Written answers
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
- Health Service Executive Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if the 2013 public sector redundancy scheme will be open to front-line health care workers in the Health Service Executive including nursing staff, nursing... - Primary Care Centres
To ask the Minister for Health further to the statement in the Dáil on 20 December 2012 that an internal audit of primary care centres was conducted and a report was produced on 9 October... - EU Presidency Priorities
To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there is an adequate focus by the Irish EU Presidency on the clinical trials and medical devices directives which have direct implications... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tobacco Control Measures
To ask the Minister for Health if he wil re-visit his anti-smoking policies and actions in view of the fact that 29% of the population smoke [3739/13] - Symphysiotomy Report
To ask the Minister for Health in view of the urgency of the issue, with many victims of symphysiotomy now elderly and frail, and in view of the importance of the issue in creating a redress... - Medicinal Products
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding Kalydeco (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3748/13] - Health Reports
To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the final report from the review team in the Cavan/Monaghan Health Service Executive area concerning a person (details supplied) and... - Speech and Language Therapy
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no speech and language support available in an area (details supplied) in County Wicklow due to maternity... - Graduate Nurse Recruitment Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health if he will adjust the proposal to cut graduate nurses wages by 20% in view of the fact that nurses are already one of the lower paid medical professions and... - Health Insurance Levy
To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the report from the Health Insurance Authority which recommended the health insurance levy rates to apply in 2013; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3787/13] - General Practitioner Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate complaints about the quality of the South Doc service being provided to Youghal, County Cork, following claims of refusal to travel to... - Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the cutbacks in relation to St. Michael's House with particular reference to access to swimming pool facilities at weekends [3803/13] - Thalidomide Victim Compensation
To ask the Minister for Health the steps he intends to take to implement a statuary agreement to assist the survivors of thalidomide. [3811/13] - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if a bi lateral cohlea implant operation will be carried out on a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; if he will outline his policy on such operations; and... - National Children's Hospital
To ask the Minister for Health when the new members for the National Children's Hospital Development Board will be appointed. [3841/13] - Health Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the working conditions under which non consultant hospital doctors are currently working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3851/13] - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations, medical and surgical procedures, in public hospitals that were cancelled in 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Health the total number of non-consultant hospital doctors in tabular form by grade, gender and by Health Service Executive Region; and if he will make a statement on the... - Administration of Medicines
To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that no policy/guideline document exists to cover the administration of medicines by domiciliary care service employees; and if he will make a... - Primary Care Centres
To ask the Minister for Health the reason Raphoe, County Donegal, did not make it to the top of the primary care centre list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3931/13] - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health if the services of a personal assistant will be provided for persons over the age of 65 years and who are generally most in need of this valuable service; and if he... - Medicinal Products
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the increasing use of anabolic steroids and the health dangers associated with this; if he will clarify the medical guidelines... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek an immediate explanation from Temple Street Children's Hospital, Dublin, as to the reason the referral list for circumcisions that are required for... - Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to have the home help assistance reduced for an elderly person (details supplied) in County Cork; and, if he does not intend to do... - EU Funding
To ask the Minister for Health the major health construction projects that received EU funding in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; the percentage of the costs that was covered by EU... - Hospital Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Health the construction works that were carried out at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist a family (details supplied) in County Louth [4112/13] - Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive an appointment with the child development team of the Health Service Executive; the plans in place to... - Tobacco Control Measures
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular format, the amount spent on smoking cessation programmes each year since and including 2005; and if he will make a statement on the... - Dental Services
To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person with a full medical card is not covered for essential dental work under this medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4170/13] - Vaccination Programme
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the HPV vaccine to schoolboys here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4182/13] - Home Care Packages
To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package will be recommended for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4187/13] - Child Care Services
To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for the care of a severely disturbed violent youth (details supplied) in Dublin 7 [4196/13] - Mental Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health the mental health support available to medical staff, in particular junior doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4225/13] - Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1105 of 16 January 2013, if he will set out if it is intended to withdraw; and if so, when and through what means, medical... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respectt of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4243/13] - HIQA Inspections
To ask the Minister for Health his views on a submission (details supplied) regarding inspections of residential care facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4244/13] - Dispensing Fees
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 64 and 69 of 19 December 2012, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on... - Public Service Reform Plan Update
To ask the Minister for Health with reference to the public service reform document published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on 17 November 2011, Appendix IIa, Bodies to be... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) travelled from North Donegal to Mayo General Hospital for an operation and that upon... - Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health when the new income thresholds will apply to persons 70 years of age or over applying for a medical card; if the thresholds will apply to all gross income; and if... - Speech and Language Therapy
To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will receive speech and language therapy and occupational therapy; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a... - National Children's Hospital
To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the Northern Ireland Minister for Health in respect of the maximising the utility of the planned National Children's Hospital; if he will use... - Vaccination Programme
To ask the Minister for Health the feasibility of including a chicken pox vaccine in the national immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4328/13] - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the planned new radiotherapy unit at Altnagelvin Hospital, which will serve patients from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of... - Hospital Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Health in view of commitments to re-open closed beds at the Community Hospital of the Assumption, Thurles, County Tipperary, if he will ensure that the re-opening of the... - Dispensing Fees
To ask the Minister for Health the criteria that is required for a person with a long term illness to avail of a reduced prescription charge; and when additional illnesses are present the level... - National Children's Hospital
To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider establishing a singular paediatric muscular unit as part of the planned national Children's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the... - Cross-Border Co-operation
To ask the Minister for Health his plans for cross border synergies in health following recent meetings with Minister Edwin Poots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4359/13] - Medical Prescription Policy
To ask the Minister for Health if the European Commission has recommended to him a strict new system mandating doctors to prescribe generic drugs when available; if he intends to proceed with... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4371/13] - Irish Medical Organisation
To ask the Minister for Health if his Department was informed in 2004 that the Irish Medical Organisation was setting up a company called Irish Medical Educational Services Limited; and if he... - Medicinal Products
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 701 of 27 November 2012, if he will provide an update on the prescribing trend in respect of Benzodiazepines and the outcome... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4387/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4390/13] - Health Service Executive Agency Staff Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health the cost of engaging agency nurse staff to the State in 2011 and 2012; if he will provide a breakdown of the costs by hospital or other health facility; the total... - Health Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the hiring a nurse full time on the first point of the salary scale; the number of nurses employed full time here; if he will provide a breakdown of... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have a person (details supplied) in County Wexford treated as urgent by the Health Service Executive in respect of an appointment sought to... - Mental Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment with the autism liaison nurse in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [4444/13] - 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 Kilkenny [4447/13] - Cancer Screening Programme
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 50% of medical card holders are likely to have abnormal smear test results especially in poorer area and the action... - Disability Support Service
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 5% cut to disability service at St. Michael's House had led to the Saturday closure of their swimming pool... - Vaccination Programme
To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to introduce the new Meningitis B vaccine into the childhood immunisation schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4557/13]
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