Written answers

Wednesday, 18 December 2013

  • Disability Support Services Expenditure
    214. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of funding for care and support services for multiple sclerosis patients, such as physiotherapy and specialist counselling, in 2011, 2012...
  • Medical Card Reviews
    217. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospitals Discharges
    218. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding guidelines on discharge from hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54502/13]
  • Medical Card Applications
    219. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Procedures
    220. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Longford patients are now deemed to be outside the catchment area for the eye and ear hospital in Dublin; the new procedures that have been put in...
  • Drugs Crime
    221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the funding cuts to the national drugs task force which has resulted in funding to policing forums being dramatically eroded; and the plans...
  • Medical Card Applications
    222. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Medical Card Delays
    223. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54518/13]
  • Medical Card Applications
    224. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Care of the Elderly Provision
    225. 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...
  • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
    226. To ask the Minister for Health when a determination will be made in an application for a primary medical certificate under the disabled drivers regulations in respect of a person (details...
  • Medical Card Reviews
    227. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review application and award full medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
  • Hospital Procedures
    228. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of operations-procedures that have been cancelled-postponed in each public hospital to date in 2013; and if he...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    231. To ask the Minister for Health the routine waiting time for an MRI at the each of the following hospitals: Mid-Western Regional Hospital Limerick, Connolly Hospital, Midland Regional...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    232. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has only been awarded a medical card under EU regulations while their two children were refused; and...
  • Medical Card Reviews
    233. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review application and award a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Application Numbers
    234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in Cork City and County currently awaiting a decision from the Health Service Executive on their application under the nursing home...
  • Health Services Issues
    235. To ask the Minister for Health the compensation payments made by the Health Service Executive in Cork City and County for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 in respect of all claims...
  • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
    236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on a waiting list for orthodontic assessment and for orthodontic treatment in Cork City and County; the steps being taken by...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    237. To ask the Minister for Health if a full medical card will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54575/13]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    238. 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....
  • Health Services Staff Issues
    239. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) from County Donegal has been waiting for some months for a transfer to County Donegal from Dublin despite a placement...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    240. To ask the Minister for Health when psychiatric services, including residential accommodation will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
  • Medical Card Delays
    241. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Donegal who are on limited income and the cost of...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    242. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment to have an operation on their back in Galway University Hospital; and if he will...
  • Departmental Bodies
    243. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 16 October 2013, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54645/13]
  • General Practitioner Co-operatives
    244. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the establishment of a new general practitioner out-of-hours co-op for the Sligo-north Leitrim area (details supplied), in view of the...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    245. To ask the Minister for Health when specially adapted shoes will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54660/13]
  • Hospital Services
    246. To ask the Minister for Health following on from various commitments and promises made to the people of Waterford in relation to the change of Waterford Regional Hospital to Waterford...
  • Health Services Provision
    250. To ask the Minister for Health when treatment will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54681/13]
  • Tobacco Control Measures
    251. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the forthcoming public health (standardised packaging of tobacco) Bill. [54684/13]
  • National Children's Hospital Issues
    254. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the national children's hospital development plan has been advanced to date; the degree to which he expects the plan to be on target; and...
  • Health Insurance Data
    257. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which private health insurance increases have been noted in respect of the various providers; if, in the context of any study of the proportion...
  • Hospital Acquired Infections
    258. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which steps have been taken to eliminate MRSA or other such infections throughout the hospital service; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
    259. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which waiting times at accident and emergency can be reduced further by identifying those requiring more serious interventions for attention at a...
  • Hospital Staff Data
    260. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which junior hospital doctors, nurses and consultant staff are available throughout the public hospital sector with particular reference to the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    261. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which hospital waiting lists have been reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54696/13]
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    262. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in respect of the primary care building programme; the total number of such centres already in place, those planned and the schedule for...
  • Hospital Services
    263. To ask the Minister for Health when the next phase of the Naas hospital development plan is expected to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54698/13]
  • Medical Card Data
    264. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards in circulation in each of the past ten years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54699/13]
  • Hospital Staff Data
    265. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which staffing levels throughout the public hospital sector compare with similar staffing levels and access to resources with those prevailing in...
  • Health Services Issues
    266. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in the care of the Health Service Executive. [54715/13]
  • Bullying in the Workplace
    267. To ask the Minister for Health if board members covered up to instances of bullying by a day care manager at the Central Remedial Clinic; and if all proper channels were explored. [54716/13]
  • Prescription Charges
    268. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding prescription charges in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [54717/13]
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    269. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person |(details supplied) in Dublin 9. [54718/13]
  • Dental Services Provision
    270. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a full dental service for children, unemployed people, medical card holders and those paying full PRSI contributions; and if he will make...
  • Health Services Provision
    271. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a full eye test service for children, unemployed people, medical card holders and those paying full PRSI contributions; and if he will...
  • HSE Expenditure
    272. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of Health Service Executive agency doctors at Waterford Regional Hospital in 2013; the cost in each of the years 2009 to 2012, inclusive;...
  • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
    273. To ask the Minister for Health the names and amount by which each programme manager-special adviser in his Department has exceed the relevant pay guidelines as laid down; and if he will make...

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