Written answers

Tuesday, 21 October 2014

  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
    356. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application made for the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
    358. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the creation of a separate Minister of State portfolio with responsibility for drugs and alcohol addiction for the remainder of the...
  • Marriage Equality Referendum
    359. To ask the Minister for Health if resources for support services for young persons who are LGBT will be enhanced in the run up to the referendum on marriage equality arising from the...
  • Health Services Expenditure
    360. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for an infrastructural project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40406/14]
  • Health Services Provision
    361. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding occupational therapy in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40344/14]
  • Dental Services Waiting Lists
    362. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for dental procedures at the children’s dental clinic at St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8; the average length...
  • Dental Services Provision
    363. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the Health Service Executive have plans to close on a permanent or temporary basis the children’s dental clinic at St. James's...
  • Disabilities Services Funding
    365. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the substantial negative impact that budget cuts in the past four years have had on the services provided by a company...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    366. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has to use a social hours allocation to attend hospital appointments; and if he will make a statement...
  • Medicinal Products Licensing
    367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will legislate to allow the Health Products Regulatory Authority to fully control the use sale and promotion of MMS and CD. [39772/14]
  • Counselling Services
    368. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a counselling service (details supplied) in Dublin 8 may have to close before Christmas due to a 48% cut in...
  • An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann
    369. To ask the Minister for Health the role of An Bord Altranais in the case of the removal of indemnity cover from a person (details supplied); the role they have played to date in this...
  • Hepatitis C Compensation Payments
    370. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the opinions expressed in replies to matters raised by way of parliamentary question on the hepatitis C compensation tribunal; his views on...
  • Nursing Staff Recruitment
    371. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a nurse (details supplied) in County Mayo has not been replaced since the retirement of the previous nurse;...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    372. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a hospital appointment; if this person is on the urgent or routine list; and if he will make a...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    373. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received the report of the expert panel established to examine the way medical needs should be taken into account in the context of medical card...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
    374. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 will be moved from a private hospital to the public system for long-term intensive care; and if he will make a...
  • Medical Card Reviews
    375. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a full medical card has yet to be issued to persons (details supplied) in County Sligo who had lost their full medical cards under the review...
  • Medical Card Applications
    377. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing an over 70s medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
  • Medical Card Appeals
    379. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for a medical card. [39936/14]
  • Medical Card Applications
    380. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for a medical card. [39937/14]
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    405. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a hospital appointment. [39962/14]
  • Hospitals Policy
    406. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the future of hospitals (details supplied) particularly in view of ongoing delays. [39972/14]
  • Health Services Staff Remuneration
    407. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns about organisations being funded by the Health Service Executive where the indications are that employees are on the top end of the...
  • Cancer Treatment
    408. To ask the Minister for Health the specific treatments and supports available for patients with lymphoedema; his views that the suite of treatment and supports compare poorly with...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    409. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive their hip reconstruction operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39994/14]
  • Autism Support Services
    410. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of assessment of needs that have been carried out by county, on a yearly basis over the past three years; of...
  • Pharmacy Regulations
    411. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 427 of 12 November 2013, the sanctions in place for pharmacies which failed to record or properly record the running...
  • Drug Treatment Programmes Places
    413. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form on the basis of each Health Service Executive region, the number of detoxification residential programmes provided directly...
  • Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
    414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of methadone as opioid substitute treatment in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and the cost to the Exchequer of...
  • Drugs-related Deaths
    418. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant number of deaths attributable to drugs overdoses each year; and, in particular, the number of deaths from...
  • Home Help Service Provision
    421. To ask the Minister for Health if persons (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be granted an extra hour of home help a week due to the rapid deterioration of health. [40031/14]
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    422. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has not been restored in respect of a person (details supplied) with diabetes who had the card withdrawn in June 2013 in view of the...
  • Primary Care Centre Provision
    423. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of the new primary care centres in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40035/14]
  • Patient Transport Provision
    425. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding transport needs in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40039/14]
  • Respite Care Services
    426. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding respite care in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40040/14]
  • Health Services Staff
    427. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of psychologists by service areas in the Health Service Executive; the catchment for said service areas; the...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    428. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to a centre (details supplied) in County Longford which caters for persons with mental, physical and intellectual...
  • Health Services Staff
    429. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland has increased its annual retention fee for nurses and midwives from €100 to €150 per year;...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40088/14]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    432. To ask the Minister for Health regarding funding for a service (details supplied) if he is satisfied that the wages calculated for staff are at their correct point on the incremental scale...
  • Medical Card Applications
    433. 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....
  • Vaccination Programme
    434. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the vaccination for chicken pox is not part of the routine childhood vaccination programme; and his plans for it to be included in the programme....
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
    435. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive funding under the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Medical Card Appeals
    436. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the appeals process of a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Laois has taken over ten months; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    437. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will receive an appointment date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40191/14]
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    438. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of the 24-hour a day seven-day a week crisis support and multidisciplinary community-based mental health services available in County Mayo; and if...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
    439. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [40204/14]
  • National Lottery Funding Applications
    440. To ask the Minister for Health if money will be granted to a centre (details supplied) in County Cork through lottery funding for fire safety works that need to be carried out; and if he...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    441. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding Health Service Executive-supported persons who reside in the National Association of Housing for Visually Impaired facility in Donabate,...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure
    443. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the growing waiting list for persons seeking funding under the nursing home support scheme; the funding allocated to the...
  • Respite Care Grant Expenditure
    444. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of an overnight respite service (details supplied) to the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40263/14]
  • EU Directives
    445. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that have been made in order to give effect to the cross-border health care directive; if measures have been put in place to inform those...
  • Generic Drugs Substitution
    446. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of medicines sold here that are generics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40270/14]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    447. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment with an occupational therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    448. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances governing eligibility for a medical card as it relates to UK citizens living here, Irish citizens returning from periods of employment in the...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    449. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a case in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when a hospital appointment will be made. [40276/14]
  • Medical Card Applications
    450. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a discretionary medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford in order for them to commence their cancer...
  • Medical Card Delays
    451. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the reason for the delay in same; and if he...
  • HIQA Inspections
    452. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority has ever submitted a proposed standard for approval under the Health Act 2007 to monitor patient safety risks;...
  • Hospital Services
    453. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the outcome, morbidity or mortality, for sub arachnoid haemorrhage patients who are not accepted for emergency neurosurgical or endovascular...
  • Health Services Provision
    456. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of occupational therapy services in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make...
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
    457. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the diabetic pumps, when the Health Service Executive will put the I-Port device on the long-term illness book; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
    458. To ask the Minister for Health if, in consideration of the costs associated with maintaining a house, even when unoccupied, if a person in the fair deal scheme residing in a nursing home...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    459. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that there is an automatic entitlement to medical cards where the applicant and their family are solely dependent on social welfare...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    460. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a new prosthesis in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40331/14]
  • National Children's Hospital
    461. To ask the Minister for Health his views that there are question marks over the award by his National Paediatric Hospital Development Board of a mechanical and electrical engineering...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    462. To ask the Minister for Health the provision separate from services available to adults that exists for children and young adults with acute mental health difficulties in hospitals or other...
  • Hepatitis C Incidence
    463. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath who received a contaminated batch of anti-D blood product; and if he will make...
  • Medical Card Applications
    464. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [40400/14]
  • Hospital Staff
    465. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding staffing at Kerry General Hospital. [40401/14]
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    466. 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. [40402/14]
  • HSE Properties
    467. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the existence of a ministerial order in relation to the Health Service Executive owned lands at Currabeg, Ardee, County Louth, with the...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
    468. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in making payment under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who was approved on the 30...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    469. To ask the Minister for Health the additional expenditure his Department will need to incur in 2015 and 2016 to deal with demographic pressures; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services Charges
    470. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 870, 871 and 873 of 17 September 2014 when a reply will be issued to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    471. To ask the Minister for Health if much needed standing equipment, including standing frame, bench and harness, may be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who...
  • Freedom of Information Requests
    472. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding two organisations that have service contracts with the Health Service Executive and the constitutional right to seek information under...
  • Orthodontic Service Provision
    474. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no Health Service Executive orthodontic care available for patients in County Sligo and its environs;...
  • Cancer Screening Programmes
    475. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 122, 124 and 125 of 8 October 2014, if there has been documented cases of digital mammograms contributing to the...
  • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
    476. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim who needs continued orthodontic treatment after their planned procedure at a...
  • Departmental Staff Redeployment
    477. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the number of civil servants in his Department who have designated a County Mayo venue as their preference for a transfer;...

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