Written answers
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
- Ambulance Service Staff
388. To ask the Minister for Health with reference to the four remaining staff of the former regional ambulance control and command centre (details supplied), if the Health Service Executive will... - Prescription Charges
389. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the increased cost of prescription medication to medical card holders; if any provision has been made for those who cannot afford... - Tobacco Control Measures
390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons charged and convicted of buying cigarettes for a minor in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Staff Statistics
392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist registrar posts in each hospital here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51289/13] - Public Health Policy
395. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ban hydrogenated fats here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51293/13] - Disability Support Services Issues
396. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure that funding is made available to the Dyspraxia Association of Ireland to allow them to continue their vital work, in the... - Health Screening Programmes
398. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for the school eye screening system here; the number on the waiting list in County Kerry; the average waiting time... - Departmental Expenditure
399. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the Health Service Executive is paying for any of its employees to receive third-level qualifications; if so, the annual cost for each of... - Disability Support Services Issues
401. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals regarding the deterioration of the early intervention service for children with special needs in Carlow, in terms of physiotherapy, speech... - Medical Card Applications
402. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure that a medical card is issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointment Status
404. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - HIQA Reports
405. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that all hospitals, but especially voluntary hospitals, have followed the good governance guidelines set down in the Health... - Tax Reliefs Eligibility
406. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical certificate in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51480/13] - Medical Card Eligibility
407. To ask the Minister for Health if patients with terminal illness are subject to a means test to qualify for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51488/13] - National Lottery Funding Applications
412. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application for lottery funding by a group (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay on the decision in... - Medical Card Applications
413. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - EU Issues
414. To ask the Minister for Health if he supports amendments Nos. 30, 191, 193, 250 and 253 to the European legislation on clinical trials on medical products for human consumption; and if he... - Local Drugs Task Forces Funding
415. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for the community safety forum posts in Tallaght and Clondalkin in 2014 as was provided by his Department in 2013. [51533/13] - Medical Card Applications
416. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a full medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51537/13] - Hospital Appointments Administration
417. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a urology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51538/13] - Health Insurance Cover
418. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a legal requirement for maternity cover to be mandatory in all health insurance policies regardless of the age of the policy holder, even... - Medical Card Reviews
419. To ask the Minister for Health if he will alter the system of review for medical cards in order that card holders are given a warning before cut off (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Medical Card Applications
420. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and the reason for the delay with same [51551/13] - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
421. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford is not receiving their orthodontic treatment. [51556/13] - Medical Card Reviews
422. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51557/13] - Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
423. To ask the Minister for Health if sanctions apply to hospitals if they fail to treat the 90% target of persons who are admitted to wards or who are released within the first nine hours... - HSE Funding
424. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate, in tabular form, the funding paid by the Health Service Executive to a company (details supplied) in County Mayo for the years 2010 to 2012,... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Issues
425. To ask the Minister for Health if, under the terms of the fair deal nursing homes support scheme, it is permissible for nursing homes to set a standard monthly charge for extras on top of... - HSE Staff Issues
426. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy regarding the long-term absence benefit scheme that applies in the Health Service Executive; if he will detail changes made to the... - Medical Card Applications
427. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the award of a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointment Status
428. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their appointment for a MRI scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51616/13] - Hospital Appointments Administration
429. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for major surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the... - Orthodontic Services Issues
430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the immediate steps which are being taken to trace children who had second-hand braces fitted in view of the discovery that a Health Service... - Health Services Provision
431. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is not a second ear, nose and throat, ENT, service in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51684/13] - Hospital Waiting Lists
432. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 614 of October 2013, regarding the exact number of patients waiting on the bariatric surgery waiting list at St... - National Treasury Management Agency Reports
434. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Treatment Purchase Fund will no longer publish waiting lists at a time separate from the publication of Health Service Executive... - Freedom of Information Requests
435. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 593 of 26 November 2013, if as part of the report request to the Health Service Executive, in part recognition of his... - Hospital Waiting Lists
436. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an admission date for surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been deferred to... - Health Insurance Prices
437. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the additional cost burden being placed on St. Paul's Garda Medical Aid Society as a result of the recent changes to the tax... - Medical Card Appeals
438. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); if he will expedite same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51725/13] - Medical Card Data
439. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new discretionary medical cards that have issued to date in 2013; the number of new discretionary GP cards that have issued to date in 2013; and... - Health Services Provision
440. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including bowel preparation on the general medical services scheme; his views on whether this will help persons on low incomes afford the... - HSE Investigations
441. To ask the Minister for Health where the responsibility lies for Dáil Éireann being misled by his response to parliamentary questions tabled by this Deputy on seven occasions... - Medical Card Eligibility
442. To ask the Minister for Health the decision by the Health Service Executive not to assess over 70's medical card applications on medical grounds; the way a person over 70 can be expected to... - Health Services Provision
443. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding acquired brain injury; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51746/13] - Tobacco Control Measures
444. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any health issues and concerns with electronic cigarettes; the regulations currently in place to deal with this product [51748/13] - Health Insurance Regulation
445. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the report conducted by Matheson and Goodbody stockbrokers into recommendations regarding splitting up VHI; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services Issues
446. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 466 and 477 of 12 November 2013, when a response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51773/13] - General Practitioner Services
447. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extra GPs that are now practising in the provision of services to medical card and GP visit card patients in the Tallaght, Dublin South West... - Vaccination Programme
449. To ask the Minister for Health his plan to institute a vaccine for meningococcal group B on the national immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51784/13] - Health Services Provision
450. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that wheelchair repairs are carried out for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Waiting Lists
452. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for an X-ray at Kerry General Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Reviews
455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a review of GP medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will reinstate the full medical card at an early... - HSE Governance
456. To ask the Minister for Health the way he plans to address the problem of the large number of management roles within the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the... - Adult Diet Supplement
457. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow coeliacs to obtain gluten-free products on the medical card; if coeliacs on medical cards and the elderly will be given special... - Home Help Service Provision
458. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for an additional hour per day home help will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Administration
459. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [51887/13] - HSE Expenditure
460. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the number of Health Service Executive contract companies that are registered offshore; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Organ Donation
461. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 665 of 26 November 2013, if he will confirm if there will be categories of persons excluded, for whatever reasons, from...
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