Written answers
Tuesday, 11 February 2014
- Alcohol Pricing
565. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the pricing of alcohol (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6293/14] - Medicinal Products Availability
566. To ask the Minister for Health the conditions under which incontinence products are being made available to those on disability allowance; the reason prior to 2013, when full-time care was... - Patient Statistics
567. To ask the Minister for Health the figure for all double transplant patients here over the past ten years; the number of these patients that have received medical cards; and if he will make... - Health Services Issues
568. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been given the medical treatment they were promised [6176/14] - EU Directives
569. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects full compliance with Directive 2011/24/EU of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients' rights in cross-border health care, which was due to... - Medicinal Products Availability
570. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the drug MabCampath available to MS patients under the long-term illness scheme and the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on... - HSE Staffing
571. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the 84 positions filled by the Health Service Executive under JobBridge in 2013. [6186/14] - Medical Card Administration
572. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to delays in the issuing of medical cards to persons awarded them and to delays in the issuing of refusal letters and renewal... - Home Care Packages
573. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package can be put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6213/14] - Orthodontic Services Provision
574. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an orthodontic appointment in respect of a person (details supplied). [6217/14] - Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
575. To ask the Minister for Health if he will call on the Health Service Executive to reverse its decision on financial grounds not to approve Eculizumab, which is required by approximately 75... - Hospital Waiting Lists
576. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive a hospital appointment. [6232/14] - Magdalen Laundries
577. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that Judge Quirke was explicit in recommending that health care should apply to each of the women who were admitted to and worked in a... - Speech and Language Therapy
578. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a county breakdown of the number of children currently on waiting lists for speech and language therapies; the numbers waiting six months or... - Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure
579. To ask the Minister for Health the monetary value of a contract awarded to a company (details supplied) for a particular piece of work; the daily rate paid for this work; the amount spent to... - Medical Card Eligibility
580. To ask the Minister for Health if cohabiting couples are assessed in the same manner as married couples when a person in a cohabiting relationship makes a medical card application; if both... - Youth Services Provision
581. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the funding programmes that are available from his Department to assist projects involved in youth diversion and rehabilitation; and to whom... - Medical Card Applications
582. To ask the Minister for Health if, after awarding a medical card for a young child (details supplied) suffering from acute quadriplegic cerebral palsy until 2015, he expected a major change... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
583. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the supports available to patients suffering from narcolepsy; if he will update the long-term illness scheme and ensure the inclusion of... - Medical Card Appeals
584. To ask the Minister for Health If he will expedite a medical card appeal in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6371/14] - Medical Card Applications
585. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6372/14] - Ambulance Service Provision
586. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the current provision of ambulance and pre-emergency care in Cashel, County Tipperary; if this service has been reduced in the past 12 months or if... - Substance Abuse Prevention Education
587. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Neknomination. [6378/14] - Public Health Policy
588. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of the healthy Ireland council; the number of positions available; if he will provide a full job description of the... - Medical Card Applications
589. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6385/14] - Disability Support Services Provision
591. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the additional resources that are being made available for children and young adults with autism in County Kerry in the 2014 Health Service... - Nursing Home Services
592. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has considered a proposal to make an existing 50-bed nursing facility available for use by a charitable organisation (details... - Speech and Language Therapy
593. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will receive speech and language therapy; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Staff Recruitment (1 comment)
594. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to replace the spinal surgeon at Tallaght hospital given the pervious surgeon has ceased practising; if provisions are being made to facilitate... - Medical Card Administration
595. To ask the Minister for Health when a change of doctor issue will be rectified on medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Waiting Lists
596. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm for the months, November 2013, December 2013 and January 2014, the number of persons that were left waiting on trolleys for more than12... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
597. To ask the Minister for Health when an electric bed will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6440/14] - Departmental Contracts Data
598. To ask the Minister for Health if he will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by his Department and agencies under his aegis since May 2011; the... - Speech and Language Therapy
599. To ask the Minister for Health if and when required speech therapy will commence in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Investigations
600. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the Chief Medical Officer, who is currently preparing an initial report on the maternity unit at Portlaoise Hospital, will have included in... - Medical Card Appeals
601. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6466/14] - Ambulance Service Provision
602. To ask the Minister for Health the reason ambulance transport was denied in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will provide an explanation regarding the... - Patient Transfers
603. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be urgently admitted to Beaumount Hospital from Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on... - Accident and Emergency Services Provision
604. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to install a messaging system in each accident and emergency department that displays the current waiting time; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Advertising Expenditure
605. To ask the Minister for Health the total spent on advertising by his Department and each agency under his aegis in 2013; if he will provide a breakdown of the amount spent on each of TV,... - Departmental Social Media Policy
606. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department currently engages in real-time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the... - Ambulance Service Response Times
607. To ask the Minister for Health further Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 18 December 2013, if he will furnish a follow up reply to the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the... - Home Care Packages
608. To ask the Minister for Health if a home health package will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6614/14] - Hospital Appointments Administration
609. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the waiting list in Beaumont Hospital regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make... - Hospital Trusts
610. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish an independent review of the UL Hospital Group tasked with evaluating if a model three hospital is required in the network; and if he will... - Ambulance Service Provision
611. To ask the Minister for Health the level of ambulance cover available for the east Cork area on a 24-hour basis; his views on whether this level of cover is adequate; the average response... - Health Services Provision
612. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 10 December 2013, when he expects the Health Service Executive to supply information requested; and if he will... - Ambulance Service Staff
613. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate reports received by this Deputy that three relatives of the chief ambulance officer of the national ambulance service have recently been... - Medical Card Eligibility
614. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason the applicant has not received any... - Hospital Procedures
616. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of operations and-or procedures that were cancelled or postponed in each public hospital in 2013; and if he... - Blind Welfare Allowance Eligibility
618. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a blind welfare allowance has ceased in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Provision
619. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for an eye examination and-or optical appliance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will... - HSE Staff Responsibilities
620. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive personnel assigned to dealing with media queries in respect of matters relating to HSE functions in County Laois and the... - Maternity Services
621. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department is expected to complete the audit of hospitals on the way in which perinatal mortality statistics are being provided to the national... - Health Services Provision
622. To ask the Minister for Health position regarding the application for a residential place in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if he will make a statement on the... - Sexual Offences
623. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department's attitude to the Drogheda review and requests for transcripts by complaining attendees; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointment Status
630. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if same will be expedited; and if he will make a... - Health Services Access
631. To ask the Minister for Health the quality and level of support including therapeutic services available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on... - Primary Care Centres Provision
632. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the primary care centres announced in 2012. [6774/14] - Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
634. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the wait time for elderly persons in Beaumont Hospital has lessened since his last visit to the hospital; if additional facilities should... - Environmental Policy
635. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the health implications arising from Professor Jacqueline McGlade's report for the European Environment Agency in terms of assessing the... - Autism Support Services
636. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria for early intervention services in respect of children under the age of six who have been diagnosed with autism; if his attention has... - General Medical Services Scheme Administration
639. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the situation of a family (details supplied). [6786/14] - Dietician Service
640. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria for the provision of dietician services by the Health Service Executive; if these vary across the State; and if he will make a... - Prescription Charges
641. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to increase the prescription charge for persons on the State pension who are holders of medical cards; and if he will make a... - Official Engagements
642. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all official engagements by him or the Ministers of State in his Department that have taken place in Northern Ireland since he... - Health Services Provision
643. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of vital services for a child (details supplied) in County Kerry, who has suffered a serious deterioration in personal... - Hospital Consultants Contract Issues
644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any special arrangements that exist in relation to the employment of consultants in St. Vincent's hospital, outside the terms of... - Cochlear Implants
645. To ask the Minister for Health if the €3.22 million set aside in the Health Service Executive's service plan for a bilateral simultaneous and sequential cochlear implant programme has... - Orthodontic Services Provision
646. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding braces in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6844/14] - HSE Investigations
647. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the RTE "Prime Time Investigates" programme on Portlaoise Hospital if similar reviews into baby deaths have been performed in other maternity... - Open Disclosures Policy
648. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that have implemented the Health Service Executive open disclosure policy; the timeline for its roll-out out across all maternity units and... - Medical Card Eligibility
649. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive have the legal right to refuse a medical card patient (details supplied) in County Galway two weeks free recuperative care... - Mental Health Services Provision
651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the mental health services available on the northside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6902/14] - Medical Negligence Cases
652. To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate a full and detailed report into all the circumstances surrounding the appointment and employment of a doctor (details supplied) who worked... - Speech and Language Therapy
653. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder two and a half years ago... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
654. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider chronic obstructive pulmonary disease qualifying for the long term illness card; and to outline its exclusion to date as it is treatable... - Hospital Waiting Lists
655. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the private hospitals which have received patients transferred from public lists; the costs paid to each hospital for...
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