Written answers
Wednesday, 9 July 2014
- Hospital Waiting Lists
411. 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 Kildare; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services Data
412. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the waiting time for paediatric insulin pumps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29964/14] - Health Services Staff Data
413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric diabetes nurses in the health system; where are they located; the number of children each nurse is covering; and if he will make a... - Health Services Provision
414. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting list for children waiting on eyesight tests in County Longford; and his views on same [29970/14] - Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
415. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek to have the Health Service Executive and Biogen reach an agreement regarding making the drug Fampyra available for patients suffering from... - Medical Card Reviews
416. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has been the holder of a medical card until this year will now regain that medical card under the new... - Medicinal Products Licensing
417. To ask the Minister for Health when the current review of the advanced prostate cancer drug enzalutamide by the national cancer control programme will take place to determine its future... - Hospital Procedures
418. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated annually to cover the cost of vasectomies under the medical card scheme; the way these funds are distributed regionally; if... - Hospital Services
419. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Thyrogen injections are not available to cancer patients at Cork University Hospital; his plans to introduce these injections for patients; the date... - Medical Card Eligibility
420. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who has recently had a medical card revoked; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Inquiries
421. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding the hospitalisation of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason for the delay in view of the urgency of the... - Water Fluoridation
422. To ask the Minister for Health the suitability and potential risks of the addition of fluoride to Irish water (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30053/14] - Medical Card Appeals
423. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 8 May 2014, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Expenditure
424. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 20% reduction to all professional fees for his Department, including but not limited to legal,... - Departmental Staff Training
426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses provided for employees of his Department, and the... - Departmental Expenditure
428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer from a reduction of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20%, respectively, in the cost of... - Disability Support Services
432. To ask the Minister for Health his views on funding for respite services each year since 2008 indicating the size of the spend; the numbers benefiting and the breakdown across emergency,... - Services for People with Disabilities
433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of local health areas without an early intervention team and the cost of ensuring such teams are established in these remaining areas. [30249/14] - Medical Card Applications
434. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ascertain from the Health Service Executive the reason an application for a medical card was not processed in full; if he will provide in tabular... - Medical Card Reviews
435. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30267/14] - Medical Card Eligibility
436. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who is a British citizen over 65 years of age and living here is entitled to a medical card; the way to apply for same; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Applications
437. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Administration
438. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 3 July 2014, in which he stated that the Health Service Executive had been asked to examine the specific queries... - National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
439. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 3 July 2014, in view of the fact that the waiting list data in the Health Service Executive management data... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
440. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to publish the review of the fair deal; and his views on the reasons for the delay in doing so. [30334/14] - Community Care Issues
441. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need for clear protocols to cover patients being discharged from acute hospitals in order that responsibility for the transfer of their care... - Community Care Provision
442. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the high number of residents inappropriately placed in nursing homes, partially due to a statutory entitlement to this care, if he intends to... - Hospital Waiting Lists
443. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the urgent waiting list for a hip replacement at Cappagh Hospital is 9-12 months at present; the action which... - Mental Health Services Provision
444. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of service users and their families about the threatened closure of a mental health service (details supplied)... - Hospital Waiting Lists
445. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to prioritise the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow currently awaiting a procedure in... - Health Services
446. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 682 of 17 June 2014 and the response of the Health Service Executive to the agreements which were reached at a meeting... - Medical Card Applications
447. 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. [30392/14] - Hospital Waiting Lists
448. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30393/14] - Departmental Contracts
449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30402/14] - Appointments to State Boards
450. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned by the number of appointments to State boards under his remit that do not go through the Public Appointments Commission; his plans to review... - State Bodies Data
451. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in a tabular form the annual salary of the chief executive officers of all commercial State companies under his remit. [30864/14] - Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
453. To ask the Minister for Health the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all ministerial special advisers was capped in his Department at the first point of the principal officer... - State Bodies
454. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a list of all non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under his remit. [30922/14]
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