Written answers

Tuesday, 4 February 2014

  • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
    609. To ask the Minister for Health if any representative lobby groups from the Health Service Executive have sought exemptions from the Haddington Road agreement; if any such exemptions have...
  • Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
    610. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the concentration of methadone clinics in the city centre and social order issues that arise as a result of same; the negative impact this has on...
  • Tobacco Industry Lobbying
    611. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) which highlighted that the influential Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    612. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for using gross income for the calculation of medical card eligibility for the over 70s and net income for those under 70; and if he will make a...
  • Medical Card Applications
    613. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has suffered a sympyhsiotomy has been denied a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • HSE Legal Cases
    614. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be further legal action taken regarding the financial irregularities uncovered at an organisation (details supplied) in 2012. [5601/14]
  • Hospital Facilities
    615. To ask the Minister for Health the ICU capacity in each acute hospital; the occupancy rate in these beds in each hospital in 2013; the occupancy rate in each unit on each day between 20 and...
  • Voluntary Sector Funding
    616. To ask the Minister for Health the funding options available to a voluntary housing association (details supplied) in County Mayo to assist in covering the costs incurred in providing a...
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    617. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to employ a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon in the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda; the reason there has been such a delay...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for orthopaedic surgery in the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • HIQA Investigations
    619. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information Quality Authority investigation into ambulance service response times will specifically examine the death of a person (details...
  • Nursing Home Accommodation
    620. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is on a list to be admitted to Ashling House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4901/14]
  • Health Services Issues
    621. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4903/14]
  • Health Services Staff Data
    622. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the number of vacant consultant posts throughout the country; the specific positions involved; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    625. To ask the Minister for Health when the position of clinical psychologist, covering the Ballyfermot, Palmerston area will be filled in Cherry Orchard Hospital; and if he will make a...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Appeals
    626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will insist on an early response to an appeal for an increased contribution under the nursing home support scheme in respect of a person (details...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
    627. To ask the Minister for Health if the fair deal scheme will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will expedite a response [4937/14]
  • Medical Card Applications
    628. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4950/14]
  • Health Services Provision
    629. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a service was cut in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4951/14]
  • Medical Card Reviews
    630. To ask the Minister for Health if medical cards will be reinstated in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4955/14]
  • Tobacco Control Measures
    631. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to regulate the sale and supply of e-cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4958/14]
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    632. 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. [4967/14]
  • Hospital Services
    633. To ask the Minister for Health if all blood samples taken in the mid-west region are sent to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick for testing; his views on whether that office is...
  • Appointments to State Boards
    634. To ask the Minister for Health if he will itemise in tabular form the occasions on which his Department has engaged the services of external professional advice such as a company (details...
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    636. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a level 5 FETAC course in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5059/14]
  • Health Services Provision
    638. To ask the Minister for Health when a sustainable long-term solution will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Equipment
    639. To ask the Minister for Health the current location of an extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy machine purchased for University Hospital Galway in 2010; and the number of public patients...
  • Air Pollution
    640. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has refused to investigate a public report, put before him by the Irish Environmental Forum, which was published by Professor Jacqueline McGlade...
  • Health Services Issues
    641. To ask the Minister for Health the analysis and data used by his Department, in consideration of whether the Health Service Executive should take over Mount Carmel Hospital, which led to the...
  • Health Services Staff Issues
    642. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that have been developed in his Department to date for bringing any and all of the highly skilled workforce from Mount Carmel Hospital into the...
  • Treatment Abroad Scheme
    643. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 697 of 19 November 2013, if the report which he undertook to obtain from the Health Service Executive in relation to the...
  • Health Services Provision
    644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the current and long-term care plan in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Schools Guidance Counsellors
    645. To ask the Minister for Health if a comprehensive response will be issued to correspondence sent to him on 8 October 2013 from a person (details supplied) regarding guidance counselling in...
  • Disability Support Services Issues
    646. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in each early intervention team in Dublin North-East; the length of time each post has been vacant; if he will ensure all posts are...
  • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
    647. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a full-time consultant paediatrician urologist at Temple Street Children's Hospital, Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore a full medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare with a long-term illness, who have had their card removed after nine...
  • Medical Card Applications
    649. To ask the Minister for Health if and when 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. [5190/14]
  • Hospital Appointment Delays
    650. 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...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    651. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made towards affording access to individualised funding for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5222/14]
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    652. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind persons living in the State but working in Northern Ireland, part of the UK, holding full Irish medical cards; if the Irish Government is...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    653. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 314 of 16 January 2014, the up-to-date position regarding a timeframe for the commencement of disability services with...
  • Health Services Staff Data
    654. To ask the Minister for Health if there is sufficient medical staff in the Health Service Executive to deal with the workload; the number of medical staff compared to administration staff...
  • Hospital Staff Issues
    655. To ask the Minister for Health when he was informed about difficulties with recruiting consultants in particular posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5258/14]
  • Health Services Staff Issues
    656. To ask the Minister for Health if there are officials in his Department or in the Health Service Executive that are responsible for medical manpower planning; and if he will make a statement...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    657. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met the Irish Hospital Consultants Association recently; the issues that were discussed; the actions that were taken; and if he will make a statement...
  • Departmental Meetings
    661. To ask the Minister for Health if the CEO of the Health Service Executive sits at the management advisory meetings in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5264/14]
  • Medical Card Applications
    663. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); if same will be expedited due to the person having a...
  • Orthodontic Services Provision
    666. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) receives an appointment for orthodontic care. [5343/14]
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    667. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an earlier appointment date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5344/14]
  • Nursing Home Repayment Scheme
    668. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a nursing home charge in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5347/14]
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
    669. To ask the Minister for Health the decision of the Health Service Executive to allow patients with ADHD to be covered under the long term illness scheme; if this will be back dated and if...
  • Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act
    670. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding rodent legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5366/14]
  • Palliative Care Facility
    671. To ask the Minister for Health when he will sanction capital funding for the palliative care unit based at Waterford Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5369/14]
  • Health Services Provision
    672. To ask the Minister for Health if support pay will be given to the elderly parent of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [5376/14]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    673. To ask the Minister for Health the resources that will be provided to each county through the progressing disability dervices for children and young people programme in the next two years....
  • Ambulance Service Equipment
    674. To ask the Minister for Health the vehicles that have been purchased by the national ambulance service in the past 12 months; the purpose of these vehicles; and if any of these vehicles are...
  • Proposed Legislation
    675. To ask the Minister for Health if the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 will be subject to notification procedure to the European Union which one must follow...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    676. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly can expect an appointment for MRI Scan at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [5400/14]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    677. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the full details of the December waiting lists in the format customarily used by the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [5403/14]
  • Medical Card Data
    680. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the 2013 target for discretionary medical card which was detailed in the Health Service Executive September 2013 management data report was not...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    681. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of a mobility scooter to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be expedited; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement...
  • Medical Qualifications Issues
    682. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which all medical graduates from overseas practising here may have studied for one year less than normal in any EU country; and if he will make a...
  • Disabilities Services Funding
    685. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available for the disability services department in Tullamore, County Offaly for 2014; if this will lead to an increase or reduction in services...
  • Autism Support Services
    686. To ask the Minister for Health the services available for persons with autism in the Laois/Offaly area; if provision will be made in the new service plan to improve these services in view of...
  • Hospitals Funding
    687. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide separate breakdowns in tabular form of all moneys allocated to St. James' Hospital, Our Lady’s Childrens Hospital Crumlin and the...
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    689. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide timeframes for when the academic posts committed to for St. James' Hospital, Our Lady’s Children's Hospital Crumlin and the Coombe...
  • Hospital Staff Data
    691. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of staff numbers employed in the St. James' Hospital, Our Lady’s Children's Hospital Crumlin and the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    694. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a separate breakdown of in-patient and out-patient waiting times across all specialities at St. James' Hospital, Our Lady’s...
  • Hospital Procedures
    695. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the number of elective procedures and surgeries cancelled at the St. James' Hospital, Our Lady’s Children's Hospital...
  • Vaccination Programme
    696. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding BCG vaccinations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5440/14]
  • Hospitals Funding
    697. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide separate breakdowns in tabular form of all moneys allocated to Sligo Regional Hospital from 2007 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Hospital Staff Data
    699. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a tabular form a breakdown of staff numbers employed in Sligo Regional Hospital from 2007 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    702. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a separate breakdown of inpatient and outpatient waiting times across all specialties at Sligo Regional Hospital; and if he will make a...
  • Information and Communications Technology Issues
    704. To ask the Minister for Health the apps his Department or attached agencies have been involved in developing for smartphones and other multimedia devices in the past three years; the cost...
  • Hospitals Funding
    705. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide separate breakdowns in tabular form of all moneys allocated to Mallow General Hospital, County Cork from 2007 to 2014. [5469/14]
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    707. To ask the Minister for Health the posts that remain vacant in Mallow General Hospital, County Cork; the length of time they been vacant; if the positions have been advertised; and when will...
  • Hospital Staff Data
    708. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of staff numbers employed in the Mallow General Hospital, County Cork from 2007 to 2014. [5472/14]
  • Health Services Issues
    711. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that transgender persons undergoing transition in the Munster area can receive treatment in the endocrinology unit in Cork; and his plans to...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    712. To ask the Minister for Health in view of general practitioners having full electronic visibility of the medical card panel of patients available to them and having the facility to allow...
  • Hospitals Policy
    713. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed co-location of the Regional Maternity Hospital, Limerick with the Mid-Western Regional Hospital at Dooradoyle; and if he...
  • Hospitals Funding
    714. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide separate breakdowns in tabular form of all moneys allocated to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda from 2007 to 2014. [5488/14]
  • Hospital Staff Data
    716. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of staff numbers employed in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda from 2007 to 2014. [5490/14]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    719. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a separate breakdown of inpatient and outpatient waiting times across all specialities at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. [5493/14]
  • Audiology Services Provision
    721. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the waiting list for audiology services in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5503/14]
  • Community Care Issues
    722. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalents for community services; the number employed on temporary contracts, via agencies or through voluntary organisations...
  • Hospital Transfers
    723. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has been waiting eight weeks to be transferred from Kerry General Hospital to Cork University Hospital for...
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
    724. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to add Crohn's disease to the long-term illness list. [5515/14]
  • Medical Card Applications
    725. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Dental Services Provision
    726. To ask the Minister for Health when a dental clinic will be restored in Loughrea, County Galway; his plans to ensure that children in south Galway have proper access to dental services; and...
  • Health Services Issues
    727. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons in Kerry and Cork must wait for more than two years to have cataracts removed; the action he will take to rectify this situation; and if he...
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    728. To ask the Minister for Health if an earlier date will be provided for an appointment for a speech and language therapist assessment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Prescription Charges
    729. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding prescription charges in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5586/14]
  • Hospital Equipment
    730. To ask the Minister for Health if the CT scanner in Louth County Hospital is in regular use; the number of times it has been used in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Hospital Services
    731. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public patients referred to Mount Carmel Hospital in 2013 for convalescence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5596/14]
  • Hospitals Funding
    732. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide separate breakdowns in tabular form of all moneys allocated to Kerry General Hospital from 2007 to 2014. [5603/14]
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    733. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframes within which the academic posts committed to Kerry General Hospital will be appointed. [5604/14]
  • Hospital Staff Data
    735. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of staff numbers employed in the Kerry General Hospital from 2007 to 2014. [5606/14]
  • Hospitals Expenditure
    736. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full breakdown in tabular form of all money spent on agency staff at Kerry General Hospital from 2007 to 2014. [5607/14]
  • Hospital Services
    738. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a separate breakdown of inpatient and outpatient waiting times for all specialities at Kerry General Hospital. [5609/14]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Application Numbers
    741. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications on hand on 31 January 2014 for the nursing homes support scheme; the number approved awaiting funding on the same day; the average...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    742. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals to child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in 2013; the number who were accepted; the number refused; the reason for...
  • Ambulance Service Provision
    744. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the ambulance service (details supplied). [5671/14]
  • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
    745. To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost of the development of the children's hospital on the St. James's Hospital site; the estimated timetable for completion of the project; the...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    746. To ask the Minister for Health the current projected cost of the development of the new endoscopic suite at Roscommon County Hospital; the estimated timetable for completion of this project;...
  • Ambulance Service Provision
    747. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the ambulance cover in County Kerry and north Cork will be strengthened and enhanced; in view of the resources and personnel, if he will...

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