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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (Resumed): Health Service Executive (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Just one sentence will not manage it, but it is one point. It is the response that Mr. O'Brien gave earlier to my question on the HSE's efforts to close down the "Prime Time" investigation programme. I am reliably informed that every effort was employed by HSE representatives to dissuade the RTE investigation unit from proceeding with its planned programme. HSE voices claimed that nothing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (Resumed): Health Service Executive (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do not think Mr. O'Brien can be so sure there was none of that. He will have to wait and see.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a disability allowance will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [19387/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 307. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of assessments of need under the disability Acts that were delivered within the statutory timeframes, in counties Laois and Offaly, per year, in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19401/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 308. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of waiting lists for psychology assessments and for occupational therapy in counties Laois and Offaly, per year, in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19402/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 309. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of disability services in counties Laois and Offaly; his plans to re-arrange these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19403/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Relations (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 310. To ask the Minister for Health the specific arrangements that were made in industrial relations discussions in the health sector, in relation to pay, hours, and practice; the way they differed from the Haddington Road agreement; if it is envisaged that these will be changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19404/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 313. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the State of providing free access to all prescribed medicines for all citizens; the cost for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19427/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 314. To ask the Minister for Health the savings that would be made if all public subsidies for private health care were removed; the tax breaks there are for private hospitals; if a land gift scheme exists in any form, or it is planned to introduce one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19428/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 315. To ask the Minister for Health if charges for use of all beds in public and voluntary hospitals, for the purpose of private medical practice, are currently based on the full economic cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19429/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Remuneration (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 316. To ask the Minister for Health the various current level of salaries of hospital consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19430/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Expenditure (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 317. To ask the Minister for Health the provision of primary dental care services; how they are funded; the costs to the general public; the procedures covered by medical cards; the cost for providing free at-the-point-of-care dental care to all citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19431/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 318. To ask the Minister for Health the current provision for radiation oncology, and other cancer services, by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19432/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 319. To ask the Minister for Health the overall percentage of health spend spent on mental health in 2014; the estimate for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19433/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 320. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the overall number of general practitioners; the number training each year at each level; the way Ireland's ratio of general practitioners to 1,000 patients compares internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19434/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 321. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of areas that have been unable to attract a full-time general practitioner for periods of more than three months over the past four years; if these posts are filled with locum or agency staff; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19435/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Data (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 322. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the rural practice allowance; the amount this will cost; the criteria this is based on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19436/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Data (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 323. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the rural practice allowance to general practitioners who hold general medical service contracts, and practice in a centre with a population lower than 700 persons, as opposed to the current 500 person limit, and where there is no town with a population of 2,000 persons, as opposed to the current limit of 1,500 persons or more,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 324. To ask the Minister for Health the cost for the general practitioner based Heart Watch and Diabetes Watch programmes for the past three years, per year; the number of patients covered; if he will consider introducing such schemes for the entire population; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19438/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers on waiting lists not seen by the child and adolescent mental health service within three months, each year, for the past three years; the make-up of service teams; the cost of same, per year; the number of patients that teams see, per year; the overall number of patients that are seen by teams at present; the overall numbers of staff and teams...