Written answers
Thursday, 10 July 2014
- Medical Card Data
160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of over 70s medical card holders who have received letters regarding a review of their cards; the number of single over 70s medical card holders who... - Health Services
161. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that time sheets for ambulance crews in Mullingar, Edenderry, Birr, parts of Laois and Tullamore are being collected by taxi from... - Ambulance Service Provision
162. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that fire service ambulances in Mullingar are often taken off the road for several hours while transporting and... - Medical Card Applications
163. 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. [30412/14] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
165. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a GP referral is not enough for a patient with severe difficulty walking to receive crutches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30435/14] - Medical Card Eligibility
166. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who receives regular warfarin injections at their GP's surgery at a cost of €20 each time may receive these for free... - Haddington Road Agreement Savings
167. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the annual net and gross saving to the Exchequer, following the implementation of the Haddington Road Agreement, if hospital... - Hospital Charges
168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer if the full economic cost of the use of beds in public and voluntary hospitals for the purposes of... - HSE Staff Remuneration
169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive public sector workers in receipt of salaries within the bands (details supplied). [30453/14] - HSE Expenditure
170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total Health Service Executive budget for each of the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will provide... - HSE Staff Remuneration
171. To ask the Minister for Health the annual average cost of employing a basic grade Health Service Executive staff nurse. [30455/14] - HSE Expenditure
174. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total State spend on medicines in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will provide a breakdown of same by... - Generic Drugs Substitution
175. To ask the Minister for Health the measures introduced to promote the increased use of generic medicines; the practical implication of same; the amount saved to date; the estimated savings... - Ambulance Service Provision
176. To ask the Minister for Health the annual average cost of providing a fully resourced Health Service Executive ambulance service. [30460/14] - Health Services Reform
178. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the full implementation of the recommendations of the PA consulting report and action plan of September 2012 addressing weaknesses in... - Medicinal Products Prices
179. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the ESRI report, Delivery of Pharmaceuticals in Ireland - Getting a Bigger Bang for the Buck, published in January 2012, stated that... - Hospital Charges
182. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total amount of moneys collected in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 from private patients using public hospital... - Hospitals Funding
184. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the diagnostic-related groupings system is employed in the health service here; if there is scope to extend this system; the expected... - Suicide Prevention
186. To ask the Minister for Health the total State spend on suicide prevention and awareness projects, including funding for the National Office of Suicide Prevention, for the years 2011, 2012,... - Disabilities Services Funding
187. To ask the Minister for Health the total State spend on Health Service Executive disability services for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; if he will provide a breakdown of... - Medical Card Reviews
188. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a financial statement regarding a medical card has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork some eight weeks after the decision,... - Medical Card Appeals
189. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in respect of an appeal for medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Data
190. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 585 of 24 June 2014, if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of persons on the long-term illness... - Medical Card Reviews
191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 2 July 2014, the reason those medical card holders who had a serious illness or disability and who lost... - Medicinal Products Availability
192. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug eculizumab will be sanctioned for a person (details supplied) in County Laois. [30491/14] - Chronic Disease Management Programme
194. To ask the Minister for Health the target month for the finalisation of a costed implementation plan for the national clinical programme for asthma; and the steps he is taking to ensure this... - Mental Health Guidelines
195. To ask the Minister for Health in reference to recent health and safety audit report dated June 2014 conducted in the department of psychiatry at University Hospital Galway which noted that... - Hospital Staff
197. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate that private security guards may be deployed to assist in restraining psychiatric patients in accident and emergency... - Hospital Data
198. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the numbers of patients, broken down by status as either voluntary or involuntary patients, who have been subjected to... - Mental Health Services Provision
199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cognitive behavioural theorists currently employed within each Health Service Executive operational area; the number of whole-time equivalent... - Hospital Trusts
202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the hospital groupings; the chief executive officers of each and when they were appointed; and when the legislation underpinning... - Departmental Staff Retirements
203. To ask the Minister for Health the senior staff, by appointment, that have retired or resigned from the Health Service Executive and his Department since 1 January 2014; and if he will make... - Medical Card Applications
204. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [30523/14] - Mental Health Services Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of mental health services in accident and emergency departments throughout the country; his plans to increase the level of... - Public Sector Staff Retirements
206. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the 2007 case, details supplied, in which the European Court of Justice held that compulsory retirement clauses set by law were discriminatory on... - Medicinal Products Availability
207. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding Fampyra being made available to multiple sclerosis sufferers who have benefitted from same and could not afford the cost; and if he will... - Hospital Waiting Lists
208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the action plan for Cavan Monaghan Hospital to achieve and maintain scheduled care wait time targets for 2014, which was... - Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is immediately given an appointment for orthodontic treatment as she has been waiting... - Appointments to State Boards
210. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all persons appointed by him to a State board in 2014 to date in tabular form; the name of the person and board in question; and... - Nursing Home Services
211. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the future development and retention of St Brigid's Hospital, Crooksling, Dublin 22 remains a priority having particular regard to the... - HIQA Inspections
214. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the Health Information and Quality Authority has carried out inspections of hospitals or health installations in the public and private... - Health Services Provision
218. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which assistance can be offered towards home treatment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
219. To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic treatment will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30636/14] - Statutory Instruments
220. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list and itemise the title and reference of every statutory instrument signed by him from 1 May 2014 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointment Status
221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is immediately given an appointment at the Mater hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a...
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