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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (18 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 1545. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications from residents in Kildare that were refused on income grounds by the Primary Care Reimbursement Service in each month to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38431/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (18 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 1546. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card application forms from residents in County Kildare that were reviewed by the Primary Care Reimbursement Service in each month to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38434/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 1547. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications that were rejected without medical evidence being reviewed by the primary care reimbursement service, per county, for each month to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38435/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (18 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 1548. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card reviews undertaken that led to medical cards being granted by the Primary Care Reimbursement Service, per county, for each month to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38436/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Numbers (18 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 1549. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards that have been issued to patients determined as being terminally ill or in receipt of palliative care in 2012 per month and per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38441/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Numbers (18 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 1550. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of medical cards that have been issued to patients determined as being terminally ill or in receipt of palliative care in 2013 per month and per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38444/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Numbers (18 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 1551. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of medical cards that have been issued to patients determined as being terminally ill or, in receipt of palliative care, in 2012 and 2013 to date, within 48 hours of receipt of application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38445/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Application Numbers (18 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 1552. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of medical card applications for the over 70’s that have been received per county, per month in 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38446/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (18 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 1553. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of medical card applications for the over 70’s per county, per month that have been refused on income grounds in 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38447/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (18 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 1554. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of medical cards issued for the over 70’s that have been issued following a review of the medical circumstances per month, per county in 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38448/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 1555. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of days taken to review medical information in relation to medical cards, from the date the application was received in 2012 and to date in 2013 per month, per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38449/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 1556. To ask the Minister for Health if there is capacity within the system to allow patients with sudden, serious and life limiting conditions to navigate the medical card application process whereby through their incapacity due to illness, prevents them from having an income and the delays of up to 12 months in processing social welfare applications excludes them from obtaining evidence of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 1565. To ask the Minister for Health the reason delays in the provision of new wheelchairs and existing wheelchair repairs have escalated to such point that severely mobility impaired children are forced to wait several months, in some cases over a year, without any alternative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38546/13]

Order of Business (19 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I was going to speak on the same issue.

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I support the motion. We need stronger assurances from the Government and the Central Bank that borrowers will have basic, guaranteed rights in the mortgage arrears process. Each time we debate the issue the number of people in arrears has grown alarmingly. Solutions have been heavily lopsided in favour of the banks and the lending institutions. To date, there is an inherent power...

Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: This is about selling gas.

Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I was intrigued by Deputy Kevin Humphreys’s contribution earlier in which he started off by claiming the Government was forced into selling off Bord Gáis by the previous Government and that the Labour Party would not have sought to privatise vital services. He then went on to talk up the benefits of this privatisation. That is somewhat paradoxical. Along with health and...

Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: It has wind turbines.

Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: No, the Deputy is.

Other Questions: Foster Care Provision (19 Sep 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 6. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will indicate the foster care placement ratio, that is the number of instances where foster care applications have been made compared to the number of successful placements, broken down by Health Service Executive region for 2012 and to date in 2013; if variances across regions can be adequately accounted for; if her attention has...