Written answers
				Wednesday, 4 June 2014
  - Special Educational Needs Staffing 
 168. To ask the Minister for Health if a special needs assistant will be provided in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork when they start preschool later this year. [23731/14]
- HSE Properties 
 171. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has any interest in leasing some of the properties (details supplied) in County Kerry as they would seem to be ideal for HSE...
- Residential Institutions Issues 
 172. To ask the Minister for Health if any inquiries are being made into, or if any official knowledge exists about, the burial of children at the children’s home in Tuam, County Galway...
- Cancer Screening Programmes 
 173. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding bowel cancer. [23644/14]
- Medical Card Reviews 
 174. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23654/14]
- Dental Services Provision 
 175. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will be approved for a procedure by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage 
 176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will add Crohn's disease to the list of illnesses covered under the long-term illness scheme. [23660/14]
- Health Services Staff 
 177. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the policy of his Department to recruit new graduates in Donegal mental health services over those who hold a qualification of longer standing who...
- Medical Card Reviews 
 178. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of money that has been saved in the review of the over-70 medical cards and the discretionary medical card up to 1 May; the total cost of the...
- Respite Care Grant Applications 
 179. To ask the Minister for Health the reason respite care was refused in respect of a person (details supplied). [23667/14]
- Medical Card Reviews 
 180. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23668/14]
- Hospital Appointment Status 
 183. To ask the Minister for Health when a rheumatology appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23703/14]
- Hospital Waiting Lists 
 184. To ask the Minister for Health if an MRI scan will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [23719/14]
- Medical Card Reviews 
 187. To ask the Minister for Health if and when renewal of a medical card will be completed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Applications 
 188. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Home Care Packages 
 189. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a case where the Health Service Executive promised a person (details supplied) in County Louth that a home care package of...
- Medical Card Applications 
 190. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23764/14]
- Medical Card Reviews 
 195. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 42% of those with multiple sclerosis have had their medical cards withdrawn and half of those with the illness...
- Nursing Home Services 
 196. To ask the Minister for Health based on the population projections by the Centre for Ageing Research and Development confirming ESRI projections on major growth in the number of persons...
- Home Care Packages 
 197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Louth and Meath in receipt of home care packages; the percentage of the Health Service Executive funded home care packages...
- Hospital Appointment Delays 
 200. To ask the Minister for Health further to previous parliamentary questions, when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for a procedure at Tallaght...
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration 
 201. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed outline of the services that a person is entitled to when in receipt of a full medical card and general practitioner only card;...
- Medical Card Reviews 
 202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form details of the number of medical card reviews that have taken place for those over 70 years of age in each month of 2013 and...
- Medical Card Eligibility 
 203. To ask the Minister for Health the grounds on which a medical card application was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if the application will be...
- Orthodontic Service Provision 
 204. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a large number of children are  awaiting orthodontic treatment in the midlands Health Service Executive area...
- Medical Card Eligibility 
 205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the circumstances regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; if he will review the recent refusal...
- Medical Card Applications 
 207. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline documentation pending in respect of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment 
 208. To ask the Minister for Health when a radiographer will be appointed to the  X-ray department in St. Dymphna's Hospital, County Carlow. [23861/14]
- Medical Card Data 
 209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications that are with medical advisers in the primary care reimbursement service; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medicinal Products Availability 
 213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns of stoma pouch users who are worried about continued access to a full range of high quality stoma pouches and stoma management...
- Consultancy Contracts 
 214. To ask the Minister for Health the names of the recruitment agencies the Health Service Executive used to source staff in 2012 and 2013; which staff are sourced from which agency; the amount...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment 
 215. To ask the Minister for Health the posts that remain vacant in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the length of time each post has been vacant; if the positions have been advertised; and if he...
- Medical Card Applications 
 216. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if same will be expedited; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Appeals 
 218. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details suplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23916/14]
- Medical Card Applications 
 219. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23917/14]
- Medical Card Appeals 
 220. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a refund of expenses incurred when a medical card was incorrectly suspended have not been refunded in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Electronic Cigarettes 
 221. To ask the Minister for Health if records are kept regarding the sale of e-cigarette and associated products; the level of VAT that has been obtained from the sale of e-cigarettes in each of...
- Medical Card Eligibility 
 222. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which gross income for medical cards can be considered for over 70s applicants when only their net income is disposable; and if he will make a...
- Safety of Hospital Staff 
 223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of attacks on staff working in the mental health sector in the mid-west region in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter.  [23960/14]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility 
 224. To ask the Minister for Health if persons over the age of 16 years can avail of free drugs and medicine to treat mental illness with a long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement...
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