Written answers

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

  • Ministerial Responsibilities
    339. To ask the Minister for Health the Minister or Minister of State that has responsibility in the area of drugs, specifically drug prevention, drugs task force, community-based programmes and...
  • Alcohol Pricing
    340. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on below-cost selling which affects wine retailers here. [35527/14]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
    341. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a cap on the maximum charge that can be applied to productive assets in the means assessment for the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a...
  • Programme for Government Implementation
    342. To ask the Minister for Health if the Programme for Government commitment to ensure that replies to written parliamentary questions are furnished during Dáil recess will apply to the...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    343. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the provision of wheelchair equipment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [35221/14]
  • Hospital Staff
    344. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to have only a half time endocrinologist dedicated solely to the early intervention in paediatrics based at Limerick Regional...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    345. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the income level of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is deemed to have exceeded the qualification guidelines of a medical...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    348. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be confirmed; and if he will expedite a positive response....
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    349. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [35262/14]
  • Health Services Staff
    351. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding nurses' pay (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35270/14]
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    352. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been refused a discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35272/14]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
    353. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a nursing home support payment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35281/14]
  • Departmental Appointments
    354. To ask the Minister for Health if the new Secretary General of his Department was appointed following a competition for the appointment; if the Top Level Appointments Committee was involved;...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    355. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an urgent surgical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35284/14]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    356. To ask the Minister for Health if an epilepsy alarm will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35289/14]
  • Hospital Staff Data
    357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of senior house officer positions in each public or voluntary hospital on 1 September 2014; the number of such...
  • Medical Card Data
    359. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards as of 1 September 2014; the total number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the total number for each type...
  • Orthodontic Service Provision
    360. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontic treatment will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35342/14]
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    361. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has submitted all documentation; and if he will make a...
  • Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
    362. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the number of people waiting in the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital; the way this number compares when compared with the...
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
    364. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is not included on the list of long term critical illness meaning that...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
    366. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the current waiting list for approval of funding for the fair deal nursing home scheme which is running at approximately 15 weeks; the action he...
  • Hospitals Capital Programme
    367. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed capital funding for improvements at St Mary's Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; the proposed works; the cost and time scale...
  • Medical Card Applications
    369. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate a complaint by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly regarding the information provided relating to his medical card application....
  • Nursing Staff Provision
    370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Parkinson's disease nurse specialists who are currently employed in the midlands Health Service Executive area; his plans to address the ongoing...
  • HIQA Inspections
    371. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used by HIQA for the evaluation of residential care centres for people with disabilities. [35604/14]
  • Hospital Procedures
    373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedures provided for in each hospital under the HSE service plan for 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014;...
  • Medical Research Regulation
    374. To ask the Minister for Health whether the forthcoming human tissue Bill will provide a consent exception for research in specific circumstances. [35616/14]
  • Medical Card Applications
    375. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the re-issuing of a medical card to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 whose medical card was withdrawn because of a clerical error...
  • General Practitioner Services
    376. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a resident general practitioner (details supplied) in County Mayo is retiring and that no replacement GP is...
  • Orthodontic Service Provision
    377. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress being made on the delivery of orthodontic care through orthodontic therapists; if he will extend the remit of the...
  • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
    378. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 730 of 17 June, 2014 his plans to reduce orthodontic waiting times in County Tipperary; if his attention has been drawn...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    379. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date will be agreed for a hip operation for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny as he has been deemed urgent by his GP and the...
  • HSE Properties
    380. To ask the Minister for Health if the dispensary located at (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be made available to the local community for community use as the building has not been...
  • Health Services Provision
    381. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance his Department or the Health Service Executive will give to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to travel to regular hospital...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the outpatient waiting list for the West North-West Hospitals Group at present; and if he will provide a breakdown of this figure...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    383. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for access to mental health services at present; the number of these who have been waiting for more than 12 months....
  • Medical Card Applications
    384. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application for an over 70s medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and the reason for the...
  • General Practitioner Services
    385. To ask the Minister for Health the way the proposal to have free general practitioner care for over 70s can be made available to all if only those whose doctor is a public sector GP can...
  • Hospital Services
    386. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any technical difficulties with the blood testing laboratory at Cork University Hospital; and if he will confirm that the...
  • National Children's Hospital Status
    387. To ask the Minister for Health when the planning application for the children's hospital will be lodged; the estimated completion date; the estimated cost; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Medical Card Applications
    388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a discretionary medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a...
  • Medical Card Reviews
    390. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in relation to the decision by the Health Service Executive to discontinue...
  • Medical Card Applications
    391. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a discretionary medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a...
  • HSE Properties
    392. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a premises (details supplied) in County Kildare has not yet been returned to the use of a committee; the reason a draft lease in respect of the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    393. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35790/14]
  • Medicinal Products Licensing
    394. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a new product. [35792/14]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a surgical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [35807/14]
  • Medicinal Products Prices
    396. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the cost of medication in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35815/14]
  • HSE Funding
    397. To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction funding for Arc House, Cork Cancer Support (details supplied) as allowed under section 39 of the Health Act 2004; and if he will make a...
  • Patient Deaths
    398. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have died while in the care of psychiatric inpatient facilities in the State in each of the years 2009 to 2013, inclusive; the...
  • Patient Statistics
    399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of instances recorded of patients having absconded from psychiatric inpatient facilities in the State in each of the years 2009 to 2013, inclusive....
  • Medical Card Applications
    401. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Services
    402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on a waiting list for insulin pump therapy in the western region; and the number of these children who have been on the...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    403. To ask the Minister for Health the position on the new south Kildare network disability team; if all the medical positions for the team have been filled at this stage; the number of...
  • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
    404. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of a new emergency department at University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35834/14]
  • Home Help Service Provision
    405. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement...
  • Medical Card Applications
    406. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) [35841/14]
  • Hospital Services
    407. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there was an increase of 158 persons waiting on hospital trolleys in August this year; his views on whether it is possible to meet the demand of...
  • Home Help Service Provision
    408. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when a decision will be made; and if he will make...
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    409. To ask the Minister for Health if he will appoint a senior clinical nurse to the purpose-built mental health facility in Kenmare, County Kerry as this facility remains unused 15 months after...
  • State Properties
    410. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 578 of 15 April, 2014, if negotiations pertaining to a lease of a property owned by the Health Service Executive West...
  • Primary Care Centre Provision
    411. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide assurances that the Health Service Executive will receive adequate funding so that progress can be made at a location (details supplied) in...
  • Health Services Provision
    412. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to ensure the continuation of services at locations (details supplied) in County Longford. [35888/14]
  • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
    413. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider initiating discussions with a company (details supplied) in relation to ensuring the drug Fampyra be provided as an available drug on the...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    414. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place for applying for an emergency medical card; the way the application procedure and the application processing procedure differs from the...
  • HSE Agency Staff Data
    415. To ask the Minister for Health the total spend by his Department on agency staff in each year from 2010 to 2013, inclusive; and the projected spend for this year. [35897/14]
  • Health Services
    417. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an insulin pump in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35920/14]
  • Care of the Elderly Provision
    418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of designated centres for the care of the elderly regulated under the Health Act 2007 (Care and Welfare of Residents in Designated Centres for Older...
  • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
    419. To ask the Minister for Health the remuneration package for each chief executive officer of State or semi-State organisations under the aegis of his Department; the changes made to such...

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