Written answers
Thursday, 18 July 2013
- National Positive Ageing Strategy
662. To ask the Minister for Health if he has instructed local authorities to establish older people councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36316/13] - Services for People with Disabilities
663. To ask the Minister for Health when he will receive recommendations from the group set up by the Department of Education and Skills to look at SNE; if he will confirm that he will facilitate... - Medical Card Eligibility
664. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the process for the renewal of a medical card; and if he will state the circumstances whereby an automatic renewal occurs. [35949/13] - Hospital Appointment Status
665. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35960/13] - Misuse of Drugs
666. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 649 of 21 May 2013, if he will provide an update on when the legislation will be commenced. [36002/13] - HSE Staffing
667. To ask the Minister for Health if an early retirement scheme is available for employees of the Health Service Executive during 2013; if so, if he will outline the details of the scheme; and... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Appeals
668. To ask the Minister for Health when a determination will be made on an appeal under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a... - Proposed Legislation
669. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the Rights of Grandparents Bill 2013 that due consideration be given to particular circumstances when children are in care; that a provision be... - Health Care Infrastructure
670. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update on the Health Innovation Hub; if there is a pilot or demonstration model planned; and if he will make a statement on the... - Information and Communications Technology Issues
671. To ask the Minister for Health if he is preparing his Department to adapt to and make maximum use of next generation technologies in information and communications to better enhance the... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
672. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in respect of the €20 million promised to be spent this year tackling the shortage of occupational therapists, speech and... - Obesity Levels
673. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the Government's obesity strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36134/13] - Water Fluoridation
674. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ban the practice of fluoridation of the drinking water supply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36145/13] - Medical Card Eligibility
675. To ask the Minister for Health further to his proposal to stop issuing medical cards to persons who are suffering from non terminal cancer, the amount he expects to save from such a move;... - Medical Card Applications
676. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36147/13] - Ambulance Service Provision
678. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was provided for the ambulance services in County Kerry for each of the following years, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [36152/13] - Medical Card Eligibility
679. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify a situation with regard to an entitlement to a medical card under EU regulations (details supplied) [36198/13] - Nursing Home Beds
680. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current nursing home bed provision, with a breakdown between the private and voluntary sector and the public sector; if he will... - Community Care Provision
681. To ask the Minister for Health his policy in respect of care in the community through the use of day care centres, low support hostels, medium support hostels and high support hostels for... - Mental Health Services Funding
682. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding promised for mental health services for 2013; if the €30 million announced for this purpose in 2012 was fully utilised for that... - Health Services Reports
683. To ask the Minister for Health further to the publication of the Higgins report, if he will provide a full update on changes and progress at Waterford Regional Hospital with a particular... - Accident and Emergency Services Provision
685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated in the Accident and Emergency Department of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin over the past four weekends [36289/13] - Health Strategies
686. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 21 February 2013, the target date in 2013 for the publication of a national sexual health strategy [36290/13] - Patient Safety
687. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date an the establishment of a Patient Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36306/13] - Health Care Infrastructure
688. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date on the establishment of an Integrated Care Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36307/13] - Suicide Prevention
689. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of annual ring-fenced mental health funding that has been directed to implementing the National Suicide Prevention Strategy in each of the past... - Mental Health Services Provision
690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents that are in adult psychiatric wards at present; the progress he has made in respect of reducing this number; and if he... - Proposed Legislation
691. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to present legislation regulating stem cell research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36310/13] - Vehicle Clamping
692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients whose cars have been clamped while attending hospital appointments in Connolly Hospital, Dublin; if his attention has been drawn to the... - Departmental Agencies Pension Provisions
693. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of each State agency and commercial State company under the aegis of his Department, if he will provide details of the name of each pension scheme;... - Ministerial Expenditure
694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect of their functions as a... - HSE Correspondence
695. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 27 June 2013 when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [36420/13] - Nursing Staff Remuneration
696. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 27 June 2013 when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [36421/13] - Hospital Consultants Remuneration
697. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 27 June 2013 when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [36422/13] - Hospital Services
698. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the introduction of a prospective case based payment system for hospital services using the existing diagnostic related grouping system... - Pharmacy Services
699. To ask the Minister for Health the savings realised from the administration of vaccines by pharmacists as opposed to general practitioners; if other potential opportunities for transfer of... - Health Strategies
700. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to the Troika's observations in relation to the delay in introducing eHealth technologies here; if he will provide an update on developments... - Legislative Programme
701. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of amendments to legislation he proposed during committee and report stages in Seanad Éireann in 2012; if he... - Symphysiotomy Report
702. To ask the Minister for Health when the independent report produced by Professor Oonagh Walsh on symphysiotomy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36445/13] - Ministerial Staff
703. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of each; the same figures... - Exchequer Savings
704. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers and those of his Ministers of State were capped at the first point on the Principal... - Medical Card Applications
705. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) [36525/13] - General Practitioner Services
719. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a free general practitioner visit card for a person on the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Card Applications
720. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) [36558/13] - Nursing Home Accommodation
726. To ask the Minister for Health to set out his proposals to establish a forum on long-term residential care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36569/13] - Primary Care Centres Provision
727. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding the proposed primary care centre for Monaghan town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36570/13] - Primary Care Services Provision
728. To ask the Minister for Health for details on the newly established counselling in primary care service; the way access to this service will be distributed throughout the country; the number... - HSE Expenditure
729. To ask the Minister for Health the saving that would be achieved from improving the occupancy of existing designated private beds in public hospitals to 70%; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Bed Statistics
730. To ask the Minister for Health the saving that would be achieved by a reduction in the average length of stay in an acute hospital bed by 0.5 days; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff Remuneration
731. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of staff and associated payroll costs for Health Service Executive staff on management and administrative grades; and if he will make a... - Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold
733. To ask the Minister for Health the savings that would be achieved from excluding households with an income greater than €100,000 from making a claim under the drugs payment scheme;... - Disposal of Hazardous Waste
735. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the rationale for the disposal of unused medicines properly campaign organised by the Health Service Executive; the length of time this... - Medicinal Products Licensing
736. To ask the Minister for Health the name of each unlicensed medicine which has been made available to Irish patients in order to meet supply demands in circumstances where authorised medicine... - Medicinal Products Prices
737. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive is to set a reference price for medicines or outline the mechanism to be employed for establishing such prices; if his... - Health Services Provision
738. To ask the Minister for Health if and when special hospital bed and ancillary requirements will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will... - Hospital Consultants Contract Issues
739. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of hospital consultants' public contracts, if he will report on the terms of the contract in respect of pay and hours required for different... - Ambulance Service Provision
743. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown in numbers and percentages of ambulance activities in County Kerry from 1 January to 30 June 2013, including interhospital... - Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
744. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the payment structure for the different categories of general practitioners working in the drug treatment service. [36765/13] - Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
745. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the management structure in the Health Service Executive drug treatment service and if he will outline the arrangements which... - Substance Misuse
746. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the status of the review of the operation of the local drugs task forces, the report of which was announced in December; when the... - Pharmacy Services
748. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to enhance the role of pharmacists here that would see this profession being allowed to diagnose minor ailments and supply appropriate treatments;... - Home Care Packages
749. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the Health Service Executive to outsource or put to tender enhanced home care packages; the savings that are expected to realised through this... - Appointments to State Boards
750. To ask the Minister for Health the present gender balance of the total members of State boards under the aegis of his Department; if the ratio has changed significantly over the course of...
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