395. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be given an appointment for an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39179/17]
1270. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in June 2017; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than of 20, 40, 60, 90, 120 and 180 minutes respectively to hand over patients, retrieve their trolleys and return to responding to calls, in tabular form [38933/17]
1269. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards in each local health office, LHO, as of 1 August 2017; and the figures for each LHO on 1 January 2017. [38932/17]
1268. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards and general practitioner cards respectively as of 1 August 2017; and the number of each type of card issued on a discretionary basis as of 1 August 2017. [38931/17]
1212. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if recent newspaper reports that he plans to build three new public hospitals which would carry out only non-emergency operations are accurate; the number of beds that would be provided by such hospitals; the general regional location of each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38394/17]
986. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37508/17]
980. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the Maynooth community care unit, County Kildare; and the timeframe for the unit to receive its €1 million investment. [37485/17]
868. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the waiting list action plans for 2017 in the areas of inpatient and day case, scoliosis and outpatient services have been funded by the National Treatment Purchase Fund or if they are a HSE initiative only. [37129/17]
850. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if persons with Lyme disease are eligible under the cross border Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37095/17]
849. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the training and qualifications required by HSE home helps; the training and qualifications required by employees of private home care provider companies that are employed by the HSE and those hired directly by the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37093/17]
844. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) has agreed to a deal to take over a number of primary care centres currently operated by the HSE; the primary care centres, in tabular form; the revenues raised by such deals; if other companies have agreed to similar deals for primary care centres or other health facilities; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37057/17]
843. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 968 of 20 June 2017, if the health technology assessment, HTA, on universal vaccination will be completed before September 2018; if his Department is working towards extending the HPV vaccination to boys in September 2018 or 2019 if the assessment produces a positive recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37054/17]
804. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented for mental health services to HSE facilities in County Cork in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of persons who presented for mental health services to HSE facilities with a residential address in County Cork in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36982/17]
803. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Cork on a waiting list for occupational therapy; the number awaiting occupational therapy services for up to 12 months, 24 months and 36 months and over, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36981/17]
776. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of over-70s GP-only cards in circulation by local health office as of 30 June 2017. [36914/17]
246. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to change the policy of pensions ceasing on the demise of former HSE employees to allow the pension to pass to the spouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37121/17]
1147. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of drinking water samples taken to date in 2017 to assess fluoride parameter compliance. [36634/17]
1146. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the sun bed test purchase and mystery shopper inspection programme under the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014; the test purchase inspections completed to date in 2017; and the mystery shopper inspections completed over the same timeframe. [36633/17]
1145. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of official food control and planned surveillance inspections of food businesses to date in 2017 with regard to the HSE Food Safety Authority of Ireland service contract. [36632/17]
1143. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons screened with final grading result with regard to the Diabetic RetinaScreen programme and its operation to date in 2017; the percentage uptake rate; and the percentage of persons screened that are issued a result within three weeks. [36630/17]
1142. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the proportion of urgent cases offered a colposcopy appointment within two weeks of receipt of a letter in the clinic. [36629/17]
1140. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the proportion of women that to date in 2017 have been invited for screening within 24 months of becoming eligible or since their last screening appointment. [36627/17]
1139. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the proportion of women that to date in 2017 have been offered an appointment for an assessment clinic within two weeks of notification of an abnormal mammographic result. [36626/17]
1138. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of women aged 69 years of age invited for a BreastCheck screening to date in 2017; the number that accepted the offer; and the number that have been screened. [36625/17]
1137. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of women aged 68 years of age invited for a BreastCheck screening to date in 2017; the number that accepted the offer; and the number that have been screened. [36624/17]
1136. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of women aged 67 years of age invited for a BreastCheck screening to date in 2017; the number who accepted the offer; and the number who have been screened. [36623/17]
1135. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of women aged 66 years of age invited for a BreastCheck screening to date in 2017; the number who accepted the offer; and the number who have been screened. [36622/17]
1134. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of women aged 65 years of age invited for a BreastCheck screening to date in 2017; the number who accepted the offer; and the number who have been screened. [36621/17]
1133. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of women aged 50 to 64 years of age invited for a BreastCheck screening to date in 2017; the number who accepted the offer; and the number who have been screened. [36620/17]
1132. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of local and national partnership plans developed and agreed under the dementia understand together campaign. [36619/17]
1131. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of babies breastfed exclusively and not exclusively at first PHN visit; and the percentage of babies breastfed exclusively and not exclusively at the three month PHN developmental check. [36618/17]
1130. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the hospital groups and hospitals within each that have completed calorie posting. [36617/17]
1129. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the development and implementation of a national clinical guideline for identification and management of under-nutrition in acute hospitals; if the guidelines are now finalised; and if so, the hospitals in each hospital group which are implementing it. [36616/17]
1128. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the development and implementation of a HSE hospital food and nutrition policy in acute hospitals; if the policy is now finalised; and if so, the hospitals in each hospital group which are implementing it. [36615/17]
1126. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if all hospitals in each hospital group are implementing a healthier vending policy in hospital groups. [36613/17]
1124. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of smokers who have received or are receiving intensive cessation support from a cessation counsellor either face to face, in a group, by phone or via a HSE QUIT team to date in 2017. [36611/17]
1123. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of residential disability services that have implemented the tobacco-free campus policy; and the percentage of residential disability services which now do so [36610/17]
1122. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of residential units for older persons that have implemented the tobacco-free campus policy; and the percentage of residential units for older persons which now do so. [36609/17]
1121. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE's development of a community-based cardiac rehab programme in collaboration with a charity (details supplied). [36608/17]
1094. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the emergency department task force report recommendations; and the recommendations that have and have not been fully implemented in tabular form. [36487/17]
1085. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount collected in prescription charges for medical card prescriptions in each of the years 2011 to 2016; and the amount projected for 2017. [36391/17]
1084. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spent on agency staff each month to date in 2017; the equivalent figures for each month in 2016; the proportion of the HSE’s anticipated agency staff expenditure for 2017 that has been incurred to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36390/17]
1083. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons attending rapid access prostate clinics in cancer centres during the first six months of 2017; and the number of persons attending such clinics who attended or were offered an appointment within 20 working days of receipt of referral in the cancer centres over the same time period. [36389/17]
1082. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons attending the rapid access lung clinic in designated cancer centres during the first six months of 2017. [36388/17]
1081. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the acute hospitals that have a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, outreach programme. [36387/17]
1080. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage of persons with confirmed acute ischaemic stroke who receive thrombolysis during the first six months of 2017. [36386/17]