235. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address the issues facing a centre (details supplied) with regard to funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47346/17]
84. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47359/17]
150. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if consideration has or will be given to providing an allowance to polio survivors for physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47185/17]
870. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if Vimizim was discussed at the drugs committee meeting on 14 September 2017; if so, the contents of the conversation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47101/17]
843. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will arrange for the recipients of Respreeza to receive their infusions in the same manner as they have always received them following the withdrawal of a company (details supplied) from covering the cost of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46971/17]
760. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the new information technology strategy for the health system as a whole published in 2014 by eHealth Ireland; the progress made on its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46573/17]
726. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the use of valproate information resources should be mandatory and informed consent should be obtained when using the drug in women and girls; his further views on whether a valproate register should be established and properly resourced public awareness campaigns need to happen; and his views on whether warnings should be displayed on the external packaging of the drug and that valproate medication should not be dispensed without original internal and external packaging [46311/17]
725. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) has conducted a number of surveys of women taking valproate and found that while doctor-patient communication is improving since 2014, only 56% of women surveyed in December 2016 indicated that they have had discussions on this issue with their health care professionals and the attention of 1 in 5 has not been drawn to the new restrictions in place since 2014 [46310/17]
724. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the care pathways in place for children possibly impacted by sodium valproate; the process for getting a diagnosis; if his attention has been drawn to reports of the current waiting time being two years for a diagnosis; and if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that there is an urgent need to have the complex needs of children assessed and appropriate pathways for diagnosis and treatment put in place immediately [46309/17]
723. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when sodium valproate was first prescribed here; and if there are estimates of the number of children who have been adversely impacted by it [46308/17]
722. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the way the European Medicines Agency 2014 recommendation that sodium valproate should not be prescribed for girls and women of childbearing age is being implemented [46307/17]
685. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE will work towards an interim arrangement to treat children with Translarna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45958/17]
684. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take regarding the unprecedented High Court appeal brought by a company (details supplied) against the HSE decision not to reimburse for Translarna for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy for two children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45957/17]
683. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a case review will be carried out for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45956/17]
682. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of purchase orders processed by purchase officers in County Mayo since January 2017 in logistics and inventory management in respect of health business services; the number of persons that worked on theses purchase orders; the number at grade 4 and over; the combined salary of these persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45951/17]
677. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the work of the technical review committee for orphan drugs; the date of the committee's establishment; the membership of same; the chairperson of the committee; the date of their appointment; the number of meetings that have taken place; the recommendations that have been made by the committee; the action taken to implement recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45927/17]
675. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the orphan drugs considered for reimbursement by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by the year of final recommendation, in tabular form; and if each drug was recommended for reimbursement [45921/17]
673. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action taken to implement recommendations 30 to 39 of the national rare disease plan on access to medicines and technologies, in tabular form [45915/17]
635. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the consultancy contracts his Department and the HSE have entered into since 1 January 2016; and the details of reports arising from such consultancy contracts that have been furnished to date to his Department and the HSE. [45705/17]
634. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions his Department or HSE officials have met the National Association of General Practitioners as part of the talks on a new general practitioners' contract to date in 2017. [45704/17]
633. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions his Department or HSE officials have met the Irish Medical Organisation as part of the talks on a new general practitioners' contract to date in 2017. [45703/17]
198. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the contingency plans in place for health services to cope with a greater 'flu outbreak than is normally experienced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45546/17]
197. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional beds that will be provided during winter 2017 to help ease hospital overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45545/17]
196. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if persons aged 75 years of age or over have experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours to date in 2017; and if so, the hospital in which the wait occurred. [45544/17]
195. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in all public and voluntary acute hospitals at the end of September 2017 or the latest date available; and the number of which have been delayed by time band (details supplied), in tabular form. [45543/17]
194. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 20 October 2017 or the latest date on which data for validated bed closures at hospital and ward level are available, in tabular form [45542/17]
193. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the work of the expert reference group established to draft guidelines to facilitate the use of cannabis treatments under an access programme; when the guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45537/17]
191. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is considering charging a nominal fee of €5 per visit for free general practitioner care for those under 12 years of age. [45535/17]
183. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health #the number of physiotherapists employed in each CHO area; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016 in tabular form. [45506/17]
182. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed in each CHO area; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016 in tabular form. [45505/17]
181. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists employed in each CHO area; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016 in tabular form. [45504/17]
180. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists newly recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care, acute and disability services; and the net increase in physiotherapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [45503/17]
179. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists newly recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care, acute and disability services; and the net increase in occupational therapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [45502/17]
178. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care, acute and disability services; and the net increase in speech and language therapist numbers resulting from this recruitment. [45501/17]
177. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited to date in 2017 across all sectors of the health service; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this recruitment. [45500/17]
176. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours being provided in each local health office area, in tabular form. [45499/17]
175. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of intensive home care packages being provided in each local health office area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45498/17]
174. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home care packages being provided in each local health office area, in tabular form. [45497/17]
158. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the staff and resources required to operate the genomic sequencing equipment at the Mater hospital will be provided by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45435/17]
152. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be operated on to treat their scoliosis and will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45391/17]
86. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the recommendations of the all-party committee will be implemented to allow all full time low-income QQI degree students receive their SUSI entitlement and to allow them access to the HEA student hardship fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45428/17]
248. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she is taking to ensure that a centre (details supplied) does not close; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45131/17]
214. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce paediatric interventional radiology prior to the establishment of the national children's hospital; if so, the location of same; if funding will be made available for same; the measures being taken to hire the required staff; the timeframe involved in commencing this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45162/17]
211. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a job description for carers delivering intensive home care packages for persons with dementia will be produced and made available to those availing of these packages and their families. [45150/17]
210. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the allocation of intensive home care packages for persons with dementia has been suspended due to a lack of funding; and if so, when additional funding for these intensive home care packages will be made available. [45149/17]
209. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated in 2017 for intensive home care packages for persons with dementia; and the number of persons with dementia availing of these packages. [45148/17]
208. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of the additional €37 million provided for home care packages and transitional care beds in budget 2018 that will be allocated to provide intensive home care packages for persons with dementia. [45147/17]
204. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if myalgic encephalomyelitis forms part of the studies of student doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45138/17]
203. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a re-evaluation will be carried out on the drug Kuvan for persons suffering with PKU under the reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45137/17]
31. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in the Cork city division as of 30 September 2017; and the number of new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [44209/17]