172. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the requirement for nurse candidates seeking registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland to submit €350 with their application, to signal their serious intent to fulfil nursing posts in the Irish health service; his views that it is extremely disappointing that applications are subject to huge delays, and candidates are met with silence when they seek information as to the status of their application. [33712/15]
171. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the crisis in the registration of nurses who have been identified as candidates to fill nursing posts given that as of 4 September 2015, 2,313 applications were outstanding, according to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, and given that in a statement issued on 16 September 2015, the Department stated that 70% of outstanding applications had submitted incomplete documentation and that 30% of applications that were complete, which equates to 694 applications, are still outstanding. [33711/15]
166. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of an application from the Brothers of Charity Services in Ennis, County Clare, on behalf of their clients (details supplied) under the residential support budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33696/15]
163. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Healthcare Enterprise Alliance, with 15% of the Irish medicine market, will be included in the negotiations on medicines pricing, which are due to commence with the pharmaceutical sector next month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33683/15]
162. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health whether he has reviewed the policy proposals recently launched by the Healthcare Enterprise Alliance, which propose to save €130 million on the annual medicines budget, through a series of reform measures; if he and his Department support these proposals and will move to implement them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33682/15]
161. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 642 of 9 June 2015, if he will provide the exact waiting times for mastectomy prosthesis; surgical bras; swimsuits; etc for each Health Service Executive area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33680/15]
154. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will reconsider the decision to deduct the payment of a client (details supplied) under the early childhood care and education scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33657/15]
137. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance from age 0 to 17; 18 to 29; 30 to 39; 40 to 49; 50 to 59; 60 to 69; 70 to 79; and 80 years and over. [33562/15]
128. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if medication will be made available to assist a person's (details supplied) medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33480/15]
127. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if there is a sufficient number of speech and language therapists to carry out diagnostic assessments; his views on the assessment process and its success rate in diagnosis; his plans to ease the workload on speech and language therapists, by hiring additional staff, and thereby lessening the waiting time for assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33477/15]
124. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the recruitment process has commenced to replace the two podiatrists that have left the Grattan Street health centre in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33464/15]
456. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he has received any reports into a matter (details supplied) regarding the safety of ambulances; if the national ambulance service has undertaken any investigations into this matter. [33233/15]
213. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority for each year from 2008 to 2014, inclusive, and in tabular form, the average amount paid for a housing adaptation grant; the number of payments that were less than 50% of the average; and the number that 50% more than the average. [32654/15]
212. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons in each local authority area who are awaiting payment of a housing adaptation grant following a successful application for same; and the number of these persons who have a disability. [32653/15]
211. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons, by local authority area, in tabular form, who have applied for housing adaptation grants and who are currently awaiting a decision; and the number of these applicants who have a disability. [32652/15]
210. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the expenditure for each local authority on housing adaptation grants for each year from 2008 to 2015. [32651/15]
209. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the allocation for each local authority for the provision of housing adaptation grants for each year from 2008 to 2015. [32650/15]
208. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities that pay for private occupational therapy assessments, in order to speed up the application process for housing and accommodation applications or modifications. [32647/15]
207. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority area, in tabular form, the number of persons with disabilities who are currently on the housing waiting list. [32646/15]
206. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority area, in tabular form, the number of social housing units that were allocated to persons with disabilities in 2014. [32645/15]
205. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority area, in tabular form, the number of persons with disabilities who have been waiting for housing adaptations for less than six months; for more than six months but less than 12 months; and for more than 12 months. [32644/15]
204. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority area, in tabular form, the number of persons with disabilities currently living in social housing, who have been waiting for housing adaptations for less than six months; for more than six months but less than 12 months; and for more than 12 months. [32643/15]
49. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the current waiting times for each social welfare payment for the processing of applications by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32385/15]
1395. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the source of money Sligo County Council will use to pay the legal costs for the Lissadell case, alleged to be between €3 million and €5 million; his position on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30580/15]
1394. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the last communication between his Department's assistant secretary (details supplied) and-or other members of his staff with Sligo County Council's chief executive officer in relation to the finances of Sligo County Council; the form of this communication, that is letter, e-mail, phone call; the date this occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30579/15]
1122. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been invited to take part in BowelScreen since the programme began in 2012; the number who have taken part; the number of incidences of bowel cancer detected; in the target cohort, that is, women and men aged 60 to 69 years, the take-up as a percentage of the overall number of persons in that age group; the incidence of false positives; when the programme will be expanded to cover the 55 to 74 age group; if this will be done in phases; the age cohorts concerned; and when it is expected the programme will be rolled out to each one; in each response, where appropriate, if he will provide responses that break down between women and men; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32112/15]
1091. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 September 2015; the number of general practitioner visit cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [31895/15]
1082. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31850/15]
1079. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding home help assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31837/15]
1075. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from a group of ten health and children’s charities requesting a commitment to ordering a full, independent impact assessment of transatlantic trade and investment partnership on the work of his Department; his plans to formulate a clear policy advocating for the exclusion of public health in the final agreement; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31827/15]
1020. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be seen by a neuropsychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31504/15]
1000. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form and according to county the number of speech and language therapists employed by the Health Service Executive at the end of 2014 and at the latest date available in 2015. [31431/15]
995. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the necessary funding of €13 million for the development of a new 50-bed single-occupancy facility with en-suite facilities at the Sacred Heart Hospital, County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31424/15]
922. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if organisations that receive funding under section 39 agreements are obliged under their service level agreements to accept and implement recommendations by the State industrial relations institutions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31136/15]
882. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health in view of the EU-OSHA report in respect of workers' safety in the energy sector, his view on concerns over the health of persons who live in close proximity to wind farms; his plans to carry out research into any possible threat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30931/15]
819. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be provided with an appointment for a heart procedure at University Hospital Galway; and the reason for the delay. [30805/15]
816. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the necessary nursing staff will be allocated to the paediatric high dependency unit in Cork University Hospital, to allow the already agreed admission of a young child (details supplied) from Crumlin children's hospital for the treatment they require that would alleviate the hardship from their family in having to be away from their home in Cork while they receive treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30788/15]
748. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department and the Health Service Executive will agree to provide funding, or some support, for selective dorsal rhizotomy surgery for persons with cerebral palsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30531/15]
742. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for an orthopaedic bed by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30503/15]
425. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all funding required to carry out the remedial flood prevention works in Glanmire, County Cork, has been provided; the up to date position on the progression of the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31464/15]
348. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the actions he is taking to ensure that home owners in areas that previously experienced flooding such as Meadowbrook, Glanmire, County Cork, are given house insurance by providers which they are currently being denied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31458/15]
208. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form divided by county, the number of recipients of employment supports in each county at the end of August 2015 or the most recent date available. [31283/15]
146. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of families whose one-parent family payment was discontinued from July 2015, and who transferred to other social welfare benefits; and if she will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown, by county. [30541/15]
870. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when her Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30207/15]
845. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30220/15]
812. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when his Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30209/15]
770. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when his Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30212/15]