Written answers
Thursday, 14 February 2013
- Health Insurance Regulation
To ask the Minister for Health if he has requested the Competition Authority to examine private health insurance who are charging and including benefits in a policy that will never be claimed for... - Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an analysis of the per capita spend by his Department on a regional basis with regard to current and capital spends in the area of health . [7882/13] - Alcohol Pricing
To ask the Minister for Health if in view of the Seanad Public Consultation Committee's recommendations of alcohol and cancer, when he will begin work on introducing minimum pricing; the... - Departmental Funding
To ask the Minister for Health the amount of grant aid allocated to St. Michael's House over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7771/13] - Departmental Agencies
To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority are reviewing the situation of waiting list times for persons requiring epilepsy monitoring; and if he will make a... - Graduate Medicine Programme Places
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the looming problems regarding a shortage of medical intern places (details supplied); the steps being taken to tackle this... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for the urology clinic in Portlaoise Hospital will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a... - Local Drugs Task Forces
To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the arrangements now in place to provide full funding for an estate (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if he will appreciate the importance to the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7799/13] - Maternity Services
To ask the Minister for Health if the Coombe Hospital and children's ambulatory care unit, Dublin, will be moving to Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7807/13] - Departmental Funding
To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail funding levels for neurological rehabilitation services in this State for the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; if he will outline the principal... - Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the number of neurology specialists in this State; their grade and location; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a... - Health Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the number of medical rehabilitation specialists in this State; their grade and location; the average waiting times for appointments; and if he... - Hospitals Funding
To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail funding levels for community and hospital neurological services in this State for the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; if he will outline the... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health when he expects legislation on the long term illness scheme to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7852/13] - Universal Health Insurance
To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delays being experienced by his Department in the preparation and publication of the White Paper on Universal Health Insurance, and the... - Health Service Reform
To ask the Minister for Health his plans for consultation, communication and collaboration on his healthcare reform agenda, including consultation with stakeholders including advocacy groups,... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7860/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment for a brain scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7861/13] - Medicinal Products
To ask the Minister for Health the supports available for sufferers of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis; if he will outline treatment regimes available for these patients; if new drugs are coming to... - Primary Care Centres
To ask the Minister for Health the number of existing primary care centres there are in the south east region; the number that have been built in the past two years; the number scheduled to be... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is admitted to St. James' Hospital, Dublin, for an urgent procedure; and if he... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will list in tabular form the services available at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath, in January 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; to note any changes... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health the average and longest waiting time for an outpatient appointment at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda, Our Lady's Hospital Navan and James Connolly Hospital... - Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if he will list in tabular form staffing numbers and grade at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath, in January 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 in the following... - Primary Care Centres
To ask the Minister for Health if he will list in tabular form, the primary care centres open or planned for County Meath; the staff number and grade therein; the date or planned date of opening;... - Special Needs Assessments
To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that there are more than 100 children in County Kerry with autism spectrum disorder awaiting assessment for intervention services, the plans in... - Drugs Payment Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the approval of the drug ampligen as a reimbursable drug under the GMS in Ireland [7975/13] - Health Service Executive Agency Staff Issues
To ask the Minister for Health when agency workers employed by the Health Service Executive in a company (details supplied), will receive their full entitlement under the Agency Workers... - Home Care Packages
To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing an application for a home care package in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will expedite a... - Data Retention
To ask the Minister for Health if he has any other options to consider before all Guthrie cards from pre 2002 are destroyed; the way his Department is contacting parents of children whose records... - Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on implementation of the Programme for Government commitment in respect of the proposed extension of the Neary redress scheme; and if... - National Asthma Programme
To ask the Minister for Health when the first phase of the national asthma programme will be implemented; the initial actions that will be taken in order to implement the programme; the deadlines... - Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the determination of entitlement to medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health when it will be possible to arrange for the further promised assessment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - Health Service Executive Funding
To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which budgetary constraints have been applied evenly throughout the Health Services with particular reference to ensure the need to maintain frontline... - Health Service Executive Agency Staff Issues
To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nurses required in the public health sector in the current year; the number available by way of permanent and or temporary appointment; the... - Nursing Staff
To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nurses currently employed in the private sector throughout the Health Services; the extent to which a comparison is made with the public sector... - Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health the total number of non-consultant hospital doctors required in the public health service in the current year; the numbers likely to be available; their expected... - Hospital Procedures
To ask the Minister for Health the total number of procedures, medical and surgical, to include day procedures and more extended treatments carried out in the private and public sectors in the... - Hospital Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Health the full complement of general hospital beds currently available on a regional basis throughout the country in the public health sector; the number of similar beds... - Care of the Elderly
To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he will continue to support public sector nursing homes and hospitals caring for older persons in view of the high quality of service available... - Cochlear Implants
To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that in Europe and the USA bilateral implantation of cochlear implants is standard practice; if it is the case that for resource reasons in this... - Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health the total amount spent on outsourced security services in his Department; and if he will provide details of the companies providing these services. [8476/13]
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