Written answers
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
- Palliative Care Facilities
114. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the planned implementation of palliative care facilities in University Hospital Waterford; his views that these facilities are... - Medicinal Products Prices
115. To ask the Minister for Health the specific thresholds, parameters or guidelines in place to gauge and measure the cost effectiveness of new drugs and medications. [8321/15] - Medical Card Applications
116. 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.... - Medicinal Products Availability
117. To ask the Minister for Health when the public consultation on increasing the availability of epinephrine auto-injectors will commence; as part of the review, his views on increasing the... - Hospital Procedures
118. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be called for a procedure in University Hospital Galway; the reason the person was informed at an... - Hospital Waiting Lists
119. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an initial appointment for assessment for cataract surgery in University Hospital Galway; the waiting times for surgery following... - Home Help Service Provision
120. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8350/15] - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
121. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include dementia in the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8359/15] - Organ Donation
122. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any discarding of donated organs, by the Health Service Executive, due to the lack of resources to carry out operations,... - Hospital Appointment Status
123. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8377/15] - Hospital Complaints Procedures
124. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8393/15] - Health Services Provision
125. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a public health nurse visit in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8394/15] - Hospital Accommodation Provision
126. To ask the Minister for Health if he will utilise the beds in Abbeyleix Community Hospital, County Laois, to alleviate the crisis of the bed shortage in the Midland Regional Hospital,... - Medical Card Applications
127. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the... - Residential Institutions Data
128. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014, the number of women expected to avail of the enhanced medical benefits under... - Public Procurement Contracts
130. To ask the Minister for Health when a group (details supplied) sought tenders to appoint a public relations consultant; the number of approved tenders; the period of the Setanta contract;... - International Agreements
131. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update to the co-operation activities which have been carried out under the memorandum of understanding on health regulation, training,... - Hospital Waiting Lists
132. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a surgical procedure, in view of the fact that the person is waiting two years for the... - Health Services Funding
133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase funding to the Irish Osteoporosis Society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8439/15] - General Practitioner Services
134. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has carried out any reviews, or has plans to review, the process of issuing of sick certificates, by general practitioners; the guidelines... - Primary Care Centres
135. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which primary care centres are capable of alleviating the burden of overcrowding at the accident and emergency facilities in general hospitals,... - Nursing Home Beds
136. To ask the Minister for Health if he remains satisfied regarding the availability of adequate nursing home beds in the public and private sector, with a view to the alleviation of... - Medical Card Administration
138. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he will be in position to put in place procedures to ensure that patients who do not qualify for medical cards on income grounds, may be... - Health Care Infrastructure
139. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which adequate facilities remain available to meet the ongoing health care, and requirements, of the population, such as primary care facilities,... - Accident and Emergency Departments
140. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the practice over the past number of years has altered, resulting in a greater number of referrals to accident and emergency; the way this... - Primary Care Centres
141. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of facilities, expected to be made available normally, at primary care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8455/15] - Primary Care Centre Data
142. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of primary care centres currently operational throughout the country; the number and location of those yet to be provided, or in course of... - Medicinal Products Prices
143. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the rules applicable in the Single Market will benefit the procurement of drugs in this country; and if he will make a statement on the... - Orthodontic Service Provision
144. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects orthodontic services to be prioritised in the short and medium term, having particular regard to the number of children... - Health Services Staff Data
145. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which medical, nursing or consultant posts remain to be filled throughout the public health services; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Beds Data
146. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which the number of medical, surgical or step-down hospital beds has fluctuated, in each of the past ten years, to date; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Appeals
147. To ask the Minister for Health if he will standardise, and speed-up, medical card appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8461/15] - Hospitals Building Programme
148. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the implementation of the next stage of development at Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on... - Primary Care Centre Provision
149. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of primary care centres in County Kildare, those already constructed and operational, and those planned, and when they are... - Treatment Benefit Scheme
150. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the cross-border healthcare directive, if the Health Service Executive will pay a health care provider in another member state directly, as opposed... - Obesity Strategy
151. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle obesity, with particular reference to childhood obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8468/15]
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