Written answers
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
- Croke Park Agreement
To ask the Minister for Health the details of his proposed pay related savings of €308 million in 2013; the way this saving will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Drugs Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed saving of €160 million in the cost of drugs and other prescribed items is a gross or a net figure; the estimate for the cost of new drugs... - Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the €60 million savings on the Department Vote announced in the Expenditure Report 2013; and if he will make a statement on the... - Public Procurement Contracts
To ask the Minister for Health the way he will make €20 million savings in procurement in 2013; the procurement savings that have been made to date in 2012; the anticipated outturn for... - Medical Card Application Numbers
To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional medical cards he anticipates being granted in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55707/12] - Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged over 70 years that will lose their entitlement to a medical card in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55709/12] - Health Insurance Cost
To ask the Minister for Health the way the Programme for Government pledge to reduce the costs of delivering private healthcare will be fulfilled through the health budget for 2013; and if he... - Care of the Elderly
To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding that will be provided for the care of older persons in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55711/12] - Medical Waste Disposal
To ask the Minister for Health the total tonnage of medicines collected under the medicines DUMP scheme since its inception to date; the estimated monetary value of all the medicines collected... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recognise Fibromyalgia as a long term illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55747/12] - Disease Management
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to educate persons particularly medical professionals on best practice on treatment of and diagnosis of Fibromyalgia; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health if, as requested by Spina Bifida suffers and advocates, a consultant paediatric urologist will be made available to children with Spina Bifida; and if he will make... - Pharmacy Services
To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding pharmacy charges [55757/12] - Cochlear Implementation Programme
To ask the Minister for Health the policy that operates in regard to the cochlear implantation programme based in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, which is funded by his Department; if his attention... - Vaccination Programme
To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the introduction of the MenB vaccine into the immunisation schedule when licensed early in the new year; and if he will make a statement on the... - Ambulance Service
To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency calls that the Health Service Executive ambulance service in Dublin north east region received in the years 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out the Ulysses Pain Management Programme at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55796/12] - Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1136 of 6 November 2012, if a breakdown for the agency and overtime usage across all disciplines in the Louth Meath Hospital... - Medicinal Products
To ask the Minister for Health if anti-epilepsy drugs will be exempt from generic substitution in the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012; and if he will make a statement on... - Mental Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for hospitals dealing with patients with mental health issues and his views on whether advice and opinions of the patients family are taken into... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Promotion
To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered implementing a tax on fast food outlets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55860/12] - Hospital Consultants' Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding doctors pay (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55862/12] - Health Service Allowances
To ask the Minister for Health the positions regarding allowances in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55864/12] - General Practice Training
To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to change the current arrangement whereby general practitioners in training need to work 120 hours per year in out of hours duty; the reason... - Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health if he has data which is more recent that September 2012 in relation to the number of home help hours being supplied to persons in Couunty louth and if so if he will... - Respite Care Services
To ask the Minister for Health in view of the cut in the respite grant for 2013, his plans to tackle respite providers that are charging huge sums of money for respite; and if he will make a... - General Medical Services Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health the qualifying criteria for a medical general practitioner to be registered as a doctor who can accept patients that are covered by the GMS scheme; and if he will... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Health if temporary promotions or acting-up allowances have not been a feature of the staffing arrangements for this EU Presidency, if he will confirm that his Department...
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