Written answers
Thursday, 17 October 2013
- Alcohol Pricing
192. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ban below cost selling of alcohol; if legislation is required or if an order will be made to that effect under current legislation; and if he will... - Medical Card Data
193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply in tabular form, the number of discretionary medical cards in each local health area at the end of 2010, 2011 and 2012; and the most recent... - Maternity Services
195. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the response from the Coombe Hospital, Dublin, the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin and the National Maternity Hospital Holles Street,... - Hospital Staff Recruitment
197. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no paediatrics urologist has been appointed to Temple Street University Hospital despite the Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalous Ireland organisation... - Health Insurance Cover
199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance for each of the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and to date in 2013 in each of the following age... - Health Insurance Levy Issues
200. To ask the Minister for Health if Voluntary Health Insurance Healthcare will seek authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland before the end of 2013; the estimated financial cost to the... - Medical Card Data
201. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to stop general practitioners charging medical card holders for blood tests; the way he can address the inconsistencies that exist... - National Lottery Funding Applications
202. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for national lottery funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork. [43958/13] - Mental Health Services Report
203. To ask the Minister for Health the key elements of Vision for Change that have been implemented; the key elements that have yet to be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Card Applications
204. 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. [43983/13] - Mental Health Services Provision
206. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 477 community mental positions promised in the past two budgets that have been filled; if he will provide in tabular form the number of these... - Treatment Abroad Scheme (1 comment)
207. To ask the Minister for Health if it is possible for a family to apply for the treatment abroad scheme for their child who needs rehabilitation and the type needed is not available here.... - Health Services Provision
208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any reciprocal arrangements that apply between Ireland and other countries concerning the provision of medical cards or health... - Hospice Services
209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the delay in opening the 24-bed unit in Blanchardstown hospice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44010/13] - Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
210. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the serious funding pressures faced by Cork Local Drugs Task Force, that their budget has been reduced significantly since... - Disability Support Services Expenditure
211. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been a 21% reduction in the operational budget of the Daughters of Charity Services for persons with... - Hospital Procedures
212. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a medical procedure is carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the... - HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
213. To ask the Minister for Health the level of spending on agency nursing staff by the Health Service Executive to date in 2013; the measures he is taking to reduce this spend; and if he will... - Mental Health Services Funding
214. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to ensure that the target of spending 8% of the health budget on mental health is reached; and if he will make a statement on the... - Organ Donation
215. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to ensure that the rate of organ donation here improves substantially; if he will appoint transplant co-ordinators in each hospital as... - Suicide Prevention
216. To ask the Minister for Health the reason only one of the eight key recommendations of the Reach Out National Suicide Prevention Strategy has been implemented in full; when all the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
217. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to curb the growing numbers of persons on hospital waiting lists which have increased to 58,649 by August of this year when the number... - Hospital Consultants Contract Issues
218. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to ensure that consultants stick to the terms of their contracts by working a maximum of 20% and in a few cases 30% in private... - Ambulance Service Provision
219. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an ambulance ran out of fuel while transferring a patient from Cork to Dublin for an urgent lung transplant (details supplied); and if he will make... - Mental Health Services Provision
220. To ask the Minister for Health his views on research (details supplied) regarding mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44033/13] - Treatment Abroad Scheme
221. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 was refused access to the Health Service Executive treatment abroad scheme although they cannot access the... - Hospital Services
222. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a family whose child underwent a variety of tests at a hospital (details supplied) in County Meath have not yet received results of those tests, if... - Health Services Provision
224. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a gluten free diet in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [44048/13] - Hospital Appointment Status
225. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44051/13] - Local Drugs Task Forces Remit
226. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Dublin 12 Local Drug Task Force cannot sustain any further cuts to its budgets in view of the devastating... - Departmental Bodies
228. To ask the Minister for Health when the Drugs Advisory Group last met; the agenda and outcome of the meeting. [44063/13] - Health Services Staff Recruitment
230. To ask the Minister for Health if he is going to appoint a consultant specialist in the North East to reduce the delay in consultation appointments for assessment for acute minimum surgery... - Universal Health Insurance Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding free general practitioner care to all children under five years of age; and if he will make a statement on...
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