356. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the proportion of new and existing sites with a tobacco-free campus policy implemented in residential units for older persons in mental health approved centres, in mental health community residencies and in residential disability services. [53804/17]
355. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of tobacco sales to minors test purchase inspections carried out in 2017. [53803/17]
353. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a needs assessment for cardiac rehabilitation has been undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53801/17]
352. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a self-management support framework for diabetes, asthma, COPD and cardiovascular disease has been developed; and when the implementation plan will commence. [53800/17]
351. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if each newly diagnosed person with diabetes is now being offered a place on the next available structured patient education course. [53799/17]
350. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if an implementation plan for the Healthy Ireland framework for brief intervention and health behaviour change has been developed; and if it has been commenced. [53798/17]
349. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital groups and CHOs that have completed Healthy Ireland implementation plans. [53796/17]
346. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the model of care of hereditary haemochromatosis and the model of care for therapeutic phlebotomy in association with primary care services. [53621/17]
345. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of monthly hospital safety statements; and the hospitals that provide them, in tabular form. [53620/17]
344. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the relocation of the Rotunda Hospital, the National Maternity Hospital and University of Limerick Maternity Hospital. [53619/17]
343. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of a range of improvement actions based on the national standards for bereavement care following pregnancy loss and perinatal death across all 19 maternity units. [53618/17]
342. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of national standards to improve access to antenatal anomaly screening in all maternity units as set out in the national maternity strategy. [53617/17]
341. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE target of eliminating emergency department waiting times of greater than 24 hours for persons over 75 years of age will be met in 2017; and the number of persons over 75 years of age that have had a wait of more than 24 hours in an emergency department in 2017. [53616/17]
340. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional critical care beds that have been provided at Cork university hospital in 2017. [53615/17]
169. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participating schools implementing a healthy schools action plan. [53797/17]
148. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if Vimizim will be sanctioned for persons (details supplied) immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53262/17]
348. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a 2016 HIQA report (details supplied); the actions that have been taken since the report’s publication to address these shortcomings in view of the fact that malnourished persons stay in acute beds for 30% to 70% longer than non-malnourished persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53076/17]
347. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans regarding dietitians within CHOs and community settings; the sourcing allocation that is being made available to community dietitians to meet current and future demand levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53075/17]
346. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the example of best practice displayed by the Netherlands in tackling the issue of disease-related malnutrition through the establishment of the Dutch malnutrition steering group (details supplied) which successfully reduced the prevalence of malnutrition across all healthcare settings over a 12-year period; his plans to bring forward a similar initiative here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53074/17]
345. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the initiatives his Department is engaged in with regard to mitigating against the annual cost of disease-related malnutrition in the community setting in which 93% of persons with malnutrition reside and which is estimated to be more than the annual cost of obesity at some €1.4 billion per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53073/17]
344. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to use nutritional screening and malnutrition rates as mandatory quality indicators across all clinical treatment settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53072/17]
343. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the prevalence of disease-related malnutrition across all health and social care settings in the past five years according to clinical treatment settings including inpatient, outpatient, nursing homes and general practitioner clinics by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53071/17]
342. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a media report (details supplied) which suggests that 168,438 adult bed days per year, equivalent to 460 beds per day, could be saved through the targeted use of oral nutritional supplements in the management of disease-related malnutrition in the community; the measures that have been put in place to free up these beds in the midst of the acute facility beds shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53070/17]
314. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level of dental services provided to elderly medical card holders in long-term care; the services and accommodations in place to cater for their needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52851/17]
301. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received files relating to a relative, as promised; when this information will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52831/17]
290. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if an immediate independent clinical review of scoliosis services will be agreed to in view of the failure to meet scoliosis targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52801/17]
289. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the four-month target for persons with scoliosis for 2017 has been discontinued and does not appear in the programme for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52800/17]
174. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if first aid training will become compulsory for all physically capable teachers and special needs assistants, SNAs (details supplied) through Government funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52846/17]
51. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on to teachers’ claims that there is inadequate time to deliver the junior cycle syllabus to pupils. [51896/17]
369. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner vacancies in each local health office, LHO, in tabular form. [51825/17]
346. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the persons who will be on the new drugs committee; the qualifications that make them experts in assessing medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51600/17]
344. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years for an initial assessment of need from the early intervention teams, by HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51593/17]
343. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for an initial assessment of need to determine severity of a condition or disability from the early intervention teams, by HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51592/17]
342. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years for speech and language therapy treatment, by HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51591/17]
341. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years on waiting lists for speech and language therapy treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51590/17]
340. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years for speech and language assessment, by HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51589/17]
339. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years on waiting lists for a speech and language assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51588/17]
338. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged zero to 18 years for an appointment with their child and adolescent mental health team by HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51587/17]
337. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years on waiting lists for an appointment with their local child and adolescent mental health team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51586/17]
336. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent public health nurses in each HSE area in tabular form. [51585/17]
335. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists in each HSE area in tabular form. [51584/17]
260. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been an assessment or audit of the costs that the almost 2 million false breath tests have had on the Garda budget; if overtime payments were made to members of An Garda Síochána while carrying out the fake breath tests; if there was a reduction in policing services to the public due to the fake breath test scandal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51919/17]
156. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the health service capacity review; the timeframe for publication of the review and its findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51277/17]
155. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the geographical gap in heart failure services in the south southwest hospital group area; if a business case has been made for the €750,000 investment that is needed to establish heart failure services in Cork University Hospital and Kerry General Hospital; if this will be provided for as a priority in the HSE service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51276/17]
154. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the level of additional clinical staffing that is required to sustain the increasing level of service provided by the thrombectomy service annually; if this is being provided for in the HSE national services plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51275/17]
153. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to address infrastructural and equipment issues in relation to the provision of thrombectomy services in Beaumont Hospital; the level of capital expenditure required to replace the existing angiography suite and to open a second angiography suite; if this is being provided for in the HSE national services plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51274/17]
152. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the consideration being given to the expansion of thrombectomy in the national service plan; the actions being taken to advance the recommendations of the HIQA health technology assessment of mechanical thrombectomy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51273/17]
151. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the recommendation by the national stroke programme, as part of the phased introduction of early supported discharge for a further nine teams to be established over a three-year period, will be part of the 2018 national service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51272/17]
150. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the progress on recruitment for early supported discharge staff in line with increasing capacity in the three operational locations; the further progression on the establishment of two further teams in University Hospital Limerick and Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51271/17]