Written answers

Thursday, 25 September 2014

  • Drugs Payment Scheme Expenditure
    167. To ask the Minister for Health the approximate cost of reducing the monthly threshold for the drugs payment scheme from €144 to €130, €120, €110 and €100,...
  • Prescription Charges
    168. To ask the Minister for Health the approximate cost of reducing the monthly maximum payment for prescription charges to €15 and €10, respectively; and if he will make a...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    170. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of support services for children and teenagers identified as having a tendency to self-harm;...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    172. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding which is being made available for residential placement in County Waterford; if it is acceptable for a parent now entering their 70th year...
  • Medical Card Applications
    173. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application, made on 24 June, 2014 for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason...
  • Medical Card Data
    175. To ask the Minister for Health following the decision to re-instate discretionary medical cards, the number of cards that have been restored; the number waiting a decision; when this process...
  • Health Services
    177. To ask the Minister for Health the actions the Health Service Executive is taking to combat the rat infestation problem at a location (details supplied) in County Cork which is located in a...
  • Medical Card Applications
    178. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on a medical card application will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay in making the...
  • Disability Support Services Provision
    187. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be assessed by the early intervention services; when a full assessment of the need will be carried out; and...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    188. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36210/14]
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    189. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for an MRI scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36211/14]
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of Fampyra; if a new application in respect of the drug has been submitted to the National Centre for...
  • Orthodontic Service Provision
    191. To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic work will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the current waiting time in County Galway; and if he...
  • Symphysiotomy Reports
    192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current status of the Government’s plans to establish an ex gratia scheme for women who underwent the procedure of...
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community mental health posts sanctioned in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the number of these posts which have been filled to date and the...
  • Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
    194. To ask the Minister for Health the current target for waiting times for patients to be treated in the accident and emergency unit of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the waiting times for...
  • Mental Health Act Review
    195. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 749 of 8 July 2014, the current status of the review of the Mental Health Act 2001 and if the expert group has finished...
  • Mobility Allowance Decision
    196. To ask the Minister for Health if plans to introduce the new statutory travel payment scheme to replace the motorised transport grant and other transport supports for persons with...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
    197. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the application for the nursing home support scheme in respect of a person (details supplied). [36240/14]
  • Health Services
    198. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a health centre (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36241/14]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    199. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a case of a person (details supplied). [36243/14]
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    200. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the discretionary medical card of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, which was terminated some months ago...
  • Medicinal Products Licensing
    201. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a request from the Irish Pharmacy Union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36248/14]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    202. To ask the Minister for Health if an insulin pump will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36253/14]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    203. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been referred by a general practitioner to Cork University Hospital for a hip replacement will be...
  • Autism Support Services
    204. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been referred to the autistic spectrum disorder, Cork, will be provided with an appointment with the...
  • Medical Card Applications
    205. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Medical Records
    208. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reform the current system whereby a patient's medical records held by their general practitioner-family doctor are not readily available to...
  • National Lottery Funding Applications
    209. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for national lottery funding by an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork. [36306/14]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    210. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to providing temporary cover for maternity leave of front line staff in the Health Service Executive's disability sector,...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    211. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment to be scheduled in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    212. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate Istin and Crozier on the list of drugs covered under the medical card. [36336/14]
  • People with Disabilities
    213. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons registered with an intellectual disability in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36357/14]
  • Medical Card Applications
    214. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36358/14]
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    216. To ask the Minister for Health if the information and advice that is available now was available in January 1998 or has the Department received any new guidelines-information since January...
  • Cancer Incidence
    217. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total number of patients referred to the cancer centre at UCHG in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the number of...
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists employed by the Health Service Executive; the overall cost of speech and language therapy services; and if he will...
  • Medical Card Applications
    220. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36405/14]

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