Written answers
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
- Prescription Charges
10. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse his proposals to increase prescription charges to €2.50 with a cap of €25. [48008/13] - Health Services Expenditure
13. To ask the Minister for Health if a workable system for the management of the health services budget is in place, as recommended in the Odgen report. [42414/13] - Mental Health Services Funding
14. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the underspend in the mental health services budget this year, which was specifically identified as ring-fenced funding; and the way commitments... - Hospitals Building Programme
15. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the construction of the new children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48051/13] - Organ Donation
16. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the €3 million needed to develop donor coordinators in hospitals here will be included in the 2014 health budget; and if he will... - Primary Care Centres Expenditure
17. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the sentiments of 45 general practitioners (details supplied) who publicly stated that cuts in primary care spending is leading directly to a... - Medical Card Eligibility
18. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to exclude the first €50 per week of travel to work costs, the cost of home improvement loans and child care costs from... - General Practitioner Services
20. To ask the Minister for Health the way he intends to fulfill his pledge to have free general practitioner care for all by 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48055/13] - Symphysiotomy Report
21. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he has made since 26 September in ensuring justice and truth for the survivors of symphysiotomy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - HIQA Investigations
22. To ask the Minister for Health if he will order a Health Information and Quality Authority investigation into the circumstances of the care of a person (details supplied) in line with the... - Dental Services Provision
23. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered reversing some of the cuts to the dental treatment benefit scheme and the dental treatment services scheme since 2010 in view of reports... - Maternal Mortality
24. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive and its national director of quality and patient safety continue to quote the undercounted figures on maternal mortality... - Health Services Reform
25. To ask the Minister for Health the timescale for the appointment of chairpersons and board members to the new hospital groupings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48060/13] - Obesity Strategy
26. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the cost of obesity to the State, if he has a strategy for dealing with the issue. [48056/13] - Mental Health Services Funding
27. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the programme for Government commitment to an annual ring-fenced allocation of €35 million for community health services is not being honoured... - Medicinal Products Prices
28. To ask the Minister for Health the reason, despite the recent introduction of generic substitution and reference pricing, the Health Service Executive is still paying up to four times as much... - Hospital Accommodation Provision
30. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the problem of the empty and unused ward in the new West Kerry Community Hospital in Dingle, where a number of beds could be opened and thus... - Hospital Waiting Lists
31. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the claim by four hospital chief executives that there are unacceptable delays in treatment access for certain cancer patients; and if he will... - Health Services Issues
32. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it has been found possible to identify areas within the health services wherein savings can be made to ensure that the health service in... - Medical Card Eligibility
33. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he is satisfied regarding the availability of medical cards of a discretionary nature with particular reference to children and-or adults... - Medical Card Reviews
34. To ask the Minister for Health the way the Budget 2014 figure of €113 million, under the heading of probity savings for medical cards, was reached; the way he expects this cut to be... - Health Services Expenditure
35. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the recent statements by four large Dublin hospitals regarding the adequacy of budgets and the safety of service and statements by senior health... - Hospital Services
36. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to ensure that services at Letterkenny General Hospital will be restored following last summer's flash flooding; and if he will make a... - Ambulance Service Provision
37. To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry out an immediate review of the adequacy of ambulance cover in the north east region and across the State in view of the recent incident when a... - Ambulance Service Response Times
38. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve ambulance coverage and response times throughout County Roscommon and east Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47946/13] - Medical Card Data
39. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the civil registration service section of the Health Service Executive to notify the medical card section of the HSE of all deaths registered... - Health Insurance Prices
40. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will put in place to support the health insurance market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48048/13]
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