Written answers
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
- Water Fluoridation
624. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding fluoride in the water supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48934/13] - Health Services Staff Data
625. To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain the relationship between the Right of Place survivor group and the Health Service Executive; if he will confirm that employees of Right of... - Medical Card Reviews
626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review application respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Waiting Lists
627. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect to receive an appointment for surgery in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Card Eligibility
628. To ask the Minister for Health the data that was considered by his Department when reducing the income ceiling for the medical card for those aged 70 years and over (details supplied); and... - Alcohol Pricing
629. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ban the below cost selling of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48845/13] - Alcohol Advertising
630. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ban the advertising of cheap alcohol deals in newspapers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48847/13] - Alcohol Sales
631. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a minimum VAT return for alcohol products (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48848/13] - Water Fluoridation
632. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been given to the two companies that have been paid for the supply and delivery of hydrofluosilicic acid for the purpose of water... - Medicinal Products Availability
633. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to lift the ban on the sale of amino acid L-tryptophan here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48850/13] - Orthodontic Services Provision
634. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive intends to engage an additional orthodontist in County Louth to address waiting lists for orthodontic treatment for under 18s;... - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
635. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, waiting time periods for orthodontic treatment for under 18s in County Louth for the years 2011 and 2012; and if he will... - Community Care Provision
636. To ask the Minister for Health if community physiotherapy services in County Kildare have been reduced, or have been terminated; if community physiotherapy services in north Kildare have... - Accident and Emergency Services Provision
637. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol in relation to the calling of emergency services, with particular reference to an incident (details supplied); and the remedy open to the citizen... - Hospital Investigations
638. To ask the Minister for Health if all 11 recommendations following Health Service Executive investigations following the death of a person (details supplied) including No. 7, have been fully... - Ambulance Service Response Times
641. To ask the Minister for Health the average response time for an ambulance call in 2011, 2012 and to end of September 2013 in counties Mayo, Galway, Roscommon, Sligo and Leitrim; the... - Ambulance Service Provision
642. To ask the Minister for Health the number of shifts that have been dropped in the Health Service Executive ambulance base in St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8 since January 2013 until 11... - Medical Card Eligibility
645. To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore a discretionary medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48935/13] - Parliamentary Questions Numbers
646. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parliamentary questions that have been referred by him to the Health Service Executive for direct reply that have yet to be answered; the number... - Departmental Expenditure
647. To ask the Minister for Health in view of this year's early budget, the amount of funding he is making available to each drugs taskforce; the way this varies from their 2013 allocation; and... - National Drugs Strategy Implementation
648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of each action contained in the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 following the recent meeting of the... - Medical Card Applications
649. To ask the Minister for Health if the renewal of a full 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... - HSE Governance
650. To ask the Minister for Health the way that one director can cover three midlands regional hospitals located in different national groupings from his base at the Midland Regional Hospital,... - Medical Card Eligibility
651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48966/13] - Child Safety
652. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that toothpaste containing fluoride has a child-proof cap and carries a poison warning. [48986/13] - Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
653. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include the genetic disorder Long QT syndrome on the list of qualifying ailments for qualification for a long-term illness medical card; and if... - Water Fluoridation
654. To ask the Minister for Health the level of monitoring of fluoride levels in the population under the Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act 1960; if he intends to perform such a study;... - Orthodontic Services Provision
655. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons a person (details supplied) in County Longford who has been placed on the orthodontic treatment waiting list since October 2012 cannot be given an... - Medical Card Delays
656. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the processing of a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [48999/13] - Treatment Abroad Scheme
657. To ask the Minister for Health if the eligibility for the treatment abroad scheme has been changed by the Health Service Executive; if it is the case that only public patients are now... - Health Services Provision
658. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the situation whereby medical aftercare services in health centres will only facilitate medical card holders in order to enable all patients... - Medical Card Appeals
659. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49044/13] - Home Help Service Provision
660. To ask the Minister for Health the level of home help that will be given in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49045/13] - Medical Card Eligibility
661. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be awarded without further delay to persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [49047/13] - Hospital Appointment Delays
662. To ask the Minister for Health if an immediate appointment will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [49049/13] - Medical Card Appeals
663. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card appeal in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49090/13] - Health Services Provision
665. To ask the Minister for Health if and when an appointment for an occupational therapist will be organised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Appeals
666. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49113/13] - Water Fluoridation
667. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an assurance that tap water is safe for use in the making up of babies' bottles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49123/13] - Hospital Charges
668. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who should have a medical card will be exempted from hospital charges recently incurred by them; and if he will make a statement... - HSE Properties
669. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the building which has, since 1979, been home to the Kilmuckridge Family Resource Centre in County Wexford is... - Motorised Transport Grant Applications
670. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 who applied for the motorised transport grant in 2012 has not yet received a decision on their application.... - Health Insurance Issues
671. To ask the Minister for Health if there is ongoing contact with the European authorities concerning the future of the VHI; if he plans to provide an injection of funds for VHI; and if he... - Hospital Services
672. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there are no plans to alter services in Navan Hospital in the next 2 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49212/13] - Pension Provisions
673. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive continues to stop €71.45 from pension payments being made to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny.... - Medical Card Applications
674. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [49221/13] - Hospital Appointment Status
675. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied). [49247/13] - Departmental Bodies
676. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 17 October if the Drugs Advisory Group has met since his response or if a meeting has been scheduled. [49261/13] - Commencement of Legislation
677. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1213 of 5 November 2013, if he will detail the complete list of operational issues that need to be addressed; and if he... - HSE Expenditure
678. To ask the Minister for Health the reason health capital net voted expenditure was €99 million, 32.9% behind profile at the end of October 2013; and if he will make a statement on the... - Ambulance Service Provision
679. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's plans for ambulance cover in County Louth; the number of ambulances available in County Louth in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013;... - Prescription Policy
680. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has requested general practitioners to limit the prescribing of benzodiazepines to medical card patients in particular; the... - Health Insurance Levy
681. To ask the Minister for Health the specific factors that caused him to increase the risk equalisation levy on health insurance that he announced on 12 November; and if he will make a... - Departmental Bodies Expenditure
682. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for SafeFood for the years 2010 to date in 2013; and any proposed budget reductions to these bodies currently being considered. [49350/13] - Medical Card Applications
683. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [49359/13] - Hospital Investigations
684. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [49360/13] - Medical Card Eligibility
686. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the number of persons over 70 years who will lose their full medical cards as a result of the measures announced in Budget... - HSE Waiting Lists
687. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, waiting times for occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and psychology therapy services for children; and a... - National Children's Hospital Status
688. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in announcing the design team for the new national paediatric hospital. [49368/13] - Primary Care Centres Provision
689. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to having the proposed primary care centre for Drimnagh located not at Curlew Road but at the newly purchased Davitt Road site.... - Hospitals Building Programme
690. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that a decision has been taken to build a national paediatric hospital in St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, if it is cost effective to... - Hospital Waiting Lists
691. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of patients waiting for all types of surgery, including elective surgery, based on the following timeframes: one... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
695. To ask the Minister for Health in regard to the 477 multidisciplinary staff for community mental health services promised for 2013, the number that are currently in post; if all of the 477... - Hospital Consultants Recruitment
696. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the importance of early diagnosis and timely medical intervention for sufferers of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, he will provide resources to appoint... - Treatment Abroad Scheme
697. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of applications made to the treatment abroad scheme by sufferers of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome for each year from 2003 to date in 2013;... - Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation
698. To ask the Minister for Health if EU Council recommendation of 8 June 2009 on an action in the field of rare diseases (2009/C 151/02) is being implemented by his Department and the Health... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
699. To ask the Minister for Health if Ehlers-Danlos syndrome will be recognised, as a long-term illness, as required under a EU Council recommendation of 8 June 2009 on an action in the field of... - Hospital Services
700. To ask the Minister for Health if there were dedicated resources and specialist staff treating patients with Ehlers-Danlos sydrome at Tallaght hospital, Dublin 24 in the past decade or so;... - HSE Agency Staff Data
703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total number of agency staff engaged at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 in... - Hospitals Expenditure
704. To ask the Minister for Health the costs associated with transportation relating to the laundry service at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, within the hospital campus and from the... - Health Services Provision
705. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has decided to sell the health centre in Kilmuckridge, County Wexford; the guarantees he can give that existing... - Local Drugs Task Forces
706. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided for youth programmes and for local drug task forces to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49462/13] - Hospital Appointment Status
707. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be granted an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49471/13] - Proposed Legislation
708. To ask the Minister for Health when he proposes to bring forward primary legislation to provide a restructuring of the way in which the designated professions as covered by the Health and... - Hospital Appointment Status
709. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49479/13] - Hospital Equipment
710. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the nuclear x-ray machine in Crumlin Hospital, Dublin, will not be able to deal with any patients or take x-rays in the month of January; the reason... - Medicinal Products Prices
711. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the issue of the high cost of medication here compared to other countries; the progress that is being made and is expected to... - Infectious Disease Screening Service
713. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has secured expert advice in relation to the development of an anti malaria policy; the names and qualifications of those providing such... - Medical Card Delays
714. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application now under appeal will be expedited in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he... - Medical Card Eligibility
715. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the eligibility levels for medical cards for single person's to two thirds of that of a couple in veiw of the hardship... - Freedom of Information Requests
716. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a Freedom of Information request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49552/13] - Services for People with Disabilities
717. To ask the Minister for Health the cutbacks in State funding that have been made to an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 7 over the past three budgets; and if the service is at risk... - Medical Card Applications
718. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card may issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49572/13] - Health Services Provision
719. To ask the Minister for Health if and when occupational therapy will be offered in the case of the child of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare who has been waiting for three years... - Hospital Charges
720. To ask the Minister for Health if it is normal practice for public hospitals to send accident and emergency bills to the next of kin of those who die as a result of road traffic accidents;... - Hospital Appointment Status
721. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an eye appointment in UCHG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49591/13] - Home Help Service Provision
722. To ask the Minister for Health if any home help will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49612/13]
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