Written answers
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
- Counterfeit Medicine
To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken to date and his future plans to tackle counterfeit medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54535/12] - Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health the reason he narrowed eligibility for the over 70 years medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57058/12] - Health Service Reform
To ask the Minister for Health the key priorities in his new health framework document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57063/12] - Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out in precise terms how he will honour the commitment given (details supplied) in the wake of the Budget to restore the core community services of... - Health Service Executive Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he is satisfied that frontline and or essential services can be retained within the context of the budget for his Department for the year ending... - General Practitioner Services
To ask the Minister for Health when he will reduce general practitioner remuneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57083/12] - Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the level of cuts to supports for disability services in 2013; if he will address the funding crisis which is affecting disability services,... - National Children's Hospital
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the development of the National Children’s Hospital and on the enhanced support, if any, he will provide to the existing... - Health Insurance Cost
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the price of private healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57069/12] - Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health the cuts he intends to make to reach the target of €780 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57096/12] - Ambulance Service
To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made in the Health Service Executive West region since the introduction of standardised ambulance response times; the steps being taken... - Health Care Inflation
To ask the Minister for Health the reason healthcare inflation here is the second highest in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57078/12] - Prescription Charges
To ask the Minister for Health the estimated sum to be raised by the trebling of prescription charges for medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57004/12] - Cancer Screening Programme
To ask the Minister for Health when the BreastCheck programme will be provided to women aged 65-69 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57079/12] - Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health the postion regarding the supply of medical cards to cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57068/12] - Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health in view of the age profile and growing stress of the women involved, the reason for the delay in delivering on the commitment for redress of the victims of Dr.... - Universal Health Insurance
To ask the Minister for Health if, in relation to the Government's plan ‘future health’ and its statement that social care services will not be covered by universal health... - Home Care Packages
To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that lost home help hours following the cuts announced in September; the savings that accrued as a result of these cuts; and if he will make a... - Drugs Payment Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health the consideration he has given to the proposal to benchmark the ex-factory price of medicines at the lowest rather than the average of comparable European states;... - Health Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 530 of 11 December 2012, if he is satisfied that he has no obligation to ensure detailed consultation and full engagement... - Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health the latest figures for the employment of agency staff in acute hospitals in 2012; the other alternatives to agency staff that are being used; and if he will make a... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reconfiguration of hospital services in the South East; his plans regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57074/12] - Hospital Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed closures in acute hospitals to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57076/12] - Health Service Investigations
To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider his rejection of the call by a person (details supplied) for a full public inquiry into the tragic death of their spouse at Galway Regional... - General Practitioner Services
To ask the Minister for Health when legislation to provide for free general practitioner care will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57082/12] - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health the steps that will be taken to address the excessive waiting list for paediatric services in Letterkenny Hospital County Donegal; and if he will make a statement... - Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with medical card entitlements and the projected increase for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57020/12] - Mental Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health the way the additional €35 million allocated for mental health services in 2012 was spent; if any of this amount has been carried over into 2013 and the way... - Hospital Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health the interest rate that will be applied to the overdraft extended to Tallaght Hospital Dublin to cover its budget overrun; the fund that will cover the cost of the... - Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health the proposed changes to eligibility for the medical card that he plans to make in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57003/12] - Legislative Programme
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to progress the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57027/12] - Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health his views on he study commissioned by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation showing that significant under-staffing in our public hospitals adversely affects... - Ambulance Service
To ask the Minister for Health if he will rule out call-out charges for ambulance services in view of the imposition of a call-out charge for the fire service by Dublin city Council; and if he... - Nursing Home Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Health if any of the 1,201 public nursing home beds closed from January 2011 to August 2012 will be reopened in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57009/12] - Primary Care Centres
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current position regarding the development of new primary care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57016/12] - Professional Qualifications
To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on introducing regulations for psychotherapists and counsellors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56887/12] - Universal Health Insurance
To ask the Minister for Health if the timescale for the introduction of Universal Health Insurance in 2016 is feasible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57086/12] - Ambulance Service
To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance calls responded to by the Health Service Executive National Ambulance Service in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the average... - Nursing Home Services
To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive funding or other resources allocated to or paid for services to a nursing home (details supplied) in County Wicklow in each of the past... - Cost of Drugs
To ask the Minister for Health his estimate of the savings to be made in 2013 from the agreement with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the Health Service Executive recruitment of 1,000 graduate nurses and midwives to the public health services in early 2013; and if he... - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health when the ambulatory urgent care centre will be opened in Tallaght Dublin [57001/12] - Community Care
To ask the Minister for Health the way he will honour his Programme for Government commitments to older people in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57065/12] - Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a school (details supplied) in County Wexford should be reimbursed due to the failure of the Health Service Executive to apply for a special... - Elder Abuse
To ask the Minister for Health the number of designated community-based social workers who are employed full-time to protect the elderly in the Dublin Mid-West Constituency of Lucan, Clondalkin,... - Children and Family Services
To ask the Minister for Health the way he intends to maintain services in children and family services in 2013 following cuts introduced in Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medicinal Products
To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was spent in 2011 on dispensing fees on medicines that are available over the counter without prescription but which may be prescribed at a level... - Alcohol Pricing
To ask the Minister for Health his proposals in relation to the proposed Sale of Alcohol Bill; his views on whether the Bill should contain measures on the labelling of alcohol, a minimum price... - Tuberculosis Incidence
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a group of GPs in Dublin recently raised money and brought a mobile TB monitoring unit to the city and carried out... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health the changes made to the fair deal scheme in Budget 2013; if he will advise if the review of the scheme is completed and if and when it will be published; and if he... - Abortion Services
To ask the Minister for Health the further action he will now take in response to the Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in A,B & C vs Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the... - Primary Care Services
To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional primary care posts that will be in place in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57084/12] - National Treatment Purchase Fund
To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Purchase Treatment Fund scheme to remove faulty PIP implants has not been implemented; the reason the Harley Medical Group has not fulfilled... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will require the Health Service Executive to deliver on its agreed commitment to extend the capacity of the St. Vincent’s Hospital Cystic Fibrosis... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which waiting periods for various surgical or medical procedures have fluctuated over the past five years to date with particular reference to... - Hospital Mortality Rates
To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish his Departments report on mortality rates at acute hospitals; if he will accept that his failure to acknowledge the inaccuracy of the figures... - Proposed Legislation
To ask the Minister for Health if he has read the pastoral letter The Right to Life that was read at all Catholic masses on 9 December 2012 that states the State is not obliged to legislate for... - Drug Treatment Programmes
To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate €100,000 to the mother and child facility at Coolmine Therapeutic Community, Dublin, in order that 20 young women, who have overcome...
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