Written answers
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
- Community Care Provision
11. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the public consultation on the future of Abbeyleix and Sahaan hospitals; the decisions by the Health Service Executive or his Department... - Accident and Emergency Departments
12. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the persistent problems in the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2404/15] - Ambulance Service Response Times
13. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the latest Health Service Executive report on ambulance response times; his views that the current ambulance service is fit for purpose; and if he... - Medicinal Products Availability
14. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the medication soliris, eculizumab; if it will be funded for those with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Facilities
15. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address the serious issue of overcrowding at various general hospitals throughout the country including Naas General Hospital with... - Community Care Provision
16. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community geriatric teams comprising a geriatrician and specialist nurse currently operating here; his plans to expand such services nationwide to... - Cancer Screening Programmes
17. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the introduction of BreastCheck for women aged 65-69; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2402/15] - Medicinal Products Availability
18. To ask the Minister for Health if the MS drug fampyra will be made available on the public system to multiple sclerosis sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2357/15] - Ambulance Service Provision
19. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2392/15] - Accident and Emergency Departments
20. To ask the Minister for Health if he accepts the views expressed by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and other health professionals that the deepening crisis in accident and... - Hospital Accommodation Provision
21. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the optimum number or range of beds in the public system; the current number of available beds; the demographic projections taken into... - Community Care Provision
22. To ask the Minister for Health his views that a sufficient number of community geriatric teams comprising a geriatrician and specialist nurse working in communities could help relieve... - Hospital Appointment Delays
23. To ask the Minister for Health the way waiting times for children inpatient day cases at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly, may be improved; and if he will make a statement... - Hospitals Building Programme
24. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the planned construction of phase 3C of Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, including the much needed endoscopy unit; and if... - Maternity Services
26. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for maternity care in 2015, in view of the number of high profile maternity cases that occurred in 2014, highlighting serious deficiencies in Irish... - Hospital Waiting Lists
27. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has no date for an operation in view of being deemed by the orthopaedic surgeon as an urgent case, having... - Hospitals Discharges
28. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to date to address the issue of delayed discharges from acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2364/15] - Hospital Procedures
29. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek a report on the decision of a hospital to seek delivery of a 15-week foetus of a brain dead woman kept alive for 23 days in December 2014. [2388/15] - Hospital Waiting Lists
30. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting times for inpatient and day cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2391/15] - Hospital Staff
31. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the number of front-line medical staff at Mullingar Regional Hospital, County Westmeath, is adequate to meet the demands being placed on... - HSE Investigations
32. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken in response to events at Áras Attracta; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2375/15] - Hospital Accommodation Provision
33. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of extra beds at West Kerry Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2358/15] - Medicinal Products Availability
34. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make EpiPens more widely available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2344/15] - Community Care Provision
35. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on Abbeyleix and Shane hospitals. [2352/15] - Hospital Waiting Lists
36. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 11 November 2014, when follow-up funding will be provided for the 550 adults who require general surgery, the 953... - Ambulance Service Response Times
37. To ask the Minister for Health the details of ambulance call-out target times; his plans to extend or to remove same; the actions he will take to ensure that rural communities are guaranteed... - Health Insurance Regulation
38. To ask the Minister for Health when the VHI will receive authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2398/15] - Disease Management
39. To ask the Minister for Health the treatment that is available in the State in respect of a person who is diagnosed with Lyme disease; the tests conducted to establish such a diagnosis; and... - Proposed Legislation
40. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2355/15] - Hospital Waiting Lists
41. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether waiting times for patients needing diagnostic scans are acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2403/15] - Hospital Staff Recruitment
42. To ask the Minister for Health the way the current staffing situation at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, is being addressed; if his attention has been drawn to serious shortfalls in... - Health Insurance Regulation
43. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his plans for the VHI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2397/15] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
44. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on nursing home support/fair deal; the current waiting time; and his plans to reduce this. [2329/15] - Care Services
45. To ask the Minister for Health if cameras and other forms of monitoring will be introduced in certain care homes; his views that this would be appropriate; and if he will make a statement on... - Cancer Screening Programmes
46. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the roll out of BreastCheck for women in the 65-69 age group will not be complete until 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2394/15] - Abortion Legislation
47. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding reproductive rights here, particularly in view of his comments in December 2014 in which he indicated that the existing legislation on... - Home Care Packages
48. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce minimum standards for the delivery of publicly funded private and public home care for elderly persons and vulnerable adults in their own... - Medical Card Administration
49. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new medical card system; and the way these changes will impact on patients. [2328/15] - Accident and Emergency Departments
50. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s plan to end overcrowding and lengthy waiting times for persons accessing emergency departments. [2342/15] - Patient Data
51. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the timeframe for the universal health/patient identifier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2345/15] - Accident and Emergency Departments
52. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the accident and emergency crisis in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2338/15] - Accident and Emergency Services Provision
53. To ask the Minister for Health if temporary arrangements will be put in place in advance of the proposed new emergency department facility at University Hospital Galway to improve capacity... - Hospital Waiting Lists
54. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports (details supplied) of hospitals that have denied treatment to new public patients in an attempt to lower waiting lists; the timeframe... - National Children's Hospital Status
56. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2354/15] - General Practitioner Services
57. To ask the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care for children under six years will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2408/15] - HIQA Inspections
58. To ask the Minister for Health the reason community nursing homes are being treated differently from private nursing homes with regard to the Health Information and Quality Authority... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
59. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make EpiPens more widely available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2356/15] - HSE Expenditure (1 comment)
60. To ask the Minister for Health the total Health Service Executive budget for food and catering; if the HSE has considered a single system for procurement of food and setting of menus in... - Health Insurance Regulation
61. To ask the Minister for Health when the VHI will receive authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland; the reasons for the delay in the VHI achieving this; and if he will make a statement... - Primary Care Centre Provision
62. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for the development of a primary care centre in Johnstownbridge, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Card Administration
63. To ask the Minister for Health the changes in the medical card system; the way same will work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2353/15] - Hospital Waiting Lists
64. To ask the Minister for Health when follow up funding will be provided for the patients of Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, who were outsourced under the 2013 outpatients... - Health Services Provision
65. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive to reconsider the transfer of the rehabilitation and respite unit from St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel,... - Abortion Legislation
66. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act in view of the effect of the criminal sanction and the subsequent replacement of medical... - Accident and Emergency Departments
67. To ask the Minister for Health the details of meetings of the emergency department task force; the number of times it is envisaged it will convene over the next quarter; and if he will make a... - Nursing Home Services
68. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all public nursing homes will meet the Health Information and Quality Authority standards for physical environment regulations and... - Drug Treatment Programmes
69. To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction counsellors employed by the Health Service Executive drug treatment service in 2006; the area from which they operated; the geographical... - Hospitals Discharges
70. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the €25 million funding to address delayed discharges is insufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2393/15] - Accident and Emergency Departments
71. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the report from the emergency task force on the crises in emergency departments here; the measures that will be put in place to resolve the crises... - Medical Card Applications
72. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); and the reason there has been an unacceptable delay in the... - Accident and Emergency Departments
73. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed outline as to the way the additional €3 million which he allocated to alleviate overcrowding in hospital emergency... - Medical Card Administration
74. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made with regard to the implementation of medical card proposals announced late in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2390/15] - Services for People with Disabilities
75. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the new Health Service Executive guidelines on providing accessible services to patients with disabilities; if a right to health care was... - Hospital Services
76. To ask the Minister for Health the way waiting times for children inpatient day cases at Cavan General Hospital may be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2401/15] - Health Services Staff
77. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the performance appraisal methods that are in place to assess the performance of consultants and top management levels in the Health... - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
78. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent increase in the Nursing and Midwifery Board’s registration fee from €100 to €150 (details supplied) and on reports... - Nursing Home Inspections
79. To ask the Minister for Health if CCTV and covert inspections will be introduced in nursing homes to monitor standards of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2376/15] - National Children's Hospital Status
80. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the development plans for the national children’s hospital; the extent to which the project has been advanced to the next... - Hospital Services
81. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the overcrowding problems at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2400/15] - Ambulance Service Response Times
82. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address poor ambulance response times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2363/15] - Disease Management
84. To ask the Minister for Health the test that is performed in the State under the public health system to diagnose a person for Lyme disease; the location at which the test is performed; and... - Mental Health Services Funding
85. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the €20 million allocated for community mental health services in budget 2014 spent in 2014; if he will provide a breakdown on the way the... - Hospital Accommodation Provision
86. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the overcrowding problems at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2406/15] - Hospital Waiting Lists
87. To ask the Minister for Health the way waiting times for patients seeking diagnostic scans may be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2405/15]
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