Written answers
Tuesday, 11 November 2014
- Health Services Funding
330. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding. [43164/14] - Medical Card Eligibility
331. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the income limits for the removal of a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Mobility Allowance Review
332. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the mobility allowance and mobility transport allowance; the scheme that has been put in place since the removal of those... - Health Services
334. To ask the Minister for Health when money will be made available for a full-time residential care placement in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Card Applications
335. To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42735/14] - Midwifery Services
336. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Office for Nursing and Midwifery Services in the Health Service Executive has been permitted to set up a clinical governance group on home... - Audiology Services Provision
337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults currently on the public waiting list to access audiology services. [42811/14] - Hospital Waiting Lists
345. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on the public waiting list for cataract surgery [42819/14] - Health Services Provision
351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for procedures to get a tongue and lip tie diagnoses here; if he will provide a breakdown of the length of time children are on... - Health Services
352. To ask the Minister for Health if Irish mothers with rhesus negative blood group in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s were warned about the possible side effects from the anti-D injection which is... - Hospital Waiting Lists
353. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 30 September 2014, the progress that has been made between the Health Service Executive and Cappagh Hospital in... - Hospital Staff Data
354. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 for Letterkenny General Hospital and Sligo Regional Hospital, the number of medical staff... - Orthodontic Service Provision
355. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42871/14] - Hospital Procedures
356. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application for funding for surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a... - Departmental Strategies
357. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change the structure of his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42888/14] - Open Disclosures Policy
358. To ask the Minister for Health if the implementation of an open-disclosure policy by the Health Service Executive and the State Claims Agency last year has resulted in savings through a... - Medical Records
359. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the medical records, including the birth registers and the maternity theatre registers, for each year from 1951 to... - Hospital Services
360. To ask the Minister for Health his views on funding concerns in relation to the meals on wheels service coming from Peamount Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42914/14] - Hospital Waiting Lists
361. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for patients in the western region awaiting ophthalmology outpatient appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Provision
363. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will have a seat assessment for a wheelchair performed; his views that a person should have to wait four... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home clients availing of the fair deal scheme system at present; and his plans to reduce the current waiting time of approximately 15... - Medicinal Products Expenditure
366. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the drugs budget for the Department next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42943/14] - Ministerial Appointments
367. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has given any consideration to the appointment of a junior Minister with sole responsibility for drug policy; and if he will make a statement... - Medical Card Applications
368. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on a medical card application will issue to a person ( details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the orthodontic waiting list in County Laois. [42952/14] - Counselling Services
370. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to regulate the counselling and psychotherapy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42969/14] - Medicinal Products Prices
371. To ask the Minister for Health the reimbursement price which is applied to the medicine betaferon which is used to treat multiple sclerosis and reimbursed under the high tech medicines... - Parliamentary Questions
372. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 2 October 2014 when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42978/14] - Departmental Budgets
373. To ask the Minister for Health the reason divisional budgets do not exist across the different board/ trust areas; the way managers of each board/ trust area may allocate their funds... - Mental Health Services Funding
374. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether 6.1% of the overall health budget is adequate for mental health as the percentage health spend in England, Wales and Scotland in 2012-2013... - Disabilities Services Funding
375. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for the visually impaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42991/14] - Palliative Care for Children
376. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied) in relation to a paediatric home nursing care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43019/14] - Health Services
378. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding services and supports in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43021/14] - Mental Health Act Review
379. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a domestic situation (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43022/14] - Nursing Staff Remuneration
380. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the low rate of salary being paid to newly qualified nurses; if he is aware that a newly qualified nurse may be paid a lower rate than the... - Maternity Services
381. To ask the Minister for Health if he will acknowledge the tremendous work being done by an overstretched staff in the Rotunda Maternity Hospital, Dublin, and the need for urgent investment... - Hospital Facilities
382. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have a new 24-hour helipad at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the estimated cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43040/14] - Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
384. To ask the Minister for Health following the announcement of the ending of the moratorium on recruitment in the public service, if employees in the Health Service Executive on flexitime will... - Health Services Provision
385. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is medically equipped or has the medical knowledge to provide the detailed medical needs of people with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome... - Dental Services Provision
386. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take immediate action to provide alternative facilities to cater for children in the Dublin area requiring multiple dental extractions under general... - Medical Card Administration
387. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the processing of medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43063/14] - Medical Card Reviews
388. To ask the Minister for Health if a discretionary medical card will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Card Eligibility
389. To ask the Minister for Health the way the income assessment for medical cards is calculated; if the weekly income is calculated by dividing the monthly income by four; his views on whether... - Hospital Waiting Lists
390. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick with type 2 diabetes who is unable to take medication, suffers terrible pain... - Hospital Procedures
391. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical procedure will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [43105/14] - Health Insurance Prices
392. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the two McLoughlin reports on private health insurance, if he will indicate the recommendations contained in those reports that he and his... - Medical Card Data
393. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 201 of 19 September 2014, 638 of 15 July 2014, 139 of 25 June 2014 and 209 to 212, inclusive, of 4 June 2014, the... - Primary Care Services Provision
395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of a primary care centre for Laytown-Bettystown, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointment Status
396. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive a hospital appointment. [43128/14] - Hospital Waiting Lists
397. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43133/14] - National Drugs Strategy Implementation
398. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the proposal in the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 to have drugs intervention programmes, incorporating a treatment referral option,... - Hospital Equipment
401. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the radiology IT system in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, that was replaced at considerable... - Services for People with Disabilities
402. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the application for a 15-bed unit in a nursing home (details supplied) in order to care for young persons with specific disabilities needs;... - Tobacco Control Measures
403. To ask the Minister for Health the reason staff, patients and their families are being treated in a manner in a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Staff Remuneration
404. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their medical scientist training allowance considering that the Health Service Executive has in the... - Hospital Appointment Status
405. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a date for their operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43165/14] - Medical Card Delays
406. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a discretionary medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a... - Alcohol Sales Legislation
407. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the introduction of measures to prevent the below-cost selling of alcohol here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - National Drugs Strategy Implementation
409. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Health Service Executive’s consideration in the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 of adoption of a standard definition and... - Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
412. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 591, 639, 641, 649, 659 to 661, inclusive, and 721 of 4 November 2014, the reason the symphysiotomy payment scheme will... - Prescription Charges
414. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 633 of 24 June 2014, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive has not issued a... - Medical Card Administration
415. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the re-issuing of the discretionary medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Applications
416. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a discretionary medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement... - Medical Card Administration
418. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeframe as to when a medical card that was previously awarded on discretionary medical grounds will be reinstated in respect of a person... - Medical Card Applications
419. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application in respect of a person, (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay; and if he will... - Medical Card Administration
420. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has not had their medical card reinstated following the Minister's announcement in June in respect of... - Accident and Emergency Services Provision
422. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals there are to move emergency services for heart attack patients from St Vincent's Hospital to St James's or the Mater Hospital, Dublin; and if... - Obesity Strategy
423. To ask the Minister for Health the policy decisions he has taken and is taking to stop the growing obesity problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43251/14] - Disease Management
424. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding this country's ability to contain an outbreak of Ebola; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43253/14] - Hospital Waiting Lists
425. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he proposes to take to address any ongoing issues in regard to hospital waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43254/14] - Health Services Staff
426. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that adequate staffing levels are being maintained at all levels throughout the public health sector, with particular reference to... - Hospital Bed Data
429. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of hospital beds available throughout the public health sector at present; if such numbers have fluctuated in the past five years and, if so,... - Health Services
430. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has identified the most pressurised areas of the delivery of health services at present; if he expects to be in a position to address... - Medical Card Administration
432. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which issues in relation to medical cards have been resolved-streamlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43261/14] - Medicinal Products Supply
433. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which central procurement and generic prescribing have been each identified and assessed for potential to reduce health service costs without in... - Orthodontic Service Provision
434. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which orthodontic services continue to be made available to children and teenagers with particular reference to follow-up on school medical... - Narcolepsy Issues
435. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of identified sufferers of narcolepsy; the extent to which supportive arrangements are in place or remain to be put in place in respect of... - HSE Funding
436. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child care and preschool facility (details supplied) in County Donegal is allocated only €8.30 per hour by the Health Service Executive to... - Health Services Allowances
437. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons (details supplied) in County Donegal were not provided an allowance in respect of their medical card application for life assurance; the... - Hospital Appointments Administration
438. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [43320/14] - Departmental Funding
439. To ask the Minister for Health the efficiency targets that were set, through the social care division, for section 39 organisations; the process through which section 39 organisations were... - Value for Money Reviews
440. To ask the Minister for Health the way the amount of funding deducted from Ability West in County Galway was calculated; where it was recommended that savings could be identified within the... - Patient Transport Expenditure
441. To ask the Minister for Health the travel arrangements he will put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow to enable them to keep their daily appointments at... - Legal Proceedings
442. To ask the Minister for Health if threat of legal action by Intrym Justitia in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny relative to their care at St. James's Hospital,...
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