423. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if and when he notified the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 to the European Commission under Directive (EU) 2015/1535; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6580/16]
422. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the home help scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6579/16]
396. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the review of the genetic service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6464/16]
108. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance how he can assist persons who are unable to avail of the home renovation incentive scheme due to builders not signing off on the documentation needed for the Revenue Commissioners to allow persons to claim tax relief on improvement works carried out on their homes. [6575/16]
24. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in forwarding the file of a person (details supplied) in County Cork to the appeals office to facilitate the case in proceeding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6583/16]
23. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been awarded partial capacity benefit of 75% will not receive a top-up of the remaining 25%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6582/16]
606. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he sought and received financial approval for an increase in the rural general practitioner practice allowance scheme from the Department of Finance or the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform prior to his announcement of an extension to the scheme in January 2016; the cost of the extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6273/16]
354. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the enforcement strategy of An Garda Síochána in relation to the new legislation banning smoking in cars with children; the financial resources and manpower that have been designated to ensure adherence to the law; the number of fines which have been imposed to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5580/16]
412. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the €58.5 million being held by his Department for specific initiatives, namely, in the area of mental health, €35 million; for primary care, €13.5 million; for therapy services for young persons, €8 million; and for the nursing task force pilot implementation, €2 million; if specific implementation plans for the release of these funds to the Health Service Executive are in place; if the €58.5 million will be released in full in 2016; and, if not, the amount of funding that will be released; and the detail of the funding which will be provided for each specific initiative. [5287/16]
410. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, all the new financial commitments his Department has entered into to date in 2016, indicating the full year cost of same. [5285/16]
409. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he has approved the proposed new €10 million package for general practitioners including increased rural practice supports. [5284/16]
407. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if, in December 2015, the Health Service Executive advised his Department in a letter of a risk that the cost of delivering all the services set out in the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan could lead to a financial deficit at the end of the year of between €300 million and €500 million. [5282/16]
306. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of registrar positions in each of the public and voluntary hospitals; the number of such positions vacant and the number of these positions being filled by locums on 1 March 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4825/16]
305. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of senior house officer positions in each of the public and voluntary hospitals, the number of such positions vacant and the number of these positions being filled by locums on 1 March 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4824/16]
304. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards, the number of general practitioner cards, the number of each type of card issued on a discretionary basis; and the number for each type of card assigned to persons over 70 years of age as of 1 February 2016. [4823/16]
221. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Defence the personnel numbers in the Permanent Defence Force as of 1 March 2016 broken down by the Army, Air Corps and the Naval Service. [5296/16]
201. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay with a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the single payment scheme; and when payment will issue. [5223/16]
94. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date for the roll-out of high speed broadband for the Hermitage, Glanmire, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4484/16]
42. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) in County Cork receiving a grant under the area aid scheme; when the application will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4489/16]
436. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will receive an appointment for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4635/16]
420. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of Fampyra and the restrictions that have been placed on covering the cost of the medication by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4592/16]
419. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why the HSE is not conducting an independent review into the aftermath of a case as a person's family (details supplied) have requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4590/16]
418. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health how persons will lodge complaints in a timely manner to the Medical Council, given how long the process takes, that he has not implemented a statutory of candour and that it is left to the courts to investigate cases of medical negligence; the advice he has for these parents in terms of filling out a complaint to the Medical Council given that children of ten to 12 years of age have recently won medical negligence cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4586/16]
407. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 27 January 2016, why he has referred this question to the HSE, given that the same information sought in a previous question (details supplied) in 2010 was provided without referral to the HSE. [4422/16]
345. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of consultancy reports, analyses and so on that the Health Service Executive commissioned since July 2014, in tabular form, including details of such consultancies and the amount spent on each project [4157/16]
344. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the investigation that the Health Service Executive commissioned into staff conduct issues, arising from the Health Information Quality Authority report into the Midlands Regional Hospital in Portlaoise in County Laois; the status of this investigation; and when both parts of it will be finalised. [4156/16]
341. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be transferred to the Cope Foundation. [4144/16]
330. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive does not cover manual lymphatic drainage treatment for public patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4079/16]
268. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people resident in Cork City who were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment; the number who were processed at the prison where they were sent and released on the same day or on the following day, by prison, by category of crime, by length of sentence given, in 2014 and in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4243/16]
267. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people resident in Dublin 12, 8,10 and 6W who were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment; the number who were processed at the prison where they were sent and released on the same day or the following day, by prison, by category of crime, by length of sentence given, in 2014 and in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4242/16]
199. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions he is taking to assist the residents in Glounthaune in County Cork who have had remedial works carried out to secure flood insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4628/16]
87. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the funding and the number of hours being provided for home help, and the funding and the number of packages being provided for home care in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3927/16]
83. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of commissioned units in public and voluntary hospitals that have yet to open, including the patient accommodation capacity in each, in tabular form; when they will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3928/16]
76. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the negotiation of a new contract for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3925/16]
70. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why two fundamental health commitments in the 2011 programme for Government, namely, the undertakings on universal health insurance and the introduction of free general practitioner care for the entire population, were not met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3926/16]
65. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why the overcrowding in hospital emergency departments has not seen a significant improvement despite the initiatives taken during 2015; if the €100 million shortfall in the funding for hospitals will have a detrimental impact on access to emergency department and scheduled waiting list targets in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3924/16]
57. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health why the undertakings on universal health insurance and the introduction of free general practitioner care for the whole population, the two key health commitments in the 2011 programme for Government, were not honoured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4093/16]
292. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of home care packages provided and the number of persons benefiting from these by local health office in 2015 and the estimate for 2016, in tabular form. [3883/16]
291. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the Health Service Executive and in section 38 organisations funded by the executive on 1 January in each of the years from 2012 to 2016. [3882/16]
290. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form and by public and voluntary hospital between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2015 the revenue raised from charges for private patients in public beds; the same details for 2014 and 2013; if he will provide in tabular form and by public and voluntary hospital the number of procedures from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015 in each hospital that has treated private patients in public beds and the equivalent figures for 2014 and 2013; and the number of applications for payment by the insurer that were submitted by each hospital for such procedures carried out between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2015, and the same figures for 2013 and 2014. [3881/16]
289. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been issued with a unique health identifier since the Health Identifiers Act 2014 was passed, by local health office, in tabular form. [3880/16]
276. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number and list of general practitioners, GPs, who have signed up to the proposed scheme of free GP care for children under six years of age, by county, in tabular form. [3726/16]
275. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on medicines, by public hospital, in each of the years 2010 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3725/16]
265. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the number of senior citizens in Dublin Central who have been denied a medical card or had their medical card renewals refused, and the number of applications, refusals and rejections for medical cards in the relevant local health offices for Dublin Central for persons over 65 years of age in the past five years; why a person in (details supplied) in Dublin 7 was refused a medical card; and if the application will be reviewed. [3654/16]
264. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the extended waiting times for children in need of orthodontic treatment and the provision and availability of orthodontic treatment for children and adults in Dublin Central, by the length and time of waiting lists in the local health area; if he is aware that a person (details supplied) has been advised of having to wait six years for essential orthodontic treatment and if it is acceptable that the person should have to spend the entire secondary school experience waiting for orthodontic treatment [3653/16]
263. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of extended waiting times for discectomies and his views on the provision and availability of such procedures for patients in Dublin Central; if he is aware that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been waiting for almost two years for a discectomy and that the delay in having the procedure is severely impacting on the person's quality of life; how he will ensure such procedures are made available more quickly; if he will provide the details of each hospital that provides discectomies, and the number of persons waiting up to three, from three plus to six, six plus to nine, nine plus to 12, 12 plus to 15, and 18 months plus, in tabular form. [3652/16]
256. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that were cancelled and postponed, by voluntary hospital in 2015, in tabular form. [3594/16]
255. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that were cancelled and postponed, by public hospital in 2015, in tabular form. [3593/16]