Written answers
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
- Drug Treatment Programmes Availability
574. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the South East Fingal Drugs and Alcohol Project proposed by the Howth Sutton Community Council (details supplied) which serves the... - Air Ambulance Service Provision
575. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the aeromedical review; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18377/13] - Health Screening Programmes
576. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out, or help reduce the cost of calcification screening for heart health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18222/13] - General Practitioner Training
577. To ask the Minister for Health when the MICGP/alternative pathway scheme will be introduced (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18228/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists
578. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be made available, in view of the fact that this treatment was diagnosed as priority... - Social Inclusion Forum
579. To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain the way the Social Inclusion Forum which plans to address poverty and social exclusion is compatible with the cuts faced by many families... - Health Services Issues
580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the National Plan for Rare Diseases will be in place before the end of 2013 in view of the fact that it is required under the 2009... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
581. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on when a clinical director for rare diseases will be appointed; the proposed location of the National Office for Rare Disease;... - Hospital Services
582. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date with reinstating the rheumatology service at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a... - Health Promotion
583. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider banning the use of sunbeds for those under 18 years of age [18270/13] - Mental Health Services Provision
584. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a dedicated person within her Department to liaise with other relevant Departments to facilitate and help persons (details supplied) who suffer... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
585. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a nursing home fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the... - Home Help Service Provision
586. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [18286/13] - Medical Card Applications
587. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a yearly medical card renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 [18287/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists
588. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure speedy treatment of a person (details supplied) in County Cork suffering from adolescent scoliosis who is in danger of permanent... - Water Fluoridation
589. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the current position on water flouridation, to address concerns that exist regarding an alleged artificial water flouridation of the water... - Home Help Service Provision
590. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18298/13] - Medical Card Applications
591. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [18374/13] - Health Services Provision
592. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a case review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan has not been published by the Health Service Executive and forwarded to... - Cross-Border Health Initiatives
593. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to publish legislation implementing the EU cross border directive on medical care; the financial implications for this directive; and if he... - Speech and Language Therapy
594. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which speech and language services are allocated in respect of young citizens who have a severe phonological disorder; if he will indicate the... - Medical Card Applications
595. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will isssue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18391/13] - Hospital Services
596. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide figures relating to the number, type of injury and age profile of those who received hospital treatment as a result of contact with liquid... - Home Help Service Provision
597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the percentage of the total home help hours administered by the Health Service Executive in County Donegal, allocated to... - Health Services Issues
601. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available here to persons suffering from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; if his attention has been drawn to the work done by the Irish Lung... - Health Services Expenditure
602. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a financial breakdown of the current budgetary performance of every hospital providing acute services within the Health Service Executive... - Supported Residential Accommodation Provision
603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report in respect of the proposed closure of a hostel (details supplied) in County Kerry, the setting up of a forum as agreed at the meeting with... - Hospital Facilities
604. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the development of a new acute admission and inpatient unit at St. Loman's Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if he... - Nursing Home Services
605. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the National Treatment Purchase Fund to renegotiate and agree a fair price for the continuation of high quality long-term nursing home care... - Orthodontic Services Provision
606. To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic treatment will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18553/13] - Services for People with Disabilities
608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin regarding services to those with an intellectual disability [18568/13] - Mental Health Services Provision
609. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the commitments in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013 to a number of objectives including the further developments of forensics... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
610. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the impact that the delay in hiring key health specialist professionals can have on the welfare of vulnerable persons including many children and... - Departmental Expenditure
611. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the total actual and total profile spend, split by capital and current, for his Department for the three months, January, February and March... - EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues
612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the information he is now required to provide each month to the programme finance Troika and the reason this additional information has been... - Medical Card Applications
613. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18687/13] - Medical Card Eligibility
614. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the medical card changes made by the Health Service Executive, removing home improvement loans payments and excluding the... - Home Care Packages
615. To ask the Minister for Health when is it expected that the tender for the Health Service Executive advanced home care packages will be renewed; when it will be advertised; when the proposed... - Speech and Language Therapy
616. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment regarding occupational and speech and language therapies will be made in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he... - Disability Support Services Provision
617. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the measures being taken to increase the capacity and potential of persons with disabilities to participate in the labour market; and if he... - Hospital Waiting Lists
618. To ask the Minister for Health if and when an appointment for a neurosurgical procedure in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be made; and if he will make a... - Respite Care Services
619. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has now imposed charges of €170 per week for respite care in hospitals; if he will reverse this decision in view... - General Medical Services Scheme Administration
622. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the acknowledgement by the Health Service Executive, as per correspondence dated 10 April 2013, that the most appropriate place for treatment of a... - Information and Communications Technology Issues
623. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unique visitors to a website (details supplied) on a weekly basis; and if he will outline the top five most visited pages on that website [18767/13] - Hospital Services
624. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the rehabilitation unit of a hospital (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and the progress that has been made [18777/13] - Dietician Service
625. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the dietician service for families with high risk children in view of the fact that this service is vital for the security and health of... - Cochlear Implants
626. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to provide second cochlear implants for children who have already received one implant; and if he will provide two implants in future... - Disability Support Services Provision
627. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the current status of a project (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18795/13] - Health Services Staff Issues
628. To ask the Minister for Health when the Acquired Brain Injury Services Case Manager will resume their work in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18796/13] - Disability Support Services Issues
633. To ask the Minister for Health if national Health Information Quality Authority standards for residential care in the area of disability services will be implemented this year; and if he... - Ambulance Service Provision
634. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress being made in relation to the reform of ambulance services and the management and delivery of pre hospital care services; if he... - Abortion Services
635. To ask the Minister for Health the evidence available in his Department to support the X-Case judgement to provide for abortion on suicide grounds; and if he will make a statement on the... - Services for People with Disabilities
637. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the impact that cuts to Health Service Executive Beechpark Autism services are having on schools with ASD classes,... - Hospital Services
638. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the cystic fibrosis unit at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, in 2013 as a matter of urgency. [18852/13] - Departmental Staff Remuneration
639. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of civil/public servants under the remit of his Department who earn more than €500,000, between... - Organ Donation
640. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding reviewing the system of organ donation to a presumed opt out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18888/13] - Hospital Services
641. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for Carndonagh Community Hospital, County Donegal, in each of the past seven years; and the funding available to the hospital in 2013... - Home Help Service Eligibility
643. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18897/13] - Health Services Expenditure
644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the way the palliative care budget was spent for the period 2010, 2011 and 2012 for the Waterford/Wexford,... - Patient Transport Provision
645. To ask the Minister for Health if adequate transport will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath to travel to necessary hospital appointments; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointment Delays
646. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive an appointment to see a consultant regarding their illness, following a referral from their... - Hospital Procedures
647. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bariatric surgeries that have taken place in St Colmcilles Hospital, Dublin, in each of the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the... - Treatment Abroad Scheme
648. To ask the Minister for Health the reason treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Louth has had their request for the treatment abroad scheme refused despite strong medical... - Hospital Charges
649. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has recently had a heart operation, privately, and is now trying to recoup the cost... - Palliative Care Facility
650. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients cared for by the palliative care homecare teams in 2011 and 2012 in each of the counties Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny and south... - Palliative Care Services
651. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients cared for by the palliative care homecare teams in 2011 and 2012 in each of the counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal; the total cost of... - Mobility Allowance Administration
652. To ask the Minister for Health if any further progress has been made with the way an alternative scheme to the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant will be administered; if a... - Abortion Legislation
654. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recently published peer reviewed paper (details supplied), a leading authority on abortion and psychiatry, to the effect that the law cannot... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
655. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies currently in the Clongriffin/Donaghmede primary care teams, Dublin 13; if he will ensure that the vacancies are filled as soon as... - Hospital Charges
656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who visited Beaumont Hospital's Accident and Emergency Department, Dublin 9, that paid the €100 charge in the years 2009, 2010,... - Patient Transport Provision
657. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the ambulance bus that brings people from Baltinglass, County Wicklow, to St Luke's, Dublin, for radiotherapy daily and collects... - HSE Reports
658. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a report being undertaken by the Health Service Executive into the death of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the final report... - Home Care Packages
659. To ask the Minister for Health if the appropriate officials in the Health Service Executive will meet with the parents of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to devise a plan for... - HSE Reports
660. To ask the Minister for Health if a report into the charges being imposed on the service users of St Patrick's, Kells Road, County Kilkenny and those that use the community house at... - Care of the Elderly
661. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the closure of a centre for the elderly (details supplied) in Dublin 3; if he will indicate if a new location has been found; the... - Hospital Appointments Administration
662. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19090/13] - General Medical Services Scheme Payments
664. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding gluten free products;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19106/13] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
665. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the cost to the State of the rental of continuous positive airway pressure machines for persons with sleep apnoea from private firms rather... - Legislative Process
666. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list the terms of reference and the membership of the oversight committee which he set up regarding the Protection of Maternal Life Bill; and if he... - Health Services Issues
668. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter regarding the length of time a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 spent on a trolley in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin [19117/13] - Health Services Staff Issues
669. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken to remedy the employment records of the North Eastern Health Board who, because of the loss of records from 1974 to July 1981,... - Hospital Waiting Lists
671. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be arranged at Waterford Regional Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that...
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