Written answers

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

  • Health Services Staff Issues
    184. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a nurse is allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [12231/14]
  • Medical Card Administration
    185. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding applications for the medical/GP visit card scheme; if there has been a change in policy since April 2013 in relation to the means test...
  • Health Services Issues
    186. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for ophthalmology services broken down by Health Service Executive region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12246/14]
  • Departmental Staff Promotions
    188. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding community welfare officers that have transferred or been seconded to primary care reimbursement services; when the community welfare...
  • General Practitioner Services
    189. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding general practitioner contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12251/14]
  • Departmental Funding
    191. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided in respect of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12256/14]
  • Health Services Staff Data
    192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of therapists employed in psychology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language for children...
  • Health Services Staff Sick Leave
    193. To ask the Minister for Health if he, his officials or the Health Service Executive are aware of maternity related absences across the staff in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Primary Care Services Provision
    196. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further details on the Health Service Executive initiative of providing speech, language and psychology interventions in group workshops to...
  • Water Fluoridation
    201. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the working group that was to be established to look at the fluoridation of our water; the specific timeline for progress on this issue;...
  • Debt Collection
    202. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has provided guidelines for the use of debt collectors by hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12276/14]
  • Health Services Staff Issues
    203. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to address the problem of health employers breaching the EU and Irish working time directive (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Departmental Funding
    204. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons funding was withdrawn from an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if there are other options to source funding from his Department; and...
  • Proposed Legislation
    205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the consultation process between his Department and the general public in relation to the advance health care directives and the new...
  • HSE Funding
    206. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to continue to provide services to the 727 members of Positive Action now that the Health Service Executive will no longer fund the support group....
  • Disability Support Services Issues
    207. To ask the Minister for Health regarding assessments of need and service statements of the Disability Act 2005, the number of complaints under section 14(1)(b) received by the Health Service...
  • Health Screening Programmes
    210. To ask the Minister for Health if and when an appointment with a local optomologist can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
  • Disability Support Services Issues
    211. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment under the Disability Act 2005 will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he is satisfied that the...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    212. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the details by year and monetary amount of what his Department has supported in respect of health-related campaigns by organisations...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    213. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive specialised footwear; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12310/14]
  • Medical Card Applications
    214. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
    218. To ask the Minister for Health the number of blood donations that have not been used due to anonymous informants giving information on blood donors to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service...
  • HSE Superannuation Payments
    220. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an additional payment in accordance with the Local Government (Superannuation) (Gratuities)...
  • Diabetes Strategy
    221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of diabetes paediatric centres of excellence in the country; the locations of same; his plans to establish any further such centres; and if he will...
  • Departmental Customer Services
    223. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide to an applicant a tracking service for all applications to his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department from members of...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
    226. To ask the Minister for Health when a reassessment of care needs assessment for a nursing home support scheme applicant will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he and officials in his Department have met with a company (details supplied) and/or its representatives since he took office; if he will...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
    228. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide nursing home support to persons under the age of 65 years where the financial burden as presently required under the fair deal scheme will...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the regulations regarding the income certificates required by the Health Service Executive before renewing or issuing medical cards in order...
  • Nursing Education
    231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received for the graduate nurse-midwifery programme; the number of places offered and the number accepted; and if he will make a...
  • Medical Card Reviews
    232. To ask the Minister for Health if a full medical card will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and the reason it was withdrawn. [12407/14]
  • Medical Card Applications
    233. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a full medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he will...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Application Numbers
    234. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 5 December 2013, the number of persons on the placement list for the nursing homes support scheme; the length of...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    235. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for an endoscopy; and if the process will be expedited. [12414/14]
  • Maternity Services
    236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reviews of care to patients that were carried out in the maternity ward of Kerry General Hospital in Tralee over the past five years; if the...
  • Medical Card Reviews
    237. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive is seeking audited accounts to renew a medical card from a person who has been in receipt of farm assist for 20 years...
  • Departmental Reports
    238. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the reports, reviews and studies commissioned by him or his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department since 9...
  • Medical Card Appeals
    239. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card appeal and award a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Bed Data
    240. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned at reports that 30 paediatric beds at the National Children's Hospital, Tallaght are to be transferred to the adult hospital; and if he will...

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