Written answers
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
- Hospital Services
86. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether it was planned to remove more than €7 million in funding (details supplied) from the National Cancer Control Programme earlier... - Hospital Waiting Lists
87. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is putting in place to reduce the numbers on out-patient waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22601/13] - Hospital Services
88. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in detail the plan for health services in South County Dublin with regards to the new configuration of services at Loughlinstown, St... - Medicinal Products Supply
89. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the drug Pirfenidone will be made available for patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis despite the cost of this drug; and if he will... - Hospital Services
90. To ask the Minister for Health when the small hospitals framework report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22566/13] - Mental Health Services Provision
91. To ask the Minister for Health if, in relation to occupational therapists appointed in 2012 and 2013 to community mental health teams, he will indicate if these newly appointed staff are... - Hospital Waiting Lists
93. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which waiting periods for various procedures have been reduced in respect of all public hospitals without exception; the extent to which the... - Mental Health Services Provision
94. To ask the Minister for Health the range of mental health services available for adults, adolescents and children across the Dublin/North East Region; if he will outline plans for further... - Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
95. To ask the Minister for Health the current statistics in relation to accident and emergency waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22124/13] - Primary Care Centres Provision
96. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the roll out of the promised 20 primary care centres at different locations across the State; the number and details of the... - Services for People with Disabilities
97. To ask the Minister for Health the way he will ensure that the quality of life of persons with disabilities is enhanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22590/13] - Suicide Prevention
98. To ask the Minister for Health his policy for reducing suicide rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22615/13] - Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
100. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current situation in the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 in view of the fact that some citizens have... - Hospitals Expenditure
101. To ask the Minister for Health the way the cost of procedures in public hospitals here compares to the rest of the OECD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22611/13] - Hospital Services
102. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources that will be made available to existing children’s hospitals, including Temple Street, in view of the further delay in the... - Mental Health Services Provision
103. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the filling of the 414 posts for community mental health services committed to in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2012, the... - Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
104. To ask the Minister for Health the current figures in relation to accident and emergency waiting times and patients who are required to remain on trolleys before admission; and if he will... - Hospital Complaints Procedures
105. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist a person (details supplied) whose spouse died 40 years ago giving birth in the Coombe Hospital, Dublin 8, and whose death was recorded as... - Hospital Procedures
106. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that all publicly funded hospitals, regardless of their form of patronage or nominal religious denomination, are and will be required to... - Health Services Issues
109. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the recent cuts to services at St Michael's House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22627/13] - Long Stay Residential Units
110. To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain his policy regarding the transfer of persons with disabilities living in long term residential homes, such as Cheshire Homes, to local... - Respite Care Services
111. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive respite care beds in the State at present and the number in 2010; if there are plans to increase the number of such... - Patient Transport Provision
112. To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain the ending of the transport service provided for patients in nursing homes to attend hospital appointments; and the action he will take... - Hospital Accommodation Provision
113. To ask the Minister for Health when the Higgins report on hospital reconfiguration will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22605/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists
114. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the excessive waiting times for outpatient appointments across our hospital system; and if he will make a statement on the... - General Practitioner Services
116. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that free primary care for people with long-term illnesses has yet to be introduced in view of the commitment contained in the Programme for... - Health Services Staff Issues
119. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 679 of 16 October 2012, the number of the 150 posts promised for child and adolescent mental health services that are now... - Health Services Expenditure
121. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the Health Service Executive will reach its budget targets for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22607/13] - Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
124. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the neuro-rehabilitation plan published in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22580/13] - Nursing Staff Remuneration
125. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses who have now taken up the two year contract at reduced pay; if he will replace the scheme with the necessary recruitment of nurses on... - Thalidomide Victims Compensation
126. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with representatives of the Irish Thalidomide Survivors' Society to discuss the details of his proposed Health Care Protocol; and if he will... - Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions
128. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the working conditions of non-consultant hospital doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22589/13] - Hospital Staff
129. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider requesting the Health Information and Quality Authority to immediately conduct an assessment of staffing levels at all acute hospitals in... - Primary Care Centres Provision
130. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the proposal to develop a primary care centre at Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Services
132. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding plans for the development of rehabilitation services at Roscommon County Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22387/13] - Health Services Expenditure
133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the scope of the cuts he proposes to impose on health services, other than staff pay cuts, during 2014 and 2015; if he has carried out an... - National Children's Hospital Status
136. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current status of the new National Children's Hospital project; the current indicative timetable for the project including when the... - Nursing Home Accommodation
137. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he continues to monitor the retention and development of nursing homes in the public sector; if his attention has been drawn to the... - Accident and Emergency Departments Closures
138. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to reverse the decision to close the Emergency Department at Loughlinstown Hospital, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Facilities
139. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress made to date in the provision of enhanced hospital facilities and other essential services for patients with cystic fibrosis... - Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Recruitment
140. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, that the hospital will not have sufficient non-consultant... - Cochlear Implants
141. To ask the Minister for Health when a bilateral cochlear implant programme will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22581/13] - Health Promotion
143. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the link between high sugary soft drink consumption and type-2 diabetes has been firmly established in both American and European... - Primary Care Centres Provision
146. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres opened since May 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22565/13]
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