Written answers
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
- Mental Health Services Provision
112. To ask the Minister for Health the peak age for admission into psychiatric care for persons under the age of 18 years of age, for persons between the ages of zero and 25, for all persons;... - Disability Services Provision
114. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for early intervention teams in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, the number of children waiting for their first appointment,... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
116. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the provision by the Health Service Executive of a piece of equipment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if... - Health Services
118. To ask the Minister for Health the work his Department will do to mark Brain Awareness Week organised by the Neurological Alliance of Ireland from 9 March to 15 March 2015; and if he will... - Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
119. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the risk to neurological services arising from the lack of clarity on the funding of Neurological Alliance of Ireland affiliates beyond June 2015;... - Mental Health Services Funding
120. To ask the Minister for Health with respect to the moneys allocated towards the development of community mental health teams, amounting to €35 million in 2012, €35 million in... - Health Services Staff Data
122. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent positions working in community mental health teams in counties Galway and Roscommon working in each year from 2011 to 2015,... - Health Services Data
123. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons incarcerated in psychiatric institutions here in the 1950s; if any investigations have taken place to investigate the reason this... - Health Services Funding
124. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to address the massive underfunding issues in respect of an organisation (details supplied) through real and fair assessments of needs and... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
125. To ask the Minister for Health when an application under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9441/15] - Health Services Provision
126. To ask the Minister for Health the non-surgical options provided by the Health Service Executive for children with a diagnosis of scoliosis. [9442/15] - Treatment Abroad Scheme
127. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will provide funding for persons diagnosed with scoliosis to attend clinics overseas to receive treatments, such as the... - Health Services Funding
128. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that adequate funding is provided for the residential centres of the Camphill Community of Ireland to ensure the continuation of services at... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
129. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for the fair deal nursing home package in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - Departmental Properties
130. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all properties rented by his Department; the annual cost of the leases; the duration of the leases; and the capacity and... - Health Services Funding
131. To ask the Minister for Health if he will maintain the level of funding that is provided to a service (details supplied) in view of the great impact it has on the lives of the persons who... - Medical Card Applications
132. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry and when they will receive a reply. [9469/15] - Dental Services
133. To ask the Minister for Health the dental treatments available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9470/15] - Medicinal Products Licensing
134. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Products Regulatory Authority had any correspondence with a pharmaceutical company (details supplied) regarding the safety or otherwise of... - Hospital Waiting Lists
138. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9481/15] - Health Services Provision
139. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on dermatology services in University Hospital Waterford; if he will provide an update on recruitment to fill vacant posts; if he... - Health Services Staff
140. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors by specialty, including consultants, non-consultant hospital doctors and general practitioners currently registered and practising in the... - Health Services Expenditure
141. To ask the Minister for Health in view of recent statistics from the OECD which indicate that only 67% of health spending in the State is funded by Government revenue, if he will provide a... - General Practitioner Services
142. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the State of the introduction of free general practitioner care for all citizens. [9503/15] - Health Services Expenditure
143. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the State of the introduction of free allied health professional care for all citizens, specifically for physiotherapy, speech and... - Medicinal Products Supply
144. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the State of providing free access to all prescribed medicines for all citizens. [9505/15] - Health Services Expenditure
146. To ask the Minister for Health the current cost to the State of providing free general practitioner care for those with medical cards. [9507/15] - Hospitals Expenditure
148. To ask the Minister for Health the current spending on acute hospital services, including across our public hospital network and through the national treatment purchase fund. [9509/15] - Health Insurance Prices
149. To ask the Minister for Health the affect that removing any subsidy from private health insurance, both in terms of taxation and reduced hospital charges, would have on premia for those... - Health Services
150. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline current medical phone helpline provision, whereby members of the public may discuss symptoms with medical staff; and his plans to increase... - Primary Care Centre Provision
151. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of primary care centre provision, including numbers of centres and plans to build or procure further centres. [9512/15] - Hospital Waiting Lists
152. To ask the Minister for Health if a common public-private waiting list system has been considered for evaluation-investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9513/15] - Primary Care Centres
153. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the 90 primary care networks; the moneys spent on these to date in each year since they were established; planned developments; and if he... - Hospital Groups
155. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the six hospital groups; the moneys spent on these to date in each year since they were established; planned developments; and if he will... - Hospital Consultants Recruitment
156. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of unfilled hospital consultants posts. [9517/15] - Hospital Consultants Contract
157. To ask the Minister for Health the number and detail of the varying kinds of hospital consultant doctor contracts currently in vogue; if there are changes that are envisaged; and if he will... - Health Insurance Company Payments
158. To ask the Minister for Health the total of the revenue stream to public hospitals from private health insurance sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9519/15] - Health Insurance Data
159. To ask the Minister for Health the total spent by the public on private health insurance, by provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9520/15] - Disability Services Programme Review
160. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the current reviews of disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9521/15] - Hospital Charges
161. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of the various current hospital charges per person in the public system; the overall amount generated by such charges in each of... - Medicinal Products Supply
162. To ask the Minister for Health if bulk buying by joint contract on an international basis with either the National Health Service in the North and in Britain or the EU has been examined for... - Universal Health Insurance Provision
163. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a roadmap of elimination of hospital charges planned alongside the introduction of universal health insurance; and if he will make a... - Hospital Consultants Contract
164. To ask the Minister for Health if consultant contracts will be revisited before the roll-out of universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9525/15] - Programme for Government Initiatives
167. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the conclusion reached in the report recently published by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, entitled Health System... - General Practitioner Services
168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of out-of-pocket payments by the public to general practitioners and out-of-pocket payments for medications in each of the past... - Health Services Expenditure
169. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of out-of-pocket payments by the public to allied health professionals including physiotherapists, speech and language therapists... - Dental Services Expenditure
170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of funding of dentistry services over the past three years; the percentage that was funded by out-of-pocket payments; and the... - Universal Health Insurance
171. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the envisaged basket of care for universal health insurance; what this will include; if an average cost to the public has been... - Hospital Staff
172. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child psychiatrist posts, part-time and full-time, in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth, in 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in... - Proposed Legislation
173. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the policy proposals to be brought to Government for the drafting of primary legislation for a new mobility allowance scheme; and if he will... - Medical Card Data
174. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form for 1 February 2014 and 1 February 2015 for each local health area, the number of medical cards in circulation generally... - General Practitioner Services
176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that adequate funding is provided to ensure that there are no reductions in the level of service provided by North East Doctor on Call Ltd.... - Speech and Language Therapy
177. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the reinstatement of a speech and language therapist post in Ballinrobe, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9581/15] - Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department's proposals to assist in reducing the long waiting lists for orthodontic care in the mid-west region; and if he... - Hospital Waiting Lists
179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on an outpatient waiting list to see a consultant, for each of the hospitals in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, broken down by... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Carlow and Kilkenny awaiting approval under the nursing home support scheme; the number of persons in Carlow and Kilkenny... - Vaccination Programme
181. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to introduce a vaccine for meningitis B onto the national immunisation scheme; the contact that has been made between his... - Hospital Consultants Contract
182. To ask the Minister for Health the policy with regard to hospital consultants seeing private patients at public clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9598/15] - Appointments to State Boards
183. To ask the Minister for Health the number of senior civil servants who retired since 2011 in his Department who have been appointed to a State board under his aegis following their...
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