Written answers
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
- Proposed Legislation
609. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the Private Member's Bill regarding the Statute of Limitations Amendment Act 2013 in relation to survivors of symphysoiotomy is... - Home Help Service Issues
610. To ask the Minister for Health if a person providing homehelp care for a Government department will be permitted to work past their sixty fifth birthday; and if he will make a statement on... - Accident and Emergency Services Provision
611. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any increase in patients presenting to the accident and emergency at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, in relation to drug linked... - Hospital Staff
612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, has indicated that it is letting go contract staff as per Health Service Executive guidelines; if he will... - Capital Programme Expenditure
613. To ask the Minister for Health the total capital expenditure each year at Wexford Hospital by his Department from 1997 to 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25348/13] - Mobility Allowance Decision
614. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that have been put in place to replace the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant; when it will be put in place in view of the fact... - Special Educational Needs Services Provision
615. To ask the Minister for Health with reference to envisaged amalgamations within education, specifically with reference to children who have special educational needs, if he will respond to... - Medical Card Applications
616. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [25563/13] - Services for People with Disabilities
617. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home care hours and a personal assistance service will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement... - Pre-Term Births
618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unborn children that have been brought to a pre term birth in Irish hospitals as a result of a mother who experienced suicidal tendancies... - Diabetes Strategy
619. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will fill sanctioned posts (details supplied) in County Cork in critical areas of diabetes care; the reason for the delay in... - Hospital Waiting Lists
620. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive an appointment for surgery. [25098/13] - Health Services Staff Numbers
622. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time and full-time equivalent environmental health officers covering the Dublin region employed by the Health Service Executive for each... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
623. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify, as of 18 May 2013, the number of relevant mental health staff that have commenced employment; the number that will commence employment by... - Ambulance Service Provision
624. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that there is no ambulance cover in Dunshaughlin, County Meath, on Tuesdays due to recent rostering changes; the circumstances in relation to... - Health Services Provision
625. To ask the Minister for Health his view of Landauklefner; if he will outline pertinent familial supports which are recognised by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Ambulance Service Provision
626. To ask the Minister for Health the staff and financial resources provided for ambulance services in County Meath for each of the past five years. [25123/13] - Home Help Service Provision
628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the home help hours allocation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Waiting Lists
629. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the waiting time for treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Orthodontic Services Provision
630. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding braces in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25175/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists
631. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25176/13] - Cochlear Implants
632. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to include the Happy New Ear Campaign's business proposal for a cochlear implant for both ears for deaf children in the 2014 estimate... - Hospital Waiting Lists
633. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly can expect an appointment at St. James's Hospital, Dublin. [25179/13] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
635. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for funding through the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; when a final... - Medical Card Reviews
638. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the decision to refuse the reimbursement of medical expenses incurred by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal with learning... - Health Insurance Prices
639. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the membership of the Consultative Forum on Health Insurance; the number of times the group has met; the areas of work in which... - Suicide Prevention
640. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to the ASIST programme in 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25269/13] - Respite Care Grant Expenditure
641. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to a crisis request by the Health Service Executive to house two vulnerable children, the Sancta Maria... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
643. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for funding through the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; when a final... - Medical Card Reviews
644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review and update a general practitioner card to a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County... - Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
646. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a minor (details supplied) in County Cork was left in the emergency department of the Mercy Hospital in Cork from 3pm on Friday the 10 of May, 2013,... - Home Help Service Provision
647. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours allocated nationally for the care of senior citizens in their homes in 2012 and 2013; and the corresponding figures for... - Home Care Packages
648. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to allow for a home care package to be put in place allowing persons currently taking up a hospital bed to return home... - Hospital Waiting Lists
650. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 517 of 20 March 2013, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the... - Disabilities Services Funding
651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form funding for intellectual disability services in Dublin for 2008 to 2013 inclusive. [25421/13] - Primary Care Centres Provision
653. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new primary care centre for the Baggot St, Dublin 4 area which is promised in the 2013 Dublin Mid-Leinster Service Plan... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
655. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 2 May, 2013 regarding the role of the Chief Dental Officer, if the position has been recently filled; if the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
656. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [25519/13] - Health Care Infrastructure
657. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to refurbish Raheny Health Centre, Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25540/13] - Hospital Facilities
658. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals that currently have full helicopter landing facilities and that are in use and available on a 24/7 basis; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
660. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo has been cancelled at Sligo General Hospital; when the operation will be... - Hospital Staff
663. To ask the Minister for Health if recruitment has commenced for a 0.7 diabetes nurse specialist at Cork University Hospital to oversee the development of insulin pump therapy for children... - Medical Card Applications
664. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25618/13] - Symphysiotomy Report
665. 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. [25620/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists
666. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick [25648/13] - Medical Card Eligibility
667. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25653/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists
668. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date will be set for an operation at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [25654/13] - Medical Card Applications
669. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will issue as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [25655/13] - Hospital Statistics
671. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a yearly breakdown for the past five years in relation to a hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal; the budgets allocated; the... - Suicide Prevention
672. To ask the Minister for Health the funding made available for suicide prevention services and initiatives in the Ballymun area, Dublin, in the years 2010, 2012 and 2013 respectively [25676/13] - Vaccination Programme
673. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is recognised as a sufferer of narcolepsy as a result of the swine flu vaccine Pandermix; if not, if he will... - Care of the Elderly
674. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider setting up a forum on long term nursing home care [25692/13] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
675. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the fair deal scheme in view of the fact that the ESRI projects additional requirement for 888 long term residential care places per annum to... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Appeals
676. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce an independent appeals mechanism to address failure to agree necessary fee for nursing home care with national treatment purchase fund... - Health Information and Quality Authority Inspections
677. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce an independent appeals process to afford nursing homes the opportunity to address the Health Information and Quality Authority's... - Hospital Waiting Lists
678. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the numbers on the outpatient waiting list for ear, nose and throat, ophthalmology and orthopaedics at Waterford Regional... - Hospital Services
681. To ask the Minister for Health if he will update Dáil Éireann on the proposed single all-island paediatric cardiac surgical service that may be provided from Our Lady's Children's... - Medical Card Applications
682. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for a medical card. [25798/13] - Medical Card Reviews
683. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on a review of a medical card. [25799/13] - Medical Card Applications
684. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for a medical card. [25800/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists
687. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the case of a hip replacement in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25850/13] - Primary Care Services Provision
688. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive policy in relation to the provision of respisense monitors for newborns; if these are available across all HSE areas and to all... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
689. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include haemochromarosis on the list of eligible conditions covered by the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the... - Ambulance Service Provision
690. To ask the Minister for Health if he will hold an investigation into the lack of resources available to the ambulance services in County Meath and the resultant threat to patient safety.... - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
691. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons aged under 18 years waiting for the fitting of dental braces by the Health Service Executive in Dublin 15; if he will... - Proposed Legislation
692. To ask the Minister for Health if he proposes that the EC Patient Mobility Directive will be transposed into Irish law this year by primary legislation or by statutory instrument; and if he... - Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation
693. To ask the Minister for Health the way Ehler's Danlos syndrome is diagnosed and classified here; the incidence rate here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25918/13] - General Medical Services Scheme Payments
695. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will consider reimbursing moneys paid for prescription medication per the approval of a medical card in respect of a person...
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