Results 261-280 of 9,265 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (4 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 201. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason medications (details supplied) are no longer available under the medical card scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the impact this is having on persons that suffer from macular degeneration and that now pay in excess of €17 per month to access this drug; his plans to reverse this decision; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legal Proceedings (3 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of legal actions alleging misdiagnosis currently being taken against the HSE western division; the way in which cases are recorded in data; if such data is made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21006/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure (3 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 249. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 245 to 250, inclusive, of 6 April 2017, the details of the resources that would be needed for service roll out of the revised model of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21038/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure (3 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 250. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 245 to 250, inclusive, of 6 April 2017, the funding needed to support the reconfiguration of services to the model of care; the funding needed to address the geographical gaps in service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21039/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure (3 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 252. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 245 to 250, inclusive, of 6 April 2017, the investment that would be required for the heart failure specialist teams to build on the work carried out by the NCP to improve care for heart failure patients in hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21041/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure (3 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 253. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 245 to 250, inclusive, of 6 April 2017, the investment that would be required to implement heart failure integrated care projects in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21042/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure (3 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 251. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 245 to 250, inclusive, of 6 April 2017, the details of the funding needed to address the gap in service provision in County Cork which currently has no heart failure unit or structured service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21040/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Control Measures (2 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the recommendation in Tobacco Free Ireland to introduce a levy on the tobacco industry; the discussions his Department has had with the Department of Health on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19339/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Control Measures (2 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has undertaken research on the recommendation in Tobacco Free Ireland to introduce a levy on the tobacco industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19340/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 258. To ask the Minister for Finance the consultation his Department has had with his counterparts in the UK in respect of the sugar sweetened drinks tax; if his attention has been drawn to recent announcements in the UK that revenues from the UK soft drinks industry levy are to be ring-fenced for a healthy pupils capital programme; if it will be possible to ring-fence some of the funding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (2 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the way in which action 1.4 of A Healthy Weight for Ireland will be advanced; the status of the provision of potable water in all learning centres; if a national audit has taken place of learning centres in respect of the availability of potable water; if not, if this will be done as a matter of priority; the consultation his...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (2 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to undertake an audit of the built environment infrastructure and facilities available to schools and learning centres as part of the roll out of the National Physical Activity Plan for Ireland; the consultation which has taken place with his Department and other Departments in this regard; if his attention has been drawn...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (2 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 771. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken in view of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Illicit Trade Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19341/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (2 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 791. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the roll-out of the new early supported discharge teams as part of the national stroke programme; the details of the staffing team for each inclusive of grade and cost of same; the timescale for the roll-out of these programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19194/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Stroke Programme Implementation (2 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 792. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of providing one whole-time equivalent physiotherapist, occupational therapist and nurse and a 0.5 whole-time equivalent occupational therapist and 0.5 medical social worker that would meet the acceptable international standards for early supported discharge teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19195/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (2 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 793. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons across each operating site that have been discharged home via early supported discharge for stroke patients since the first ESD rollout in 2011; the percentage of this category compared to total stroke discharges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19196/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Action Against Tobacco Industry (2 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 826. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advance the proposal to introduce a levy on the tobacco industry; the discussions his Department has had with the Department of Finance on this following on from a recommendation in Tobacco Free Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19338/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 901. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19604/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (2 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 1023. To ask the Minister for Health the work being undertaken by his Department in respect of food product improvement; the expected date for publishing the national plan for food product improvement; the consultations his Department has had with relevant stakeholders in respect of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20169/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (2 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 1024. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made on the development of a code of practice for the marketing, retail promotion and sponsorship of high fat and sugar foods; when this will be finalised; the consultation which has taken place in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20170/17]