...
  • Pension Provisions
    871. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35044/19]
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    872. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 16 May 2019, the status of services as outlined in the reply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
  • HSE Properties
    873. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the sale of a site (details supplied); if it can be retained in public ownership due to its historical significance; and if he will make a...
  • First Aid Training
    874. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding costs of first aid course certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35063/19]
  • Health Services
    875. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35064/19]
  • First-Aid Training
    877. To ask the Minister for Health the reason first-aid trainers do not have proper representation on the PHECC council. [35066/19]
  • Maternity Services
    878. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by each maternity hospital in the past five years to date on infant feed formula, teats and bottles by hospital, amount and year; if hospitals...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    879. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a place in a home for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35073/19]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    880. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hearing aid application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35086/19]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    881. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for a bus service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35095/19]
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    882. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to raise the eligibility threshold for the over 70 medical card in view of increases in costs of living. [35096/19]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
    883. To ask the Minister for Health when a new wheelchair will be provided for a child (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35100/19]
  • Ambulance Service Data
    884. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE procurement framework for private ambulances that is being operated; when the framework was established; the period covered by...
  • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
    885. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency staff in each HSE hospital for January to July 2019, by month and hospital in tabular form. [35111/19]
  • Dental Services
    886. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the refurbishment and reopening of the HSE children's dental service (details supplied) in Celbridge, County Kildare; and if he will make a...
  • Assisted Human Reproduction
    887. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for IVF (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35121/19]
  • Respite Care Services Provision
    888. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35125/19]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    889. To ask the Minister for Health when treatment for cataracts will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35130/19]
  • Medical Card Applications
    890. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35131/19]
  • Medical Card Drugs Availability
    891. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include vitamin injections as part of medical card cover when the injections are prescribed by a doctor for medical reasons; and if he will make a...
  • Blind Welfare Allowance Applications
    892. To ask the Minister for Health when the blind welfare allowance will be fully restored to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35134/19]
  • Health Services Funding
    893. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding his Department has allocated to services (details supplied) in counties Longford and Westmeath since 2016; and if he will make a...
  • Commencement of Legislation
    894. To ask the Minister for Health when Part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35154/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    895. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35160/19]
  • Respite Care Services Provision
    896. To ask the Minister for Health if the respite needs of a person (details supplied) will be addressed. [35164/19]
  • Cancer Screening Programmes
    897. To ask the Minister for Health the ages of women having their first BreastCheck appointment; the number of women offered subsequent appointments at two year intervals; the geographical...
  • Meals-on-Wheels Services
    898. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available for projects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35171/19]
  • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
    899. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to cut the rehabilitative training allowance will be reviewed with a view to fully reinstating same; the reason for the decision to cut the...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
    900. To ask the Minister for Health the status of footwear for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35185/19]
  • Hospital Consultant Contracts
    901. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore pay equality for hospital consultants appointed post-2012; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that health authorities are unable...
  • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
    902. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to abolishing the training allowance paid to persons who have a disability and are enrolled in training programmes; and if he...
  • Eating Disorders
    903. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35191/19]
  • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
    904. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied). [35192/19]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    905. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a supplier of hair pieces and wigs (details supplied) is not listed on the information pack of approved suppliers which is given to patients at...
  • Newborn Screening Cards
    906. To ask the Minister for Health the level of access a company has to Guthrie cards in the archives of Temple Street Hospital; if he has granted the company access and-or view and-or use of...
  • Disability Services Provision
    908. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations regarding the administration of medicines by carers assigned by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35202/19]
  • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
    909. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore the rehabilitative training allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35206/19]
  • Nursing Staff Recruitment
    910. To ask the Minister for Health the reason pre-registration nurses who trained at considerable expense to the State in Galway University Hospital are not automatically being offered positions...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    911. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment with the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin. [35209/19]
  • Autism Support Services
    913. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the decision to move a person (details supplied) to a centre further away from the person's locality; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
    915. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Duodopa which is very beneficial to Parkinson's sufferers was recently withdrawn by the HSE; if he will engage with a charity (details supplied) on...
  • Orthodontic Services Provision
    916. To ask the Minister for Health the status of orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35309/19]
  • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
    920. To ask the Minister for Health the status of orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35314/19]
  • Orthodontic Services
    921. To ask the Minister for Health the status of braces for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35315/19]
  • Dental Services Provision
    922. To ask the Minister for Health the status of dental treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35316/19]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    923. To ask the Minister for Health the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by his Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount projected to be spent on the renewal...
  • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
    924. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the rehabilitative training allowance has been abolished for new applicants with disabilities from 1 September 2019; the estimated saving that will...
  • General Practitioner Contracts
    925. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35356/19]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    926. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regrading issues in University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35357/19]
  • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
    928. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated average annual cost of operating the various supports such as medical cards that were extended under the Redress for Women in Certain...
  • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Data
    929. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that accessed the various supports such as medical cards that were extended under the Redress for Women in Certain Institutions Act 2015...
  • Parliamentary Questions
    930. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a response from the HSE (details supplied) to a Parliamentary Question is appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    931. To ask the Minister for Health if further details of the environmental support needs referred to in correspondence from a service provider in relation to a person (details supplied) in...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    933. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical procedure will be carried out on a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35377/19]
  • Ambulance Service Provision
    934. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was not provided with ambulance transport back to the county following an operation at Galway...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    935. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35380/19]
  • Home Care Packages
    936. To ask the Minister for Health if alternative arrangements can be made to provide a homecare package in the case of a person (details supplied); if the matter will be examined with a view to...
  • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
    937. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision by the HSE to discontinue the rehabilitative training allowance due to be abolished from 1 September 2019 will be reversed; and if he will make...
  • Home Help Service Provision
    938. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35414/19]
  • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
    939. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the waiting list for occupational therapy in south central areas of Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35416/19]
  • Psychological Services Waiting Lists
    940. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the waiting list for psychology services in south central areas of Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35417/19]
  • HSE Complaints Procedures
    941. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a complaint must go through an internal review with the HSE before it can go to the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35418/19]
  • Home Help Service Provision
    942. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35437/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    943. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to be called for an appointment for knee replacement surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35442/19]
  • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
    944. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the cross border initiative in each year since 2014; the geographical breakdown of the amount paid in each of the years; the payments in respect of...
  • Home Care Packages Administration
    945. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to place home support services on a statutory basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35446/19]
  • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
    946. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the implications of not having the speech and language therapy on a statutory basis and the neglect that can arise to persons with a clear...
  • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
    947. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical procedure that was carried out in a private clinic can be reimbursed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35449/19]
  • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
    948. To ask the Minister for Health his views on placing speech and language therapy services on a statutory basis as part of the early intervention service (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    949. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be given to allow a person (details supplied) who is wheelchair bound to avail of a bed or place locally; if so, when funding will be...
  • Brexit Preparations
    950. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement his Department has undertaken since 25 July 2019 with the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries to adapt supply chains to minimise...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    953. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an operation at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35477/19]
  • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
    954. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to be reimbursed for treatment carried out under the cross border directive; and if he will make...
  • Brexit Preparations
    955. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the Brexit operations team in his Department has met since 25 July 2019. [35482/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    958. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35486/19]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    961. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse his decision to abolish the rehabilitative training allowance from 1 September 2019 for persons with disabilities that are applying to do...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    962. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person (details supplied) can access treatment they require. [35503/19]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    963. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be given to allow a person (details supplied) with an intellectual disability return to support and respite services locally; if so, when the...
  • Health Services
    964. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the lack of specialist consultants for myalgic encephalomyelitis, ME, patients; and his views on whether ME is a multi-system disease...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
    971. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for MRIs in UHK by age, group and waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35529/19]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    972. To ask the Minister for Health the position with regard to the roll-out of individualised budgeting for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35535/19]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    974. To ask the Minister for Health when shoes will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35545/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    975. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); if the appointment will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35551/19]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
    976. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 720 of 8 May 2019 (details supplied), if the loan referred to of €144,657 million is recouped by the HSE from the...
  • Legislative Programme
    977. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the human tissue (transplantation, post-mortem, anatomical examination and public display) Bill; and his plans to progress it in the Houses of...
  • Consultancy Contracts Data
    978. To ask the Minister for Health the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the context of preparedness and...
  • Health Screening Programmes
    980. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with potential trisomy 18 or Edward's syndrome at antenatal screening nationally; when this information gathering was...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
    987. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a fair deal application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35598/19]
  • Hospital Consultant Data
    988. To ask the Minister for Health the number of gynaecologist consultant posts in Mayo University Hospital; the number of vacant posts; the length of time they have been vacant; when the posts...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
    989. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the waiting lists to see a gynaecologist here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35608/19]
  • Hospital Consultant Data
    990. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant gynaecologist posts in the CHO2 area by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35609/19]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
    991. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for a gynaecologist appointment at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35610/19]
  • Hospital Consultant Data
    992. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the shortfall in gynaecologist consultant posts here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35611/19]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    993. To ask the Minister for Health the incentives in place to ensure the use of vacant properties under the fair deal scheme; the timeline for such changes to the scheme; and if he will make a...
  • Healthcare Professionals
    994. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who sought to have their certificate of good standing and registration documentation sent by CORU to the Australian...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    995. To ask the Minister for Health if the delays being experienced by a person (details supplied) due to HSE guidelines will be addressed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
    996. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance to purchase an item will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35625/19]
  • Disability Services Provision
    997. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate a multi-annual funding model for organisations in the disability sector, as advocated by the multi-annual investment programme proposal...
  • Departmental Customer Charters
    998. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints his Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if his attention has been drawn to...
  • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
    999. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to reverse the decision to cut from September 2019 onwards the training grant for persons with disabilities who participate in...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    1000. To ask the Minister for Health the status of medical items for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35664/19]
  • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
    1001. To ask the Minister for Health the status of braces for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35666/19]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    1002. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of applications of assessments of needs under the Disability Act 2005 commenced within three months of a completed application being...
  • HSE Staff Recruitment
    1006. To ask the Minister for Health the position with regard to a post in the HSE not being filled (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35672/19]
  • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
    1007. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision recently made by the HSE to cease paying the rehabilitative training allowance of €31.80 per week to approximately 400 applicants, who...
  • Maternity Services
    1008. To ask the Minister for Health if he has requested information from the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street on shared services that are being provided to a clinic (details supplied);...
  • Medical Card Applications
    1009. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a family (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35699/19]
  • HSE Staff Recruitment
    1010. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure positions are available for graduate nurses in a hospital (details supplied); his views on the situation; and if he will make...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
    1011. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for County Meath having only three CAMHS teams in view of the fact that the population of the county is now more than 200,000 persons and that A...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1012. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [35704/19]
  • Home Care Packages
    1015. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an update on a revised application for funding in respect of a homecare package application. [35707/19]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1016. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35710/19]
  • HSE Staff Recruitment
    1017. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the appointment of a specialist eye doctor for County Laois; and when the service will resume. [35711/19]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1018. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35713/19]
  • HSE Staff Recruitment
    1019. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all staff in HSE nursing homes are appropriately vetted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35717/19]
  • Primary Care Centres
    1020. To ask the Minister for Health if matters will be addressed regarding a day care centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35718/19]
  • General Practitioner Services Provision
    1021. To ask the Minister for Health if matters regarding SouthDoc services in counties Kerry and Cork will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35719/19]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1022. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for an operation in view of the fact his pre-op was carried out over three months ago; and if he will make a...
  • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
    1023. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35750/19]
  • Hospital Services
    1024. To ask the Minister for Health if a place will be provided at a specific hospital for a person (details supplied) who urgently requires specialised treatment. [35755/19]
  • Departmental Reviews
    1025. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 438 of 2 July 2019, when a full response will be provided. [35756/19]
  • Psychological Services
    1026. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be assessed by a psychologist; when he will be given occupational therapy appointments; and if he will make a statement...
  • Magdalen Laundries Data
    1027. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on the provision of services specified under Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015 in each year since its initiation;...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1028. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35770/19]
  • Nursing Staff Recruitment
    1031. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding nursing recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35779/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Administration
    1032. To ask the Minister for Health if treatment scheduled in the urology clinic at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, for a person (details supplied) can be received in view of the fact...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1033. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can obtain varicose vein surgery at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35786/19]
  • Health Services Reports
    1035. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of the draft report of the independent review group to examine the removal of private practice from public acute hospitals submitted to his...
  • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
    1036. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of Duopoda used in the treatment of advanced Parkinson's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35797/19]
  • Health Services Provision
    1037. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a matter in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35799/19]
  • Health Screening Programmes
    1038. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which his attention was first drawn to correspondence from the chief medical officer of his Department to a person (details supplied) dated 13...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1039. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation will be expedited for a person (details supplied); the status of the operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35805/19]
  • Hospital Equipment
    1040. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding a scanner in University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35811/19]
  • Disability Support Services
    1041. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding transport services in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35812/19]
  • Health Services Provision
    1042. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be called for specific treatment. [35813/19]
  • Nursing Staff Recruitment
    1043. To ask the Minister for Health when the embargo on hiring new nursing staff at Mayo University Hospital will be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35814/19]
  • Nursing Staff Data
    1045. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurse staff vacancies in Mayo University Hospital by department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35816/19]
  • HSE Agency Staff Data
    1046. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency staff hired at Mayo University Hospital; the funding spent on agency staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35817/19]
  • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
    1047. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive has paid for agency staff in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Nursing Home Services
    1048. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a nursing home (details supplied); the number of staff employed at the unit; the number of staff vacancies at the unit; when these vacant posts...
  • Disability Services Funding
    1049. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to provide essential supported accommodation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Medicinal Products Supply
    1050. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in the swift provision of new medicines to persons with multiple sclerosis here. [35824/19]
  • Dental Services Provision
    1052. To ask the Minister for Health the dental cover available to children in the south-west areas of County Cork in circumstances in which primary school children are only receiving...
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    1053. To ask the Minister for Health if vacant nursing and midwifery posts will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35830/19]
  • Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation
    1054. To ask the Minister for Health if he and his officials will meet with persons (details supplied) regarding Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and the issue in relation to the availability and quality...
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    1055. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a staffing embargo will be in place at Sligo University Hospital; his views on whether an embargo on hiring or replacing staff will be...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1056. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting a long period for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35840/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1057. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35848/19]
  • First-Aid Training
    1058. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent proposals to increase the cost of first aid certification by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council; and if he will make a statement...
  • Departmental Funding
    1059. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council has been reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35851/19]
  • Primary Care Centres
    1060. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a generalised car parking cost for each primary care centre; if not, the person or body that decides the rates charged; and if he will make a...
  • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
    1061. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision by the Health Service Executive to abolish the rehabilitative training allowance in view of the benefit which this allowance...
  • Disabilities Assessments
    1062. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an assessment of needs in excess of three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35857/19]
  • Medical Treatment Complaints
    1064. To ask the Minister for Health if a letter of complaint was received from a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if so, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    1065. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is being charged €4 per day for transport from their home to the community inclusion hub in...
  • Disabilities Assessments
    1070. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 at the end of August 2019 or latest date available in each local...
  • Physiotherapy Provision
    1071. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list for each local health area at the end of August 2019 or latest date available; the number waiting less...
  • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
    1072. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list for each local health area at the end of August 2019 or latest date...
  • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
    1075. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list for each local health area at the end of August 2019 or latest date...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
    1085. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme at the end of August 2019 or the latest date available; the average waiting time; and the...
  • Hospital Beds Closures
    1086. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in each public and voluntary acute hospital that were closed on 30 August 2019 or the latest date on which data for validated bed...
  • Hospitals Discharges
    1087. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of July 2019, in tabular form. [35890/19]
  • Hospital Beds Data
    1088. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost through delayed discharges in July 2019 in each public and voluntary hospital, in tabular form. [35891/19]
  • Ambulance Service Response Times
    1091. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by a first responder in 7 minutes and 59 seconds or less for each ambulance station in each...
  • Emergency Departments Waiting Times
    1092. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years of age or over that experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours during August 2019; the number to...
  • Home Help Service Data
    1093. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each Local Health Office, LHO, area to the end of August 2019; the number of persons on the waiting list...
  • Ambulance Service Data
    1094. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationally in August 2019; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes...
  • Health Services Data
    1095. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients waiting less than four; four to eight and more than eight months respectively for treatment; and if the same information...
  • Audiology Services Data
    1098. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office, LHO area waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care at the end of August 2019 or the latest date...
  • Health Services Data
    1099. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office, LHO area waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care at the end of August 2019 or the latest date...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
    1101. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 31 August 2019 or the nearest available date for a MRI scan in the RCSI Hospitals Group for less than three; three to six;...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1143. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for an operation for a person (details supplied); if there is a timeframe for pre-assessment; the position of the person...
  • Disability Support Services Provision
    1144. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative local supports being put in place due to the crisis situation at a centre (details supplied); the status of the matter; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1145. To ask the Minister for Health the status of surgery for a person (details supplied); the length of time they will be waiting for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35970/19]
  • Speech and Language Therapy Data
    1146. To ask the Minister for Health the caseload per speech and language therapist for counties Louth and Meath in 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Hospitals Capital Programme
    1147. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the progression of the 50-bed new St. Joseph's Hospital, Ardee, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35979/19]
  • HIQA Reports
    1148. To ask the Minister for Health the measures undertaken since the launch of the HIQA report Office of the Chief Inspector - The use of information gathered and received in the regulation of...
  • Medical Records
    1149. To ask the Minister for Health if action has been taken against a hospital or hospital group for the numerous incidents in which personal data in the form of medical documents have been...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    1150. To ask the Minister for Health if Sruthan House, Dundalk, County Louth will remain open into the future following the deferral of its closure in July 2019; the plans of the HSE in place to...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1151. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a knee replacement for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35986/19]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    1152. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the steps required in the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35987/19]
  • Hospital Services
    1153. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for services in Cobh Hospital for the remainder of 2019; if his attention has been drawn to difficulties regarding same; and if he will make a...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    1154. To ask the Minister for Health if the roll-out of the €4 charge for persons with a disability commuting to local day services will be ceased; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1155. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for admission to St. Fintan’s Hospital, Portlaoise, County Laois. [35997/19]
  • Maternity Services Provision
    1157. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in respect of the proposed transfer of the Rotunda Maternity Hospital to Blanchardstown, Dublin 15; the expected date on which the...
  • Care of the Elderly Provision
    1159. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the cost overruns in respect of the senior care centres programme; if an assessment has been carried out of the likely...
  • Blind Welfare Allowance Data
    1167. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the blind welfare allowance in 2019. [36047/19]
  • Blind Welfare Allowance Eligibility
    1168. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to taper the withdrawal of the blind welfare allowance in circumstances in which a blind person takes up employment; and if he will make a statement...
  • Orthodontic Services Provision
    1170. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for orthodontic services will be prioritised for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36055/19]
  • Patient Transfers
    1171. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be transferred between hospitals to gain access to treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36056/19]
  • Hospital Facilities
    1172. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for the development of a new endoscopy unit at Naas hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36057/19]
  • Cancer Screening Programmes
    1173. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the six-month wait for the prostate-specific membrane antigen prostate scan to diagnose PROTRACT cancer; the reason for the high cost of the...
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    1174. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of a dermatologist in the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [36060/19]
  • Disability Support Services Provision
    1176. To ask the Minister for Health the status of respite care, occupational therapy, home support and speech and language therapy appointments in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
  • Home Help Service Provision
    1177. To ask the Minister for Health if home help will be sanctioned in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36078/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1178. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36080/19]
  • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
    1179. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the provision of a drug to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36081/19]
  • Pension Provisions
    1180. To ask the Minister for Health if an outstanding pension and arrears payment to be made to a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Disability Support Services Provision
    1181. To ask the Minister for Health if a care plan put in place in recent weeks will be examined for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that areas of the plan have not been put in...
  • Hospital Services
    1182. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline of the implementation of the formal pathway between hospitals (details supplied); when the agreement will be formalised; if a date for...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    1183. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 894 of 26 March 2019, to which no reply was received, when a reply will issue regarding waiting times for early...
  • HSE Properties
    1184. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 844 of 26 March 2019, to which no reply was received from Beaumont Hospital, when a reply will issue; and if he will...
  • Pension Provisions
    1185. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body a person (details supplied) should contact regarding the person's HSE pension; if same can be accessed before retirement; and if he will...
  • Departmental Internships
    1186. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unpaid internships issued and-or granted to persons to work in his Department over the past five years to 28 August 2019; the number of persons...
  • Hospital Beds Closures
    1187. To ask the Minister for Health when short-term beds in West Kerry Community Hospital will be brought back into use (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36157/19]
  • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
    1188. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise and outline the measures he will take to address the significant drug-related activity that has escalated in Drogheda, County Louth and...
  • Psychological Assessments
    1189. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed by a psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36160/19]
  • Cancer Screening Programmes
    1190. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who are newly diagnosed with cervical cancer must pay for their own independent reviews, especially in circumstances in which all previous smears...
  • Protected Disclosures
    1192. To ask the Minister for Health the safeguards in place to protect the identity of persons who make a protected disclosure in instances in which the protected disclosures are shared with...
  • Health Services Provision
    1193. To ask the Minister for Health if a special bed will be assigned in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36204/19]
  • Home Care Packages Provision
    1194. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; if recent correspondence to the person from the HSE will be noted; and if he will...
  • Disability Services Funding
    1195. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an occupational therapy and physiotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied); if the matter will be expedited; and if he will make a...
  • Occupational Therapy
    1196. To ask the Minister for Health if an occupational therapy appointment will be scheduled urgently in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Home Help Service
    1198. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if home help will be expedited for the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Cyber Security Data
    1199. To ask the Minister for Health if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cybersecurity staff in respect of cybersecurity protocols under the remit of his Department; if...
  • Information and Communications Technology
    1200. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has a disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan and-or disaster recovery sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36246/19]
  • Health Care Infrastructure Provision
    1201. To ask the Minister for Health the details and timeframe of a development (details supplied). [36253/19]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1202. To ask the Minister for Health if a bed will be made available for a person (details supplied) at a unit in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36255/19]
  • Disability Support Services Funding
    1203. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36260/19]
  • Health Services Provision
    1205. To ask the Minister for Health the status of access to treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36276/19]
  • Disability Support Services
    1206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36277/19]
  • Hospital Car Parks
    1207. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the report into the cost of hospital car parks across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36281/19]
  • Disability Support Services
    1209. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for occupational therapy and physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36286/19]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1210. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [36288/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1211. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [36289/19]
  • Orthodontic Services Provision
    1214. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for orthodontic treatment. [36292/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1215. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [36293/19]
  • Orthodontic Services Provision
    1217. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for orthodontic treatment. [36295/19]
  • Emergency Departments Data
    1218. To ask the Minister for Health the number presenting at the accident and emergency department of Mayo University Hospital from January 2019 to date in comparison to the same period in 2018;...
  • Mental Health Services Funding
    1219. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the adult mental health unit at Mayo University Hospital in each of the years 2014 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Mental Health Services Staff
    1220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies at the adult mental health unit of Mayo University Hospital by post; the reason each post is vacant; the timeframe each post has...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    1221. To ask the Minister for Health the guidelines governing programmes that are put in place for patients attending a mental health facility in terms of activities, hours spent with a...
  • Mental Health Services Data
    1222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that presented at the adult mental health unit of Mayo University Hospital in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
    1223. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for outpatient appointments at Mayo University Hospital and University Hospital Galway, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Occupational Therapy Data
    1224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for occupational therapy in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36303/19]
  • Speech and Language Therapy Data
    1225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for speech and language therapy in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36304/19]
  • Audiology Services Data
    1226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for an audiology appointment in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36305/19]
  • Home Care Packages Data
    1230. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the home care waiting list in County Mayo in comparison to the same period in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
    1231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents in County Mayo receiving counselling and services from the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service; the number of...
  • Mental Health Services Staff
    1232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant mental health staff posts in County Mayo in child mental health services and adult mental health services by unit; the details of each...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1233. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for a cataract operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36312/19]
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    1234. To ask the Minister for Health if dental and optical treatment for children will be included under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; the procedures in respect of dental and optical work...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1235. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for a knee operation since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36316/19]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    1236. To ask the Minister for Health if sufficient funding will be ensured for the fair deal nursing home scheme to meet the demand for the remainder of 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Hospitals Funding
    1237. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation of a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork facing closure; if his attention has been further drawn to...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
    1238. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time up to 31 August 2019 for persons that have been approved for the fair deal scheme to access a nursing home by county in tabular form;...
  • Home Care Packages Data
    1239. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons up to 31 August 2019 waiting for a home care support package by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Home Care Packages Expenditure
    1240. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the most cost-effective way to deliver care for older persons is a home care support package at an average cost of €165 weekly;...
  • Hospital Appointments Delays
    1241. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for a high-resolution manometry 24-hour PH study at St. James's Hospital to diagnose the cause of their...
  • Autism Support Services
    1242. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Mayo on the waiting list for an autism assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36333/19]
  • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
    1243. To ask the Minister for Health the turnaround times in the primary care reimbursement service specifically through the cross-Border treatment scheme; his views on the adequacy of the...
  • Addiction Treatment Services
    1244. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow general practitioners administer a drug (details supplied) to help patients combat addiction; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • HSE Staff Recruitment
    1245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions in the health service by region and type of position in cases in which an applicant received an offer of a post but was subsequently...
  • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
    1246. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive reimbursement through the cross-border treatment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36349/19]
  • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
    1247. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36351/19]
  • Organ Donation
    1248. To ask the Minister for Health the progress regarding the organ donation opt-out scheme; the timeline for delivery of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36353/19]
  • General Practitioner Services Provision
    1249. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the Shannondoc locum shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36354/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1250. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36356/19]
  • Home Help Service Provision
    1251. To ask the Minister for Health when a home help package as approved will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36359/19]
  • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
    1252. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1265 of 23 July 2019, the grade of staff involved in the administrative process of reviewing applications from overseas...
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    1254. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plan to provide prefabricated theatres at Merlin Park Regional Hospital, Galway; when the decision was first taken to go for a prefabricated...
  • Patient Files
    1255. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to a person (details supplied) in order to locate missing information in relation to their vaccination record; and if he will make a...
  • Respite Care Services
    1256. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken in relation to respite beds at Kenmare Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36381/19]
  • Home Care Packages Funding
    1257. To ask the Minister for Health when additional financial resources will be provided to the HSE for home support in view of the delays in providing such support to patients; and if he will...
  • Children's Eye Care Services
    1258. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will extend the scheme for free eye care for primary school children to include secondary school children in view of the fact that once a child...
  • Primary Care Centres
    1259. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a development (details supplied) in County Cork. [36401/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1260. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); if a date for same will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36402/19]
  • Home Care Packages Funding
    1261. To ask the Minister for Health if specific additional funding will be provided to the HSE to provide additional home support in counties Cavan and Monaghan in view of the delays in...
  • Disability Support Services Provision
    1262. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive occupational therapy and physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36407/19]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
    1263. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in nursing homes under the fair deal scheme who have a family home registered in their name which is included as part of the assessment...
  • Tattooing and Body Piercing Regulation
    1264. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to regulate tattoo providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36409/19]
  • Appointments to State Boards
    1265. To ask the Minister for Health his role in relation to the appointment of members to the board of a hospital (details supplied); if the positions are nominated following a process conducted...
  • Hospital Facilities
    1268. To ask the Minister for Health when the correct entrance and exit for Dingle Hospital will be used (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36428/19]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
    1269. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a person (details supplied) who has been approved for the fair deal nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a...
  • Maternity Services
    1270. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have the perinatal epidemiology centre operate on a statutory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36439/19]
  • Hospital Equipment
    1271. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary resources will be provided to staff to run the DEXA scanner at University Hospital Kerry as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a...
  • Maternity Services
    1272. To ask the Minister for Health when a maternity monthly safety statement covering serious reportable events will be published; his plans to have these issued on a monthly basis; and if he...
  • HSE National Service Plan
    1273. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE service plan 2019 and capital expenditure plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36453/19]
  • Maternity Services
    1274. To ask the Minister for Health the funding set aside for the maternity strategy in 2019; the amount provided for this purpose in each year since 2016; the amount drawn down and used in each...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    1275. To ask the Minister for Health when additional placements will be provided at a HSE centre (details supplied) in view of the increased demand for services there; and if he will make a...
  • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
    1276. To ask the Minister for Health if his recent decision to remove the rehabilitative training allowance to disabled students and school leavers will be reviewed; if he will engage with the...
  • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
    1277. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of duodopa for Parkinson's disease patients in view of the fact that the health technology assessment process has been...
  • Cancer Incidence
    1278. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons undergoing treatment for cancer. [36476/19]
  • Medical Card Expenditure
    1279. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost per person of providing healthcare under a medical card annually. [36478/19]
  • National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy
    1280. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Traveller health action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36482/19]
  • Dental Services Provision
    1281. To ask the Minister for Health if all primary school children in second, fourth and sixth class receive free dental check-ups under the school dental screening scheme; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
    1282. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for robotic surgery for prostate cancer patients at University Hospital Galway in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1283. To ask the Minister for Health if the waiting lists for robotic surgery for prostate cancer patients at University Hospital Galway is in line with the recommendations of the National Cancer...
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    1284. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to reopen all 20 beds in the short stay ward at Letterkenny University Hospital in 2019. [36488/19]
  • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
    1285. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in reimbursing the drug levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel known as duodopa; when a decision will be made regarding reimbursement; and...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1286. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36496/19]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    1287. To ask the Minister for Health the services in place to meet the needs of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36497/19]
  • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
    1288. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources have been provided to the HSE to eliminate the delays in processing of applications and the issue of payments under the HSE cross...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    1289. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve services in a mental health area in a region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36500/19]
  • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
    1290. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to reinstate the rehabilitative training allowance in view of its importance over the years for many young persons; and if he will make a...
  • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
    1291. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide occupational and rehabilitation services for persons under 65 years of age resident in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Disability Services Provision
    1292. To ask the Minister for Health when additional and essential health services (details supplied) will be provided in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
    1293. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) will be waiting for occupational therapy for four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36530/19]
  • Vaccination Programme
    1294. To ask the Minister for Health if certain aspects of the HPV immunisation programme will be reviewed with the view to introducing a catch-up scheme for persons that have just missed the...
  • National Lottery Funding Applications
    1295. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for national lottery funding made by an organisation (details supplied) has been successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1296. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36546/19]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    1297. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding for the fair deal scheme is taking a long time to be granted (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36550/19]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1298. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36551/19]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1299. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36552/19]
  • Hospital Overcrowding
    1300. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alleviate the issue of overcrowding in a hospital (details supplied). [36554/19]
  • Hospital Services
    1301. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 2 July 2019, the status of the options appraisal for the model 4 hospital at Merlin Park, Galway; the cost to...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    1302. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new emergency department at University Hospital Galway; the timeframe for delivery; the anticipated cost of the unit; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1303. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation will be brought forward for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36557/19]
  • Hospital Discharges
    1304. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1203 of 23 July 2019, the number of persons waiting one week, one, three, six and 12 months, respectively, to be...
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    1305. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1884 of 23 July 2019, when the services listed will be operational at the centre; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Car Parks
    1307. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department and the HSE will have an implementation plan complete to accompany the review report by the HSE of hospital car parking charges; and if he...
  • Vaccination Programme
    1308. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken to reduce the spread of measles and the risk of Ireland losing its measles-free status (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
    1309. To ask the Minister for Health if the delay in reimbursing Tagrisso for the treatment of a small group of cancer patients will be reviewed (details supplied); the necessary steps to ensure...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    1310. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made to make intranasal naloxone spray available to healthcare professionals and drug workers which reverses the effects of opioid overdose...
  • Dental Services
    1312. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which a person (details supplied) can qualify for corrective dental treatment through their medical card or otherwise; and if he will make a...
  • European Health Insurance Card
    1313. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; if their eligibility can be applied retrospectively under a heading; and if he will make a...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    1314. To ask the Minister for Health if speech therapy can be restored to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36603/19]
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    1315. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Duodopa, which is particularly advised to patients with Parkinson’s disease who require pump therapy,...
  • Proposed Legislation
    1316. To ask the Minister for Health when the Bill to give effect to the proposed changes to the fair deal scheme will come before the Houses of the Oireachtas; the full extent of the proposed...
  • National Maternity Hospital Status
    1317. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the discussions with St. Vincent’s and Holles Street hospitals in relation to the governance of the new maternity hospital; and if he...
  • Hospital Consultant Contracts
    1318. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the consultant contract negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36624/19]
  • Home Help Service Provision
    1320. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received an update from the HSE on the provision of home help hours; if there are difficulties regarding same; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
    1321. To ask the Minister for Health if there are further changes expected to the licensing of marijuana planned in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36627/19]
  • Disability Services Funding
    1322. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received briefing material or held meetings on the budgetary deficits in the disability sector; if the organisations have written to him to raise...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1323. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36631/19]
  • Patient Data
    1324. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted for alcohol and drug related illnesses in hospitals in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, including inpatient visits and to...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1325. To ask the Minister for Health when treatment will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36646/19]
  • Primary Care Strategy Roll-out
    1326. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the recommendations of the primary care eye services review group report; the amount of funding set aside for the...
  • HSE Waiting Lists
    1327. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the operation of the common waiting list as required under the consultants’ contract; the manner in which this is implemented; and...
  • General Practitioner Contracts
    1328. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in implementing the Programme for a Partnership Government commitment to provide for salaried general practitioners in view of the...
  • Health Reports
    1329. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the six-month delay in publishing the de Buitléir report on the separation of public and private work in public hospitals; when his...
  • Health Services Staff Training
    1330. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the report from the Medical Council of 3 July 2019 on its annual national trainee experience survey (details supplied); if...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
    1331. To ask the Minister for Health the child scoliosis waiting lists by hospital and length of time waiting in three-monthly intervals; the steps he is taking to deliver on his undertaking to...
  • HSE Funding
    1332. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deliver on promised multi-annual funding for the HSE in order that it can plan for the delivery of services; the reason this has not been done to...
  • Home Care Packages Data
    1333. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the HSE forecast of the level of demand for home care services in 2019; the actual level of services funded in the service plan; the way in...
  • National Maternity Hospital Status
    1334. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in reaching agreement with the owners of St. Vincent's Healthcare Group for the location of the proposed new national maternity...
  • Nursing Staff Recruitment
    1336. To ask the Minister for Health if the commitment he gave that all graduating nurses and midwives in 2019 would be offered positions provided in locations in which there were approved vacant...
  • HSE Staff Data
    1337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare assistants hired by the HSE by month and HSE location since January 2017. [36714/19]
  • Speech and Language Therapy Staff
    1338. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists hired by the HSE by month and HSE location since January 2017. [36715/19]
  • Occupational Therapy Staff
    1339. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists hired by the HSE by month and HSE location since January 2017. [36716/19]
  • HSE Staff Data
    1340. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists hired by the HSE by month and HSE location since January 2017. [36717/19]
  • HSE Staff Recruitment
    1341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medicals being carried out for nursing-grade posts within the HSE in each month from January 2017, by each acute hospital. [36718/19]
  • Nursing Staff Data
    1343. To ask the Minister for Health the nursing staff in the HSE by grade and percentage of the total amount that work in full or part-time positions. [36720/19]
  • Nursing Staff Recruitment
    1344. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to the matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36722/19]
  • HSE Staff Recruitment
    1345. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 10 April 2019, if the position of clinical nurse specialist for multiple sclerosis in University Hospital...
  • HSE Funding
    1346. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to establish a funding package to sustain and satisfy the long-term funding requirements of a service provider (details supplied) in County...
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    1348. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a primary health centre in Dunfanaghy, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36812/19]
  • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
    1350. To ask the Minister for Health the details of expenditure in the NMBI relating to the organisational staff development programme; the costs associated with this development programme to...
  • Hospice Services Provision
    1351. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to ensure that the South Westmeath Hospice facility is protected and adequately funded going forward; if his attention has been drawn...
  • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
    1352. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of additional accommodation facilities to administer the cross-border directive; and if his attention has been drawn to the impact...
  • Health Services Funding
    1353. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the pre-budget submission of an organisation (details supplied), in particular its demand for €18 million in investment for community...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
    1354. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address the shortage of child and adolescent acute mental health beds in view of recent figures (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
    1356. To ask the Minister for Health the drug reimbursement applications in cases in which the HSE has decided it will approve in tabular form; the next steps to be taken following such a...
  • Hospitals Capital Programme
    1357. To ask the Minister for Health the current and-or expected position in regard to the outstanding phase or phases of the Naas Hospital development programme; the extent to which progress in...
  • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
    1358. To ask the Minister for Health when Repatha will fall within the criteria for reimbursement by the HSE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36909/19]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    1359. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of the nursing home subvention scheme is planned; if the disincentives to renting out a home that is owned by a person who is in a nursing home...

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