391. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the method of recruitment of internationally trained non-consultant hospital doctors here; the number of non-consultant hospital doctor positions filled by doctors trained here and internationally, respectively; the number of positions advertised; and the number left vacant in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [12022/19]
385. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the policy on accepting or rejecting corporate sponsorship from the fast food industry for hospitals and hospital-related facilities; if fast food outlets operating within hospitals are banned here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11912/19]
384. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health if the newly opened 12-bed short-stay surgical ward at University Hospital Limerick is being used by non-surgical patients to alleviate overcrowding in the emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11911/19]
330. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take with the HSE to provide a kidney dialysis unit at Ennis General Hospital thereby reducing significant transport costs associated with taking patients to hospitals in counties Limerick and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11684/19]
503. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a progress report on the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7766/19]
502. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received and plans to publish promised proposals by the ESB on the future on Moneypoint power station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7765/19]
304. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a replacement pharmaceutical industry for a company (details supplied) in view of correspondence from the company to the community detailing the wind down of its operations by mid-2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7767/19]
212. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an assessment of the shortage of places in secondary schools (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7827/19]
151. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment at the Cork dental hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7454/19]
86. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if overruns at the national children’s hospital will not result in cuts to Office of Public Works funding earmarked for urgent flood mitigation measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7574/19]
234. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of approval for the national broadband plan. [3490/19]
233. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he received the list of options he requested from the ESB on the future of a power station (details supplied); if so, his views on same; and his views on the future of the electricity generating station. [3489/19]
244. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for family reunification made in 2018 by recognised refugees or persons granted subsidiary protection under the policy document on non-EEA family reunification published on 31 December 2013; the number of applications by recognised refugees or persons granted subsidiary protection which were processed in accordance with the policy document in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2600/19]
159. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the additional diagnostic investigations that have been made available to general practitioners as outlined in the winter plan 2018 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2135/19]
158. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the type and location of beds he plans to open during the course of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2134/19]
157. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the type and location of the extra beds added to the health service in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2133/19]
156. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the number of additional cervical smears carried out to reassure women outside the normal cervical screening programme; the cost of the additional smears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2132/19]
155. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the statistics in relation to elective admissions and procedures which have been cancelled to date as part of the winter plan 2018 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2131/19]
154. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health if patients waiting on corridors or in extra beds in wards are considered as part of the trolleyGAR statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2130/19]
153. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the methodology for calculating the trolleyGAR statistics on patients waiting in casualty for admission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2129/19]
152. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the services he plans to put in place to address the issue of bariatric surgery here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2124/19]
4. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether poor pay and working conditions will drain the brightest and the best from the Defences Forces. [2139/19]
185. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment with University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1951/19]
795. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health when the final report of the independent review group on section 38 and 39 service providers and private providers will be published. [1635/19]
763. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare can expect an appointment for a cranioplasty in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1447/19]
761. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare can expect an appointment for a procedure in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1444/19]
109. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health when the independent review group formed in July 2017 and chaired by a person (details supplied) will publish its findings. [52509/18]
565. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the criteria which limit the proximity of a wind farm to the nearest occupied residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52134/18]
594. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to achieve a more balanced distribution of visitor numbers to the mid-west and to County Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50657/18]
593. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Brexit proofing measures he can take to assist Shannon Airport in securing an alternative connection in view of the fact that EU hub connectivity from Shannon is via London Heathrow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50648/18]
494. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health his views on whether supporting the health insurance industry with community rating, risk equalisation and tax expenditure runs contrary to the medium-term and long-term aims and objectives of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50961/18]
493. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health if the specialist access team for homeless persons with severe mental health difficulties at Conyngham Road, Dublin 8, is now closed to new referrals due to staff shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50955/18]
403. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health his views on whether supporting the health insurance industry with community rating, risk equalisation and tax expenditure runs contrary to the medium and long-term aims and objectives of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50655/18]
402. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to correct the perceived insufficient funding for Sláintecare announced in budget 2019, most especially for transition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50654/18]
401. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health his plans to develop a new framework of free birth control and more effective sexual health relationship education; if this framework will be put in place as part of the roll out of new abortion services in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50652/18]
400. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health if new abortion services will be rolled out in terms of operational access in view of the existing access issues in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50651/18]
399. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health when he will introduce a plan to roll out a unique health identifier and a HSE-wide electronic medical record to assist in public health data collection, patient management and develop the tools needed to implement and manage Sláintecare and the creation of new contracts with medical professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50650/18]
398. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health if the specialist access team for homeless persons with severe mental health difficulties located at Conyngham Road, Dublin 8 is now closed to new referrals due to staff shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50649/18]
226. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that have been taken or are planned to improve gender equality in the workplace, in particular steps covering more than just pay inequality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50762/18]
165. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health when a money message will be sanctioned to allow the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health to proceed with Committee Stage of the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016, as directed by Dáil Éireann on 9 November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50028/18]
164. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the stage of development the access programme for medicinal cannabis products is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50027/18]
189. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health his plans to appoint an independent expert to examine claims contained in new documentation given to him regarding missing blood samples that were taken for an investigation (details supplied); if the independent expert will also advise if a public inquiry is warranted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49617/18]
208. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the long promised Clonlara flood relief scheme following the decision of Clare County Council to withdraw its plans as a result of submissions from the National Parks and Wildlife Service and an environmentalist; the implications the delay has for the commencement and completion of this urgent scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49553/18]
446. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health his plans for the winter initiative in relation to University Hospital Limerick, UHL, and the mid-west region in general; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48129/18]
920. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the proposed plans for a third terminal at Dublin Airport are consistent with Project Ireland 2040 plans to achieve 75% population growth outside of Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45415/18]
830. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the situation in relation to coal supplies for Moneypoint power station originating in a mine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45211/18]
572. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 480 of 18 September 2018, when the report compiled by persons (details supplied) in 2015 into orthodontic services within the HSE will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44963/18]
499. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health further to the announcement in budget 2019 that €206 million has been allocated to the implementation of Sláintecare, the areas to which the funding has been allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44632/18]
136. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland was represented at the UN third high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases in New York on 27 September 2018; if so, the contribution that was made to the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45024/18]
344. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Health the progress of the rare diseases medical product technology review committee; the drugs that have been referred to it by the HSE; the way in which it is scheduling or prioritising the review of each drug; the number of drugs it expects to review in 2018; the timelines associated with reviewing medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41125/18]