Written answers
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
- Medical Card Issues
79. To ask the Minister for Health if it is possible for medical card holders to change their general practitioners in certain circumstances where difficulties arise in the professional... - Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
80. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the report in the Sunday Business Post of 16 June, which reports that two senior figures, working as advisers to the... - Alcohol Sales
81. To ask the Minister for Health when he will bring forward measures to reduce alcohol consumption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30423/13] - Symphysiotomy Report
82. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give details of the membership of the Steering Committee on the Walsh review of symphysiotomy; the names of the members; the date on which they... - Hospital Services
83. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that Health Service Executive home help workers will receive priority consideration for suitable opportunities in hospital services; and if he... - National Children's Hospital Status
84. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the development of the new National Children’s Hospital [30394/13] - Hospitals Policy
85. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the implementation of hospital reconfiguration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30438/13] - Health Reports
86. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he has taken in response to the Health Service Executive Report on the death of Savita Halappanavar; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Programme for Government Implementation
87. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that he is honouring the commitments to older persons as set out in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the... - Home Care Packages
88. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the regulation of home help and homecare services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30418/13] - Mobility Allowance Eligibility
89. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore the mobility allowance after June; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30026/13] - Health Strategies
90. To ask the Minister for Health the target date he is working to for the full implementation of the changes recommended in the model of care document for asthma; and if he will make a... - Hospital Services
91. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to increase thrombolysis rates for stroke patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30022/13] - Pharmacy Services
92. To ask the Minister for Health his vision for pharmacy in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30429/13] - Mental Health Services Provision
93. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the acute mental health services for children here; the numbers on waiting lists for same; the average, shortest and longest waiting times;... - Alcohol Sales Legislation
94. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in bringing forward reforms to amend legislation in respect of the sale of alcohol to tackle the problem of binge drinking and... - Hospital Staff Issues
95. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which adequate, consultant, medical and nursing staff levels remain available to meet requirements throughout the hospital services and primary... - Hospital Trusts
96. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the establishment of hospital groups and the timeframe of the development of hospital trusts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Diabetes Strategy
97. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle diabetes nationwide, particularly paediatric diabetes; if he will commit to ensuring that the paediatric diabetes care posts are filled as... - Hospitals Policy
98. To ask the Minister for Health the opportunity that will be provided for stakeholders to engage in the process of consultation provided for in the Higgins Report on Hospital Groups; the... - Departmental Expenditure
99. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department's expenditure has remained on target with budgetary expectations for the current year in respect of all services; the areas,... - Universal Health Insurance Provision
100. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the introduction of universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30445/13] - Maternal Deaths
101. To ask the Minister for Health the changes he intends to implement in relation to maternal mortality reporting and investigating procedures to improve the information gathered in order to... - Health Screening Programmes
102. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the phased roll out of the national diabetic retinopathy screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30440/13] - Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues
103. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the graduate nurse recruitment scheme; the take up to date; the way this compares to the original target; and if he will make a... - Air Ambulance Service Provision
104. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the development of the air ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30023/13] - Hospital Services
105. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for Loughlinstown Hospital in view of the Framework for Smaller Hospitals report and the reorganisation of the services across South Dublin; and if... - Services for People with Disabilities
106. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether services for persons with spina bifida are sufficient to their needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30444/13] - Hospital Staff Issues
107. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise the now anticipated shortfall of non-consultant hospital doctors by hospital site as of 8 July; the specialist disciplines so affected by... - Mental Health Commission Reports
109. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent annual report published by the Mental Health Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30424/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists
111. To ask the Minister for Health the latest waiting list figures for day cases and in-patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30442/13] - Suicide Prevention
113. To ask the Minister for Health the checks that are put in place by his Department in relation to funding to organisations who provide professional services for suicide, depression,... - Nursing Home Beds
115. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that there is an adequate supply of nursing home beds in north Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30437/13] - Patient Safety Authority
116. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Patient Safety Authority will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30441/13] - Home Help Service Provision
117. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the regulation of home help and homecare services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30446/13] - Care of the Elderly
118. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the appropriate training and qualifications are being adhered to by private and voluntary organisations who provide services under the... - Diabetes Strategy
120. To ask the Minister for Health if he will update Dáil Éireann on proposals to improve paediatric diabetes nursing supports in the northwest; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Insurance Prices
121. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the introduction of full charges to private health insurers for the use of public hospital beds; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services Provision
122. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to urgently address the ongoing situation at acute psychiatric services in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the... - Obesity Strategy
123. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the introduction of a national strategy for a childhood obesity prevention and intervention service; if he has engaged directly or, if not, will... - Cochlear Implants
125. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm his already signalled intent to provide funding in the health budget for the introduction of a bilateral cochlear implantation programme in... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
126. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to incidences where medication deemed to be available under the long term illness scheme is not being prescribed by pharmacists... - Mental Health Services Provision
127. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health services in the Health Service Executive Dublin North East area for 16-18 year olds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30398/13] - Health Service Training and Development
128. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a cost-benefit analysis of overseas training and development courses provided to staff of his Department and the Health Service Executive, and... - Ambulance Service Provision
129. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reconfiguration of ambulance and emergency services here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30401/13] - Mental Health Services Provision
130. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children being treated for depression, anxiety and stress; if he will provide information on the direction that is taken for treatment when those... - Health Insurance Cover
132. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take on private health insurers passing on to customers the cost of over-charging for hospital treatments; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services Provision
134. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the supports in place for patients with Huntington's Disease; if his attention has been drawn to proposals to develop specialist clinics at... - Hospital Bed Closures
135. To ask the Minister for Health when the six closed beds in Carndonagh Community Hospital, County Donegal, will be re-opened, returning the hospital to it's 30 bed capacity; and if he will... - HSE Agency Staff Expenditure (1 comment)
136. To ask the Minister for Health the current level of expenditure on agency staff both in hospitals and care institutions; the way his Department is working with the Health Service Executive... - Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
137. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that persons appointed at senior executive or advisory level in the Special Delivery Unit are paid through overseas companies; his views on... - Hospital Waiting Lists
138. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays being experienced by children with ear, nose and throat conditions to get a basic assessment by a consultant,... - General Practitioner Services
139. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a commitment that medical card holders who have undergone breast cancer treatment in hospital will not have to pay the cost of their general... - Dental Services Provision
140. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the effect tthat he recruitment embargo is having on the provision of public dental services for children in the Kildare... - Hospital Services
141. To ask the Minister for Health if he will update Dáil Éireann on his Department's review of proposals to establish a north-south deep brain stimulation service; and if he will make... - Hospice Services
142. To ask the Minister for Health the additional support that will be provided to the three existing children’s hospitals pending the completion of the new hospital at the St.... - Substance Misuse
143. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Drugs Advisory Group has not met since January; if it is to be replaced by a new structure; when this new structure will be in place and fully... - Home Help Issues
144. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has not yet honoured the Labour Court recommendations which ordered the payment of a gratuity of four and a half weeks for home helps who were... - Hospice Services
145. To ask the Minister for Health the location of all specialist inpatient hospice units across the State; his plans to provide specialist inpatient hospice units at hospital sites where such... - Framework for Smaller Hospitals
146. To ask the Minister for Health the nature and extent of the consultation process on the Framework for Smaller Hospitals which he published in May; and if he will make a statement on the... - Accident and Emergency Departments Closures
147. To ask the Minister for Health if he will defer any decision on the cutting of accident and emergency services at Bantry General Hospital, County Cork, currently scheduled for 8 July, for a...
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