Written answers
				Thursday, 26 September 2013
     - Mental Health Facilities 
					237. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned at the €2.8 million invested in an acute mental health facility in St Brigid's Hospital in Ballinasloe which is now intended to be... - Water Fluoridation 
					238. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the practice of water fluoridation including reducing the level of fluoride in the water; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Issues 
					239. To ask the Minister for Health if a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary has received funding under the section 38/section 39 Health Act 2004; and if he will make a statement on the... - National Lottery Funding Applications 
					240. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a lotto application in respect of a group (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.  [40139/13] - Hospital Appointment Status 
					241. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be called for a rheumatology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.  [40140/13] - Health Services Staff Data 
					243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cognitive behavioural theory therapists employed by the Health Service Executive in each of their areas; the funding that has been made available... - HSE Properties 
					244. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm what the Health Service Executive plans to do with a site which it recently bought (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a... - Disability Support Services Provision 
					249. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter on ability west service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40192/13] - Health Services Issues 
					250. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding back up support in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford. [40199/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists 
					251. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for the chronic pain clinic in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; the number of persons currently waiting to access the service; the average... - Public Relations Contracts Expenditure 
					253. To ask the Minister for Health the name and business address of all of the providers of public relations services to his Department since the current Government came into office; the total... - Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme 
					254. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the establishment of a no-fault compensation scheme for those who suffer as a result of vaccine administration; the position regarding the... - Departmental Budgets 
					255. To ask the Minister for Health the unallocated savings required to meet his Department's expenditure ceiling in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40278/13] - National Drugs Strategy Issues 
					256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the Oversight Forum on Drugs Committee and the Drugs Advisory Group have met in the past year since September 2012; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Applications 
					258. To ask the Minister for Health if the renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be expedited; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a... - Mobility Allowance Decision 
					259. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove the mobility grant and replace it with a new scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40285/13] - Health Insurance Prices 
					262. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which private health insurance costs continue to be affected by the charges in both the public and the private hospitals; the extent if any to... - Hospital Acquired Infections 
					263. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of reports of various infections arising from MRSA or other hospital bugs on a monthly basis in each of the past three years to date; the... - Hospital Staff Issues 
					264. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which an adequate supply of junior hospital doctors is available throughout the health service in 2013; if they are sourced internally or... - Nursing Staff Provision 
					266. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of nurses engaged through the public health service has fluctuated in each of the past four years to date; if he is satisfied... - Health Services Staff Data 
					267. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which staffing at all levels throughout the public health system remains adequate to meet requirements; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Administration 
					268. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which patients seeking hospital appointments have been placed on waiting lists prior to obtaining a position on the actual hospital list; and if... - Primary Care Centres Provision 
					269. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department’s primary care building programme has progressed; the number of such centres already completed and in operation; the... - Ambulance Service Provision 
					273. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which ambulance services throughout North Kildare remain adequate to meet the demand having particular regard to reports to the contrary; and if... - Medical Card Data 
					274. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards currently in circulation; the extent to which these numbers have fluctuated over the past five years; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Eligibility 
					276. To ask the Minister for Health if in the context of examination of eligibility for medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare cognisance has been taken of... - Medical Card Applications 
					277. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Card Eligibility 
					278. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card restored to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in August and withdrawn in September; if the medical card will re-issue... - Hospital Waiting Lists 
					279. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures governing a cosmetic medical procedure in the case of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Card Eligibility 
					280. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40354/13] - Drugs Payment Scheme Administration 
					281. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the circumstances in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of their eligibility for a refund under the ECHI... - Departmental Staff Data 
					283. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of advisers, programme managers, press officers and political staff and communication staff employed by his... 
         
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