388. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the national maternity strategy; the total funding that is to be provided for the strategy; the funding being provided in 2016; and the outputs and services being provided by the funding being provided in 2016. [40944/16]
377. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if HIQA has been requested to review the circumstances of deaths from septicaemia in University Hospital Limerick. [40739/16]
376. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if WHO ICD classification criteria were adhered to on the death certificates of persons who died of septicaemia in University Hospital Limerick and in particular if the causative microorganism was recorded on the death certificates. [40738/16]
358. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the public health nurse service has been expanded in 2016; the number of public health nurses employed at the end of each of the years to 2015 and to date in 2016, for each local health office area in tabular form. [40614/16]
354. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the use of county boundaries for access to health and social services. [40605/16]
353. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the programme for Government commitments on voluntary disclosure specifically the implementation of recommendations of the Madden commission; and if it will be made mandatory to report specified patient safety incidents or serious reportable events to the authorities and to the patient harmed, and if it will be an offence not to do so [40604/16]
146. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons regarding whom the Revenue Commissioners provided data to the Health Service Executive under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2013 in 2015 and to date in 2016, in tabular form. [40933/16]
8. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the increase in the number of gardaí that the Cork city division can expect in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40453/16]
153. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the Developing a Policy on a Trauma Network for Ireland document which was originally due before the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40227/16]
539. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his plans to introduce a compensation scheme for costal grain growers following the problems with the 2016 harvest (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39455/16]
444. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in each local health area as of 30 November 2016; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2014 and 2015. [39648/16]
211. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the DEIS programme is under review by his Department; if so, the details of the review; the length of time it will take; the measures he expects to implement on its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39957/16]
171. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has made a submission to the new Public Service Pay Commission; if so, if he will publish these documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39182/16]
170. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the level of savings generated in each of the years 2014 to date in 2016 from the additional, unpaid, hours which non-nursing staff in the health service have been required to work each week under the terms of the Haddington Road Agreement, in tabular form. [39181/16]
169. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the level of savings generated in each of the years 2014 to date in 2016 from the additional, unpaid, hours which nurses have been required to work each week under the terms of the original Haddington Road Agreement introduced in 2013, in tabular form. [39180/16]
166. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a cognitive assessment will be carried out on a person (details supplied) in order to assist with selecting a secondary school that will best meet their needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39164/16]
235. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the serious risk posed to patients from 1 January 2017 due to HSE primary care dentists in counties Cork and Kerry being denied direct and timely access to patient clinical notes and histories recorded prior to July 2016, before seeing patients. [39129/16]
298. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the current activities being undertaken as part of the 2016-2017 winter initiative; the amount that has been expended to date; the amount that remains from the originally allocated budget; the progress that has been made in terms of reducing the number of persons waiting on trolleys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38380/16]
297. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings that have taken place with the chief executive officer of the HSE, or other senior HSE directors, since his appointment; the decisions taken as a result of those meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38379/16]
296. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number and cost of all reports commissioned by him, his predecessors, or his Department, in each of the years 2011 to date in 2016 in tabular form; the topics they are investigating; the date of completion; the date of publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38378/16]
295. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of reports that have been commissioned by him since his appointment; the number that have been received by him; the number outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38377/16]
223. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the percentage breakdown in terms of public and private treatment in each hospital in each hospital group to date in 2016 in tabular form. [38119/16]
92. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the fall in the uptake of the human papilloma virus, HPV, vaccine; the estimated number of deaths annually from cervical cancer that would result from a halving of the uptake of the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38013/16]
83. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his Department’s estimated impact on waiting times of the additional €15 million in 2017 for the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38014/16]
51. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of bed capacity in the acute hospital sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38010/16]
27. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the HSE service plan for 2017 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38012/16]
6. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he will be publishing a plan for advancing neuro-rehabilitation services in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38011/16]
1. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the review of bed capacity in the hospital sector will take place; if the review will be independent of the HSE; if those persons conducting the review will be asked to examine Ireland’s public bed capacity in the context of both the position in other OECD countries and the bed-occupancy levels that obtain in those countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38165/16]
147. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of additional funding (details supplied) that has been allocated to section 38, 39 and private not-for-profit disability services; the amount of this funding that has been allocated to HSE managed and run disability services and private for profit disability agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37911/16]
631. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to the OECD publication Health at a Glance 2016 published on 23 November 2016 and in view of the methodological notes and the discussion on comparability on page 120, if Ireland’s public expenditure per capita on pharmaceuticals is validly and definitively characterised as the second highest in the OECD; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37746/16]
612. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that prescribed low-protein foods are required to prevent neurological damage and to supplement the diet of adults and children with phenylketonuria (PKU) and homocystenuria (HCU); if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that no new low-protein products have been added to the long-term illness card list in more than six years; if he will ensure a full and appropriate updated list of foods prescribed for PKU and HCU is added to the reimbursement list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37643/16]
609. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 18 October 2016 and the outcome of the HSE report that has yet to be received, if he will consent to an independent inquiry once all parties have examined the findings of the report as is the desire of the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37620/16]
526. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to set down in tabular form the number of hospitals that have acute medical assessment units; the number of days per week and hours per day they are open; and the estimated cost of opening all on a 24-7 basis. [37030/16]
215. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of BreastCheck for women aged 65 to 69 years of age; the number of women in that age cohort who availed of the service in 2015; the number who have availed to date in 2016; the number of women aged 69 years of age who availed of the service in 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36828/16]
214. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the distances that have been travelled by emergency ambulances currently in service by HSE region and subdivided by every 80,000 km, in tabular form; the distances that have been travelled by intermediate care ambulances currently in service; the distances that have been travelled by rapid response vehicles currently in service in such a capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36827/16]
213. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided to date in 2016, by local health area, in tabular form. [36826/16]
212. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 November 2016; the number of general practitioner cards on 1 November 2016; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on 1 November 2016. [36825/16]
211. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals, in tabular form; the number of those beds and wards that are currently closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36824/16]
210. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the total proposed capital investment in health service information technology in each year from 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36798/16]
182. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the scheme for each local health area in tabular form; and the length of time waiting. [36625/16]
202. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date for the roll out of high speed broadband for Dripsey, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36376/16]
494. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) was deemed to be a producer when issued with a pig number; if he will re-examine this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35837/16]
438. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if Crohn's disease will be included on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36116/16]
437. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) could be reopened in view of the fact the family feel they need a fresh assessment of needs carried out to help their development. [36111/16]
408. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken by the HSE to recruit radiographers and to ease the pressure being felt by those currently operating in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35840/16]
407. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of filled radiographer posts in each hospital for the past three years and to date in 2016, in tabular form; the number of resignations in each hospital by year; the number of vacancies that remain unfilled for each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35839/16]
327. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions the Government has undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); the further actions the State intends to undertake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35859/16]
165. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the actions he is taking to immediately curb the escalating car insurance costs for motorists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36112/16]
135. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the criminal justice (victims of crime) Bill, heads of which were published in 2015. [35909/16]