Parliamentary questions

Child Protection Guidelines

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

509. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on reports that Tusla has moved the threshold for the protection and welfare of children from adequate care and protection to children being at risk of significant harm, and that harm is now being measured on whether the impact on the child is severe; if these changes have been introduced in view of the fact that Ireland has approximately half the number of social workers per capita when compared to neighbouring countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1771/15]

Child Care Services Funding

Timmy Dooley

510. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount to be allocated to a community childcare facility (details supplied) in County Clare; when the organisation is likely to receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1785/15]

EU Directives

Brendan Smith

511. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the number of EU directives which remain to be implemented within his Department; the name of these directives; the timeframe for the implementation of these directives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1788/15]

Legislative Process

Micheál Martin

512. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the number, name and date of Bills initiated in his Department that have been subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure in the Oireachtas. [1809/15]

Legislative Process

Micheál Martin

513. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the number, name and date of Bills initiated in his Department since September 2013. [1824/15]

Departmental Staff Redeployment

Barry Cowen

514. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of secondments from his Department to external private firms in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; the firms involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1839/15]

Departmental Staff Redeployment

Barry Cowen

515. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of secondments based in his Department from external private firms in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; the firms involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1853/15]

Departmental Staff Redeployment

Barry Cowen

516. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department has a policy regarding secondments from and within his Department to external firms; when the policy was initiated and last updated; the details of the policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1867/15]

Congregated Settings Report

Fergus O'Dowd

517. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will commence a programme of investment that will ensure the implementation of the congregated settings report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49656/14]

Congregated Settings Report

Jerry Buttimer

518. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health if he will provide additional funding for a dedicated programme of capital investment to ensure the implementation of a 2011 report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1515/15]

Medical Card Applications

Tom Fleming

519. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49440/14]

Hospital Services

Finian McGrath

520. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will deal with the crisis at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49442/14]

HSE Data

John McGuinness

521. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the timeframe envisaged for completion of the investigation into the work practices of a person (details supplied); his views that the Health Service Executive informed the Joint Committee on Health and Children that there are 29 expectant mothers, which is at odds with a previous parliamentary question reply; if he has examined the HSE's MOU signed by this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49447/14]

Maternity Services Provision

Finian McGrath

522. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 266 and 267 of 26 February 2014, if he will publish a copy of the draft report which presents options for the delivery of maternity and gynaecology services in the West-North West Hospital Group which may help inform the new national strategy; and if he will provide a timeframe for completion of the national strategy for maternity services. [49449/14]

Health Services

John McGuinness

523. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 381 of 23 September 2014, if he will put in place a long term transport arrangement to suit the needs of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if a Health Service Executive official will contact the person and work out a transport plan as a matter of urgency. [49457/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Billy Timmins

524. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will be called for an operation in view of the fact that they have been on a waiting list for over 15 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49461/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Paul Murphy

525. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 who is a patient of Tallaght hospital can expect to wait for essential surgery on their upper arm; his views on the length of the waiting list for elective upper limb surgery; and the plans that exist to clear the waiting list. [49468/14]

Medical Card Applications

Pat Breen

526. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Health when a decision on a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49469/14]

Home Care Packages Provision

Michael Lowry

527. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 165 and 166 of 13 November 2014, if he will provide the information requested as the reply received from the Health Service Executive fails to respond to the issues raised; if his attention has been drawn to the crisis with regards to the funding of home care packages and the unacceptable waiting lists for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49478/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Billy Timmins

528. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49483/14]

Medical Card Applications

James Bannon

529. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the renewal of a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49494/14]

Health Services Staff

Patrick O'Donovan

530. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding staffing in the health services (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49501/14]

Drug Treatment Programmes Policy

Eric J. Byrne

531. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the drug problem in Dublin City centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49514/14]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications

Patrick O'Donovan

532. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health when a long term illness card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49517/14]

Medical Aids and Appliances Applications

Billy Timmins

533. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an electric wheelchair in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49520/14]

Medicinal Products Availability

Michael McGrath

534. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Laois has been denied access to a certain treatment; if he will arrange to have this matter reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49522/14]

Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme

Michael McGrath

535. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the redress scheme for the survivors of symphysiotomy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49525/14]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Billy Kelleher

536. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will supply size seven Lieber pull-ups to a person (details supplied) in County Cork as they are available at the HSE in Wilton, County Cork where they currently get their supplies. [49539/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

537. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is suffering from continuous pain that requires orthopaedic surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49541/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

538. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive a neurology appointment at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. [49542/14]

Medical Card Reviews

Tom Fleming

539. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49548/14]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility

John Paul Phelan

540. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health if there is a legislative barrier preventing the temporary postponement of the taking up of the fair deal package by those who have successfully completed the application process but whose medical condition may have improved enough to allow them to live at home longer than previously anticipated, without them having to restart the process in its entirety again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49553/14]

National Children's Hospital Status

John Paul Phelan

541. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health the current position regarding the development of the new national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49554/14]

Ambulance Service Provision

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

542. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an ambulance transporting a patient from Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, to a hospital in Dublin travels a long distance with no accident and emergency ward in close proximity to assist with any emergency deterioration in the patient's condition; if he is satisfied with the current reality; and if not, the proposals he has for a safer option. [49556/14]

Disability Services Provision

Colm Keaveney

543. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the number of registered service providers that are regulated under the Health Act 2007 (Care and Support of Residents in Designated Centres for Persons (Children and Adults) with Disabilities) Regulations 2013; the number of registered providers that have ensured that a person who is not involved in the matters the subject of complaint has been nominated to deal with complaints by or on behalf of residents of the centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49557/14]

Mental Health Services Provision

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

544. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the staffing levels that are in place in each location from which CAMHS services are provided across the country; if he will indicate the staff vacancies which exist at these locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49566/14]

Drug Treatment Programmes

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

545. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the average length of time for which a person remains on a methadone programme; the average cost per annum in maintaining a person on a programme; the number of locations from which methadone programmes are operated; the number of persons provided for on average at these locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49567/14]

Medical Card Reviews

John O'Mahony

546. Deputy John O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford had their chronic illness medical card withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49570/14]

Hospital Equipment

Sandra McLellan

547. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that MRI equipment compatible with equipment required for general anaesthesia is made available to Cork University Hospital in order that children who do not respond adequately to sedation and require general anaesthesia can have MRI scans there rather than having to travel to Dublin hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49573/14]

Hospital Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

548. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm the full implementation of the Donohue and Walsh recommendations, August 2013, following their review of the care provided by Castlebar General Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) who died in that hospital on 15 February 2013, the said recommendations having been subsequently endorsed by the coroner in February 2014; if he has read the extensive file (MVP-1137-14) on this incident sent to him by the deceased's next of kin in June 2014; if he will refer this matter to the Health Information and Quality Authority; if he and-or Castlebar General Hospital will apologise to this person's family in writing for the substandard care they received between the person's admission on 7 February 2013 and the person's death in the hospital on 15 February 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49579/14]

Hospital Services

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

549. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the National Centre for Medical Genetics; the reason it is no longer to be a national centre; the plans in place to have a national centre; if it is envisaged that adult services and external clinics will be dropped from this; the place the centre is to have in the Irish national plan for rare diseases in view of the fact that the work of geneticists can ultimately save money with preventative care and the fact that Ireland has a low number of geneticists per capita when compared to other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49580/14]

Health Services Staff

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

550. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding nurses who are injured while on duty and covered by the injury grant or the social welfare injury benefit resulting in different rates of pay while out sick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49581/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Colm Keaveney

551. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a hospital appointment in view of the fact that they are over a year waiting for this procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49582/14]

Hospital Consultant Contracts

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

552. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 780 of 8 July 2014, the number of consultants who have returned figures that suggest they are seeing numbers of private patients over the allowed 20% level for Contract B, Contract B, Academic B and Category 2; the number of consultants over this level; if this has been noted; the measures that have been taken or will be taken to ensure that this will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49586/14]

Hospital Procedures

Maureen O'Sullivan

553. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the grounds on which a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 was denied access to the treatment abroad scheme and also denied access to the cross-border directive; and if Cappagh Hospital, Dublin does not have the budget to perform this procedure within reasonable time, the reason the person cannot avail of the external treatment under those schemes. [49591/14]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Peadar Tóibín

554. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if Our Lady’s Hospital Navan will have its full complement of staff, including directly employed registrars as of 5 January 2015. [49592/14]

Health Screening Programmes

Helen McEntee

555. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Health his views on extending the free cervical smear testing programme to include under 25 year olds; if the scheme will be extended on the basis that should a person under 25 years decide they require a smear test, based on family history, if they will then be included; the amount it would it cost to include under 25 year olds in this programme; if he will provide the figures for the number of women under 25 years of age who die from cervical cancer each year. [49601/14]

Hospital Groups

Peadar Tóibín

556. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the mechanism being used to appoint each of the members of the new hospital group boards. [49604/14]

Hospital Groups

Peadar Tóibín

557. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health his views that the Ireland East hospital group board will have a member appointed to it who has detailed and hands-on knowledge of Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, County Meath. [49605/14]

HSE Investigations

Thomas P. Broughan

558. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if he will order a public inquiry into the revelations broadcast on RTE (details supplied). [49616/14]