Written answers
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
- Health Services Funding
603. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) for each year since the commencement of the project; if his Department obtains a... - Medical Card Eligibility
604. To ask the Minister for Health if the means test report carried out for farm assist and non-contributory old age and widows' pensions can be deemed as evidence of means for the purpose of... - Health Services Allowances
605. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money received from the UK Government in each of the past five years and the number of persons covered by these payments in respect of persons... - Direct Provision System
606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a yearly breakdown of the number of persons that have been admitted from Direct Provision accommodation to psychiatric units in the past... - Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
607. To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic treatment will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Loais; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25230/14] - Hospital Appointments Administration
608. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in referring a person (details supplied) to Tallaght Hospital to have hearing aids... - Medical Card Eligibility
609. 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 6W; if he will review the cessation of... - Hospital Staff Data
610. To ask the Minister for Health if the same person holds the role of chief operations office and facilities director at University Hospital Limerick; if so, the total remuneration this person... - Cancer Screening Programmes
612. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date in extending the free BreastCheck service to women up to age 70; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25253/14] - EU Directives
613. To ask the Minister for Health the reason nine months after its due transposition date the EU Commission says Ireland has not yet notified it of any transposition measures for Directive... - Cancer Screening Programmes
614. To ask the Minister for Health when Sligo Regional Hospital will be up and running as a colonoscopy centre for the national colorectal screening programme as announced in the autumn of 2011;... - Medical Card Reviews
615. To ask the Minister for Health if discretionary medical cards will be immediately returned to a family (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25258/14] - Audiology Services Provision
616. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will have their hearing aids installed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25259/14] - Medical Card Reviews
617. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 23 January 2014 and 259 of 3 April 2014, if the information requested has been compiled (details supplied); and if... - Hospital Appointment Delays
618. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25293/14] - Medical Card Reviews
619. 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 6; if he will review the refusal and or... - Ambulance Service Staff
620. To ask the Minister for Health if a transfer request in respect of a person (details supplied) in county Galway employed in the ambulance service will be accommodated; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
621. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath awaiting an appointment will be expedited; and if he will make a... - Health Services
622. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the services that are available in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25324/14] - Hospital Waiting Lists
623. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that an urgent surgical procedure is carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on... - Medicinal Products Availability
624. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive expect to reach a decision on the approval of eculizumab in the community drugs scheme; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Meetings
625. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's interaction with the campaign group, SOUND; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25334/14] - Medicinal Products Availability
627. To ask the Minister for Health if he is willing to change his position and allow famprya to be covered under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Card Eligibility
628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include spinal cord injuries as one of the conditions that will qualify for a medical card under the new regime that will take account of medical... - Home Care Services
629. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations and standards that apply in relation to home care and home support services; if private operators are subject to contracts for the provision of... - Medicinal Products Prices
631. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive pays in excess of €2 billion for drugs used by medical card holders; and the checks in place to ensure that... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
632. To ask the Minister for Health the cost for a person (details supplied) who is a medical card holder for a 24 hour blood pressure monitor; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Card Eligibility
633. To ask the Minister for Health the situation in relation to the restoration of discretionary medical cards for cancer patients; if this development will result in all cancer patients... - Hospital Waiting Lists
634. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an urgent surgical procedure to be provided for a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the... - Services for People with Disabilities
635. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding services for children with disabilities in respect to an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on... - Medical Card Applications
637. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [25372/14] - Universal Health Insurance Provision
638. To ask the Minister for Health if he will abolish the medical card scheme once universal health insurance is fully implemented; if so, if he will confirm the manner in which services... - Hospital Waiting Lists
639. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25389/14] - Medical Card Eligibility
640. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be reissued with a discretionary medical card. [25390/14] - Disability Support Services Provision
641. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding disability services in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25391/14] - Medical Records
642. To ask the Minister for Health if he has been notified by each hospital of its policies for the release of medical records to persons who were raised in mother and baby homes, industrial... - Hospital Data
643. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos 744 and 745 of 18 February 2014, when replies will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25393/14] - Hospital Appointment Delays
644. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive an appointment at the eye and ear hospital without further delay. [25398/14] - Medical Card Reviews
645. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card review will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25403/14] - Primary Care Services Provision
646. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the availability of souvenaid has been removed from a medical card holder (details supplied), who has Alzheimer's disease; if there are any... - Medical Card Applications
647. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25412/14] - Medical Card Eligibility
648. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding elderly persons in nursing homes losing their medical cards because their payment toward their care is not considered in the assessment... - HSE Funding
650. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of so-called section 38 agencies and organisations in receipt of funding from the Health Service Executive; and if he will provide,... - Infectious Disease Screening Service
652. To ask the Minister for Health the medical protocols, procedures and treatments in the public health system for the diagnoisis, prevention and treatment of Lyme disease; and if he will make... - Infectious Diseases Incidence
653. To ask the Minister for Health the incidence of Lyme disease diagnosed per annum for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25471/14] - HSE Complaints Procedures
654. To ask the Minister for Health if a formal complaint lodged by a person against the Health Service Executive is recorded on the complainant's medical records. [25473/14] - Medical Card Applications
655. 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. [25474/14] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
656. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which, in the determination of eligibility-assessment of means in respect of nursing home care in the case of a person (details supplied) in... - Departmental Correspondence
657. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Irish Wheelchair Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25482/14] - HSE Funding
658. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of financial support provided by the Health Service Executive to the IMO, the Irish College of General Practitioners, Spunout.ie, Alcohol Action... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
660. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 5 June 2014, if he will answer the specific question with respect to different policies between Cork-Kerry and the... - Medical Aids and Appliances Application Numbers
661. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the current delays and difficulties being experienced by wheelchair users; if he will provide an update on the number of... - Medical Card Reviews
662. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the circumstances regarding the medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; if he will review the refusal and-or... - Capital Programme Expenditure
663. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of capital spending on construction projects carried out by his Department and by bodies operating under the responsibility of his Department... - Public Procurement Contracts
665. To ask the Minister for Health the number of projects that have gone to tender or commenced construction by the Health Service Executive under the Government stimulus plan; and if he will... - Hospital Appointment Delays
666. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect an appointment in the neurology department, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. [25567/14] - HSE Staffing
668. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he has to ensure the continued operation of a community nursing unit (details supplied) in County Offaly in view of a large number of bed... - Medical Card Applications
669. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if their current care is still valid; and if he will make a... - Dental Services Provision
670. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide post-primary students with free dental care treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25585/14] - Medical Card Applications
671. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25615/14] - Industrial Relations
672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases before the Labour Court, Equality Tribunal, CPSA and EAT involving civil servants taking cases against his Department; and if he will make... - Hospital Appointment Status
673. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be approved for scans to be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Services Staff
674. To ask the Minister for Health when a doctor will be appointed to serve public patients to replace a doctor who has retired in an area (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make... - Medical Card Applications
676. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a full medical card will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Treatment Abroad Scheme
677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are been funded by the Health Service Executive to receive long-term psychiatric care outside of the State; if he will provide a... - Medical Card Reviews
678. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical care review in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25700/14] - Hospital Services
679. To ask the Minister for Health his view on the adequacy of the staffing allocation in Temple Street Children's Hospital, where babies with recurrent eye infections have to wait a minimum of... - Hospital Appointment Status
680. 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.... - HSE Reports
681. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 511 of 10 June 2014, the date on which the report was received by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
682. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has ceased to allow community access to a building in its ownership, including the use of the building as a day-care... - Medical Card Eligibility
683. To ask the Minister for Health the reason qualification for medical cards for the over 70s is calculated on gross income and fails to take account of tax, universal social charge, PRSI,... - Hospital Appointment Delays
684. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in arranging a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will expedite the matter... - Hospital Waiting Lists
685. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for an operation will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [25757/14] - Hospital Appointment Status
686. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25759/14] - Medical Card Data
687. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on UK pensions and payments from the UK Government here that are in receipt of medical cards; and if they have a separate entitlement to... - Medical Card Applications
688. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25761/14] - Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
689. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25766/14] - Mental Health Act Review
690. To ask the Minister for Health further to a Parliamentary Question of 18 September 2013 which stated that the expert group’s review of the Mental Health Act 2001 was expected before... - Orthodontic Service Provision
691. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontic treatment will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement... - Medical Card Applications
692. To ask the Minister for Health 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. [25789/14] - Departmental Staff Expenses
693. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence payments, staff taxi payments;... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
694. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 23 April 2014, if all of the posts listed in the response have now been filled and if any remain to be filled;... - Medical Card Appeals
696. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25845/14] - Health Services
697. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an MRI scan [25851/14] - Medical Card Applications
698. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider returning a discretionary medical card on medical not financial grounds, to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [25852/14] - Health Services Data
699. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons suffering from the inherited metabolic disorder, cystinosis. [25856/14] - Primary Care Services Provision
700. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Questran drug has been taken off the market and replaced with Questran Light but that the latter is not... - Hospital Services
701. To ask the Minister for Health the plans his Department or the Health Service Executive have to improve conditions for young persons with inflammatory bowel disease, IBD, who depend on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
702. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hip operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25868/14] - Mental Health Services Provision
703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the provision of a support or educational service for persons suffering from depression and mental health issues in Mitchelstown, County... - Hospital Waiting Lists
704. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided to clear the backlog on the waiting list for bariatric surgery; and when will the waiting list for bariatric surgery be reduced... - Medical Card Applications
705. 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. [25874/14] - Maternity Services
707. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding maternity services at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway; if the closure of the service is part of the West North West... - Medical Card Applications
711. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for review of a medical card decision in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - Primary Care Services Provision
712. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Galway can no longer access Prostigmin under their medical card; and if he will make a statement... - Medical Card Reviews
714. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be reinstated in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 6. [25901/14] - Hospital Appointment Status
715. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a CT angiogram appointment at Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a... - Health Services
716. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25924/14] - Hospital Accommodation Provision
717. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a transfer to the National Rehabilitation Centre in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [25926/14] - Health Services Reports
718. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the report prepared by a team from the National Maternity Hospital into an obstetric clinical incident in Cavan General Hospital in... - Orthodontic Service Provision
721. To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic treatment will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25939/14] - Medical Card Administration
723. To ask the Minister for Health if the consultation cost is covered under the medical card scheme when a person who has a general practitioner visit card is referred by the GP to a hospital... - Maternity Services
724. To ask the Minister for Health if the chairperson of the west/north west hospital group advised him, his Department, the Health Service Executive or any other relevant authority under the... - Medical Card Appeals
728. To ask the Minister for Health if he will directly intervene in a unacceptable delay on a medical card appeal in respect of a person ( details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make... - Hospital Procedures
729. To ask the Minister for Health when surgery will take place in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Galway. [25998/14] - Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
730. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expedite orthodontic waiting times in County Tipperary; if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied) where a family is waiting... - Home Help Service Provision
731. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding extra home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26010/14] - Disease Incidence
732. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of registered cases of persons with a disease (details supplied) per hospital across the State at present. [26011/14] - Hospital Procedures
733. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons who had mastectomies are now being charged for prosthetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26012/14] - Medical Card Applications
734. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will expedite the matter; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Eligibility
737. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a discretionary medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Card Applications
738. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will issue to a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26081/14] - Health Services Provision
739. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the treatment of a person (details supplied), who is a patient diagnosed with a neurological condition, in Kerry General Hospital and currently... - Medical Card Eligibility
741. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Procedures
742. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a date for a medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26095/14] - Tobacco Control Measures
743. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to publish immediately the findings of the regulatory impact assessment on plain packaging of tobacco products and in particular if... - Hospital Procedures
746. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the suspension of obesity surgery at St. Vincent's Hospital; the number of public patients who have had this surgery in St. Vincent's... - Medical Card Reviews
747. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card has been or will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [26161/14]
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