351. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the location in which a school can apply for autism-specific services for students transitioning from second-level to adult day services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51715/18]
347. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if the application process for second-level students transitioning to adult services will be reviewed; if the application process and decision-making timeline can be reviewed at the start of each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51689/18]
333. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will continue to fund the running of a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51652/18]
332. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if funding for a centre (details supplied) is still available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51651/18]
326. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if a full-time security person at the Sliabh Mish unit, University Hospital Kerry, will be provided in view of the ongoing security issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51622/18]
325. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address the shortfall of appropriate step-down care for persons being discharged from acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51619/18]
324. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address the issue of delayed discharge recordings; if an updated definition of delayed discharge has been provided to allow for a standardised means of reporting delayed discharges across all hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51618/18]
227. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided for the north County Kerry greenway; when a decision on funding will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51261/18]
294. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times from when an appeal of disability allowance is granted by the appeals office to when payment issues from the disability allowance section; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51009/18]
123. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the action he is taking to make savings on the drugs budget by increasing the use of biosimilar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50801/18]
119. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health his plans to help community pharmacists expand their services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50802/18]
197. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the stage 2 submission by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50295/18]
137. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on Translarna; if engagement with or inclusion of patient representation will occur as part of the assessment process for Translarna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49869/18]
79. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date on the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018; the date for implementation of this Bill; if employees who are forced to retire before this Bill is enacted will be given leeway to remain in employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49886/18]
459. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the medicines that have been approved as cost effective by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics but have yet to be reimbursed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49515/18]
458. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on medicines and its percentage of the total health budget in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49514/18]
428. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied the necessary provisions are available here, including doctors who have undergone specialist training, to allow full removal for all women affected by transvaginal mesh complications within a reasonable timeframe; when the chief medical officer's report will be available; if he will consider making the treatment abroad scheme available for this treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49300/18]
132. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 20 September 2018, if a reply has been received from the developer; if planning permission and legal agreements have commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48690/18]
144. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in respect of a request to purchase a site for the building of a new school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48619/18]
572. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an organisation (details supplied) will receive an increase in funding in view of the fact that its case load has increased significantly since 2012, which contrasts with a 16% reduction in state support from 2012 to 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48176/18]
465. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if an application under the fair deal scheme will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48290/18]
129. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to extend the short timeframe for the return of forms by section 39 organisations in view of the fact that all information has already been provided for pay restoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47526/18]
108. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47459/18]
549. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of vacancies on employment schemes nationally in view of the reliance on these schemes to carry out essential work and repairs (details supplied); the steps she will take to address concerns of scheme providers that expect to face much greater difficulties in hiring participants for schemes due to a return to full employment; if she has given consideration to changing the rules of schemes to allow greater flexibility including longer participation times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46561/18]
301. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on proposed changes to Regulation (EC) No. 469/2009 to allow for a SPC manufacturing waiver; her views on this initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47188/18]
291. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of a foreshore licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46213/18]
175. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the number of 2018 graduate psychiatric nurses who have been provided employment contracts; the number recruited; the type of contract provided in each area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46334/18]
174. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the provisions in place to recruit and retain graduate psychiatric nurses within the local mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46333/18]
83. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to effect a new circular to ban the presence and use of mobile phones by students in all national schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46327/18]
79. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that a route planner (details supplied) is used when assessing distances for the adjacent or non-adjacent SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46295/18]
192. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the culling carried out by the National Parks and Wildlife Service since the deer on Innisfallen Island, Killarney, were found starving in March 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46057/18]
191. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the regional manager and district conservation officer posts will be filled for Killarney National Park (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46037/18]
190. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress regarding the purchase of land for the new entrance for a walkway to a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45988/18]
189. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to introduce a deer management plan for Killarney National Park; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45980/18]
164. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she and the Secretary General of her Department will appear before the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts about the delays in payments of illness benefit to circa 50,000 persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45993/18]
930. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to resume the Tralee and Dingle light rail projects as a tourist attraction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45501/18]
747. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if, following the successful roll-out of flu vaccines in pharmacies, consideration is being given to the expansion of pharmacy-based vaccination services; the reason the cost of the essential pneumococcal vaccine is not yet reimbursed in pharmacies for public patients as the flu vaccine is; the timeframe for a decision in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45807/18]
746. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if pharmacies will be permitted to dispense oral contraception without prescription under plans for free contraception being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45806/18]
745. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be taken on the nationwide roll-out of a minor ailment scheme following the successful pilot in 2016; when he will publish the HSE report that has already been submitted to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45805/18]
744. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health when the role of community pharmacists will be expanded in line with the commitment contained in A Programme for Partnership Government; the reason this has not been included in the Sláintecare implementation plan; the way in which the role will be expanded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45804/18]
743. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the reason cuts to the wholesale margin of products sold by pharmacists have not been considered as income in reviews conducted by his Department into the operation of FEMPI (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45803/18]
742. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health when community pharmacists will be provided with a pathway out of FEMPI; when negotiations will commence with the contractors involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45802/18]
716. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to prevent possible industrial action in respect of revised home care contracts in counties Cork and Kerry by members of a union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45599/18]
715. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the balloting of members of a union (details supplied) for industrial action in counties Cork and Kerry in view of the failure of the HSE to implement the revised contracts within the agreed timeframes; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45597/18]
696. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the statutory funding or grant aid available to voluntary food banks and soup kitchens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45529/18]
677. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45470/18]
676. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health when a review will take place to determine the next steps for reimbursement of the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system; when he expects the review to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45467/18]
649. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health his views on the proposal by the Health Products Regulatory Authority to increase its fees by 8% in 2019, further to an increase in fees in 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the rationale for these fee increases; his views on whether such an increase is justified against a backdrop of increased costs for pharmaceutical and other healthcare providers resulting from Brexit in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45334/18]
540. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health to set out the status of an outpatient appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44808/18]
539. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans to address the need for patients to have arthroplasty operations whilst services are suspending at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44794/18]