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51 records in IE in 2019
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
327. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health when a healthcare facility (details supplied) will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53704/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
326. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the status of 2020 projects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53703/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
307. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Health the impact of diesel NOx emissions on the public health system in terms of chronic breathing problems and related illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53616/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
306. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Health the cost to the public health system as a result of health-related cases linked to NOx emissions from diesel vehicles since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53615/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
469. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the cost of ensuring a minimum of one psychiatric nurse as part of each primary healthcare team. [53249/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
450. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on the procurement of infant formula products in 2018 and 2019 in maternity hospital settings, paediatric hospitals and units of hospitals and community healthcare facilities here; the allocation of funding being provided for infant formula in these locations for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53222/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
416. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if his Department is preparing regulations for the institution of a register of advance healthcare directives to allow for commencement of Part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. [53047/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
356. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health the legislative and policy measures available to tackle underage drinking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52716/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2019
258. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the reason the minimum unit pricing provisions of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 have not been commenced; when they will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52387/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2019
241. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to date in 2019 to build capacity within drug and alcohol services to develop a patient safety approach in line with the HIQA National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare 2012. [52346/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2019
215. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in arranging an assessment with the autism team for a child (details supplied); and if the assessment will be expedited as requested by the child's general practitioner and public health nurse in view of the fact the child is waiting for a place with a service but must first complete the assessment. [52315/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2019
181. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of community healthcare organisations that have established waiting lists for home care on a standardised basis. [52250/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2019
156. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of community intervention teams in each community healthcare organisation; and the number of whole-time equivalent staff on 30 November in each of the years 2017 to 2019 or the latest date available in each year. [52225/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2019
151. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding public health specialists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52191/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2019
258. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific actions he is taking to protect public health in response to EPA monitoring data that show dangerous levels of air pollution in several towns due to burning of residential solid fuel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52078/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2019
212. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the spend on agency staff in the health service from January to November 2019 by occupation, hospital and community healthcare organisation in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51958/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2019
207. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his future plans for the site of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin; if the hospital will remain in use within the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51952/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2019
205. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the operational status of each primary care centre under construction, planning phase, opened and so on; the healthcare and medical staff working in each operational primary care centre by occupation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51950/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2019
454. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 6 November 2019, the reason there are no primary care paediatric services in County Kilkenny; if children referred to the service can be seen in another county or a location in which the service exists; if, in the event of the service continuing to be unavailable through the HSE, funding will be provided for the children to be seen privately; if the referral of a person (details supplied) made by the public health nurse on 26 October 2018 will be dealt with as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51794/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2019
379. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health his plans to honour the commitment made at a conference (details supplied) in May 2019 to unwind FEMPI and increase investment and expansion of healthcare services in pharmacies; and his further plans to pursue cuts to the sector. [51351/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2019
377. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in approving transfer requests across similar grades and status within the clerical officer, administration and public health nurse categories (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51348/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2019
307. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the financial supports in place to assist those who have additional costs as a result of having chronic lung conditions such as cystic fibrosis and COPD; if he will consider providing additional payments to assist with the day-to-day living costs (details supplied) associated with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51083/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2019
187. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the progress made on the healthcare entitlements for thalidomide survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50813/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2019
173. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a public health nurse will be scheduled to call on house visits to a person (details supplied). [50712/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2019
172. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if the public health nurse service at the health centre, Ballymore, Mullingar, County Westmeath will be reinstated (details supplied). [50711/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2019
170. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health when funding will be in place for the 48-bed modular unit at Sligo University Hospital recently announced with the publication of the HSE capital investment plan; when the unit will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50698/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2019
164. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE pays compensation or finder's fees to employment agencies in cases in which personnel registered with such agencies and who are working on that basis in the public health system are subsequently offered full–time posts by the HSE; if so, the number of cases in which such finder's fees have been paid in 2018 and to date in 2019; and the amounts involved in each case. [50587/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2019
467. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding smoky fuels that cause air pollution in towns and impact public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49782/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2019
446. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when the minimum pricing provisions of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 will be commenced; the reason for the delay in doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50400/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2019
424. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres and locations in which community services operate from in County Meath; the services available in each location, for example, occupational therapy and public health nursing; and the times such services are available, in tabular form. [50229/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2019
407. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for renovation work to commence at a dental clinic (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that the clinic was not allocated capital funding for 2020 and will remain closed; if an interim solution will be provided in view of the fact that persons in the area are without dental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50185/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2019
389. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the reason the position of ECC P142 permanent healthcare assistant, theatre at Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe, as advertised in September 2019 has not been filled even though a transfer request into the position has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49990/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2019
328. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health the status of progress on the endoscopy unit at Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49729/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2019
179. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the level of capital funding allocated towards the development of the new facilities and upgrading of existing facilities at a health facility (details supplied); the works undertaken to date in 2019; the expenditure in this regard; the works to be undertaken at the facility in 2020; the projected expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49655/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2019
94. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has evaluated the full costings over the ten-year timeframe provided in the Sláintecare report; his views on whether the costings (details supplied) are accurate for the purposes of implementing the recommendations in the report; the percentage of GDP and GNI modified gross national income public health expenditure would incur if the Sláintecare proposals were implemented in full; if the measures had been in place in 2017 at the time of the publication of the report, the proportion of GDP and GNI modified gross national income that would have been incurred by public health expenditure at that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49570/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2019
31. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the potential benefits of high speed broadband with respect to healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49344/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2019
163. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no primary healthcare team for the Traveller community in Dublin 10 and specifically for the Labre Park halting site; if the possibility of providing a team will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49321/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2019
158. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Labre Park Traveller halting site is one of the few Traveller communities that is not covered by a primary health care team (details supplied); if he will take steps to ensure that the funding of a primary health care team for Travellers living in Labre Park and the wider Ballyfermot and Dublin 10 area is included in the HSE 2020 budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49285/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2019
342. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of a primary healthcare centre in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49096/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2019
298. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48713/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2019
284. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health when he plans to unwind FEMPI for pharmacists in view of the fact that this process has been initiated for other healthcare professionals; the proposed cuts in pharmacy fees from January 2020; if his Department has reviewed the way in which this will affect the community pharmacy industry especially in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48665/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2019
277. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the status of plans for the proposed redevelopment of Lifford Community Hospital; his plans for the retention and development of existing health services based in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48627/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2019
276. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the details of the plans to extend the dementia unit at St Joseph's Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48626/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2019
275. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the detailed design plans with respect to the upgrading of St Joseph's Community Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48625/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2019
263. Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if the NTPF report on private healthcare in public hospitals will be made available. [48554/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2019
117. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to build a new elderly care home in Roscrea, County Tipperary, to replace the Dean Maxwell home. [48826/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2019
111. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the status of works at Carndonagh Community Hospital; if a contractor has been appointed; when works are scheduled to commence; the timeline for completion of the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48864/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2019
97. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health his long-term plans for a number of community hospitals in County Donegal including the community hospital in Lifford, Ramelton and St. Joseph's Hospital, Stranorlar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48863/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2019
93. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Health the cause of the delay in the provision of the Rowlagh primary healthcare centre in north Clondalkin which was first announced in 2012; the timeline for the completion of the project which was granted planning permission in July 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48840/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2019
92. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the new extension for Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48735/19]