Results 1,181-1,200 of 12,403 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 779. To ask the Minister for Health if there are data available on the number of diagnoses of coeliac disease that are confirmed in the absence of such a biopsy, in view of the need to standardise testing and diagnosis protocol. [13064/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 780. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, NICE, guidelines are still the agreed protocols in place for medical management of coeliac disease diagnosis; if so, if there are audit data available on compliance with this best practice approach; and if there are agreed training programmes in place for medical professionals to follow these...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 781. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a national screening programme for coeliac disease, in view of the potential positive impact that proper diagnosis can have on both the patient and the health service given that potentially one third of persons with coeliac disease have not been diagnosed. [13066/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 782. To ask the Minister for Health if a national screening programme is not under consideration, if a targeted programme will be considered in view of the fact that the likelihood of having coeliac rises to one in ten for blood relatives of those with a positive diagnosis [13067/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 785. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to an assessment of the long-term value to the health service of establishing a national screening service for coeliac disease for all children (details supplied). [13070/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 808. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a national coeliac disease register to identify external contributing factors or to establish possible causation in diagnosis, in addition to any regional variations in the figures for testing, diagnosis and post-diagnosis supports based on availability of financial or medical resources (details supplied). [13201/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 783. To ask the Minister for Health if there are tools and resources in place to collect, analyse and evaluate data in terms of both patient compliance post-diagnosis, for example, diet, annual testing and so on, and the consistency of post-diagnosis aftercare from medical professionals. [13068/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 784. To ask the Minister for Health if there are figures available that can quantify the cost to the health service of patient care for those living with coeliac disease, in terms of direct management of those diagnosed as well as the level of potentially avoidable hospital admissions and outpatient treatments in cases in which the primary diagnosis was coeliac disease. [13069/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: School Curriculum (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 786. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a plan in place to develop educational supports within junior and senior schools possibly under the CSPE curriculum to support needs (details supplied). [13071/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 787. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review funding or the appropriateness of managing funding for persons with coeliac disease within the disability section of a service rather than a more relevant area such as health and well-being (details supplied). [13072/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 788. To ask the Minister for Health the total saving achieved per annum by removing the cost of gluten free products from medical cards since the cut was introduced in 2012; and his plans to review this policy. [13073/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 801. To ask the Minister for Health the status of negotiations between his Department and pharmaceutical companies to secure an agreed price for the drug Savitex (details supplied). [13166/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 819. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds per 1,000 of the population; if there is data relating to these figures in a comparable context in respect of other OECD countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13265/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 867. To ask the Minister for Health the current registered nurse-to-patient ratios and doctor-to-patient ratios, respectively; the safe levels required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13427/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 868. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing the national maternity strategy; the current funding allocated for same; the funding earmarked to implement it across the next couple of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13428/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Midwifery Services (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 869. To ask the Minister for Health the current standard (details supplied) for midwifery staffing; the cost of bringing the current Irish levels in line with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13429/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 870. To ask the Minister for Health the current international and best practice standards for consultant obstetricians and gynaecologists; the cost of bringing the current Irish levels in line with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13430/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 871. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the orphan medicinal products regulation; if his attention has been drawn to the monopoly that pharmaceutical companies can hold for orphan medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13431/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 872. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges; the estimated cost of lowering the drug payment scheme threshold in €20 intervals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13432/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 873. To ask the Minister for Health the current average cost of a GP visit card; the current average cost of a GP visit card for under six years of age; the current average cost of a GP visit card for over 70 years of age; the current average cost of a GP visit element of medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13433/17]