Written answers
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
- Water Fluoridation
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the inclusion of fluoride in public water supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55417/12] - Speech and Language Therapy
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding assessment and speech therapy in respect of a person (details suppled) in Dublin 13. [55061/12] - Hospital Groups and Trusts
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 28 November 2012, if the report has been received by him; the date on which he will publish the report; and if he will... - Primary Care Services
To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 255 primary care posts announced last July that have been filled to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55070/12] - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have had hospital appointments cancelled at less than 48 hours notice; if he will provide a breakdown of same by reason and hospital; and... - Health Service Reform
To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he will publish the 2012 reviews of financial management systems in the Irish Health Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55072/12] - Health Care Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Health the way primary, social and community care will be funded in 2016; if he will confirm that it will be through general taxation; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Service Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to introduce patient level costing across the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55074/12] - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate the rheumatology service at Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal; the commitment to reinstate the service upon completion of the... - Health Insurance Cover
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the use of health insurance from another EU country (details supplied) to qualify for health services here [55108/12] - Home Care Packages
To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the provision of home care assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Cork City; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55112/12] - Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding disability services north east and disability services south west, both co-funded by the Health Service Executive and FÁS; if it is the... - Medicinal Products
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the pricing of medicine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55131/12] - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55133/12] - Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health if it will become compulsory for inspections of private and voluntary intellectual disability facilities to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the... - Registration of Nurses
To ask the Minister for Health the reason An Bord Altranais has engaged a call centre in the United Kingdom to deal with queries on nurses' registration; the costs involved; the reason it... - Health Professions Admission Test
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 638 of 13 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55169/12] - Health Service Executive Properties
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 8 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55170/12] - Care of the Elderly
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 8 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55171/12] - Primary Care Centres
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 8 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55172/12] - Hospital Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 8 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55173/12] - EU Directives
To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding animal experimentation and EU Directives [55179/12] - Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to have the home help assistance removed from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and, if he does not intend to do so, if he... - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant positions on the Board of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service; the steps he is taking to fill these positions and the type of expertise he... - Medical Aids and Appliances
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide figures, in tabular form, of the amount of money spent by the Health Service Executive on the provision of sleep apnoea machines in each of the... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health his views on the delay with medical assessors when dealing with medical card applications; if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of... - Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health if the qualifying medical card criteria for cancer patients has changed in recent times; if not, if he will account for the increasing number of complaints that... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied). [55244/12] - Hospital Procedures
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding corrective surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) [55269/12] - Medicinal Products
To ask the Minister for Health the reason a company (details supplied) in County Cork which is accredited by the Irish Medicines Board as a pharmaceutical wholesaler and which has made a total of... - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of audiology services at Cootehill, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55276/12] - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will receive an appointment for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 [55279/12] - Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health when the replacement consultant orthopaedic surgeon post will be filled at the Mater Hospital Dublin; the reason this post has been left vacant for 18 months... - Medicinal Products
To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which anti-epileptic drugs are being included in the list of medications for generic substitutions under the Health Bill 2012 in view of the concerns... - Hospital Acquired Infections
To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals here that use copper/silver ionisation as a method of controlling legionella; if he will provide a list of such hospitals here; and if he... - Hospital Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to reintroduce the beds at the community hospital of the Assumption Thurles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55320/12] - Nursing Home Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail current and planned Health Service Executive nursing homes facilities in Ballinamore County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the... - Vaccination Programme
To ask the Minister for Health if he will bring forward proposals setting out a package of supports for those who developed narcolepsy as a result of vaccination with Pandemrix; the reason for... - Drugs Payment Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health if proposals are in place to extend the drugs payment scheme to include medications that are currently not covered by the scheme; if the nebusal 7 daily nebulizer... - Ambulance Service
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline air ambulance services in place in this State; if he has plans to extend this service;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55330/12] - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health if there is a policy document under the remit of his Department, the Health Service Executive or Health Information and Quality Authority which covers the control... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for the long term illness scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he will... - Primary Care Centres
To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors who have contracted to offer general practitioner services in the proposed primary care centre in Ashbourne County Meath; the number of staff... - 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. [55339/12] - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he will immediately review the care this person received at... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be renewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55352/12] - Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health the way adult services were funded for those with an intellectual disability in 2011 and 2012; if that funding system will remain in place in 2013; If it is... - Hospital Discharges
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding patients awaiting discharge from hospital who no longer require hospital care but are seeking access to either a public nursing home bed or... - Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health his plans for home help support provision and or care packages to delayed discharge patients who no longer require acute hospital beds [55365/12] - Nursing Home Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider his policy for closing public nursing home beds in view of the fact that some 600 patients, the majority of whom are over 65 years of age,... - Health Services Regulation
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to independently regulate home help support and care packages providers; in view of the Willis Commission Report findings on nursing education in the UK,... - Health Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Health the provision of further education courses specifically for healthcare assistants over and above the FETAC level 5 healthcare support course [55368/12] - Ministerial Appointments
To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to fill the four seats vacant since May on the board of Health Information and Quality Authority; if he will outline the process that is being... - Ambulance Service
To ask the Minister for Health the timetable for the refurbishment of Loughglynn Ambulance Base, County Roscommon; the total capital cost of the project; if he will confirm that the base will be... - Public Services
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that have been tested for external... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health if a decision will be made as a matter of urgency in relation to the inclusion or otherwise of a condition (details supplied) under the long term illness scheme in... - Mental Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health the cost of each project that was completed from the allocation of €35 million for mental health services in Budget 2012 to progress the implementation of... - Primary Care Centres
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the proposed primary care centre at Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, including if the Health Service Executive has completed the... - Health Screening Programmes
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in the roll-out of the national retinopathy screening programme which was due to commence screening in the last quarter of 2012; if he... - Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a replacement physiotherapist covering Cystic Fibrosis has been provided in a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 1; if he will confirm... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in renewing a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55539/12] - General Medical Services Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the further delay that has arisen in the Primary Care Reimbursement Service Medical Officer's Department the reasons for same;... - Employment Rights
To ask the Minister for Health when agency workers employed by the Health Service Executive in Navan, County Meath, will receive their full entitlement under the Agency Workers Directive; and... - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 656 of 13 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused a medical card; if he will investigate the case with a view to an immediate reversal of the... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he has had any contact with the Board of Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24, regarding the challenging budgetary situation at the hospital; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55598/12] - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the proposals his Department has made with regard to meeting the administrative and operational costs to a facility (details supplied)... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55608/12] - Mental Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health with regards to the Health Service Executive's Fourth Annual Report of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and the announcement in it that on 4 September... - Health Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies currently in mental health nursing positions; he location of these vacancies; and if those vacancies are currently covered by agency or... - Hospitals Patronage
To ask the Minister for Health the names of the hospitals in the greater Dublin area that are under the direct managerial control of the Health Service Executive; the managerial structures that... - Mobility Allowance Appeals
To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appeal for mobility allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Cancer Screening Programme
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out bowel cancer screening throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55672/12] - Nursing Home Subventions
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive their nursing home support funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55676/12]
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