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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Data (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 751. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current number of social worker vacancies; and his plans to ensure that all vacant posts are filled immediately. [34761/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Recruitment (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 756. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of new appointments made in his Department and those agencies under his remit since March 2011 to date in 2014, with a breakdown of the grade to which they were appointed during the period. [35116/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 784. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the use of so-called miracle mineral solutions as cures or treatments for conditions including cancer, AIDS and autism and the potential harms to those receiving the solutions; and if his Department is examining whether the use of such solutions will be banned in this jurisdiction. [33023/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 877. To ask the Minister for Health if the determination of the relevant income to be assessed for medical card applications submitted by persons over 70 years of age may be amended so that their net income after deductions made for universal social charge and PRSI is assessed under the application rather than assessing gross income before deductions for USC and PRSI have been made; his views...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 827. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that adequate funding is now in place to support the continued operation of the Huntington’s Disease Association of Ireland [33178/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 851. To ask the Minister for Health if he has carried out an impact analysis of the cuts to funding for early intervention services for children with disabilities, particularly in the case of north Dublin whereby the early intervention team there has not been in a position to accept any new referrals since November 2012 due to a large volume of children on the existing caseload and consistent...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 852. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 248 and 250 of 3 April 2014 and No. 650 of 24 June 2014, if he will provide further details regarding the way the targeted investment of €4 million and the provision of 80 additional therapy staff as part of the roll out of Progressing Disability Services for Children and Young People (0-18s) Programme will have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 853. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 248 and 250 of 3 April 2014 and No. 650 of 24 June 2014, the current status of the works being completed by the local implementation groups in Dublin as part of the roll out of Progressing Disability Services for Children and Young People (0-18s) Programme; if the consultation phase with all stakeholders has been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 857. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 248 and 250 of 3 April 2014 and No. 650 of 24 June 2014, if he will provide an update on the number of reconfigured early intervention teams currently in place in Dublin; and if the planned 12 network teams for north Dublin are now in place [33272/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Diagnoses (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 854. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 248 and 250 of 3 April 2014 and No. 650 of 24 June 2014, if he is concerned that 1,215 applications for assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005 were overdue for completion according to a report developed by the Health Service Executive for quarter one of 2014 and that only 30% of the assessments in the quarter...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Diagnoses (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 855. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 248 and 250 of 3 April 2014 and No. 650 of 24 June 2014, if additional resources will be allocated in order to cater for the increased demands placed on staff carrying out assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005 due to the extension of the eligibility for assessment in terms of age following a ruling of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Services Funding (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 856. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 248 and 250 of 3 April 2014 and No. 650 of 24 June 2014, his position on the report completed by the National Disability Authority into the practice of the assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005 which was submitted by the NDA for consideration by his Department [33270/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 858. To ask the Minister for Health his position on the plans developed by the Health Service Executive to roll out the Progressing Disability Services for Children and Young People (0-18s) Programme; if he is satisfied with the nature of the plans for the reconfiguration of early intervention services; if he will confirm that the target of full implementation of the model as scheduled for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 945. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a review of the decision not to make the drug Fampyra, which is used in the treatment of patients with Multiple Sclerosis, available under the Health Service Executive drug payments scheme; and if his Department is reviewing the operation of current drug treatments available to MS patients. [33635/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 946. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources required for the implementation of the model of care under the National Clinical Programme for Diabetes, particularly for the services required for children and adolescents with diabetes, will be provided in the Estimates for the 2015 National Service Plan for the Health Service Executive. [33649/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 947. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that one of the whole-time equivalent posts at Our Lady’s Children's Hospital, Crumlin funded by the Health Service Executive remains vacant due to staff sick leave; and to outline the arrangements that will be made to fill this post. [33650/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 948. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken by his Department in conjunction with the Health Service Executive to ensure that the recommendations of the report issued in April 2008 following the review completed by the Diabetes Expert Advisory Group can be implemented in practice, in particular the recommendation to have one nurse specialist per 100 children or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 949. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken by his Department in conjunction with the Health Service Executive to reduce delays in the pump start up service for children and adolescents with diabetes in order that the 48 children and adolescents awaiting commencements of pumps as of July 2014 and the further 11 children and adolescents who have funding approved but are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Data (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 950. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 828 of 27 May 2014, if the report referred to in the reply is now to hand. [33659/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (17 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 951. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 829 of 27 May 2014, if the report referred to in the reply is now to hand. [33660/14]