Written answers

Thursday, 27 September 2012

  • Hospital Services
    To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the reduced services to patients and the savings, if any, as a result of the reduction in planned theatre activity at Cavan General Hospital; and...
  • Ambulance Service Provision
    To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns raised regarding the cutbacks to ambulance stations and services in Tallaght and Swords, County Dublin and in Maynooth, County...
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    To ask the Minister for Health the reason he added primary care centres to the list using a particular criteria selected by the Health Service Executive; if he has had previous connections with...
  • Hospital Services
    To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Framework for Smaller Hospitals; the location and by whom is it being drawn up; if there is consultation with the smaller hospitals...
  • Medical Products
    To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the higher price for generic medicines in this State compared to Northern Ireland and Britain; if his Department has undertaken...
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    To ask the Minister for Health the progress made, if any, regarding the proposed development of a primary care centre at Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41000/12]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the deficit in the health budget following the €130 million in cuts announced recently; if there will be any further cuts before...
  • Hospital Services
    To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the medical treatment being provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in terms of rehabilitation; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Card Drugs
    To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to cease the provision of gluten-free products on prescription for medical card patients with coeliac disease or if he will provide...
  • Hospital Staff
    To ask the Minister for Health following the recent agreement with consultants, if he has abandoned plans for a new grade of hospital doctor which it was hoped would provide a more clear career...
  • HSE Reports
    To ask the Minister for Health when he was informed of findings in the Health Service Executive July performance report which was published on 20 September 2012; and if he will make a statement...
  • Hospital Consultants Remuneration
    To ask the Minister for Health the options in place to deal with the medical consultants pay and their unwillingness to support his plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40792/12]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    To ask the Minister for Health in relation to kidney transplant operations in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, where the waiting time for the procedure has increased from three to six months to 14...
  • Hospital Services
    To ask the Minister for Health if he and the HSE are committed to maintaining the full range of services at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital following reconfiguration of the health services...
  • Hospital Bed Numbers
    To ask the Minister for Health the reason 22 beds remain closed at the Hospital of the Assumption, Thurles, County Tipperary; the efforts he is making to ensure that these beds are re-opened at...
  • General Practitioner Services
    To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the incremental extension of free GP care; if there is a timetable for its implementation; if he will elaborate on the reported legal...
  • Nursing Home Accommodation
    To ask the Minister for Health the number of public nursing home beds closed to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40999/12]
  • Mental Health Services Funding
    To ask the Minister for Health the effect that recent cuts to ring fenced funds in the mental health budget will have on commitments made in relation to the provision of mental health services...
  • HSE Expenditure
    To ask the Minister for Health if he is responsible for decisions taken in relation to individual cuts to the health budget or if decisions taken in relation to individual cuts are the...
  • Hospital Staff
    To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants posts that were advertised over the past year; the average length of time it took to fill these posts; the number of positions that were...
  • National Children's Hospital Status
    To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in publishing the report by the Independent Review Group on the location of the new National Children's Hospital; when this report will be...
  • Universal Health Insurance Provision
    To ask the Minister for Health when the implementation Group on Universal Health Insurance will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40992/12]
  • General Practitioner Services
    To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has yet to begin negotiations with the IMO in relation to the roll out of free general practitioner care; when these negotiations are expected to...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    To ask the Minister for Health noting that it is stated in his Department Strategy 2011-2014 that total expenditure for the public health service is being reduced by nearly €1.1 billion...
  • Misuse of Drugs
    To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to tackle the problem of the illegal sale of prescription drugs across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29729/12]
  • Hospital Bed Numbers
    To ask the Minister for Health the current in-patient bed capacity in the North-East region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41006/12]
  • Medicinal Products Expenditure
    To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on discussions with the IPHA; the savings that are expected in relation to reducing the drugs bill as a result of these discussions;...
  • Mental Health Act Review
    To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the review of the Mental Health Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41002/12]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    To ask the Minister for Health in relation to kidney transplant operations in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, at which the waiting time for the procedure has increased from three to six months to 14...
  • Primary Care Services
    To ask the Minister for Health the reason the number of primary care teams in Dublin North City dropped from 34 in 2011 to 22 in 2012 according to recent figures released by his Department; and...
  • Health Services Expenditure
    To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he approved the €130 million further cuts to the 2012 health budget, including the proposed cuts to personal assistance services for the...
  • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
    To ask the Minister for Health the number of special needs assistants being provided to children availing of the free pre-school year this year; and the way this compares to the number of SNAs...
  • Health Services Expenditure
    To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the actions needed to be taken by Beaumont, Mater, Limerick Regional, CUH and Galway Regional hospitals to correct their deficits by the end of...
  • Hospital Staff
    To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that all agency workers in hospital are being paid the agreed rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41010/12]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    To ask the Minister for Health if the special delivery unit has achieved its target of a nine month maximum wait time for inpatient and daycase surgery by September 2012; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services Reform
    To ask the Minister for Health the areas in the health service he plans to privatise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40967/12]
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the planned refurbishment works at St. Mary's Hospital, Castleblayney, County Monaghan; if restoration of respite services is an...
  • Health Services Provision
    To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding surgical equipment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40793/12]
  • Hospital Services
    To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a senior clinician at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth has written to the Health Service...
  • Prescription Charges
    To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the 50 cent prescription charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40976/12]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    To ask the Minister for Health in the context of Ireland's endorsement of the Council of Europe Disability Action Plan 2006-2015, if he will outline the progress made and specific measures being...
  • Health Services Provision
    To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the need for greater support for persons with Huntington's Disease, including the provision of a HD neurology clinic, the promotion of increased...
  • Medicinal Products Prices
    To ask the Minister for Health if the extent to which generic prescribing will lead to cost reductions throughout the health services in a single year and or for the remainder of the current...
  • Health Insurance Company Payments
    To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in collecting moneys owed by insurance companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40979/12]

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