Written answers
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
- Health Services Staff Issues
To ask the Minister for Health if he has identified the specific sections of the Health Service Executive where employees can apply for the planned new targeted voluntary redundancy scheme; when... - Human Rights Issues
To ask the Minister for Health if he expressed reservations with regard to new international legal instruments dedicated to the human rights of older persons, to the UN Economic and Social... - Alcohol Sales Legislation
To ask the Minister for Health the proposals that are under consideration to address the problem of below cost selling of alcohol; if he will provide an update on progress made to date; and if he... - Homeless Persons Supports
To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided by the Health Service Executive to bodies working in the area of homelessness in each year for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and... - Mental Health Services Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if all the 150 additional posts for the Child and Adolescent Mental Health teams in 2012 have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17761/13] - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider requesting that the Health Service Executive to extend the clinic opening hours for the donation of blood platelet donations to cover at least... - Narcolepsy Disorder
To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the lack of follow through on his commitment to SOUND that a report would be put to Government proposing a range of supports for sufferers of... - Newborn Screening Cards
To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the deadline of 31 March 2013 for the public to consent to their records or those of their children being kept regarding Guthrie... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been refused a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16047/13] - EU Directives
To ask the Minister for Health following the consultation on the draft European Tobacco Directive which was concluded on 16 January 2013 and you confirmed on 5 March 2013 that 6,400 responses... - Assisted Human Reproduction
To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) in County Dublin regarding assisted human reproduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16042/13] - Health Information
To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that only appropriate content is put up on the website spunout.ie in future and if he will advise as to the funding that has been... - Hospital Facilities
To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no helipad at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16076/13] - Health Services Staff Numbers
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Health Service Executive Regional Service Plan 2013; if it is practical from a service point of view to have one Director of Nursing over... - Health Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the number of methadone dispensing level two general practitioners across the country, broken down by Health Service Executive region; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
To ask the Minister for Health the reason the following medical positions have not been filled at Sligo General Hospital, dermatology, urology diabetics and epilepsy along with six other... - Cancer Screening Programme
To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals the Oncotype DX test is available for patients; if he will outline the benefits of this test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16129/13] - Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken by his Department to constructively engage with groups representing persons with disabilities and to communicate on issues... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health the reason applicants, who have been both medically approved and satisfy means testing, are experiencing a four to five week delay before the fair deal scheme... - Thalidomide Victims Compensation
To ask the Minister for Health if he has had any recent meetings with the Irish Thalidomide Association or the Irish Thalidomide Survivors Society and if he will provide an update of the outcomes... - Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health if personal assistant services for persons with disabilities will be maintained at the same level as that provided in 2012; if he will outline in detail the way the... - Alcohol Advertising
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the extent of communication that has taken place between his Department and the drinks industry in relation to taking positive action to address... - Universal Health Insurance Provision
To ask the Minister for Health his plans for coverage of mental illness and prescribed medicines under the proposed new universal health insurance schemes. [16202/13] - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the age restriction of 16 years old for cover for mental illness on the long term illness card is legally valid, in view of the legal... - Medical Card Delays
To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital bed will become available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16207/13] - Water Fluoridation
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an outline of his position on water fluoridation, to address concerns that the practice may be detrimental to a person's health; and if he will... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health when it was decided to remove access to phlebotomy services at Cavan General Hospital for diabetics attending consultants but not referred specifically as a result... - General Medical Services Scheme Administration
To ask the Minister for Health the reason medication (details supplied) is not covered by the GMS service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16224/13] - Disability Support Services Issues
To ask the Minister for Health if he has a policy in place when local authorities are providing new playground facilities, that they would provide playground equipment, which is, at least in... - Food Safety Authority Meetings
To ask the Minister for Health when the board of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland will have sufficient directors so as to enable it to lawfully meet. [16298/13] - Medical Card Appeals
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16307/13] - Health Services Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department are aware of a funding deficit for St Catherine's Association County Wicklow; if they have been contacted by the Association in regard to it... - Long Stay Residential Units
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the Health Service Executive warning within its National Operational Plan 2013 (details supplied); the planning he is undertaking... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a specific timeframe and commitment in respect of when updated cost of care figures for public nursing home units will be published; and if he... - Maternity Services
To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the Draft National Consent Policy in relation to refusal of treatment in pregnancy, if the guideline which says that a woman's refusal of treatment... - Disability Support Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the total number of staff employed by the specialist services for children within the multi disciplinary Autism team in County Donegal; if he will provide in... - Disability Support Services Issues
To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to the Donegal Autism Service specifically for the support of children diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum in... - Disability Support Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an initial appointment with the relevant children’s specialists on the autism team in County Donegal; the average length of... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered correspondence sent to him outlining the situation whereby two Departments (details supplied) in Sligo Regional Hospital have taken the... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an appointment with a dermatology specialist in both Letterkenny General Hospital and Sligo Regional Hospital; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, who was referred by their general practitioner in June 2012 as an urgent... - Medical Products
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the alleged use of an allegedly defective hip product in a hospital (details supplied) for a defined period of time; if he will... - Medical Goods Regulation
To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take regarding Health Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods Bill 2012 whereby there was concerns at the Bill's failure to exempt anti-epileptic... - Premium Pay Rates
To ask the Minister for Health if the current rates of premium pay for Sundays and twilight hours will be maintained for 24/7 frontline workers as has happened in the cases of prison officers and... - Disability Allowance Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the membership of the review group to discuss options in relation to alternatives to the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant; if any... - Home Help Service Provision
To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will consider providing home help assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a... - Newborn Screening Cards
To ask the Minister for Health the way adopted parents who have no knowledge of their birth families' identities can access screening cards in the absence of specific provision for adopted... - Clinical Drug Trials
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to carry out clinical trials of low dose Naltrexone for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases; and if he will make a statement... - Medicinal Products Availability
To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered adding low dose Naltrexone to the long term illness and GMS card schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16401/13] - Medical Examinations
To ask the Minister for Health the Medical Council's reason for requiring doctors who have been registered for two years on the Supervised Division of the Medical Register to take the pre... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for a procedure will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will explain the... - Ambulance Service Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the ambulance service from Baltinglass, County Wicklow to Naas Hospital for persons who have afternoon appointments (details supplied); and... - Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16446/13] - Thalidomide Victims Compensation
To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the Irish Thalidomide Survivor’s Society with regard to permit personal assistance, funding for personal assistance is also a service not... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that were waiting on trolleys on the 20 of March 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16452/13] - Health Services Issues
To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which support and or specific provision can be offered in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on... - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health in view of the significant waiting lists for orthodontic treatment, if he will request the special delivery unit within his Department to review the situation with... - HSE Properties
To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on the process to access the hospital application 2193/13 on the Hospital Development Control and Site Mobility Management plans for Beaumont... - Hospital Internships
To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding intern places for medical students [16497/13] - Proposed Legislation
To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the Heads of Bill to be published to legislate for the X-Case; when he expects the legislation to come before Dáil Éireann; and if he will... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health when a date will be given for a knee operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16522/13] - Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been provided to an organisation (details supplied) in County Dublin over the past five years; when the last audit took place... - Primary Care Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will cover the cost/rental of a sleep apnea machine in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Ambulance Service Provision
To ask the Minister for Health in view of a situation that arose recently where an ambulance had to be driven by a member of an Garda Síochána while the only paramedic on the ambulance... - Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16570/13] - Mental Health Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the service plan for the delivery of in-patient mental health services of the Health Service Executive for 2013 [16575/13] - Hospice Services
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding access to a hospice (details supplied) [16576/13] - Cochlear Implants
To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the provision of funding for bilateral cochlear implants for deaf Irish children [16578/13] - Air Ambulance Service Provision
To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the interests of patient care and local communities are taken into account as part of the upcoming review on the aero medical service pilot... - Mobility Allowance Decision
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his plans for persons who hold a mobility allowance after 26 June 2013; if he will assure persons who are in receipt of the mobility... - Medical Treatment Entitlement
To ask the Minister for Health under EU Health Regulations as set out, if a person is entitled to continue receiving medical treatment in Northern Ireland in view of that fact it was in the... - Ministerial Travel
To ask the Minister for Health the cost incurred by his Department, in respect of this year’s overseas travel programme for St Patrick’s Day; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Deaths Review
To ask the Minister for Health the length of time it took to carry out, complete and publish the report into the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Home Help Service Provision
To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be restored in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite a positive response [16621/13] - Health Services Issues
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the steps he is taking to address the waiting times for the Dublin 15 early intervention team waiting list for occupational therapy assessments... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an application and issue full medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider adding Dilated Cardiomopathy as one of the conditions that qualify for a long term illness card due to the severity of the condition [16649/13] - Chronic Disease Prevention Programme
To ask the Minister for Health his views on the increase of coeliac disease amongst the population; if there is any specific breakdown of the increase of coeliac disease in terms of age group or... - Nursing Staff Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurse prescribers employed by the Health Service Executive; the number of nurse prescribers appointed in each of the past two years; the amount of... - Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health his views on special needs assistants hours (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16678/13] - Irish Blood Transfusion Service
To ask the Minister for Health if he will state the cost of the disposal of an used bag of blood which has expired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16681/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect to receive treatment for a condition at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin [16688/13] - Coroners Service
To ask the Minister for Health his views on establishing an Institute for Forensic Toxicology in the State to reflect international best practice in the coronial service; and if he will make a... - Water Fluoridation
To ask the Minister for Health if, despite the fact that our national water supply has been artificially fluoridated for the past 49 years, there has been any testing of the chemicals for their... - Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16697/13] - Hospital Appointment Delays
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive an appointment for an operation; the reason for the delay in receiving such an appointment; and if he... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16708/13] - Primary Care Centres Provision
To ask the Minister for Health when funding be approved for a primary care centre (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16713/13] - Assisted Human Reproduction
To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of infertility treatment in Ireland from the point of view of the lack of available clinics for medical card holders and the inadequate... - Home Help Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will issue contracts of employment to home help personnel throughout the country; if he will acknowledge the benefit of home help personnel to the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health if and when an appointment for a cranioplasty will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on... - Assisted Human Reproduction
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the legislative and regulatory provisions in place which govern the operation of fertility clinics; if, in his opinion, there is a need to review... - Hospital Transfers
To ask the Minister for Health the number of neonatal transfers which occurred within Dublin in each of the last three years; the number of such transfers from outside of Dublin to Dublin; the... - Health Services Issues
To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the provision for dieticians for children with special needs in view of the fact that it was an invaluable resource for parents already... - Ambulance Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to examine equipping paramedics with personal safety devices like mace or pepper spray; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16839/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [16842/13] - Mobility Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding allowances in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 [16851/13] - Health Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons who attend the Kerry podiatry service are now being referred to County Cork; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Suicide Prevention
To ask the Minister for Health the current status of funding in respect of suicide prevention in view of commitments to the ring fence a sum of approximately €35 million; and if he will... - Health Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the reason audiology services at Navan/Slane in County Meath have ceased; the rationale behind this decision and the cost benefit analysis of same; the alternative... - Medicinal Products Prices
To ask the Minister for Health when he anticipates that the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medicines) Bill 2012 will complete its passage through the Oireachtas; when he expects the Bill to be... - Domestic Violence Refuges
To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which it is likely that Teach Tearmainn in County Kildare will be supported by him or via the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a... - 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.... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16918/13] - Medical Card Appeals
To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be reached on a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [16921/13] - HSE Reports
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 26 May 2011, if he will provide an update on same. [16923/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health if he will request that the Health Service Executive consider a proposal that may shorten waiting lists; and if he will ask the HSE to contact this Deputy directly... - Hospital Procedures
To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the proposal to make deep brain stimulation available here, through a North/South initiative; if he will consider the idea of allowing procedures... - Patient Transport Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding transport to a hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [16931/13] - Hospital Transfers
To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the existing level of service offered by the patient transfer ambulances servicing the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Limerick; and if he... - Mental Health Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the medical and psychiatric needs of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare have been diagnosed and determined to date; the extent to... - Health Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which medical or psychiatric health requirements have been assessed and determined to date in the case of a person (details supplied) County Kildare;... - Hospital Transfers
To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances available for patient transfers to service the Mid Western Regional Hospital in 2011, 2012 and within the past six months, in tabular form.... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16961/13] - Medical Card Delays
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waste of resources that is occurring in the Client Registration Unit (details supplied) [16963/13] - Patient Transport Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the reason, on a number of occasions recently, there was no patient transfer ambulances available in repsect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare, to take... - Water Fluoridation
To ask the Minister for Health if and when a bio-monitoring study of total fluoride intake will be carried out; if any periodic dental surveys have been carried out to measure both caries levels... - General Practitioner Services
To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made towards making the holders of long term illness cards eligible for free general practitioner care; the legislative timetable for... - Ambulance Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if he will uphold the decision of a stage three grievance process within the National Ambulance Service in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal.... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a decision to refuse a full medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17026/13] - Health Services Staff Recruitment
To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in recruiting additional front-line primary care staff; when he expects all such staff to be recruited; and the way in which he intends to... - Departmental Programmes
To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in fully commencing the chronic care programme for asthma, and the target dates he is working to for the commencement and full... - Health Services Issues
To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive is refusing or has delayed in meeting with a family (details supplied) regarding the welfare of their mother; the further... - Prescription Charges
To ask the Minister for Health if the prescription charges are being administered correctly in a case (details supplied) [17062/13] - Health Services Staff Recruitment
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment campaign by the Health Service Executive to fill the post for the areas of mental health and primary care; and if he will... - Registration of Nurses
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for registration on the nursing board in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a... - Medical Register Administration
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the rationale for the requirement that doctors registered on supervised division of the medical register apply for transfer to general division... - Mental Health Services Funding
To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been allocated to address mental health issues here; the areas that this money is being spent; and if he will make a statement on the... - Chaplaincy Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of chaplaincy services by his Department; the amount of money spent on these services; the denominations involved; if humanist... - Medical Card Reviews
To ask the Minister for Health the reason when carrying out medical card reviews, particularly in the cases of the elderly, that is, those in receipt of a State pension, the Health Service... - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will receive needed orthodontic treatment [17160/13] - Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to introduce a personal budget model in order that persons with intellectual disabilities have the flexibility to make choices that suit their own... - Ministerial Meetings
To ask the Minister for Health if he has discussed the issue of Autism with his ministerial counterparts at an EU level in terms of Council of Minister meetings or informal meetings; if he will... - Departmental Reports
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all reports and strategies which have been developed by his Department or any agency under his Department's remit in relation to... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of people currently waiting for hip-replacement operations in the public health system; and the percentage that have... - Health Services Staff Numbers
To ask the Minister for Health the number of all staff by job title including management, administration, support staff and so on currently working in Coolock Health Centre, Dublin 5; if... - Accident and Emergency Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive ambulances, advanced paramedic vehicles and other emergency vehicles in each Health Service Executive region for 2011 and... - Hospital Appointments Administration
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be treated for hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17223/13] - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some patients have been waiting since January 2008 for orthodontic treatment in the Dublin North East region; the... - Primary Care Centres Provision
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress on the primary care centres that have been approved for Waterford City and Dungarvan; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he will take to help put in place a long term treatment plan in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17372/13] - Health Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health if a site will be made available to a group (details supplied) in County Kerry; if not, if a suitable facility could be provided; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a facility (details supplied) at Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17382/13] - Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 26 September 2012, if he will provide an update on the current status of the office; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Consultants Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm if the new revised consultant pay scale is to be applied to the apointee to a post (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the progress he is making in dealing with the persons who had symphysiotomy procedures in hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17400/13] - Medicinal Products Supply
To ask the Minister for Health if he will support lung fibrosis patients here as a matter of urgency (details supplied). [17403/13] - Medical Card Reviews
To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Cork whose medical card is not due to expire until 2017 has been asked to fill out review form; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Administration
To ask the Minister for Health if he will enquire into the expected timeframe in which person (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive their hip-replacement operation; and if he will make... - Pharmacy Inspections
To ask the Minister for Health the number of pharmacies that were inspected by PSI inspectors in 2012 and 2013; of these inspections the number that were performed by two authorised officers and... - Hospital Appointments Administration
To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for a CT scan and a colonoscopy will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will give details of a progress report in respect of the new Kenmare Community Hospital, County Kerry, including whether there will be an increase in the... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to refuse a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has been waiting four years for an operation; and if he wil expedite an early response. [17615/13] - Nursing Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Health if he will end the salary discrimination in the graduate nursing and midwifery initiative [17617/13] - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter [17662/13] - Home Help Service Provision
To ask the Minister for Health if the home help hours will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite a review of this case [17663/13] - Health Services Access
To ask the Minister for Health the expected waiting time for those children on the paediatric waiting list for assessment in the Health Service Executive South; his plans, if any, to reduce or... - Medical Card Appeals
To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card now under appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited and approved as a matter of... - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health further to previous Parliamentary questions regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, if he will... - Health Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the plan of care which has been put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17667/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for heart surgery will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will expedite the matter [17669/13] - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a general practitioner only medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for a heart operation will be set in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford [17672/13] - Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited and approved based on their financial... - Health Services Issues
To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 [17704/13] - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1085 of 16 January 2013, wherein he had indicated that he expected to be in receipt of the report from Professor Higgins... - General Medical Services Scheme Administration
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions (details supplied) if he will clarify a matter (details further supplied) [17708/13] - Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the amount of the Health Service Executive money being spent on children and adults with Autism; the amount of disability funding that is... - Health Insurance Regulation
To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been considered by his Department to prevent health cost inflation which is likely to occur as a result of the planned introduction of... - Medical Card Reviews
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the last assessment of income guidelines on the eligibility criteria for medical cards for persons aged between 66 and 70 years was... - Hospital Appointment Delays
To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have an appointment to a consultant in Waterford General Hospital treated as urgent in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
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