Results 121-140 of 11,576 for gp

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Heather Humphreys: ...In addition to the personal details relating to the child's care needs as provided by the applicant in the completed application form (Dom Care 1), including the signed details from the applicant's GP / Specialist or other medical professional in this form, the applicant may provide any additional information and / or documentary evidence that is relevant to their application, such as a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (7 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...of an enhanced medical card. It is intended that the enhanced medical card will ensure the provision, without charge, of the following primary and community health services for those eligible: GP services; prescribed drugs, medicines, aids and appliances dental, ophthalmic and aural services; home nursing; home support; counselling; chiropody/podiatry; and physiotherapy. As well...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to remain in ECCE past this age limit. Current policy requires that any request for an exemption from ECCE eligibility must be supported by a letter from a medical specialist / Social Worker (not a GP/PHN) specifically recommending why an ECCE service would meet the child’s specific needs in a more appropriate way than a primary school. My Department has received an application...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (7 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Mairead Farrell: 402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in Galway who are without a GP and are currently on a waiting list for one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11384/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (7 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Stephen Donnelly: General Practitioners are private practitioners. In an instance where a GP practice has a full list and cannot take on new patients, it is a matter for the GP practice concerned to decide to keep a waiting list of patients who wish to register with them if appropriate. Under the GMS scheme, the HSE contracts GPs to provide medical services without charge to medical card and GP visit...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (6 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...of the imminent retirement of the retained fire station officer at Dunleer, County Louth. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan - To discuss changes to the special education teacher allocation. Deputy Thomas Gould - To discuss GP services on the northside of Cork city. Deputy Pat Buckley - To discuss Cork County Council’s establishment of a dedicated flood relief team for Cork. Deputy Eoin...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (6 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: A wide range of medical services are provided to members of the Permanent Defence Force. These include an annual medical examination, sick parades, attendance at GP surgery outside of sick parade and out-of-hours GP services, prescription services, laboratory services, physiotherapy, chiropody, radiology, ophthalmic examinations, in-patient and outpatient public hospital charges, routine...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (6 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: .... This project was devolved to the school authorities for delivery and it is currently at stage 2A. The school in question also requested funding for a new sports hall. However, provision for GP/PE halls does not fall within the remit of the ASA scheme. The purpose of my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Island Communities (6 Mar 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...tested scheme where there are particularly high costs, e.g., medication, nursing home fees. Furthermore, the Deputy may be aware that, since 2015, every individual aged 70 and over has automatic eligibility for a GP visit card. I can assure the Deputy that, in order to ensure the medical card system is responsive and sensitive to people's needs, my Department keeps medical card issues...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (5 Mar 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: ...first appointment with the adult mental health services, but they are not in a position to prescribe her the drugs she had been receiving under CAMHS. Now, those drugs are being prescribed by her GP who is not a specialist in the area but is trying to help. It seems as if the mental health supports that are there are almost not acknowledging the complications caused by the ADHD....

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...So here I go again. Our abortion services are still not up to standard. Women waited generations for abortion services in Ireland but people are still forced to go abroad, and they are intimidated outside GP clinics. Marie O'Shea finalised the review of the abortion legislation in April of last year. Her recommendations could not have been clearer. She said the mandatory three-day...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Leo Varadkar: ..., community intervention teams and community support teams are now in place and are providing care closer to home. We are also making healthcare more affordable, at a time when the cost-of-living crisis is affecting everyone, through the removal of hospital inpatient charges, widened eligibility for the GP card and a reduced drug payment scheme threshold, among other things. Tá...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2024)

John McGuinness: ...increasing. They simply cannot access those services. I asked this question previously. The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, answered on the day, but nothing has changed. In 2023, one family's GP referred them to CAMHS. They were seeking access to a child psychiatrist. The child was at home and unmanageable. Since then, nothing has happened. Now, the GP is again writing to CAMHS...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...the hospital did not happen by accident. It is a direct result of decisions taken by successive governments. The closure of emergency departments at Nenagh and Ennis, the refusal to properly fund GP and community health services and the failure to develop the required capacity at the hospital have all heaped unsustainable pressure on heroic front-line staff who do incredible work in dire...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (5 Mar 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the GMS scheme, the HSE contracts GPs to provide medical services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. The General Practitioner (GP) Chronic Disease Management (CDM) Programme commenced in 2020 and has been rolled out on a phased basis to adult GMS (Medical Card and GP Visit Card) patients over a 4-year period. The specified chronic conditions included in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (5 Mar 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Under the GMS scheme, the HSE contracts GPs to provide medical services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. The General Practitioner (GP) Chronic Disease Management (CDM) Programme commenced in 2020 and has been rolled out on a phased basis to adult GMS (Medical Card and GP Visit Card) patients over a 4-year period. The specified chronic conditions included in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (5 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

James Lawless: 636. To ask the Minister for Health what measures his Department is undertaking to assist members of the public (details supplied) in accessing GP care in Kildare, where there is a difficulty for patients in securing a place on a GP client list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10018/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Mar 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Department of Health maintains regular contact with the HPRA regarding medicines shortages. Patients who have any concerns about availability of their medication are encouraged to speak to their GP or pharmacist, as in many cases, alternative medications may be available.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (5 Mar 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 673. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the cohorts of asylum seekers that are entitled to a medical card; if an entitlement to a medical card guarantees a person a place on a GP list; and if he is concerned that given that many citizens cannot get on to a GP list, this policy could be damaging to social cohesion. [10160/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (5 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Violet-Anne Wynne: 725. To ask the Minister for Health the hours of service for each GP practice in County Clare, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10445/24]