Written answers
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Diet Supplement
To ask the Minister for Health if the dietary supplement for children with coeliac disease at €6.50 per month is regarded as sufficient; if consideration was given to the adequacy of the... - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health if proposals regarding supports for those suffering from Narcolepsy following vaccination are to hand; and when they will be communicated to sufferers; and if he... - Thalidomide Victim Compensation
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding negotiation agreements with an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49413/12] - Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the number of home help hours paid for by the Health Service Executive, either directly through employment or contracts or through agencies and... - Suicide Prevention
To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on funding for applied suicide intervention skills training; and the funding he envisages allocating to this service in the future; and if he will... - Drug Treatment Programmes
To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure the maintenance of the Coolmine Therapeutic Community Centre's mother and child rehabilitation service which is in need of funding,... - Health Service Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health the cost breakdown to the Health Service Executive in the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 to subsidise antidepressants and anxiolytic drugs [49465/12] - Mental Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health the capacity, number of patients per year, within the public services to provide mental health services [49466/12] - Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline on a county basis, the number of home help cases that have been reviewed; if he will outline on a county basis the number of cases that have had... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their medical card application [49518/12] - Medical Card Delays
To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the... - Care of the Elderly
To ask the Minister for Health the projected increase in the over 65 year old population in the coming decade; if any funds or moneys are being set aside or are being planned to provide this... - Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to close the learning disability service based at Cloonamahon, County Sligo by 2018; if so, the location at which the users of the service will be... - Medicinal Products
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a time limit on the validity of prescriptions issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49594/12] - Suicide Prevention
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to set up a national cross party suicide prevention authority which would be properly staffed and properly resourced to try to reduce the ever increasing... - Hospital Charges
To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether introducing a charge on persons who do not attend hospital appointments will lead to another layer of bureaucracy which will be cumbersome and... - Consultant Appointments
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the practice by consultants of block booking appointments, that is 20 persons arriving at 9 a.m., all with appointments to meet the same... - Voluntary Disability Sector
To ask the Minister for Health the reason the voluntary disability sector has been targeted for cuts over the past four years, causing a shortfall in funding of approx 15%; and if he will make a... - Crisis Pregnancy Services
To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is investigating recent media reports (details supplied) in relation to advice given at the Dundalk office of Irish Planning Association; and if... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [49636/12] - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49641/12] - Consultancy Contracts
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the amount currently being spent on, or budgeted for by State agencies under his remit for spending, on the areas of... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) in County Meath has an appointment for an MRI at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, that the resulting scan will be read... - Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health when the position of full-time physiotherapist at Temple Street CUH Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Dublin, will be filled; if an agency physiotherapist will be appointed in... - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health if there has been changes to the pre-emergency care cover for Swords, County Dublin in recent weeks; if he will provide the detail of same; and if he will make a... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add rubinstein - taybi syndrome to the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49683/12] - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the proposed downgrading of Waterford Regional Hospital to a district hospital; if his attention has been drawn to the devestating effect this will... - Hospital Acquired Infections
To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals and or healthcare centres in which Legionnaires disease occurred in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49698/12] - Health Service Executive Payroll System
To ask the Minister for Health if he will continue to use the PPARS payroll system for the administration of payroll in the health service for the forseeable future. [49701/12] - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a health centre (details supplied) in Dublin 9 which has had a reduction in services recently causing many residents to fear there might be plans to... - Hospital Deficits
To ask the Minister for Health if any hospitals in the Louth Meath Hospital group are currently running deficits; the current deficit in each of the hospitals; the projected deficit at the end of... - Health Service Executive Funding
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for Health Service Executive grant funding for a group (details supplied) in Dublin 11; when a decision will be made in... - Medical Aids and Appliances
To ask the Minister for Health if a hearing device will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49750/12] - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [49751/12] - National Drugs Strategy
To ask the Minister for Health the systems in place to provide supervised injection sites to ensure the adequate disposal of needles used to inject heroin in view of the fact that such a service... - Hospital Facilities
To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to have a special rate for visitors who use the carpark at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, on a frequent basis; and if... - Health Service Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive paid for taxi services in County Donegal since the patient bus service between Letterkenny and Dublin has been abolished;... - Alcohol Pricing
To ask the Minister for Health his current plans to tackle issues surrounding the availability of cheap alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49784/12] - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if protocols will be put in place to ensure patients in the northwest can avail of CT scans in Sligo Regional Hospital, while attending an outpatient clinic of a... - Abortion Services
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the expert group on abortion; when a report is expected from the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49793/12] - Health Professions Admission Test
To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that all carers and personal assistants are obliged to obtain FETAC level five qualification before January 2013 if they are to continue in their... - Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49797/12] - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.760 of 19 July 2012, if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be arranged at Waterford Regional Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if he will expedite the matter. [49816/12] - Health Service Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health the justification for paying a €10,000 appointment fee to legal persons who serve on the Hepatitis C / HIV Compensation Tribunal; and if he will make a... - Blind Person's Allowance
To ask the Minister for Health the qualifying criteria a person (details supplied) in County Kerry failed to meet in order to be registered as blind when applying for the blind welfare allowance;... - Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to have home help assistance removed from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he does not intend to do so, if he will... - Dental Services
To ask the Minister for Health his views on a submission (details supplied) regarding dental care; the action he will take to address the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was granted a full medical card and their partner and two children were only granted a general practitioner... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49981/12] - Medical Aids and Appliances
To ask the Minister for Health when a hearing aid will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50005/12] - Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health when the podiatry post in Sligo Regional Hospital, sanctioned in April 2012, will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50027/12] - Orthodontic Services
To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Kerry awaiting orthodontic treatment in tabular form for the 12 month period June 2011 to June 2012 and between the age groups of 8... - Hospital Procedures
To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for an operation will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if he will expedite the matter [50061/12] - Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health the number of elderly persons in the region of 80 years of age living alone, with serious illness, who had their home help hours reduced by more than two hours per... - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of a national adult metabolic unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50072/12] - Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health when a home help takes holidays if there are persons to cover this time. [50073/12] - Departmental Funding
To ask the Minister for Health the interactions his Department and the Health Servce Executive have had with the RISE Foundation which supports person suffering with addiction to alcohol and... - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will support survivors of Symphysiotomy in obtaining justice for the suffering the survivors have endured (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Health Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 400 additional staff who were to be recruited to strengthen community mental health teams as part of the €35m package announced in Budget... - Social Workers Register
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the way the proposed fee for the registration of social workers which will be required under the new regulations of the Health and Social Care... - EU Directives
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress made on the implementation of the EU Directive 2010/63/EU on the use of animals for scientific and medical research purposes; and if... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the future delivery of Children's Hospital services in the catchment area of Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the... - Primary Care Centres
To ask the Minister for Health if a site has been identified for a primary health care centre in Gort, County Galway; the position regarding the requisition of a site; and if he will make a... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider establishing a Huntington's Disease clinic in Galway University Hospitals which would comprise a neurologist, a HD specialist nurse,... - Public Sector Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the opportunities that persons in lower grades of the Public Service have been afforded ion contributing to the reforms of the public service as...
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