Written answers
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
- National Drugs Strategy Implementation
377. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allocate responsibility for the national drugs strategy to an existing Minister of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7647/15] - Tobacco Control Measures
378. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland has officially responded to the objections from ten member states to the plain packaging Bill as it is obliged to do so under the EU transparency... - Mental Health Services Provision
380. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which child psychiatric services remain adequate to meet modern challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8283/15] - Hospital Appointment Status
381. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive an orthopaedic appointment; if the person's case has been listed as urgent; and if he will... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fair deal beds available in the north-east region. [7649/15] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure
392. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated for the fair deal scheme across the State since 2009. [7659/15] - Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
394. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who have been subject to the removal of the rural practice allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7661/15] - Cancer Screening Programmes
396. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of patients referred to Letterkenny General Hospital from BreastCheck in County Donegal for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014. [7664/15] - Hospital Procedures
397. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of breast cancer-related surgeries carried out in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal in the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.... - Hospital Staff
398. To ask the Minister for Health the cross-Border options that have been examined to enable the appointment of a second breast cancer surgeon at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal,... - Hospital Consultants Recruitment
399. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take to ensure a permanent consultant urologist is appointed to Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal as soon as possible; and if... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
400. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Waiting Lists
401. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of public and voluntary hospitals that have single or common waiting lists, a combination of public and private... - Hospital Appointment Status
402. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a hip replacement surgery in Saint James's Hospital in Dublin 8 will be arranged as soon as possible in respect of a person (details... - Medicinal Products Prices
403. To ask the Minister for Health the reason cancer patients who attend public hospitals for treatment have their intravenous treatment undertaken free of charge whereas patients who are on the... - Orthodontic Service Provision
404. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding orthodontic treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7705/15] - Nursing Home Repayment Scheme
405. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding nursing home payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7722/15] - Hospital Appointments Administration
406. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7723/15] - Hospital Transfers
407. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a transfer request in respect of a person (details supplied). [7735/15] - Medical Card Applications
409. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
410. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made with regard to the reconfiguration of gynaecology services in County Cork; the locations where public gynaecology services are now provided;... - National Carers Strategy Implementation
412. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the implementation of the national carers strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7809/15] - Mental Health Act Review
414. To ask the Minister for Health if the Mental Health Act will be amended to require health professionals to involve the carers of mental health patients in their treatment; and if he will... - Mental Health Services Provision
415. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the introduction of community mental health teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7812/15] - Hospital Accommodation Provision
416. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 428 of 16 December 2014 (details supplied), if he will open the two beds in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin,... - Hospital Services
418. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a computed tomography, CT, scan at University Hospital Waterford; the number of persons that have been waiting for a scan in... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
419. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite final approval for a fair deal nursing home support scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
420. To ask the Minister for Health if a required shower seat can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7828/15] - Hospital Waiting Lists
421. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for a cataract operation will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, following a further referral from that person's... - Medical Card Applications
422. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the... - National Drugs Strategy Implementation
423. To ask the Minister for Health when he last chaired a meeting of the Oversight Forum on Drugs; the number of times it has met in 2015; the number of times it met in 2014; and if he will make... - Environmental Health Issues
424. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has any function, or role, from a public health point of view, in relation to rats, rodents and infestation in persons' houses,... - Treatment Abroad Scheme
425. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the treatment abroad scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - National Drugs Strategy Implementation
426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, an update on the implementation of each of the 63 actions in the 2009 to 2016 National Drugs Strategy; and if he will make... - Local Drugs Task Forces Funding
428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the funding provided each year, since 2010, to each of the local and regional drugs task forces. [7862/15] - HIQA Remit
429. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take immediate action, and amend legislation to allow the Health Information Quality Authority to investigate individual complaints within... - General Practitioner Services
430. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the number of general practitioners in practice in each of the counties, Cavan, Monaghan, Louth and Meath; the number of these, by... - Health Services Funding
431. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding approved for a centre (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, in each of the past five years; the amount of funding allocated; the way this... - Dental Services Provision
432. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of removal of dental services in Carrick-on-Suir Health Centre, County Tipperary; if alternative local facilities will be secured to... - Mental Health Services Funding
433. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a project (details supplied) which is currently being delivered by Saint Colmcille's Gaelic Athletic Association Club,... - Medical Card Applications
434. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in assessment of recently submitted documentation, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of a pending... - Hospital Waiting Lists
438. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the increase in numbers waiting for surgery for over a year in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; if any particular plan has been, or... - Medical Card Applications
439. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7912/15] - Hospital Appointment Status
441. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 will receive a date for hip replacement surgery in Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dublin 11. [7915/15] - Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
442. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, based on local health offices-areas and indicating those of 16 years of age and under, and those above 16 years of age,... - Health Services Funding
443. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to a group (details supplied) to meet an immediate budgetary shortfall; if he will guarantee future funding, at an... - Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
444. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a treatment for the disease paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he... - Health Services Staff Data
445. To ask the Minister for Health when the employment file of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be released by the Health Service Executive, in view of the numerous requests made... - Services for People with Disabilities
446. To ask the Minister for Health if additional hours will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway to ensure adequate support as that person moves into adult services; if... - Patient Data
447. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate the current location of data for patients of the former hospital Mount Carmel Hospital, and the way in which these patients can access... - Hospital Consultants Recruitment
448. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place by the Saolta University Health Care Group to recruit a second laparoscopic colorectal surgeon to work at Letterkenny General Hospital,... - HIQA Investigations
449. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the time required to go through the complaints procedure in the Health Information and Quality Authority, from receipt of... - Services for People with Disabilities
450. To ask the Minister for Health if, and when, a replacement for the mobility grant scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7955/15] - Hospital Appointment Status
451. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive an appointment for a hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7956/15] - HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
452. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spent on agency staff in January 2015; the proportion of the agency's anticipated expenditure on agency staff in 2015... - HSE Staff Remuneration
453. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has funding in its 2015 budget to cover increments for staff in 2015; the level of funding that will be required to pay such... - Hospital Consultants Remuneration
454. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has funding in its 2015 budget to pay increased salaries to hospital consultants, who were employed on lower pay rates after... - Mental Health Services Provision
455. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to ensure that reports that a child has spent three weeks in an adult psychiatric unit will not be replicated; if he will confirm that... - Hospital Accommodation Provision
457. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 428 of 16 December 2014, and in view of correspondence (details supplied), if the 16 closed beds in paediatric services... - HSE Reports
458. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a case (details supplied) regarding the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7993/15] - Public Sector Staff Remuneration
459. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recognise those employees who are categorised as sessional workers, but have long-service records with the Health Service Executive, in respect of... - Hospital Consultants Contract
460. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce consultants fees, and pay, within the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5719/15] - Magdalen Laundries
461. To ask the Minister for Health if acupuncture, massage-based therapy and reflexology will be available to Magdalen women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6975/15] - Medical Card Administration
462. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the processing of first-time applicants (details supplied) for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8065/15] - Health Services Provision
463. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the effects on services offered in physiotherapy in Ballymun Health Centre, Dublin 11, due to the moratorium on recruitment; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff Data
464. To ask the Minister for Health when the location the 50 new paramedic posts for the west of Ireland will be posted; if he will provide this data, by county; and if he will make a statement... - Services for People with Disabilities
465. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is within his remit to consider the health needs of preschool children, with special needs, starting their education in September 2015,... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
466. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of an application under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he... - HSE Properties
467. To ask the Minister for Health the overall cost of converting hospitals and community care databases to accommodate Eircode. [8090/15] - Hospital Procedures
468. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for a medical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [8104/15] - Health Services Provision
469. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a day care centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8111/15] - Hospital Appointment Status
472. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8120/15] - HIQA Reports
473. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of concerns raised that the Health Information and Quality Authority is failing to carry out comprehensive reports by not... - HSE Investigations
474. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the policy, in relation to physical restraints, at a hospital (details supplied); if it is the case that an elderly person admitted to... - Health Services Provision
475. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) in County Louth, who has been assessed by an occupational therapist as meeting the... - Health Services Staff
476. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of those resident at an address (details supplied) in County Dublin, and the proposal to replace the nursing staff with care... - HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
477. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money being spent annually by hospitals on agency nurses, and other agency health staff, due to the public sector embargo on recruitment; and if... - Hospital Services
478. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 446 of 20 January 2015, the progress in obtaining a reply from the Health Service Executive; the action he will take to... - Medical Card Applications
479. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8160/15] - Graduate Nursing Scheme
480. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the graduate nurse scheme, where newly qualified nurses in the midlands region are receiving 85% salary during their first year of... - Hospital Waiting Lists
481. To ask the Minister for Health the steps which are being put in place to facilitate spinal surgery at Galway University Hospital; the number of adults awaiting this procedure; the longest... - Hospital Services
482. To ask the Minister for Health when a date will be issued for an urgent operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Drugs Payment Scheme
483. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 17 February 2015, the way very elderly or disorientated patients make the necessary applications for refunds; his... - Patient Transfers
484. To ask the Minister for Health the policy position in place within the Health Service Executive to deal with the issue of patient transfer by taxi; if taxi use is carefully co-ordinated; if... - Medical Card Eligibility
485. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointment Status
486. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for Saint James' Hospital, Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Card Delays
487. To ask the Minister for Health the average timeframe a person can expect to wait on a decision from the client registration unit, in relation to a discretionary medical card; and if he will... - Ambulance Service Staff
488. To ask the Minister for Health his views on utilising the services of fire fighters, employed full-time or on a part-time retainer, across the State, in their capacity as trained... - Services for People with Disabilities
489. To ask the Minister for Health the supports a person (details supplied) in County Dublin received from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8224/15] - Medical Card Eligibility
490. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the pension-related deduction is not taken into account when assessing means for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8229/15] - Medical Card Applications
491. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Staff
492. To ask the Minister for Health if the allegations of staff changes from nursing staff to care administrators at a group home (details supplied) in County Dublin, within the community for... - Hospital Staff
493. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount spent on agency staff at Portlaoise hospital, County Laois in 2014; and the anticipated spend on agency staff, at this hospital in 2015. [8257/15] - Hospital Transfers
494. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was admitted to Letterkenny General Hospital; when this person was referred to Galway University... - Mental Health Services Provision
496. To ask the Minister for Health if counselling services are provided, free of charge, as part of the public mental health service, in view of the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin... - Primary Care Centre Provision
497. To ask the Minister for Health when the building of a primary health care centre will commence, consisting of the health centre, the Mother McCauley centre and the Alzheimer's centre on...
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