Results 16,441-16,460 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tax Code (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 213. To ask the Minister for Health the revenue that would be raised by introducing a sugar tax on sugary drinks, as proposed by the Irish Heart Foundation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25669/15]

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 214. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of employing ten community physiotherapists or hospital physiotherapists at entry level, ten community physiotherapists or hospital physiotherapists at the level of five years experience and at ten years experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25670/15]

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 215. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of employing ten speech and language therapists at entry level, ten at the level of five years experience, and ten at the level of ten years of experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25671/15]

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 216. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of employing ten occupational therapists at entry level, ten at the level of five years experience, and ten at the level of ten years of experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25672/15]

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 217. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of employing ten consultants, averaged across the specialties and experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25673/15]

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of employing and equipping one ambulance, with its complement of personnel and support staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25674/15]

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of ten suicide crisis assessment nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25675/15]

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 221. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of ten suicide crisis assessment nurses at entry level, ten such nurses at the level of five years experience, and ten such nurses at the level of ten years experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25677/15]

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 220. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of ten liaison nurses in Emergency Departments in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25676/15]

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 222. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of ten liaison nurses at entry level in emergency departments in hospitals, ten such nurses at the level of five years experience and ten such nurses at the level of ten years experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25678/15]

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 223. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of providing ten midwives at entry level in emergency departments in hospitals, ten midwives at the level of five years' experience, and ten midwives at the level of ten years' experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25679/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of the extension of BreastCheck in 2015; the further cost envisaged for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25680/15]

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of the reduction of prescription charges for medical card holders by €0.50 per item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25681/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (25 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 226. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year average cost of granting a person a medical card, including the care, services, and medications that it entails, on average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25682/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected yield from the introduction of a 5% sugar tax on sweetened drinks or on fast food products; if steps have been taken to consider the introduction of such a tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25965/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 410. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of employing an orthopaedic surgeon, an anaesthetist and support staff to fully staff a paediatric orthopaedic theatre for scoliosis corrective procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25759/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 411. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of corrective scoliosis procedures performed in a year by a team including an orthopaedic surgeon, an anaesthetist and support staff; the total number of staff and number of procedures performed in the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25760/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (30 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 425. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to consider a proposal to introduce a sugar tax on sweetened drinks or a fast food tax, with a view to tackling the problem of obesity, especially in children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25964/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (30 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise ambulance response times for the various different level ambulance call-outs over the past 12 months; the number of adverse incidents that have been recorded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25997/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 431. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the serious ambulance crisis in north west Connemara in County Galway where two serious incidents have been raised recently (details supplied) and the fact that hospital accounting services have stated it does not have the resources to put a solution in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25998/15]