Written answers

Wednesday, 20 November 2013

  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    183. To ask the Minister for Health if he has or will be introducing regulations in order that defibrillators will be available on the buses of Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann and private bus...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    184. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health beds available for children, in tabular form, by Health Service Executive area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Services
    185. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in the progress of a 24/7 cardiac unit in Waterford Regional Hospital; if the resources are in place; when this will be open and...
  • Orthodontic Services Provision
    186. To ask the Minister for Health if he has been requested to establish a process to roll out the delivery of orthodontic therapy in accordance with best international practice, in order to...
  • Medical Card Applications
    187. 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. [49632/13]
  • Health Services Issues
    188. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the policy change of a service (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of the impact it is having on patients; and if he will make a...
  • Medical Card Applications
    190. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [49659/13]
  • Patient Deaths
    191. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the death of a person (details supplied); if the abortionist who caused the injury to the person is practising in any clinic in the UK...
  • Health Services Staff Remuneration
    192. To ask the Minister for Health the allowances paid to management and staff in the Health Service Executive and in the Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49675/13]
  • Prescription Charges
    193. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that those patients on the long-term illness scheme and with a medical card are liable for the prescription charge fee; if there have been...
  • Health Services Issues
    194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the closure of a laboratory (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49684/13]
  • Health Promotion Issues
    195. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will carry out a health promotion programme to help protect Irish women by ensuring that they are made aware of the dangers of abortion and...
  • Death Event Publication Service
    196. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 13 November 2013, the other State Departments and sections of Departments and all other State agencies that are...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    197. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the elderly, the medical card and the assessment process. [49699/13]
  • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
    198. To ask the Minister for Health the action the special delivery unit, SDU, is taking to tackle the delayed discharge policy of Beaumont Hospital which is resulting in the accident and...
  • Medical Card Applications
    199. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49705/13]
  • Medical Card Data
    201. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons who are refused medical cards every year from new applications since 2008 to date in 2013; the total number of applications for...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    203. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons since 2008 who either the Health Service Executive or his Department have referred to enforcement authorities on suspicion of their...
  • Primary Care Strategy
    204. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the status of the primary care strategy and his plans to expand the capacity of primary care through the recruitment of additional therapy...
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    205. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the provision of primary care centres to meet the needs identified in the Health Service Executive needs analysis carried out in 2012; the way he...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    206. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a P21 will not be accepted when assessing income of an applicant for a medical card, in the situation where a person's primary income is realised...
  • Health Insurance Cover
    207. To ask the Minister for Health if all holders of private health insurance have to have maternity benefit as a component of this; and the basis for same; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Health Insurance Data
    208. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons who have health insurance as of October 2013; the figures for end of year 2007 to 2012 inclusive; the number of these that have a...
  • Universal Health Insurance Provision
    209. To ask the Minister for Health his timeline for the roll-out of universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49742/13]
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
    210. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the long-term illness scheme to include additional chronic illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49743/13]
  • Medical Card Reviews
    211. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure that policy guidelines introduced in Budget 2014 in relation to changes in medical cards are being relayed empathetically to...
  • Palliative Care for Children
    212. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has set aside a budget to set up a perinatal hospice in Dublin; his policy proposals in this area; if this issue is on his priority list; and...
  • Medical Card Applications
    214. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is necessary for an applicant for a medical card who is in receipt of a farm assist payment to provide a letter from revenue with the...
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    215. To ask the Minister for Health if he will lift the recruitment embargo to allow the recruitment of permanent full-time speech and language therapists; if his attention has been drawn to the...
  • Legislative Measures
    216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the Pharmacy Act 2007, which prevents persons who are bankrupt from being registered as pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Pharmacy Regulations
    217. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the ongoing regulatory costs for pharmacists of €400 - €570 on first registration - which each pharmacist and €2,250 -...
  • Medical Card Applications
    218. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Bodies Data
    219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of quangos operating under the aegis of his Department; the total number of directors sitting on their boards; the aggregate fees incurred by the...

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