581. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the recommendations of the international working group’s model for cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology for congenital heart disease for the island of Ireland; if he is committed to the recommendation for the expansion and updating of the cardiac intensive care unit capacity in Dublin to at least ten fully staffed beds; the estimated cost of this particular recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30186/15]
579. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to include the roll-out of the meningococcal B vaccine, the varicella vaccine and the rotavirus vaccine to all children, and the human papilloma virus vaccine to boys in the national childhood immunisation programme; and the estimated cost of same. [30184/15]
578. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing medical cards to all children under six years of age, as recommended by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. [30183/15]
577. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the number of full-time consultants in paediatrics and neonatology to at least 320 whole-time equivalents, as recommended by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. [30182/15]
552. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the Health Service Executive on 1 July 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. [30017/15]
551. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of emergency ambulances currently in service; if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the total number according to the year they entered service; if he will provide in that table data on pods and vehicles in terms of the date they entered service and the Health Service Executive region in which they are based; the number of intermediate care ambulances currently in service; if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the total number according to the year they entered service; if he will also provide in that table data on pods and vehicles in terms of the date they entered service and the Health Service Executive region in which they are based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30015/15]
550. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to set out the number of emergency ambulances that have been decommissioned by the Health Service Executive national ambulance service in 2015 to date; the number of new emergency ambulances that have been acquired in 2015 to date; the number of intermediate care ambulances that have been decommissioned by the executive's national ambulance service so far in 2015; the number of new intermediate care ambulances that have been acquired so far in 2015; the number of rapid response vehicles that were decommissioned by the executive's national ambulance service in 2014; the number of new rapid response vehicles that have been acquired in 2015 to date; the number of vehicles which have been commissioned or purchased as rapid response vehicles that have been acquired in 2015 to date; the number currently in use; the number awaiting entry into service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30014/15]
549. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form and by public and voluntary hospital the revenue raised between 1 January 2015 and 30 June 2015 from charges for private patients in public beds; the same details for the first six months of 2014 and for 2013; if he will provide in tabular form and by public and voluntary hospital the number of procedures from 1 January 2015 to 30 June 2015 in each hospital which has treated private patients in public beds and the equivalent figures for the first six months of 2014 and of 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 30 June 2015, between 1 January 2014 and 30 June 2014 and between 1 January 2013 and 30 June 2013. [30006/15]
548. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for each public and voluntary hospital with an emergency department, the number of emergency medicine consultants in each; and the number of each that have an emergency medicine consultant available daily on a 24 hour basis. [30005/15]
547. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of critical care beds in each public hospital at the end of each of the years 2011 to 2014 and the latest figure for 2015. [30004/15]
546. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to outline the measures that have been introduced in 2015 to improve the procurement of medicines to realise savings in the drugs budget, as outlined in the Health Service Executive national service plan for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30003/15]
545. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the measures that have been introduced to achieve projected savings of €95 million from the annual drugs budget, as outlined in the Health Service Executive national service plan for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30002/15]
544. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of procedures the Health Service Executive procured from private and independent hospitals in 2015 to date; the amount spent by the executive on these procedures in private and independent hospitals in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30001/15]
543. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed, by voluntary hospital, in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30000/15]
542. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each public hospital in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29999/15]
541. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to outline the progress made on the development of the national children's hospital since the selection of the site at St. James's Hospital in autumn 2012; the timelines for the next steps in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29998/15]
540. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the discussions he has undertaken with the relevant members of the Northern Ireland Executive with regard to a joint approach to the introduction of minimum prices for alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29997/15]
539. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of beds and wards in hospitals (details supplied); the number of those beds and wards that are currently closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29996/15]
538. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form details of the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012; the current status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29995/15]
537. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the progress made in implementing each of the 31 recommendations in the 2011 Health Service Executive report, Time to Move on from Congregated Settings; the timeframe for full implementation of the recommendations in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29994/15]
536. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in April 2014; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes, 40 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 120 minutes, and 180 minutes to hand over patients, get the trolleys back and return to responding to calls. [29993/15]
535. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for each ambulance station and in each month in the year to April 2015, the percentage of clinical status 1 echocardigram incidents responded to by first responder in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less; and the percentage of clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less. [29992/15]
534. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form and by Health Service Executive region, sub-divided by every 50,000 miles or 80,000 km, the distances that have been travelled by emergency ambulances currently in service; those travelled by intermediate care ambulances currently in service; those travelled by rapid response vehicles currently in service, in such a capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29991/15]
533. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the most up-to-date figures for the number of vacant positions in each public and voluntary hospital in the following categories: consultants; non-consultant hospital doctors; nursing positions; other health and social care professionals; management: administration; and general support staff. [29990/15]
532. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, details of the number of general practitioner vacancies by local health area. [29989/15]
531. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he has further extended the date by which the Voluntary Health Insurance Board must acquire the necessary capital reserves to make an application for authorisation by the Central Bank of Ireland. [29988/15]
530. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form and by local health area, the number of persons currently on the speech and language therapy treatment waiting list, and within that, the numbers waiting less than four months, from four to 12 months, and for more than 12 months. [29987/15]
529. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form and by local health area, the number of persons currently on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list, and within that, the numbers waiting less than four months, from four to 12 months, and for more than 12 months. [29986/15]
525. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the date on which his Department received the international evidence review on independent hospital trusts undertaken by the Health Research Board at his Department's request; when he will publish this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29932/15]
519. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 660 of 16 June 2015 on the 2,684 cases on the National Treatment Purchase Fund inpatient/day case list for 30 May 2013 in Cork University Hospital, the number of these cases in respect of which the scheduled treatment or procedure was provided in Cork University Hospital; the number of cases in which the scheduled treatment or procedure was outsourced; the number of cases in which no scheduled treatment or procedure actually occurred; and in view of the inability of Cork University Hospital to provide an answer (details supplied) and its view that it is a matter for the National Treatment Purchase Fund, if he will direct whoever is responsible for this matter to provide an answer to the question originally put. [29900/15]
504. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form and by local health office area, the numbers waiting for orthodontic treatment at the end of June 2015, including the number aged 16 years and under and the number above 16 years of age. [29858/15]
503. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 July 2015; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [29857/15]
497. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 9 July 2015, if he will provide the information sought for June 2015, not April 2015 as provided in the reply; and if it is not the case that the information is available to him, given that his Department has provided information to the Department of Finance for the purposes of the June Exchequer returns, and that furthermore in Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 30 September 2014, he provided Dáil Éireann with an update as to the Health Service Executive's net current deficit against profile at the end of September 2014. [29842/15]
485. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by local health area the average waiting time for ophthalmic assessment for primary or post-primary students. [29724/15]
446. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the issue of the diversion of methadone provided under the methadone maintenance programme to the illicit drugs trade; if his Department has tracked or analysed the extent of the problem; if he will provide an estimate of the cost foregone to the Exchequer as a result of this diversion; the measures his Department have implemented to tackle this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29843/15]
431. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when his Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30208/15]
326. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30206/15]
297. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when his Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30216/15]
260. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30218/15]
132. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, for 2013 and 2014 and for 2015 to date the number of persons concerning whom the Revenue Commissioners provided data to the Health Service Executive, under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2013. [29721/15]
118. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form for 2013 and 2014 and for 2015 to date, the number of persons regarding whom her Department requested the Health Service Executive to provide personal data on, under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2013, where the data is required to calculate the means of a person, in order to assess or review entitlements to benefits and services provided under the Social Welfare Acts. [30375/15]
105. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when her Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30219/15]
89. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form for 2013 and 2014 and for 2015 to date, the number of persons to whom her Department provided data relating to the Health Service Executive under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2013. [30007/15]
260. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-evaluate the Special Needs Assistant allocation that has been provided to a school (details supplied) in County Cork, as part of the roll-out of two further classrooms, to bring the school into operation in its new premises; if she will increase the allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29244/15]
216. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the proposals to have a person return to employment in the Health Service Executive (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29469/15]