Written answers
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
- Medical Card Appeals
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43520/12] - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43521/12] - Primary Care Centres
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed history of the Health Service Executive's plan to develop a primary care centre in Carrigaline, County Cork, including details of the... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) in County Carlow will recieve a decision on their medical card application; and if he expedite a response [43512/12] - Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health if persons who are eligible for medical cards/general practitioner visit cards and through no fault of their own incurred medical costs which should have been... - HSE Governance
To ask the Minister for Health the reason the contract between the Health Service Executive and a company (details supplied) was extended for another four years; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health if he or the Health Service Executive have information collated on the number of people who are on out patient lists who when contacted will no longer require or... - Ministerial Meetings
To ask the Minister for Health if he has met Health Information and Quality Authority recently and if they had particular areas of concern; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43525/12] - Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
To ask the Minister for Health if the waiting times on trollies in accident and emergency departments are based on average waiting times; if he will outline the waiting time actually calculated;... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the number of patients treated from the elective waiting in patient lists in 2011 and in 2012 and also to include numbers treated... - Hospital Accommodation Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking on the hospitals that have the longest length of stay for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43529/12] - Health Services Staff Sick Leave
To ask the Minister for Health the actions that are being taken in areas in the health service that have higher than normal sick leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43530/12] - Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a long term illness card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin [43534/12] - Respite Care Services
To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on the application for the respite care grant scheme through National Lottery grant scheme funding can be expected in respect of an organisation... - Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hearing aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43551/12] - HSE Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health the total spend in the last available 12 month period in each primary community and continuing care area on home nursing care for children with life limiting... - Medical Card Drugs
To ask the Minister for Health his view regarding coeliac products and a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who has been attending Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health when the decision was made not to automatically qualify cancer patients for a medical card (details supplied); if he will advise the Health Service Executive... - Ambulance Service Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of 24 hour, seven days a week ambulance stations throughout the State on 1 October 2011 and 1 October 2012. [43594/12] - Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to restore the special food requirements to persons in receipt of medical cards; and if he will make a statement on... - Vaccination Programme
To ask the Minister for Health if pregnant women are to be offered a whooping cough vaccine to protect babies from a surge in infections from the disease; and if he will make a statement on the... - Primary Care Centres Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the position that Dundalk, County Louth, held on the list of 200 centres which were identified for proposed primary care centres by officials based on a scoring... - Dental Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore the children's dental service at Athy Health Centre, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43616/12] - Primary Care Centres Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the details, number and location of the list of intended locations for the provision of primary healthcare centres by direct State capital funding; the projected... - Food Safety Standards Regulation
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the review of the role and responsibilities of Safefood; when a report will issue; if he anticipates that Safefood's long standing function... - Respite Care Services
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the curtailment in respite services for children with an intellectual disability in County Laois, that this service has been... - Primary Care Centres Provision
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the list of 200 sites that were identified for proposed primary care centres in order of the priority determined by officials based on a scoring... - General Medical Services Scheme Administration
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some general practitioners are now charging individuals for issuing letters which are required to confirm their... - Ambulance Service Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance service that is available to the population of Dublin North East; the modes of transport the service uses; the number of sub districts served, or in... - Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health when will long term illness benefit recipients be entitled to a full medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43674/12] - Health Services Allowances
To ask the Minister for Health the reason a gratuity payment is still pending in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [43678/12] - Health Services Staff Issues
To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is currently granting career breaks to nursing staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43785/12] - Health Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the Health Service Executive progressing the situation of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [43796/12] - Ministerial Meetings
To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he has visited Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 to date in 2012; the date and purpose of each visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a month by month breakdown in tabular form of the number of exemptions granted to the recruitment embargo for Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 since... - Departmental Legal Costs
To ask the Minister for Health the expected total legal costs to be incurred in hisDepartment in 2012; his proposals to reduce these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44068/12]
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