Results 16,421-16,440 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the annual saving to the Exchequer if the full economic cost for the use of beds in public and voluntary hospitals for the purposes of private medical practice were paid for by private insurance operators. [25627/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 201. To ask the Minister for Health the additional revenue which would be raised if all private patients in public hospitals were charged in full for services provided rather than being charged a maintenance or per diem charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25638/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive public sector workers in receipt of salaries within certain bands (details supplied). [25628/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the annual average cost of employing a basic grade Health Service Executive staff nurse. [25630/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 194. To ask the Minister for Health the annual average cost of employing a basic grade Health Service Executive social worker. [25631/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 195. To ask the Minister for Health the annual average cost of employing a basic grade Health Service Executive midwife. [25632/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 196. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the total State spend on medicines in each of the years 2011 to 2014; and a breakdown of same by scheme and by generic and patented medicines. [25633/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Generic Drugs Substitution (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the measures introduced to promote the increased use of generic medicines; the practical implication of same; the amount saved to date; the estimated savings which would be realised by extending this scheme to the next ten most common medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25634/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Governance (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 198. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the full implementation of the recommendations of the PA Consulting report, Addressing Weaknesses in Financial Management and Cost Containment within the Irish Health Service Executive - A Report and Action Plan September 2012, could deliver savings of 5% of total Health Service Executive budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Regulations (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 199. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the Economic and Social Research Institute report, Delivery of Pharmaceuticals in Ireland – Getting a Bigger Bang for the Buck - published in January 2012 stated that prices of new pharmaceuticals, subject to patent protection, could be reduced further by setting the ex-factory price with reference to the lowest priced...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Regulations (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 209. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year savings that would be made by introducing, with immediate effect, a measure setting the ex-factory price for new pharmaceuticals, subject to patent protection, with reference to the lowest priced comparator European Union member state. [25665/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the total amount of moneys collected in each of the years 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date from private patients using public hospital services, providing this as a percentage of total income and as a percentage of actual cost of services used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25637/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the total State spend on suicide prevention and awareness projects, including on the National Office of Suicide Prevention in each of the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will provide a breakdown of same by year and by scheme-project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25639/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the total State spend on Health Service Executive disability services for each of the years 2012 to 2014 and for 2015 to date; if he will provide a breakdown of same by year and by scheme-project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25640/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Generic Drugs Substitution (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year saving that would be realised by reducing the spend on branded medicines by 2%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25662/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 207. To ask the Minister for Health if he has investigated the introduction of diagnostic related groupings and case-mix based payment in strategic purchasing; if this would give potential savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25663/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 208. To ask the Minister for Health if the World Health Organisation safe surgery checklist has been implemented in full in Irish hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25664/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year savings that would be realised from the immediate introduction of generic substitution for the 60 most commonly used off-patent medications, excluding anti-epileptic drugs, based on reference pricing at 70% below branded equivalent, by cost and by volume. [25666/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year savings that would be realised from sourcing the 20 most expensive and the 20 most common on-patent pharmaceuticals from another member state, parallel import, that state being where the cost of the drug is the lowest in Europe. [25667/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Vision Coalition Report (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 212. To ask the Minister for Health if he has introduced the interventions recommended by the National Vision Coalition in its Report on the Economic Cost and Burden of Eye Disease and Preventable Blindness in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25668/15]