Written answers
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
- Mental Health Services
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether mental health services funding should be protected from any reductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29438/12] - Hospital Services
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to prevent the proposed cuts to surgical services at Cavan General Hospital which will see the theatre operating only every... - Primary Care Centres
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health if he has been approached by companies with a view to funding the provision of primary care centres; if it is his policy to work with private... - Health Insurance
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to large number of subscribers who are being forced out of private/voluntary health insurance as a result of... - Cosmetic Surgery
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2000, the Food and Drug Administration of the United States revoked the licence of the French... - Hospital Services
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health the action he proposes to take on the recommendations of the Health Information and Quality Authority report on Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24; and if... - Mental Health Services
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health the reason that up to the start of June 2012 none of the promised 414 appointments to mental health positions had been made; and if he will make a... - Care of the Elderly
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health if he will revise the funding structure of community geriatric hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29359/12] - Hospital Facilities
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health when he will be in a position to lift the embargo on the reopening of closed hospital beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29427/12] - Hospital Services
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out his plans for smaller hospitals in this State [29426/12] - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether disability services should be protected from any further cuts in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29443/12] - Departmental Reports
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to publish the report on symphysiotomy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29461/12] - Mental Health Services
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health when a Director of Mental Health will be appointed in the Health Service Executive; if he will carry out this reform in advance of the establishment... - General Medical Services Scheme
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise definitively the position regarding general practitioners charging for taking blood samples from medical card patients; if his... - Health Service Staff
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that in the case of early retirements, the Health Service Executive is paying lump sums and that it is not making alternative... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to address the waiting list of some 158,000 patients waiting since January 2011 for an appointment to be seen by a consultant... - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health if there are increased waiting times for patients who require orthopaedic surgery at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24; the way this issue is being... - Cosmetic Surgery
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health the immediate and ongoing assistance that will be made available by the Health Service Executive to the women who received defective PIP breast... - Health Service Staff
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health if he expects agency costs to be reduced by 50% in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29466/12] - Health Insurance
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the VHI's refusal to cover new patients in Mahon Hospital, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29437/12] - Cosmetic Surgery
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent declaration of the Irish Medicines Board which stated that independent clinics not owned by the State... - National Children's Hospital
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to make a decision regarding the national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29449/12] - Hospital Services
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to build an oncology and palliative care unit at Waterford Regional Hospital [29424/12] - Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reopen closed hospital beds in view of the fact that there are 35,000 people waiting longer than 12 months to be seen, in view of the fact... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health the scope, nature and duration of the review of the fair deal scheme [29420/12] - Hospital Services
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce the number of delayed discharges in public hospitals [29421/12] - Hospital Services
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health the services that he is requesting hospitals to cut in order to address their deficits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29464/12] - Hospital Services
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health if, in the context of the severe pressure on the State's maternity services, he intends to bring forward proposals to expand and develop community... - Medicinal Products
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health when cancer patients may expect to be able to receive ipilimumab; the reasons for the further delay in its provision; and if he will make a statement... - Health Service Reform
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out his proposals for the democratisation of the structures engaged in the delivery of the health service with particular reference to... - Data Protection
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health the discussions he has held with the Data Protection Commissioner regarding insurance companies accessing the files of patients; and if he will make... - Health Services
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health his estimate of the total sum expended by the population on health services, including Exchequer funding, contributions to health insurance providers... - Hospital Services
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources that will be made available to the three existing children's hospitals pending the development of a national paediatric... - Nursing Home Services
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health if the reduction in community care and community nursing home beds is resulting in an increase in delayed discharges; the actions he will take to... - Water Fluoridation
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the study Human Toxicity, Environmental Impact and Legal Implications of Water Fluoridation; if his further... - Medicinal Products
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health the improved procedures that will be put in place to address the need to make the most effective new drugs and treatments available as soon as... - Care of the Elderly
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of public nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29431/12] - Health Service Expenditure
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health if he is carrying out an assessment of the impact of cuts to the 2012 health budget on patient care in advance of Budget 2013; and if he will make a... - Mortality Rates
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish his Department's report on mortality rates at acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29358/12] - Primary Care Services
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary health care centres which currently host dentists or associated dental services; his plans to include dentist facilities in... - North-South Study on Health Services
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health the progress, if any, made in the implementation of recommendations of the North-South Feasibility Study on Cooperation in Health Services in Ireland... - Hospital Services
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health the reason it can take up to 413 days for a person to be admitted to the National Rehabilitation Hospital's Brain Injury Impatient Programme; the...
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