Written answers
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
- Mobility Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if and when mobility allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56241/12] - Food Labelling
To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which food labelling continues to be enforced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56264/12] - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56271/12] - Social Workers Register
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the registration charge for social workers in view of its very high rate when compared with other professionals. [56606/12] - Public Sector Staff
To ask the Minister for Health in view of the commitment in the PSA to full engagement and detailed consultation with the Irish Medical Organisation and Irish Hospital Consultants Association... - Ambulance Service
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on the five vacancies that exist for paramedics in the North Western Region; the length of time that these vacancies have existed;... - Health Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify reports that the Health Service Executive has announced a tender for 35 external leadership coaches; the proposed cost of such coaches and the... - Care of the Elderly
To ask the Minister for Health the measures he has taken to close the loop hole that prevents the Health Service Executive elder abuse service from legally entering non HSE nursing homes; his... - Medical Cards
To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56238/12] - Motorised Transport Grant
To ask the Minister for Health when a primary medical certificate and or a motorised transport grant will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - Medical Cards
To ask the Minister for Health if refusal of a medical card on income grounds can be reviewed or set aside in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - Mobility Allowance Rates
To ask the Minister for Health the monthly rates for mobility allowance that will apply in 2013 [56281/12] - Departmental Funding
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in detail the way it is intended to make a saving of €32 million in 2013 from other changes to primary care schemes as detailed in item C... - Medical Cards
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the medical application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [56318/12] - Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health regarding budget 2013 and its impact on home help hours and carer's, if he will confirm that there will be no cut to the home help budget in 2013 and that the... - Public Sector Staff Grades
To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he intends to review the salary grading structure of the public service as it affects his Department as committed to in the Programme for... - Eating Disorders
To ask the Minister for Health the services, funding and treatments that are in place for a person suffering from eating disorders in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Alcohol Sales
To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the issue of below cost selling of alcohol in large retailers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56411/12] - Departmental Contracts
To ask the Minister for Health if any concerns have been conveyed to him in relation to non-payment, underpayment or late payment for work done on projects funded by his Department since his... - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health the reason the care needs of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who is suffering from a number of physiological issues, is not being followed up by the... - Health Service Investigations
To ask the Minister for Health the number of investigations and the timeframes for investigations being carried out in relation to the recent maternal death in Galway; and if he will make a... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Tullamore General Hospital County Offaly has lost the medical records of a person (details supplied) for the period... - Medicinal Products
To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the 158 Cystic Fibrosis patients with a copy of the G551D mutation who would be eligible for the new life saving drug Kalydeco [56440/12] - Mobility Allowance Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the annual cost and number of recipients of the mobility allowance scheme in each of 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012. [56462/12] - Motorised Transport Grant
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the annual cost and number of recipients of the motorised transport grant in each of 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012. [56463/12] - Mobility Allowance Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the estimated annual cost and number of recipients of the mobility allowance scheme in each of 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in... - Mobility Allowance
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide by year for 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012, the cost of the motorised transport grant if the recommendations of the Ombudsman's report of... - Legal Cases
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total compensation, and the associated volume of cases, paid by his Department in... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision not to provide a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56474/12] - Medicinal Products
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for each publicly funded hospital in the country, if it prescribes or provides patients with generic or branded paracetamol as... - Speech and Language Therapy Graduates
To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered a proposal regarding graduate speech and language therapists (details supplied) [56495/12] - Health Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Health in view of the Health Service Executive plan to cut 3,200 full time equivalent posts in the health service in 2013, his views on whether persons availing of the... - Mental Health Commission Reports
To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he received the 2012 Inspection Report from the Mental Health Commission; the steps he is taking to ensure that all issues raised in these reports... - Ambulance Service
To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of ambulances being held up for significant lengths of time that is greater than half an hour at each of the Dublin hospitals (details supplied) because... - European Council Meetings
To ask the Minister for Health the formations of the EU Councils of Ministers on which he sits; the number of meetings of that Council held from 9 March 2011 to date in 2012; the number of those... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was removed and refused on reapplication in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on... - Orthodontic Services
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56568/12] - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider providing regular bone density scans to at risk groups to allow early diagnosis and monitoring of osteoporosis; and if he will make a statement... - Prescription Drugs
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his efforts to reduce the price of prescription medications; and if he will provide an estimate of when he anticipates that many... - Vaccination Programme
To ask the Minister for Health when he intends making a statement in relation to narcolepsy including the proposed actions to be taken to support the sufferers of this condition and their... - Primary Care Centres Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health if the funding is being provided for primary care schemes in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56642/12] - Seirbhísí Sláinte
To ask the Minister for Health cén fáth nach bhfuil vacsaín BCG ar fáil do pháistí nuabheirthe i gContae na Gaillimhe nuair atá an vacsaín ar fáil do... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56654/12] - Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health if an appeal for the reinstatement of home help service hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be reinstated to its original position... - Proposed Legislation
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the law in relation the involuntary admission; the feedback that has been provided to those who made submissions to the Mental Health Commission... - Treatment Abroad Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is no longer being funded under the treatment abroad section; and if he will make a statement on the... - Home Care Packages
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a home care package in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56799/12] - Health Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the fate of the agency workers who are currently employed by the Health Service Executive in the posts now to be taken by new graduate nurses;... - Health Service Executive Governance
To ask the Minister for Health if there have been changes in the management structure of the Health Service Executive in the north east region; if there has been a change in the management... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has not had an urgent operation [56829/12] - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 972 of 6 June 2012, if he will address the waiting lists for prosthetics in counties Kerry and Cork; the number on the waiting... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [56848/12] - Cancer Screening Programme
To ask the Minister for Health when the bowel cancer screening programme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56854/12] - Disease Control
To ask the Minister for Health if there is a national strategy in relation to tackling Lyme Disease here; the treatment available here for the disease; if his attention has been drawn to the... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56897/12] - Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if the promised podiatry post at Kerry General Hospital, that was sanctioned in April 2012 will now be filled and the date of same; and if he will make a statement... - Maternal Mortality
To ask the Minister for Health in relation to recent statements he has made in the press about Ireland having one of the lowest rates of maternal mortality in the world, if he will confirm that... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the Health Service Executive commissioned KPMG Independent Review of Maternity and Gynaecology Services in the greater Dublin area,... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health if he will concede to the request of sufferers from Crohn's disease that it should be added to the long term illness scheme in view of the fact that this is a life... - Health Screening Programmes
To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the 100% subsidy currently available to GMS patients who avail of osteoporosis screening facility at Mayo General Hospital and Clinic... - Expert Group on the A, B and C v. Ireland Judgment
To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a copy of the Expert Group Report following the ABC judgements by the ECHR as confirmed by the Tánaiste; and if he will make a... - Ministerial Meetings
To ask the Minister for Health if he has met the Chief Medical Officer recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52233/12] - Expert Group on the A, B and C v. Ireland Judgment
To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet representatives of the Catholic Church to discuss the Expert Group Report on the ABC versus Ireland European Court of Human Rights judgement; and if... - Cancer Screening Programme
To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which a decision has been made to stop the breast check programme for those aged 64 years of age and over; if he will explain the reason this is not... - Health Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if a report given to the Health Service Executive almost ten months ago relative to the care of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be acted on; the... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [56980/12] - Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health the reason home help hours have been cut by 50% in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the hours will be restored; and if he will... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who has been refused their appeal relative to their application for the fair deal... - Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health if he will request an urgent review of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny whose home help has been discontinued; and if he will expedite a... - Departmental Funding
To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive not to inflate the 0.3% cut already announced with regard to organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a...
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