Written answers
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
- HSE Staffing
1034. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding working hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 [34505/13] - Mental Health Services Provision
1035. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of mental health support services to direct provision residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35360/13] - Proposed Legislation
1037. To ask the Minister for Health the action he plans to take to prohibit the trafficking of human organs from non-consenting persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35379/13] - Medicinal Products Availability
1038. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make Selincro/Nalmefene available here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34183/13] - Medical Disclosure Code
1039. To ask the Minister for Health if he will furnish details on any national and European initiatives to develop a disclosure code regarding incentives paid to doctors by pharmaceutical... - Medical Card Eligibility
1041. To ask the Minister for Health dental treatments covered by a medical card, and in particular if dental surgery can be provided free of charge to persons with medical cards; and if he will... - Health Care Abroad
1043. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place between Ireland and the United Kingdom to ensure that Irish citizens living in the UK receive healthcare there and that UK citizens... - Primary Care Strategy
1044. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 344 of 8 November and 239 of 25 October 2012, if he will provide the figures for the period September to December and... - Home Help Service Provision
1045. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing home-help hours to the 2011 provision; and the additional hours this would entail. [34309/13] - Hospital Charges
1046. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of reducing accident and emergency attendance by €10. [34310/13] - European Health Insurance Card Issues
1047. To ask the Minister for Health if and when an updated EU health insurance card can be effected in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement... - Services for People with Disabilities
1048. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current waiting time for therapeutic input in the Wellmount Healthcare is over a year and that the Health... - Speech and Language Therapy
1049. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged between three and 12 years who are on a waiting list for speech and language therapy. [34348/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists
1050. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged between three and 12 years who are on a waiting list for behavioural therapy. [34349/13] - Health Services Issues
1051. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the waiting lists and delays in waiting times for audiology services in County Kerry as the current waiting time for initial assessment for... - Health Services Staff Issues
1052. To ask the Minister for Health if a replacement is been sought for the staff member who carries out assessments at the early intervention centre in Springfield, Mullingar, County Westmeath;... - Hospital Staff Issues
1053. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form by grade the number of hospital staff assigned to Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath, that are... - Patient Transport Provision
1054. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to restore the mini bus transport service for patients in County Kildare who need to avail of this facility... - Departmental Reports (1 comment)
1055. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all... - Mental Health Services Provision
1056. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding mental health reform (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34422/13] - Mental Health Services Report
1057. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the mental health report, A Vision for Change; the steps he has taken to implement the holistic service propounded in this report in... - Mental Health Services Provision
1058. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding emergency beds for children and teenagers who need emergency in-patient treatment in psychiatric hospitals; the number of beds... - Primary Care Services Provision
1061. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork who needs oxygen daily will not be covered under their medical card while in a nursing home. [34432/13] - Symphysiotomy Report
1062. To ask the Minister for Health the meetings that took place between the Health Service Executive with regards to symphysiotomy; the details of the meetings; the number of meetings; the... - Haddington Road Agreement Issues
1063. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in a tabular form the annual net and gross saving to the Exchequer, following the implementation of the Haddington Road Agreement, if... - Exchequer Savings
1064. To ask the Minister for Health the annual saving to the Exchequer if the full economic cost for the use of beds in public and voluntary hospitals for the purposes of private medical... - HSE Staff Remuneration
1065. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive public sector workers in receipt of salaries within the following bands (details supplied). [34480/13] - Hospital Appointment Delays
1066. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who urgently requires medical treatment; and if he will... - Medical Card Applications
1067. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a decision to refuse a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [34502/13] - Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration
1069. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board to include the chair and board member and... - Departmental Staff Remuneration
1070. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the annual salary of all non commercial State sponsored bodies chief executive officers under the aegis of his Department.... - Departmental Expenditure
1071. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, advertising and... - Departmental Staff Training
1072. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses and accompanying cost for the 2012/2013 academic... - Exchequer Savings
1074. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer of 1%, 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction to travel and expenses for his... - Hospital Consultants Recruitment
1077. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the difficulties being faced by parents of children with diabetes who normally attend the consultant paediatrician specialising in diabetes... - Programme for Government Implementation
1078. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the commitments in the Programme for Government under his remit; if the commitment has been met or is in the process of... - Consultancy Contracts Issues
1079. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and organisations used by organisations or agencies... - Medical Card Applications
1080. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue full medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34711/13] - Care of the Elderly
1081. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered establishing a forum on long-term residential care to include all relevant stakeholders involved in the provision of such care for older... - Primary Care Services Provision
1082. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to set national criteria for access to primary care services in view of the geographic discrimination that applies when accessing health care, for... - Health Services Issues
1086. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive to change the way they process medical treatment for children on medical cards who also have school insurance... - Patient Transport Provision
1088. To ask the Minister for Health if patient transport will be provided to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who cannot get transport to their service either by private or scheduled... - Nursing Education
1089. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who sat the written assessment for application to pre-registration nursing and midwifery degree programmes... - Ambulance Service Staff
1090. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to issue anti-stab vests to all Health Service Executive ambulance staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34917/13] - Programme for Government Implementation
1091. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of the Programme Management Office in his Department; its functions, membership and the date of its establishment;... - Drug Prescribing
1092. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of the National Task Force on Prescribing and Dispensing Practice in the first half of 2013; and if he will make a... - Health Services Reports
1093. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of Integrated Service Areas has been completed [34934/13] - Health Services Provision
1094. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Sectoral Plans for Shared Services and External Service Delivery developed by his Department and the Health Service Executive in 2012; the... - Care of the Elderly
1095. To ask the Minister for Health when the Single Assessment Tool for older persons services will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34936/13] - Departmental Strategies
1096. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the Health Service Executive has published an eHealth Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34937/13] - Health Services Reform
1097. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the Health Service Executive has established an Information and ICT Strategy Unit with a Chief Information Officer; and if he will make... - Ambulance Service Staff
1098. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm if the National Ambulance Service has a policy of not replacing a crew member calling in sick or going out sick on a day shift; the number... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
1099. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts advertised under the new consultant contract; the number filled to date and if any of these posts were at a higher remuneration... - Health Services Staff Data
1100. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent consultant posts in acute stroke medicine in each acute hospital; the number of posts which are vacant in each hospital;... - Health Services Staff Remuneration
1101. To ask the Minister for Health the current payment structure for a consultation on acall by a consultant; the annual cost to the Exchequer; the corresponding payment structure and annual... - Health Services Expenditure
1102. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of purchasing remote presence solution robots for the telemedicine rapid access for stroke and neurological assessment programme; the number of... - Health Services Provision
1103. To ask the Minister for Health the current thrombolysis rate for each acute hospital; the number of patients presenting with stroke in each acute unit in the last available 12 month period;... - Mental Health Services Provision
1104. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in relocating long term psychiatric patients from acute units in Roscommon and Ballinasloe; and if he will make a statement on the... - Services for People with Disabilities
1105. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to carry out a disability impact assessment on public toilets leased by local authorities and if he will... - Departmental Legal Costs
1106. To ask the Minister for Health if he has sought and received legal advice outside of the Office of the Attorney General; the number of times advice was sought per year from 2011, 2012 and... - Medical Card Applications
1107. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 [35016/13] - Health Services Issues
1108. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the safety of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 [35018/13] - Nursing Home Services
1109. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of care for public nursing homes for 2012 for each of the nursing homes in the country; the average weekly cost per patient in each of these nursing... - Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions
1110. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the working conditions of non consultant hospital doctors; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
1111. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is on the waiting list for treatment at the respiratory outpatient clinic in Cork University Hospital; the... - General Practitioner Services
1112. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made towards free general practitioner care for all; the reason for delays; and the way he plans to proceed with the efficient... - Hospital Appointment Status
1113. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a hip operation for a person (details supplied) in County Cork [35128/13] - Tobacco Control Measures
1115. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to hold a public consultation on the introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes; when this consultation will begin; if the drafting of the... - Hoax Calls
1116. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hoax calls received by the Ambulance Service in each Health Service Executive region for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; the cost... - Mental Health Services Provision
1117. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 250 and 251 of the 16th of May 2013 if final approval has been issued to the two remaining Health Service Executive... - Medical Card Applications
1120. To ask the Minister for Health If he will expedite and award medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35171/13] - Mental Health Services Report
1121. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide accounting of all programmes dedicated to the treatment for research on mental illness; the amount each programme receives annually; the... - Medical Card Applications
1123. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Budget Submissions
1124. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Disability Federation of Ireland pre-budget submission for 2014. [35214/13] - Hospital Appointments Administration
1125. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a referral to Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on... - National Cancer Strategy Implementation
1126. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the 55 recommendations of the strategy for cancer control here; and the action taken regarding each recommendation [35248/13] - Health Services Staff Issues
1127. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the anamoly whereby nurses who will undergo training to become public health nurses next year will be guaranteed employment... - Primary Care Centres Provision
1128. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in respect of the promised primary care centres in Waterford city and Dungarvan, County Waterford; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
1129. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed yearly breakdown in tabular form of the average waiting times for outpatient services for the Galway Roscommon Hospital Group,... - Nursing Home Services
1132. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider implementing a more transparent framework for negotiations under the Fair Deal which acknowledges the costs of providing high quality care... - Medical Card Eligibility
1134. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed self-assessment review forms for medical card holders [35374/13] - Generic Drugs Substitution
1136. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been saved by using generic drugs in 2013; his plans to ensure further savings are made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Graduate Nursing Scheme Application Numbers
1137. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions that have been filled under the nursing and midwifery graduate initiative to date in 2013; the way this level of recruitment affects... - Home Help Service Provision
1138. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours that are currently being delivered in Cork South West; if he will undertake a review of hours in areas (details supplied); and... - Vaccination Programme
1139. To ask the Minister for Health the supports he plans to put in place for persons suffering from narcolepsy and other medical complications following vaccination with Pandemrix; if he has... - Health Services Issues
1140. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in County Kildare has been informed that their support services will cease in August of this year; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services Provision
1142. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the meeting with Roscommon/Galway primary, community and continuing care services of 4 July regarding mental health services in the area... - General Medical Services Scheme Administration
1143. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include new medical stoma appliances on the list of reimbursable items under the GMS scheme; when the list of reimbursable items was last revised... - Services for People with Disabilities
1144. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding qualification for disability in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [35501/13] - Medical Card Eligibility
1145. To ask the Minister for Health if he will disclose further details on his recent statements regarding the granting of medical cards to non-terminal cancer patients, whereby he stated that... - Medical Card Applications
1146. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35512/13] - Home Help Service Provision
1148. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours allocated to the Health Service Executive Area 6 and Area 7; the corresponding allocation for home care packages; and if he will... - Medical Card Eligibility
1150. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review as a matter of urgency recent changes to the rules for medical card eligibility, namely the exclusion of home improvement loan payments and... - Hospital Appointment Status
1151. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be given an urgent appointment at Waterford Regional Hospital due to a serious illness. [35545/13] - Hospital Procedures
1152. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have dialysis provided by the Health Service Executive for an Irish-born person (details supplied) in County Wexford who is returning... - Exchequer Savings
1153. To ask the Minister for Health the annual saving to the Exchequer, were all State agency board fees under the aegis of his Department reduced by 25%; and if he will make a statement on the... - Official Travel
1154. To ask the Minister for Health if he is confident that all overseas travel undertaken by staff in State agencies is necessary; if the agencies ensure there is a robust business case... - Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
1155. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the annual salary of all commercial State company chief executive officers under the remit of his Department; and if he... - Departmental Bodies
1156. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in a tabular form a list of all non-commercial State sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
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