Written answers

Wednesday, 18 December 2013

  • Medical Negligence Claims
    10. To ask the Minister for Health if he will alter his proposals for a redress scheme for the victims of symphysiotomy to take account of the concerns of their representative organisation SoS...
  • Mental Health Services Funding
    11. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the programme for Government commitment on ringfenced funding of €35 million for community mental health posts is not being honoured in 2014;...
  • Health Services Allowances
    12. To ask the Minister for Health following revelations that the CEO of an organisation (details supplied) is in receipt of bonus payments, if he has responded to this report; if he will confirm...
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    14. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres that are to be developed under PPP criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54082/13]
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    15. To ask the Minister for Health if he will require the Health Service Executive to urgently revisit its plans for the reconfiguration of mental health services in Galway-Roscommon, in view of...
  • Health Services Expenditure
    16. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects costs throughout the health service to be contained within budget for the foreseeable future; and if he will make a statement on...
  • HSE Investigations
    17. To ask the Minister for Health after the revelations of top up payments in the Central Remedial Clinic, if he intends to hold an investigation into this practice in all agencies and services...
  • Traveller Community
    18. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the fact that it is consistently shown that Travellers have a shorter life span and substantially poorer health than their settled peers;...
  • Magdalen Laundries Issues
    19. To ask the Minister for Health when he will conclude his consideration regarding the provision of medical services to women, eligible under the Magdalen Laundries redress scheme, who reside...
  • Medical Card Reviews
    20. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the review of medical cards; the revised target for medical card probity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54125/13]
  • National Stroke Programme
    22. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to increase thrombolysis rates for stroke patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53982/13]
  • Organ Donation
    23. To ask the Minister for Health the number of submissions received on an opt-out system of consent for organ donation; if he will provide an overview of such submissions; the time-line for...
  • Nursing Home Services
    24. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to ensure that older persons in residential settings have access to essential therapies; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Palliative Care Services
    25. To ask the Minister for Health the strategies in place to enhance palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54084/13]
  • Hospice Services
    26. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that there are currently four operating theatres closed in Cappagh Hospital; the waiting times, by procedure, at Cappagh in October 2011, 2012...
  • Health Services Allowances
    27. To ask the Minister for Health in view of recent controversies regarding the use of proceeds from shops and other facilities in institutions covered by section 39 of the Health Act, if he...
  • General Practitioner Services
    28. To ask the Minister for Health the average increase in general practitioner workload he anticipates from the introduction of free GP care for under 6's; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services Allowances
    29. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the recent revelations into the use of voluntary contributions and proceeds from shops and other facilities to top up the pay of chief executive...
  • Nursing Home Services
    30. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 13 November 2013, the actions being taken and that will be taken to ensure that citizens requiring long-term...
  • Psychological Services
    32. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include key performance indicators for waiting lists for psychological therapy in the upcoming Health Service Executive plan 2013; if he will include...
  • Narcolepsy Issues
    33. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the exact sequence of events that led to the issuing of letters to families of persons who contracted narcolepsy as a result of the Pandemrix...
  • Maternal Mortality
    34. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the levels of maternal mortality among migrant women when compared with women born here, as evidenced by the Confidential Maternal Death Enquiry in...
  • Tax Reliefs Availability
    36. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether changes to tax relief for health insurance will disproportionately hit those over the age of 50; if he has considered any policy measures...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    37. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the new Health Service Executive service plan, if he will provide a full report on the progress of the implementation on the disability act including...
  • Health Services Allowances
    39. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to recoup additional payments to senior management in health and disability agencies; the way he plans to do same; and if he will make a statement...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    40. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to either ensure an operation takes place with immediate effect or ensure regular scans take place to monitor the possible growth of the...
  • National Children's Hospital Issues
    41. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which progress is being achieved in regard to the provision of the proposed new children’s hospital; the extent to which planning or other...

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