Written answers
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
- Mobility Allowance Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health the reason a mobility grant has been discontinued in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52813/12] - Deaths in Hospitals
To ask the Minister for Health the date on which his Department was first notified of the death of a person (details supplied) and the date on which he was first notified; the persons who... - National Dementia Strategy
To ask the Minister for Health if a national dementia strategy will be published in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52172/12] - Hospital Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the retention and continued development of a facility (details supplied) in County Louth. [52177/12] - GP Visit Cards
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding plans for free general practitioner visit cards for under fives (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52190/12] - Departmental Funding
To ask the Minister for Health the amount of State funding given to the Irish Patients' Association and Patient Focus in each of the years 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012. [52191/12] - Health Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Health when a post (details supplied) will be advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52195/12] - Home Care Packages
To ask the Minister for Health if an application for the home care package will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if they will be considered for extra... - Hospital Procedures
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information regarding the exceptions funding available to hospitals to allow them carry out cochlear implants; and if he will make a statement on... - Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Fee
To ask the Minister for Health if the new annual fee for Health and Social Care Professionals to commence from 31 May 2013 can be reduced; if he will acknowledge that the set annual registration... - Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of midwives working in Irish maternity hospitals in tabular form. [52222/12] - Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has been refused for a seriously ill child who requires palliative care; if he will have this decision reviewed; and if he will make a... - Nursing Home Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Health if a long term stay bed will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [52266/12] - Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a specific area (details supplied) will continue to receive maximum assistance and that there will be no further cutbacks in this area [52267/12] - Health Insurance Cover
To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise and assist citizens who have V.H.I membership, and have been refused cover for their medical expenses. [52287/12] - Orthodontic Services
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the consultant orthodontist serving the midlands area of counties Laois and Offaly, currently transferring to the... - Universal Health Insurance
To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the plans to extend free general practitioner care to all claimants of medicines under the long term illness scheme as announced... - Mental Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health the role of the mental health services in the Strategic Framework for Reform of the Health Service 2012 to 2015 [52332/12] - Hospital Charges
To ask the Minister for Health if he will define a virtual bed and a virtual chair as is used for billing of private patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52338/12] - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health what constitutes day care services in relation to hospital procedures; the minimum standard of care to qualify as a day procedure; if there is a defined location as... - Nursing Home Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Health the amount invested by the Health Service Executive and St. James's Hospital on nursing home facilities at Brú Caoimhghnín, Cork Street, Dublin, each year... - Hospitals Building Programme
To ask the Minister for Health the intended future use of each of the three existing paediatric hospitals once the new national children's hospitals has been completed and opened; and if he will... - Maternity Services
To ask the Minister for Health his future plans for the maternity hospitals in Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52347/12] - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52366/12] - Mental Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health if the €5 million allocated in the Health Service Executive's 2012 National Service Plan for mental health in primary care and access to psychotherapy... - Orthodontic Services
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will receive orthodontic treatment from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Drug Treatment Programmes
To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding available in 2012 for the various drug task forces; the criteria used in the allocation of these funds by individual task forces; if the task... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the waiting lists that exist for routine surgeries for public patients between now and 2016; when he plans to roll out the universal health... - Vaccination Programme
To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a comprehensive set of supports will be in place for those affected by narcolepsy associated with the vaccine pandemrix; and if he will make a... - Voluntary Sector Funding
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all of the voluntary organisations here in receipt of grants under Section 39 of the Health Act; if he will indicate the hierarchy of... - Obesity Levels
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle obesity here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52469/12] - Hospital Procedures
To ask the Minister for Health the number of weight loss operations that have been carried out by the health service here in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of hospitals here providing... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients accessing weight management services in hospitals here; the amount of funding that was provided to these services in 2010, 2011 and to date... - Ambulance Service
To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the number and standard of ambulance vehicles and levels of medical staff available throughout County Clare is adequate to support the... - Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who had home help hours cut without any review; if he will immediately... - Hospital Transfers
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52496/12] - Voluntary Sector Funding
To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland in counties Cork and Kerry in 2013 for the provision of a family support worker; and if he will... - Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department or in bodies which fall under the remit of his Department whose annual remuneration... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52533/12] - Respite Care Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will list all the areas in the country in which the seven nights of respite care allowing carer's to take a break has been reduced to six nights; and if he... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if processing of the medical card application for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be expedited [52553/12] - Disabled Drivers
To ask the Minister for Health if the qualifying criteria for the motorised transport grant should be amended to include persons with disabilities who need to buy suitable transport in order to... - Health Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the current protocol for the transfer of social workers within the Health Service Executive from one HSE area to another; and if he will make a... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1802 of 18 September 2012, if he will provide details of the exploration of options undertaken by representatives of the... - Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health when posts sanctioned in April 2012 in the area of footcare/podiatry will be filled at the following hospitals, Sligo General Hospital, Cavan General Hospital, Our... - Health Service Executive Properties
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans the Health Service Executive may have for the future or continued use a premises (details supplied) in Dublin 7 as a drug... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health the reason non CF Bronchiectasis is not included on the long term illness scheme; if there are any future plans to include this condition in the scheme; the... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical cared in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [52735/12] - Health Service Executive Properties
To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has found a new location for senior citizens to attend following the closure of a day centre (details supplied) in Dublin 5 a number... - Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health the names of the external consultants brought in by the Health Service Executive from the UK to assist Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, in tackling its waiting times in... - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health if the budget for a residential service (details supplied) in County Cork will be cut again in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52747/12] - Cancer Screening Programme
To ask the Minister for Health If he will consider extending the rapid access clinics that were rolled out to help early detection of prostate cancer to other acute hospitals across the country;... - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the establishment of multi disciplinary clinics for the treatment of Huntington’s Disease in line with best international practice; and if he... - Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding services for a person with special needs at a training centre (details suppled) in County Limerick; if he will provide funding for the... - Vaccination Programme
To ask the Minister for Health when he will introduce a vaccination for Meningococcal Disease Type B; if he will outline the process for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52792/12] - General Practitioner Services
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical card patients and non-national doctors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52794/12] - Cancer Screening Programme
To ask the Minister for Health the reason the breast check programme currently stops at the age of 64 years; if it will be made available to women over this age; and if he will make a statement... - Vaccination Programme
To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he is making to combat Meningitis; if his attention has been drawn to the work of the Meningitis Research Foundation; if he will outline the efforts he... - Pharmacy Services
To ask the Minister for Health if his attentionn has been drawn to the high cost often associated with getting repeat prescription forms completed by general practitioners; if he will outline the... - Health Insurance Cover
To ask the Minister for Health the way his new proposed risk equalisation measures differ from those struck down in the Supreme Court in 2008; if he considers them to be more likely to... - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health the reason a young person (details supplied) in County Louth was refused their E112 application for assistance towards the cost of medical treatment outside the... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth, has the necessary resources to carry out a specific type of blood test, anti NMDA, voltage gated, potassium... - National Lottery Funding
To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has or will be given by way of award of National Lottery grant toward the operational running costs of a centre (details supplied) in County... - Misuse of Drugs
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 15 November 2012, if all public consultation has now been completed; if he has communicated the intended alterations to... - Prescription Statistics
To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the Primary Care Reimbursement Service project to monitor the prescribing patterns of benzodiazepines; and if the prescribing patterns of psychiatric... - Primary Care Centres
To ask the Minister for Health if he will ascertain from the Health Service Executive if he considered the option of extending the existing HSE health centre (details supplied) in Dublin 5 to... - Hospital Facilities
To ask the Minister for Health if there is an overall policy for car parking charges in public hospitals here [52944/12] - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider lifting the recent embargo on a promised podiatry post at Cavan Hospital, sanctioned in April 2012 in view of teh fact that the post was planned... - 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 Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52987/12] - Home Care Packages
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a care package in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52990/12] - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulties with the allocation of funding to a now completed domestic refuge (details supplied) in County Kildare;... - Departmental Agencies
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the number of new State agencies, forums and task forces that have been established in 2012; the number of new employees there are as a...
No comments