Written answers
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
- Medical Card Eligibility
575. To ask the Minister for Health if an applicant for the over-70s medical card who is a PAYE employee is permitted a reduction in the means test for travel-to-work costs incurred by that... - Abuse in Hospitals
576. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to allegations of abuse while a patient was in a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and the action he will take regarding... - Drug Treatment Programmes Availability
577. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the major epidemic of opiate drugs being taken in midland towns, namely Athy, County Kildare; and his plans to open a new... - Departmental Banking
578. To ask the Minister for Health the value of services provided to the public by his Department and entities reporting to his Department where a payment is accepted by debit or credit card;... - Speech and Language Therapy
579. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Louth for physical, occupational and speech therapy for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in... - Primary Care Centres Provision
580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the proposed primary care centre for Coolock/Darndale; the proposed details of the project, location, and budget; when it will be... - Medicinal Products Prices
581. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for higher costs here, even for Irish manufactured drugs, compared to other countries [50177/13] - Maternity Services
582. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation for the large variance between emergency caesarean rates on Mondays and Wednesdays, compared to Saturdays as reflected in an... - Health Services Provision
583. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding moneys paid to general practitioner, GP, practices in the midlands and the south on the programme known as Heartwatch for 2011, 2012 and... - HSE Staff Responsibilities
584. To ask the Minister for Health if the chief executive officers of individual hospitals or areas of the health service are responsible for their performance regarding budgeting and so on; and... - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
585. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an orthodontic appointment in County Donegal in tabular form for 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9 months, 9-12 months, over 12... - Medical Card Data
586. To ask the Minister for Health the number of discretional medical cards removed from persons on a county basis in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Waiting Lists
587. To ask the Minister for Health if and when an appointment will be arranged with an ear specialist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement... - State Bodies Funding
588. To ask the Minister for Health if the reported €150million Exchequer investment in VHI will be found from the 2013 health budget or will have to added to the 2014 budget; and if he... - State Bodies Accounts
589. To ask the Minister for Health if the 2012 VHI annual report has been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50232/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists
590. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding cataract treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50234/13] - Organ Donation
591. To ask the Minister for Health the organ donation policy in respect of gay men; if this policy differs from other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50235/13] - Coroners Service
593. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider conducting and independent inquiry into a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50250/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists
594. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has had their operation for a hip replacement at MRH Tullamore postponed on three separate occasions;... - Primary Care Centres Provision
595. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Ennis was not selected as a location for a primary health centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50265/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists
596. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a knee replacement operation will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on... - Medical Card Applications
597. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [50271/13] - Care of the Elderly Provision
598. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider establishing a forum on long-term residential care bringing all of the relevant stake holders involved in the provision of such care for... - Medical Card Applications
599. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [50311/13] - Health Services Staff Remuneration
600. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will publish the first progress report on the audit of 46 agencies including hospitals and organisations granting... - Speech and Language Therapy
601. To ask the Minister for Health with reference to his correspondence of 10 October 2013, if there has been any progress on the matter of a speech and language therapist for provision of... - Health Services Staff Data
602. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of general practitioners, GMS and non-GMS, currently working here; the number of GPs who qualified from the training schemes in the past five... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
603. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the progress of the working group headed by Professor Brian MacCraith, President of DCU to look at general practitioner recruitment issues; and if... - Health Services Staff Data
604. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the 217 general practitioners who have taken up GMS lists since the opening of the scheme, the number already working as assistants in a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
605. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be given an appointment for an arthroscopy procedure following a consultation... - Hospital Transfers
606. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a transfer for surgery/scan from Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath, to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, in respect of a... - Health Services Provision
607. To ask the Minister for Health if and when psychological assessment will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
613. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the €18 million intervention fund announced last May to tackle waiting lists; if any of the €18 million has been... - Health Services Staff Remuneration
614. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 580 of 1 October 2013 the reason medical students on placement in the hospitals for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 were... - Medicinal Products Expenditure
615. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider asking the National Procurement Office to take responsibility for purchases of drugs and medicine on the State's behalf; and if he will... - Health Strategies
616. To ask the Minister for Health if the national dementia strategy will be published in 2013; if an allocation of funding has been made for the 2014 Estimate in order to allow implementation... - Alcohol Sales Legislation
617. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish the heads of the public health (alcohol) Bill prior to publication of the legislation; when he plans to do so; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
619. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a seven months waiting time is appropriate for an urgent pelvic ultrasound for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will... - HSE Staff Issues
620. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy regarding the payment of the injury at work grant; if it is now the case that paramedic staff must exhaust sick leave before receiving... - Medical Card Eligibility
621. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider ensuring that all children born with Down syndrome are automatically entitled to medical cards from birth; and if he will make a statement... - Home Help Service Provision
623. To ask the Minister for Health if another visit from the home help organiser will be arranged with a view to increasing home help in the case of a person (details supplied) in County... - Medical Card Applications
625. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card will be examined in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if an account of the Health Service Executive... - Hospital Procedures
626. To ask the Minister for Health if the reason for delayed scheduling of surgery at Crumlin Hospital for patients suffering from scoliosis is due to lack of funding; if additional funding... - Vaccination Programme
627. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take responsibility for children who are suffering from narcolepsy following receiving the flu injection; if he will put supports in place to help... - Ambulance Service Provision
628. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50540/13] - HSE Transport Service
629. To ask the Minister for Health the reason behind cutting the Health Service Executive transport service for patients attending appointments in other hospitals; the amount in savings his... - Medical Card Eligibility
630. To ask the Minister for Health if nursing home fees are taken into consideration when assessing medical card applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50572/13] - National Treatment Purchase Fund Issues
631. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Treatment Purchase Fund will publish its national waiting list data for September 2013; the reason it remained unpublished as of 20 November... - Hospital Appointment Delays
632. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by patients in Tallaght hospital who are waiting for an appointment with an... - Medical Card Reviews
633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50590/13] - Hospital Appointment Delays
634. To ask the Minister for Health the reason up to 100 operations and-or appointments were cancelled in the eye clinic in Waterford Regional Hospital in the last few weeks; the reason for the... - HSE Transport Service
635. To ask the Minister for Health the process employed by the Health Service Executive for allocating private transport contracts, including patient transport contracts, in the Roscommon area;... - Hospital Procedures
636. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 has had their essential life-saving operation postponed at very short notice; and if he will confirm when... - Medical Card Applications
637. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the general practitioner visit card review or issue a temporary GP visit card to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [50639/13] - HSE Expenditure
638. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the petrol and diesel costs incurred by Health Service Executive staff in the Dublin mid-Leinster region... - Legislative Process
639. To ask the Minister for Health when the regulations under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50647/13] - General Practitioner Services
640. To ask the Minister for Health the reason charges continue to be placed on medical card holders for the taking of blood samples by general practitioners; if he will detail the actions taken... - No-fault Compensation Scheme
641. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 26 September 2013 when he expects a decision will be made on the establishment of a no-fault compensation scheme;... - Universal Health Insurance Provision
642. To ask the Minister for Health when universal health care insurance will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50694/13] - Cochlear Implants
643. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding cochlear implants, following the unanimous endorsement of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children to support the case for... - Health Services Staff Remuneration
644. To ask the Minister for Health in view of recent concerns regarding top-up payments, his views on whether it is appropriate that Health Service Executive employees working in, but not... - Medical Card Applications
646. To ask the Minister for Health if 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. [50720/13] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
647. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a hearing aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50722/13] - Air Ambulance Service Provision
648. To ask the Minister for Health if the principal use of the playing fields in Beaumont Woods, Dublin 9, will remain for playing sports following confirmation that the playing fields will be... - Hospitals Expenditure
650. To ask the Minister for Health the profit generated by the income from the Beaumont Hospital car parks in the past five years; where this profit has been spent in the past five years; and if... - Homeless Accommodation Funding
657. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided by his Department and the Health Service Executive to organisations or agencies to deal with homelessness over the past five years; and if... - Medical Card Applications
658. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will not have their application for a medical card considered in view of the fact that they have already... - Suicide Incidence
659. To ask the Minister for Health the suicide statistics and the rate per 100,000 of population for the years 2009 to 2012, inclusive. [50763/13] - HSE Staff Remuneration
660. To ask the Minister for Health if he has at any stage since 9 March 2011 sought approval from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform or the Department of Finance for any salary or... - Vaccination Programme
661. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of support currently being offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Facilities
662. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding for a second catheterisation laboratory at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50820/13] - EU Funding
663. To ask the Minister for Health the projects or programmes within his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department that received EU funding in 2012; and if he will make a... - National Clinical Programme for Diabetes
664. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the national diabetes integrated care package, with particular reference to the implementation of the plan on a... - Patient Referrals
666. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which medical consultants require patients to provide a general practitioner referral letter in the public health system and in private practice;... - Hospital Consultants Recruitment
667. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for the approval of consultant posts in the public health system; the basis on which decisions are made in respect of geographical locations and... - Hospital Consultants Contract Issues
668. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure involved for medical consultants to establish a private practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50865/13]
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