Written answers

Thursday, 19 December 2013

  • Medical Card Eligibility
    318. To ask the Minister for Health if he considers there to be a potential unfairness in his recent move to set the over 70s medical card allowance for a couple at less than double that of a...
  • Disease Management
    319. To ask the Minister for Health the chronic disease management programmes that were introduced in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54763/13]
  • Health Services Staff Data
    320. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of health care professionals working in primary care as of 1 January 2013; the most up to date numbers for them; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Health Services Reform
    321. To ask the Minister for Health when the Department’s programme management office was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54766/13]
  • Patient Safety Agency Establishment
    322. To ask the Minister for Health when the new patient safety agency will be established on an administrative basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54767/13]
  • Cancer Screening Programmes
    324. To ask the Minister for Health the date in 2014 that the age range extension of BreastCheck to include 65 to 69 year old women will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • HSE Governance
    325. To ask the Minister for Health the findings and recommendations of the review conducted by the Department in conjunction with the Health Service Executive of corporate functions and...
  • Departmental Funding
    326. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for the health service will be provided through the Vote from the first quarter of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54771/13]
  • Health Insurance Regulation
    327. To ask the Minister for Health when the Department will address the regulatory status of the VHI in line with the European Court of Justice ruling; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Funding
    328. To ask the Minister for Health the way the Department has developed programme-based budgeting in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54773/13]
  • Health Services Reports
    329. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail in tabular form the recommendations contained in the 2012 reviews of financial management systems in the Irish health service; the progress...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight
    330. To ask the Minister for Health when the single assessment tool for older people services was rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54775/13]
  • Palliative Care Services
    332. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the prospective funding model for palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54777/13]
  • Disabilities Services Funding
    333. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the move towards a person-centred model of services and supports for disability services, when the initiation of demonstration projects as proof...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    334. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was suspended in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54787/13]
  • Mobility Allowance Review
    335. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the roll-out of the scheme that is to replace the former mobility grant for persons with physical disabilities; and if he will make a...
  • Medical Card Appeals
    336. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in respect of an appeal for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    337. To ask the Minister for Health if he will evaluate the prospects of the moratorium on recruitment being lifted for the Health Service Executive's optometry service for children in primary...
  • Hospital Consultants Contract Issues
    339. To ask the Minister for Health if any hospital has recouped money from hospital consultants who have exceeded the permitted 20:30 private practice ratio; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    342. To ask the Minister for Health if the claim on 20 November 2013 that some 20,000 new discretionary medical cards have been granted this year alone is correct; and if he will make a statement...
  • Medical Card Data
    343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-means tested medical cards that are currently allocated to EU citizens over the age of 60 years under EU Regulation 883/04; if he will...
  • EU Regulations
    345. To ask the Minister for Health the EU states with whom Ireland has a bilateral or waiver agreements with under EU Regulation 883/04; if he will provide in a list form, detailing for each EU...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    347. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive intend to pursue the recouping of costs associated with the issuance of non-means tested medical cards to EU citizens under EU...
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    351. To ask the Minister for Health if the required number of staff will be employed at the new day care building at St. Joseph’s Raheny, Dublin 5; and if he will provide the timeline for...
  • Ambulance Service Provision
    354. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 12 November 2013, if the national ambulance service has received a report regarding serious incidents in the...
  • Commencement of Legislation
    356. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Protection of Life in Pregnancy Act has not been implemented to date; the number of members of the medical profession that were contacted with a...
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    357. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a significant number of nursing posts in hospitals across Ireland have recently been advertised by the Health Service Executive to be filled by...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
    358. To ask the Minister for Health in situations where a hospital discharges a patient that requires full time nursing home care and where that need is accepted under the fair deal scheme but...
  • Nursing Home Services
    359. To ask the Minister for Health where a private nursing home charges additional fees which are mandatory such as for occupational and leisure services, the reason that is not included in the...
  • Medical Card Drugs
    360. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who turns 18, has a severe intellectual disability, and has a medical card will still be able to include his or her monthly prescription charges...
  • Medical Negligence Cases
    361. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of recent High Court decisions where the Health Service Executive has resisted until the commencement of the hearing of the case the acceptance...
  • Health Services Issues
    362. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 20 November 2013, regarding an investigation, if he will respond to the following (details supplied). [54904/13]
  • HSE National Service Plan
    363. To ask the Minister for Health if he will as a matter of priority, make the necessary funding and resources available in the 2014 Health Service Executive service plan in respect of a...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    364. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a knee replacement appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Orthodontic Services Provision
    366. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 November 2013, if he has received a response from the Health Service Executive; if he will now have an...
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    367. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Cork University Hospital has diverted funding earmarked to open the as yet unused epilepsy monitoring unit to other areas of the hospital; if he...
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    368. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the number of extra occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and psychological services to address the shortfall which exists...
  • HSE Funding
    369. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of moneys paid to persons (details supplied) over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54947/13]
  • Charities and Voluntary Organisations
    370. To ask the Minister for Health the role the Health Service Executive played in the appointment of the CRC directors who recently resigned and in the appointment of directors to other...
  • European Health Insurance Card
    372. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the health service of providing a European Health Insurance Card to Irish citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54968/13]
  • Charities and Voluntary Organisations
    373. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding top-ups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54974/13]
  • Health Services Issues
    374. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a conflict of interest regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54981/13]
  • Hospital Staff Issues
    375. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to ensure that surgeons are kept busy at all times in hospitals in view of what has been highlighted recently in the media; and if he...
  • Freedom of Information Requests
    377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of requests for which a search and retrieval...
  • Hospital Staff Issues
    378. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with doctors failing to take the proper history of patients admitted to hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55015/13]
  • Medicinal Products Expenditure
    380. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of expenditure on hi-tech medicines for each year for the past seven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55018/13]
  • Prescription Charges
    381. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the significant increase in the cost of a prescription in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 following their switching to the...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    382. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department have not provided sign language and a full programme of activities for a special needs person in line with the agreement reached with...
  • Medical Card Applications
    383. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [55073/13]
  • Hospital Charges
    384. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented at accident and emergency units in 2011 and 2012 who were not in possession of a medical card or a letter of referral from...
  • Health Services Staff Issues
    386. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposed increase in the nursing retention fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55114/13]
  • Medical Card Data
    388. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any timetables for the delivery of medical cards which the Health Service Executive must follow; if he has given any consideration to imposing...
  • Legislative Process RIA
    389. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of Bills that have been published by his Department since he was appointed Minister; the number and title of those bills which included a...
  • Departmental Bodies
    390. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of Irish quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations that his Department either created or falls under his Department’s...

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