Written answers

Thursday, 11 July 2013

  • Health Insurance Regulation
    216. To ask the Minister for Health the timetable his Department has had from European Union officials to seek permission for an injection of capital into the VHI; if such an injection of capital...
  • Sunbed Usage
    217. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33942/13]
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    218. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate concerns regarding provision of speech and language services to pupils of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin since the Health...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    219. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33949/13]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight
    220. To ask the Minister for Health when he will bring forward a transparent framework for negotiations for nursing home care under the fair deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Facilities
    221. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding future plans for the provision of laundry services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and the Louth County Hospital, Dundalk; and...
  • Medical Card Applications
    224. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33961/13]
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    225. To ask the Minister for Health if a permanent secure psychiatric unit will be established in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33966/13]
  • Community Care Issues
    226. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown in allocation of primary care posts in community care services on a regional basis and within the regions over the past two...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    228. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33976/13]
  • Medical Card Reviews
    229. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was withdrawn on review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin despite there being no change in this person's...
  • Medical Card Numbers
    230. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide statistics for the number of medical cards awarded on a discretionary basis where the application exceeded the means test for the years...
  • Medical Card Applications
    231. To ask the Minister for Health the processes that are in place to allow persons coming up to their seventieth birthday to make their applications for a medical card in advance of their...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant ophthalmic surgeons currently working in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the number of persons on the waiting list for an appointment to...
  • Home Care Packages
    233. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to allow for a home care package to be put in place following a recent discharge from hospital in respect of persons...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    234. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be given an appointment for a knee replacement at Waterford Regional Hospital. [34012/13]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight
    235. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned with the disconnect between the Health Information and Quality Authority, the body responsible for the regulation and inspection of nursing...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    236. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical device will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34022/13]
  • Hospital Admissions
    237. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland has the highest rate of hospital admission in the OECD for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    238. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to curb escalating hospital waiting lists in 2013 especially the number of patients waiting over six months for elective procedures;...
  • Hospital Procedures
    239. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department, the Health Service Executive or the Health Information Quality Authority has plans to monitor, collate and report on a regular basis on the...
  • Health Insurance Cover
    241. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to information published on a regular basis by the OECD, multi-payer health systems cost more in...
  • HSE Properties
    242. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding plans for the land at Cherry Orchard Hospital, Ballyfermot, between the drug treatment centre and the houses in Whitethorn Estate; if...
  • Pharmacy Regulations
    243. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider removing the part of the Pharmacy Act that prohibits a bankrupt person from registering as a pharmacist; and if he will make a statement on...
  • HSE Staffing
    245. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that any career breaks offered by the Health Service Executive are targeted in areas where there is an excess supply of labour; and if he...
  • Hospital Appointment Delays
    246. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is given an appointment date with a consultant; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    247. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in full, detail of the process for the awarding of the contract for a primary care centre (details supplied) in County Dublin; if the latest...
  • Medical Card Applications
    248. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of refusal of medical card will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Nursing Home Services
    249. To ask the Minister for Health if a reduction in nursing home charges may be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Card Reviews
    250. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card may be retained in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34160/13]
  • Medical Card Applications
    251. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34182/13]

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