237. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cleaning budget for Tallaght hospital in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively; and the amount it has increased in order to treat the adverse consequences of the previous decision to cut the budget. [26222/17]
236. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if other hospitals have imposed reductions on cleaning and hygiene similar to Tallaght hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26221/17]
235. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the decision to cut Tallaght hospital's cleaning budget in 2015 was sanctioned by the board of the Dublin Midlands hospital group; if their attention was drawn to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26220/17]
234. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the decision to cut Tallaght hospital's cleaning budget in 2015 was sanctioned by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26219/17]
233. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take regarding the decision to cut Tallaght hospital's cleaning budget in 2015; if the persons that made the decision still hold positions of responsibility in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26218/17]
232. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when his attention was drawn to the fact that Tallaght hospital had cut its cleaning budget in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26217/17]
223. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the national patient experience survey includes patients in accident and emergency departments. [26157/17]
220. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours by local health area provided in March and April 2017 in tabular form. [26148/17]
505. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of compensation payments made by the HSE on foot of incidents in maternity units in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the amount of each individual payment; and the maternity unit in which the incident took place. [26004/17]
504. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of perinatal deaths and the perinatal mortality rate in each maternity unit in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and the number of stillbirths and the number of early neonatal deaths within that timeframe. [26003/17]
466. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for home help hours for persons aged 65 to 74 years of age, 75 to 84 years of age and 85 years of age and older received in each of the years 2011 to 2016. [25671/17]
465. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for home care packages for persons aged 65 to 74 years of age, 75 to 84 years of age and 85 years of age and older received in each of the years 2011 to 2016. [25670/17]
464. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the application for reimbursement for the drug Entresto; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25667/17]
442. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a solution can be offered to persons (details supplied) who wish to work in the emergency services here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25493/17]
385. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if general practitioners and other medical professionals receive regular training on Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25269/17]
210. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department and Healthy Ireland will implement the WHO international code of marketing of breast milk substitutes in full (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25268/17]
209. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing statutory public inpatient charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25267/17]
208. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the programme for Government commitment to reduce the cost of medicines by reducing the annual required co-payment on the drugs payment scheme; his plans to amend reimbursement of the scheme from a monthly to annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25266/17]
207. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme reimbursement threshold on a phased annual basis from €144 per month to €132 per month, €120 per month, €100 per month and €85 per month respectively, beginning in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25265/17]
206. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the 50 cent prescription charge reduction for medical card holders over 70 years of age to the entire general medical scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25264/17]
205. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing the prescription charge on a phased basis over five years, beginning in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25263/17]
204. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will consider pharmacists prescribing nicotine replacement therapy the way in which the morning after pill is prescribed (details supplied); if he will adopt the HIQA recommendation of a review of dispensing rules for nicotine replacement therapy on the general medical scheme and that this takes place without delay in order that operational structures can be developed to provide nicotine replacement therapy without a prescription to general medical scheme patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25262/17]
203. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if there is a contingency plan in place in order that smaller hospitals that do not have compounding capabilities and do not run out of chemotherapy drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25261/17]
184. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address tobacco companies rapidly increasing the production of products affected by plain packaging laws prior to the 30 September 2017 deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25203/17]
183. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address the use of disposable tins by tobacco companies to bypass upcoming plain packaging laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25202/17]
83. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide clearance data for roll-your-own tobacco products cleared from tax warehouses in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form. [25090/17]
82. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised from tobacco product tax by product type in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form. [25089/17]
474. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been unable to secure a registered right of way from the HSE on a road at which they have an existing right of way and have been using for the past 30 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24292/17]
472. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost to the healthcare system, in terms of hospital care and medications, of those living with obesity; if his Department has carried out a cost-benefit analysis of the wider implementation of obesity treatment programmes versus current long term spending on obesity-related diseases such as diabetes, obesity related cancers and heart disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24277/17]
471. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason for the lack of adoption of obesity treatment programmes with regard to the requirement of treatment programmes for obesity since the publication in 2005 of the report of the National Taskforce on Obesity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24276/17]
416. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of chiropodists in County Kerry to treat medical card holders; the names and addresses of each; the current waiting list for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23980/17]
182. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the costs incurred in the liquidation of the IBRC; the companies and persons hired; the area of expertise of each; the payments made to each person and company in addition to the timeframe of each individual contract, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24100/17]
181. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the companies or persons that were hired as part of the liquidation of the IBRC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24099/17]
180. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance if tendering or procurement was required for companies or persons hired to assist with the liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, such as in accounting, legal matters and so on; the companies or persons hired through this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24098/17]
232. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE personnel assigned to cyber security in each of the years 2012 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [23785/17]
228. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if survival rates for ovarian cancer are less here than in other EU and OECD countries; if so, the action being taken to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23743/17]
227. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time hospital consultants who have left the health service in each of the past four years. [23742/17]
226. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants currently employed on a full-time permanent basis; the number employed on a temporary basis; the number on the specialist register; and the number not on the specialist register [23741/17]
225. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated expenditure on information technology in the capital plan to 2021; and the amount that has been drawn down to date. [23740/17]
224. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of computers provided by the HSE to staff; and the number of each that came into service in each of the past ten years. [23739/17]
223. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of computers provided by the HSE to staff; and the number that have had software upgrades in each of the past five years with a view to strengthening protection against cyber attacks. [23738/17]
222. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent on software to combat malware and cyber attacks in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [23737/17]
221. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent upgrading and updating information systems in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [23736/17]
220. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the HSE budget for information technology in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [23735/17]
41. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Cork division in each year since Garda recruitment resumed in 2014; and the attested personnel strength of each in September 2014 and at the end of April 2017. [23757/17]
238. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of the €632,117,844 income raised by private charges (details supplied) by hospitals in 2016 which was charged following emergency admissions; and the amount which was charged following elective admission in each of the years from 2014 to 2016, in tabular form. [23527/17]
410. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the benefits of treating persons with obesity in reducing mortality, the comorbidities of obesity, reducing disease management costs and improving quality of life; his policy for treating persons with established obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22963/17]
357. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of the extra €15 million allocated to the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2017 that has been spent; and the dates and locations that it was spent. [22737/17]
356. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to the allocation of an extra €15 million to the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2017, the number of persons in each hospital on day case and inpatient lists who have been offered treatment by the fund to date in 2017; and the number of persons in each hospital who have had treatment as a result of such an offer. [22736/17]
345. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a drug (details supplied) in the treatment of systemic Degos disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22704/17]