Written answers

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

  • Nursing Staff Recruitment
    To ask the Minister for Health the number of graduate nurses currently employed in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the number of graduate nurses that were taken on in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    To ask the Minister for Health when an application for an appointment with a consultant at the Mater Hospital, Dublin 7, will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford...
  • Hospital Charges
    To ask the Minister for Health if he has had any contact with the board of Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24, regarding the introduction of a charge to patients for a call to its clinic for a blood...
  • Orthodontic Services Provision
    To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment will be carried out in respect of eligibility for orthodontic treatment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recommend that the Health Service Executive provide funding for Pirfenidone, a drug approved by the European Medicines Agency in February 2011 and also...
  • Departmental Funding
    To ask the Minister for Health if his Department, the Health Service Executive or any organisation funded by him or the HSE provides financial assistance by way of a grant or any other means to...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    To ask the Minister for Health the payments currently paid to general practitioners in respect of medical card patients; the details of the individual charges for each category of card holder,...
  • Legislative Programme
    To ask the Minister for Health the role of the Junior Ministers in his Department in constructing abortion legislation; the number of meetings he has had with them; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    To ask the Minister for Health when the full complement of beds will be opened in a hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17775/13]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the processes undertaken, with regard to an independent assessments of need, as per the Disability Act 2005; the assessment waiting times...
  • Health Services Access
    To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding provision of services to be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a patient referred by their general practitioner to the Phlebotomy Department of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, for an ordinary blood...
  • Hospital Charges
    To ask the Minister for Health the cost of an ordinary blood test in the Phlebotomy Department of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, for a non-medical card holder; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Health Services Provision
    To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a call for an MRI scan in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17806/13]
  • Nursing Home Accommodation
    To ask the Minister for Health when a person is approved of the fair deal scheme the average length of time it takes for them to avail of a nursing home bed, nationally and specifically in County...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the operation of the fair deal scheme to allow people to have the option to be cared for 24 hours a day in their own homes as an alternative to...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway on the inpatient waiting list in County Galway will receive treatment [17822/13]
  • Legislative Programme
    To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with members of Epilepsy Ireland with regard to their concerns about the possible consequences of people with epilepsy using the generic...
  • Ambulance Service Provision
    To ask the Minister for Health the overall budget for the National Ambulance Service over the past five years; if he will provide a county breakdown; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Card Appeals
    To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in respect of an appeal for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
  • Health Services Issues
    To ask the Minister for Health if he can ascertain from the Health Service Executive when the psychological report in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 will be discussed with him...
  • General Medical Services Scheme Review
    To ask the Minister for Health if, in the context of the need to secure savings in the GMS scheme, he and his Department are mindful of the pressures which general practitioners practices are...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Longford is admitted into St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin, immediately. [17990/13]
  • Symphysiotomy Report
    To ask the Minister for Health when he is going to make the Walsh Report on Symphysiotomy available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17991/13]
  • Hospital Staff
    To ask the Minister for Health the reason that there is no orthopaedic paediatric surgeon currently employed in the Lourdes Hospital Drogheda, County Louth; if he will confirm if the position has...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are on the waiting list for orthopaediatric surgery in the Louth area at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17994/13]
  • Hospital Services
    To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the new emergency monitoring units for epilepsy at Cork University Hospital and at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; when these units will be open...
  • General Practitioner Services
    To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 27 March 2013 (details supplied) if he will explain the way in which this will operate in the context of his commitment...

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