498. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the inquiry into the case of a person (details supplied) has been carried out; and if so, when the family will be contacted with the outcome. [30737/16]
469. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the actions his Department and the HSE are undertaking to help support the cochlear implant programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30558/16]
447. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 6 October 2016, which original asked if a person (details supplied) could be seen at an alternative hospital due to waiting time, if he will respond to the original question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30472/16]
435. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the concerns that have been raised at the highest level (details supplied) relating to Cork University Hospital's maternity unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30426/16]
387. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for assessment for a possible surgical treatment. [30208/16]
385. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will increase the level of investment for cancer trials in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30201/16]
222. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will extend third level grants to low-income students who attend QQI degree courses in recognised private colleges, as well as access to the HEA hardship fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30239/16]
177. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce reliefs for first-time buyers who are self-building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30223/16]
148. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill will come before the Dáil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30234/16]
112. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the restructuring of HSE management; the number of additional managerial posts that are being put in place in each hospital group and CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30644/16]
88. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposed creation of hospital trusts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30645/16]
70. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on whether a greater use of biosimilars could assist in controlling the cost of medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30641/16]
33. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if resources for the nursing home support scheme will be increased in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30642/16]
24. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the extra provision that is being put in place for home-care packages and home helps in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30643/16]
19. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the 2017 HSE service plan will be published; when the programme for Government commitment on a five-year service plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30971/16]
157. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances assigned to each ambulance station in County Roscommon for each year since 2011, in tabular form; and the number of intermediate care vehicles and rapid response vehicles assigned to each. [30193/16]
156. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances that operate out of each ambulance station in County Roscommon on a daily basis, Monday to Sunday; and if he will provide a breakdown of this on an hourly and daily rota basis to ascertain the actual level of service in County Clare. [30198/16]
540. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the exemptions in place for households with medical grounds following the introduction of pay-by-weight refuse collection on 1 September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29785/16]
482. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a person, who is a registered nurse with NMBI and provides care for persons in his or her home in a private capacity, is required to register as a care provider for regulatory purposes; if so, the locations to register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29812/16]
466. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the outstanding EU directives that his Department or agencies under its remit are responsible for implementing, in tabular form; if the implementation of any of them require specific legislative change; and, if so, the details of same. [29771/16]
404. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE's consideration of the NCPE report on Translarna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29451/16]
372. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a full-time rheumatologist will be posted to University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29324/16]
363. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will cover the cost of pembrolizumab for a person (details supplied) who needs this drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29268/16]
361. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a third ENT consultant will be recruited to the department of paediatric otolaryngology at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29263/16]
22. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action which can be taken with regard to backlogs in the probate system; her attention to the fact that current applications are taking on average five months, which is too long for many families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29272/16]
206. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the provision of full-time rheumatology services in Mayo University Hospital; when this issue will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29074/16]
201. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29054/16]
205. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the review of the case of a person (details supplied) has been carried out; the outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28827/16]
177. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if CellCept is currently being considered as an acceptable drug in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, MS; if so, when there will be a decision; alternatively, if it is currently not under consideration, whether he will request an evaluation for its addition to the approved list for MS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28818/16]
176. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if autoimmune hepatitis will be added to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28817/16]
117. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate a special needs assistant to a person (details supplied). [28870/16]
427. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the additional cost of extending the meningitis B vaccination programme to children born before October 2016. [28398/16]
359. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding a person (details supplied) who has been waiting on a residential placement; if he will provide a copy of the decisions made at the case meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28072/16]
114. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 27 September 2016, the number of serving Garda Reservists that have unsuccessfully applied to become members of An Garda Síochána for each year since Garda recruitment resumed, in tabular form. [28484/16]
211. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he has extended or approved the extension of the contracts of any national directors in the HSE since he took office and, if so, the details. [27891/16]
210. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the names of the persons who currently serve on the HSE directorate; the duration of their term of office and when this is due to expire; if a new directorate is to be appointed in the near future; and, if so, the persons who will serve on it. [27890/16]
692. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a chief dental officer on a full-time and ongoing basis in accordance with standard public service appointments following the recent expiry of the tenure of this post on a part-time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27053/16]
691. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the likely publication date of the dental Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27052/16]
690. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional dentists the HSE would need to employ in order to provide school screenings at three different classes annually in view of the 20% increase in the number of children under 16 over the past decade and the 20% reduction in the number of general dental surgeons employed by the HSE in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27051/16]
689. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated numbers of children who are not being provided with regular school screening programmes in view of the official policy dating back to 1984 which suggests that oral health screenings should be provided at three different primary school classes each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27050/16]
688. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the delay in publishing the oral health policy which was commenced in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27049/16]
687. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the findings of the recently published report entitled National Clinical Programme for Paediatrics and Neonatology: A National Model of Care for Paediatric Healthcare Services in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27048/16]
686. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the documented increase in acute hospital admissions for urgent dental treatments; his estimate of the cost of such admissions and the cost-benefit savings which would be realised by greater access to preventive oral health care for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27047/16]
685. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the findings of the 2015 fluoride and caring for children’s teeth, FACCT, survey as regards the lowest socioeconomic groups; the way in which his Department proposes to deal with the emerging crisis in oral health for those children and their families who can least afford to attend for dental care and treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27046/16]
683. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on whether a hospital-wide audit of vaginal birth after caesarean section, VBAC, counselling is necessary at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, following the case of a person (details supplied); in view of the findings relating to documentation of counselling of the risks of VBAC identified in the recent audit, the lack of investigation by the HSE when it first came to light in 2013 and its proposed review, and that it does not intend investigating any other cases, the action he intends to take in this regard; his further views on whether patients have a right to be informed of the risks of VBAC and if there is a reason the senior Our Lady of Lourdes obstetricians did not do this; the reason there was a delay by the HSE in its proposed review until the hospital manager had left the organisation; the reason there was a communications breakdown when the family in question raised these matters with the HSE director general in a letter in November 2015; if he plans to meet the family as they will not deal with the HSE following their experience with the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27038/16]
679. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount of public expenditure on medicines for each of the years 2011 and 2012, in tabular form; the expenditure incurred for each year on branded and patented products produced by IPHA members and non-IPHA members, respectively; and the expenditure incurred on generic medicines. [27008/16]
678. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the recent deal on drug costs relates to Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association, IPHA, member companies only; if non-IPHA producers of branded and patented medicines are reducing prices or offering any savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27007/16]
677. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if price reductions have been agreed with producers for generic drugs; if he has legislative powers to impose reductions on the price paid for generic medicines; and if so, his plans to exercise same. [27006/16]