Written answers
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
167. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government policy in relation to the payment of top-ups to public servants and those whose salaries are primarily funded by the State has changed; and... - Medical Card Delays
168. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in issuing an emergency medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [26163/14] - Health Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health his views on Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and the procedures his Department will put in place to treat persons who have EDS. [26164/14] - Hospital Charges
170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details in tabular form by hospital for the amounts of uncollected revenue from private health insurance companies for 2013; and if he will... - Hospital Waiting Lists
171. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he has to provide an immediate improvement in the long waiting times for outpatient, inpatient and day cases on the orthopaedic list in Our... - Departmental Expenditure
172. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the cost to the Exchequer each year from 2009 to 2014 of the amount paid by his Department under the terms of settlements which included... - Hospital Waiting Lists
173. To ask the Minister for Health if St Vincent's Hospital Dublin has suspended life-saving gastric bypass operations for dangerously obese public patients; the exact number of patients who are... - Health Insurance Prices
175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the increases in VHI premiums over the past two years and the justifications for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26200/14] - Hospital Waiting Lists
176. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be called for a surgical procedure; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement... - Services for People with Disabilities
177. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the Kildare model of progressing services for children with disabilities programme. [26220/14] - Medical Card Reviews
178. To ask the Minister for Health if any consideration has been given to allowing those currently in receipt of a medical card over the age of 90 being exempted from the medical card review for... - Tobacco Control Measures
179. To ask the Minister for Health in view of his comments recently that he expects the tobacco industry to sue the Irish Government when it introduces plain packaging for tobacco products; if... - Health Care Professionals
182. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department are taking to ensure that residential care staff are not having their EU and Irish working time legislative rights breached; and if... - Medical Card Eligibility
183. To ask the Minister for Health the grounds on which a medical card has been withdrawn in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will review eligibility urgently in... - Ambulance Service Provision
184. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the National Ambulance Service report for April which indicated that ambulances spent over 8,000 hours parked outside hospitals last April; and... - Hospital Waiting Lists
185. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which there is a problem of persons with chronic conditions visiting hospital accident and emergency departments in an effort to secure quicker... - Hospital Data
186. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the workings of Irish hospitals have been examined by the Health Service Executive with a view to best establish where savings can be made... - Appointments to State Boards
187. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments to State boards under the remit of his Department in each year from 2011 to 2014; the number that were publicly advertised; the... - Health Services
188. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card patient is making an application for eye tests are they now required to provide a GP letter with each application; and if he will make a... - Ambulance Service Response Times
189. To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance response times throughout the country over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26301/14] - Medical Card Reviews
190. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied); if the medical card in question will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26302/14] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 12 March 2014 the number of persons on the placement list for the nursing homes support scheme; the length of time... - Ambulance Service Staff
192. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the national ambulance service to recruit paramedics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26320/14] - Health Services
193. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding hereditary angioedema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26324/14] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
194. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for assistance for medical equipment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
195. To ask the Minister for Health if he acknowledges that 3.5 years waiting time is unacceptable for paediatric orthodontics in Cork University Hospital; if he acknowledges that this waiting... - Accident and Emergency Services Provision
196. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to approve funding for enhancement or refurbishment works on the emergency department in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. [26353/14]
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