Results 8,401-8,420 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 692. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of patients waiting for all types of surgery, including elective surgery, based on the following timeframes: one to three months; three to six months; greater than six months; greater than nine months; and more than one year in Connolly hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. [49390/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 701. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of patients waiting for all types of surgery, including elective surgery, based on the following timeframes: one to three months; three to six months; greater than six months; greater than nine months; and more than one year in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 [49441/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (19 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 696. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the importance of early diagnosis and timely medical intervention for sufferers of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, he will provide resources to appoint specialists in this field in Dublin and Cork because there is currently no dedicated specialist in the field in the State. [49405/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (19 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 697. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of applications made to the treatment abroad scheme by sufferers of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome for each year from 2003 to date in 2013; the number of those applications approved and refused. [49406/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation (19 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 698. To ask the Minister for Health if EU Council recommendation of 8 June 2009 on an action in the field of rare diseases (2009/C 151/02) is being implemented by his Department and the Health Service Executive in regard to Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. [49415/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (19 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 699. To ask the Minister for Health if Ehlers-Danlos syndrome will be recognised, as a long-term illness, as required under a EU Council recommendation of 8 June 2009 on an action in the field of rare diseases 2009/C 151/02. [49416/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 700. To ask the Minister for Health if there were dedicated resources and specialist staff treating patients with Ehlers-Danlos sydrome at Tallaght hospital, Dublin 24 in the past decade or so; and if it is the case that those resources were withdrawn as part of cuts to the health budget in recent years. [49417/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Is the Minister of State saying that a dedicated clinician will be appointed in Dublin or Cork or, in both cities, to treat sufferers of EDS, which is the nub of the problem for sufferers? I would like to quote from a letter which I received from a wonderful young constituent who is due to sit the leaving certificate examination next year. She says:I need your help. I am living with...

Topical Issue Debate: Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or EDS is classified in European Union terms as a rare disease because it affects less than one in every 5,000 of the population. EDS is mainly thought if as being a genetic disorder but some literature suggests that it can occur spontaneously. It has been termed as the "invisible illness" because while there are no visible symptoms, sufferers may be in great pain and...

Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: A Cheann Chomhairle, my first question is to you as well as to the Tánaiste. Why did the group known as "Others" not get an opportunity to speak following the recent announcement about the troika? We have questions to ask about the German bank, KfW, and the role it will play in our country. I noticed Deputy Dowds, my friend and colleague from Clondalkin, rightly getting upset with...

Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: -----but the Tánaiste will remember that in September 2008, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Sinn Féin and the Independents waltzed us into the debacle from which we are now trying to emerge. It is very important to put that on the record when the Taoiseach comes in here. The Minister for Finance knew the reality, just like I did and just like Deputy Rabbitte did.

Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Why did the social democratic Members not get a chance to speak on this? When will we have a proper debate about the terms of this bailout exit?

Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: He is a lot more social democratic than Deputy Kehoe. I would also like to ask the Tánaiste about the Health (Amendment) Bill 2013, following a letter I received this morning from Dr. Mel McEvoy in Donneycarney. His letter asked me why a 84 year old is losing her medical card and why she is living in terror because she has a son with a disability who needs care.

Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: She feels that she has so many additional costs. Why is the Tánaiste standing over these savage cutbacks in health? Why is it necessary for Dr. McEvoy to write to me, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, Deputy Kenny, Deputy Flanagan, and Deputy Finian McGrath, as he will confirm?

Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: We did not get a chance to raise this earlier. Deputy Mathews wanted to speak. I wanted to speak. We were effectively gagged.

Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: The Tánaiste knows about it now.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Parking Charges (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has arrived at a decision in respect of the proposal to introduce paid parking charges at Howth Harbour, County Dublin. [48143/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the potential cost to the State of increasing the number of special needs assistants employed by his Department from the current figure of 10,575 to 12,775. [48630/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Districts (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of search warrants issued to each Garda district drugs unit in the Dublin metropolitan region for the years 2010, 2011, 2012, and to date in 2013. [48624/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the top twenty locations in the State where the highest number of motorists exceeding the speed limit have been detected, either through the use of intercept or non-intercept detections or with a combination of both types of detections, in 2012 and to date in 2013. [48629/13]