Written answers

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

  • Water Fluoridation
    540. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the issue of water fluoridation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11150/15]
  • Planning Issues
    541. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a survey (details supplied) which states that noise sensitivity is particularly problematic for 40% of children with autistic spectrum disorders...
  • Magdalen Laundries
    542. To ask the Minister for Health when the Magdalen survivors will receive their enhanced medical cards. [11582/15]
  • Motorised Transport Grant Eligibility
    552. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reintroduction of a motorised transportation grant or similar type scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12240/15]
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    553. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who was initially seen approximately two and a half years ago for cataract problems in both eyes and who...
  • Hospital Services
    554. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, will not prescribe the drug Lemtrada to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 despite support from a consultant...
  • Vaccination Programme
    556. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the concerns raised by Irish Vaccination Awareness in respect of the human papilloma virus vaccine (details supplied). [11123/15]
  • Health Services
    557. To ask the Minister for Health when the eye clinic for children will be restored in County Galway; the steps being taken to address the eye clinic waiting lists that exist for children in...
  • Health Services Expenditure
    558. To ask the Minister for Health the amounts paid in tabular form to each service provider per client on average using their day services and their residential services; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Services
    559. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for Portiuncula Hospital in County Galway; if there will be a reduction in services; if so, if he will provide details of same; if there is any...
  • Hospital Mortality Rates
    561. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the average in-hospital mortality rates for persons who experience strokes which are higher than the average in the...
  • Hospital Beds Data
    562. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the shortage of neurological intensive care beds for patients who suffer brain haemorrhages; and if he will make a statement...
  • Health Insurance
    564. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he is encouraging persons under 35 years of age who can afford private health insurance to do so before 30 April 2015. [11203/15]
  • Proposed Legislation
    565. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed soft opt-out system for organ donation; when this will come before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    566. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11209/15]
  • Medical Card Applications
    567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Local Drugs Task Forces Funding
    568. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.428 of 24 February 2015, if he will provide, in tabular form the way the Health Service Executive distributed funding in...
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    569. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 who was diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum will be provided a date for an appointment with a speech and...
  • Hospital Procedures
    572. To ask the Minister for Health if corrective surgeries or equivalent non-surgical procedures are performed on intersex children in Irish hospitals to make their genitalia more typically...
  • Health Services Staff Training
    575. To ask the Minister for Health the level of oversight of care provider companies; the required level of training and competency of their staff; how often are they required to up-skill their...
  • Maternity Services
    576. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 365 of 25 November 2014, the action he will take on inaccurate information provided in the reply from the Health Service...
  • Health Services Staff
    578. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive's intern health care assistant scheme is regarded as a government-approved or sponsored incentive scheme for the purposes of...
  • Health Services
    579. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the treatment of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    580. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 14 January 2015 and subsequent correspondence (details supplied) detailing the absence of a lack of reply from the...
  • Medical Card Applications
    581. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the documents relating to a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 have been mislaid several times, and the...
  • Primary Care Centres
    582. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed Tullow Primary Care Centre in County Carlow. [11272/15]
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    583. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a drug (details supplied) which is approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States of America to treat patients with...
  • Medical Card Applications
    584. 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 if he will make a statement on the...
  • Disability Services Funding
    585. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a commitment on the services being provided at Saint Joseph's Foundation in Charleville in County Cork, and ensure that the Health Service...
  • Accident and Emergency Departments
    586. To ask the Minister for Health the provision of emergency departments across the country, including location, hours of service, staff complement and services available, including...
  • Obesity Strategy
    587. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a policy and action plan to tackle obesity; the type of consultation; who will be consulted; when a draft will be ready; and if he will...
  • Audiology Services Provision
    588. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria by which a person can be prioritised on the audiology waiting list for hearing aids; if the severity of the hearing condition is relevant to...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    589. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) in County Kildare will be facilitated, as a matter of urgency, through the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service; and if he...
  • Community First Responders Network
    590. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a proposal for a cardiac community service group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11347/15]
  • Health Services
    591. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend funding to the Neurological Alliance of Ireland to prevent the loss of services and jobs due to the delay in funding, following the review...
  • Air Pollution
    592. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken following the publication of a report by the European Environmental Agency entitled Revealing the Cost of Air Pollution, in respect of...
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
    593. To ask the Minister for Health if the long-term illness card of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will cover the use of the drug Creon. [11383/15]
  • Orthodontic Service Provision
    594. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an application for dental braces in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Dental Services Provision
    595. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 429 of 3 March 2015, the staffing shortfall that currently exists within the Health Service Executive dental service in...
  • Hospital Facilities
    596. To ask the Minister for Health if wireless free internet WiFi is available at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11401/15]
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    597. To ask the Minister for Health if a stress test and echo will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [11421/15]
  • Health Services
    598. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.492 of 16 December 2014, if the issue has now been resolved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    599. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be arranged at the orthopaedic clinic at Waterford Regional Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny,...
  • Cártaí Eorpacha um Árachas Sláinte
    600. To ask the Minister for Health an bhfuil fótachóip ar fáil d'iarratasóirí de na foirmeacha iarratais a bhí curtha isteach sa bhliain 2010 ar...
  • Liostaí Feithimh Ospidéal
    601. To ask the Minister for Health an bhfuil duine ó Chontae Dhún na nGall (sonraí curtha ar fáil) ar an liosta práinneach feithimh do...
  • Seirbhísí Ospidéil
    602. To ask the Minister for Health maidir le ceist Dála (tagairt: 39876/14), an 14 Samhain 2014, an bhféadann sé a insint an bhfaighidh an duine i gceist...
  • Hospital Procedures
    603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply cardiology department treatment figures for all hospitals in the State, with the exception of University Hospital Waterford, that carries out...
  • Home Help Service Provision
    604. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine home-help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11444/15]
  • Health Services Provision
    605. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11445/15]
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    606. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding full-time residential care in respect of a person (details supplied); if extra funding will be made available to Carmona Services or...
  • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
    607. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for nursing registration in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    608. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing a power wheelchair to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; when the power wheelchair will be provided; and if he...
  • Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
    609. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on proposals for medically supervised injecting centres in Dublin; and the proposed time frame for such centres. [11455/15]
  • Drug Treatment Programmes
    610. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons being treated for abuse or misuse of steroids in the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date. [11456/15]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    611. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with neurofibromatosis awaiting surgery at Our Lady's Hospital in Crumlin, Dublin 12; the maximum waiting times; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Staff Data
    612. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric anaesthetists operating in public hospitals on 1 January 2011 and on 1 January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    613. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form and by age, the number of children up to ten years of age who are awaiting surgery for scoliosis; the maximum length of...
  • Hospital Procedures
    614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2014; the number of these patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a...
  • Dental Services
    615. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork was refused dental treatment which was always available to that person through a medical card [11482/15]
  • Hospital Procedures
    623. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with diabetes who had a lower limb amputation classified as a major amputation; the number who were classified as minor amputations in...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    624. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial delay in medical treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
    625. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will receive orthodontic treatment in view of the fact that the person was assessed in 2012; and if he will...
  • Community First Responders Network
    626. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available from his Department to support the establishment of a community first responder group (details supplied). [11501/15]
  • Medical Card Data
    627. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards; and general practitioner cards, as of 1 March 2015; and the number for each, issued on a discretionary basis, on that date [11505/15]
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    628. To ask the Minister for Health the details of availability of ocular Zovirax; if recommendations on prescribing alternative medications will be made for any period during which it is not...
  • Medical Card Applications
    629. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card has been made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and when a decision will be made on the case...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    630. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for research in smart technology for those with visual impairment, in view of the fact that there are up to 250,000 persons...
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    631. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was added to the national treatment purchase fund list three years ago, but is now being quoted as being...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    632. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a surgical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; the reason no appointment has yet been scheduled....
  • Health Insurance Cover
    634. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a decision made by a national health insurance provider not to cover a person (details supplied) in County Longford for treatment, especially...
  • Hospital Staff
    635. To ask the Minister for Health the time frame for a second palliative care consultant for the Midlands Regional Hospital in Mullingar in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    636. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 17 February 2015, if he will review the reply in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is...
  • Hospice Services
    637. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Old Dingle Hospital in County Kerry; the steps required for the ownership of the building to be transferred to a different...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    638. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the drug Lemtrada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11560/15]
  • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
    639. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for examination for the purposes of obtaining a primary medical certificate; and if he will make...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    640. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment in Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    643. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking in order that patients, such as a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24, who has gastrointestinal stromal tumours, can have access to...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment regarding a biopsy in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Patient Transport Provision
    645. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are provided in County Longford in transporting patients from home and from nursing homes to hospitals in emergency situations; and if he...
  • Tobacco-Related Diseases
    646. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who died from smoking-related diseases in counties Longford and Westmeath in the years 2012 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Health Services Staff Data
    648. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed by the Health Service Executive, by profession and in tabular form. [11657/15]
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    650. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a flexible cystoscopy in Ennis Hospital, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Social Insurance Data
    651. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 26 February 2015, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11670/15]
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    652. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive treatment at Ennis General Hospital in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11671/15]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    653. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be entitled to adult support services once they leave secondary school in June 2015; when the services will be...
  • Medical Qualifications
    654. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the current situation that so many of our current medical students are going abroad to work after graduating; and his plans to encourage them to...
  • Health Insurance Community Rating
    655. To ask the Minister for Health if all periods of health insurance cover are included when determining lifetime community rating loadings and, in view of the high number of returning...
  • HIQA Reports
    656. To ask the Minister for Health his plans following the Health Information and Quality Authority report into Redwood in Stamullen; if he has concerns that there are persons with disabilities...
  • Maternity Services
    657. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 11 November 2014, if he will provide a copy of the literature review to which he referred which has been...
  • Medical Records
    658. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of a file will be made available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11733/15]
  • Health Insurance Community Rating
    659. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the introduction of the lifetime community rating from May 2015; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Health Services
    660. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11758/15]
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    661. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that children who spend time on a waiting list for speech and language therapy in one area, can have that waiting time counted on a...
  • Health Services Staff Data
    662. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy positions in each hospital in the years 2000 to 2014 and to date in 2015; the...
  • Health Services
    665. To ask the Minister for Health his strategy for the provision of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy services in cancer care; and if he will make a statement...
  • Medical Card Applications
    670. 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. [11773/15]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
    671. To ask the Minister for Health if an appliance in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Galway, which costs €90 per month, is covered under the medical card scheme; and if...
  • Freedom of Information
    672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions since the start of 2014 in which the secretary general of his Department has been involved in the clearing or approval of material for...
  • Medicinal Products Expenditure
    673. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the medication Regorafenib (Stivarga); the cost for treatment, per year, per patient; the number of patients who require the medication; his...
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    674. To ask the Minister for Health the charges for phlebotomy by general practitioners under the general medical scheme; if this will be covered by the new contracts for general practitioners;...
  • Hospital Services
    675. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be provided with travelling expenses for travelling to and from Cork University Hospital and Tralee General...
  • Hospital Procedures
    676. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons waiting for colonoscopies in each hospital for the months of January and February, separately in the...
  • Medical Card Applications
    677. To ask the Minister for Health when a determination will be made in an application for an over 70 medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
  • Medicinal Products Prices
    678. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for a price discrepancy of 176% between the purchase of a drug (details supplied) privately compared to its purchase through the drugs payment...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    679. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11834/15]
  • Medical Card Applications
    680. 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. [11835/15]
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    681. To ask the Minister for Health when a timed and costed plan will be completed for the development required to bring Raheen Community Hospital into compliance with Health Information and...
  • Hospital Services
    682. To ask the Minister for Health if he will undertake a full audit of brain injury services here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11843/15]
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    683. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the shortage of beds in specialist neurosurgical centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11844/15]
  • Hospital Procedures
    684. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 25 February 2015, the reason the patient was informed that they would be called for surgery within four to eight...
  • Patient Data
    685. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a specific mandatory standard to require the National Referral Centre for Neurosurgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 to collect and...
  • Health Reports
    686. To ask the Minister for Health the number and which of the 43 recommendations (details supplied) submitted to the Health Service Executive in 2009 have been implemented; and if he will make...
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    687. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint dedicated Parkinson's disease nurses for Cork City and County (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11866/15]
  • Home Help Service Provision
    688. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and the reason for the delay in same [11880/15]
  • HSE Properties
    689. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of maintenance and construction contracts (details supplied) in counties Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Patient Safety
    690. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation compelling the Health Service Executive to have open disclosure when something goes wrong with patient care [11900/15]
  • Health Services
    691. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 445 of 24 February 2015, the reason no response has issued from the Health Service Executive [11918/15]
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    692. To ask the Minister for Health if a person is ineligible for treatment or a procedure through the National Treatment Purchase Fund by reason of the fact that the person is covered by a...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
    693. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the nursing home support scheme will be completed [11926/15]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    695. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 471 of 3 February 2015, in relation to a person (details supplied), if a deduction of €31 per week under the...
  • Health Services Staff Remuneration
    696. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive is refusing to implement a Labour Court direction to pay 400 social care workers twilight premium payment arrears in...
  • Health Services Staff
    697. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spent on agency staff in February 2015; the proportion of the executive’s anticipated expenditure on agency...
  • Social Workers Recruitment
    698. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive South has any vacancies for social workers at present; when it last took on social workers working in the Health Service...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    699. To ask the Minister for Health if specific units (details supplied) and any or all of the other mental health facilities in the Castlerea area, County Roscommon, providing psychiatric,...
  • Medical Card Administration
    700. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 452 and 454 of 3 March 2015, (details supplied) the number of persons the Health Service Executive received data on...
  • HSE Data
    701. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 453 and 455 of 3 March 2015, (details supplied) the number of persons the Health Service Executive exchanged data on...
  • Ambulance Service Provision
    702. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will publish its detailed review of the ambulance service gaps across the country (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Departmental Funding
    703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a community programme (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in its efforts to initiate a new care service for young cannabis users; and if he will...
  • Health Services
    704. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of medical supports in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Freedom of Information Requests
    705. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a Freedom of Information Act request. [11975/15]
  • Hospital Services
    706. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports that wards in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, including (details supplied), are closing down within the coming weeks; his views on the...
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    707. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is seeking to fill posts within the pain clinic in University Hospital Waterford; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is...
  • Health Insurance Community Rating
    708. To ask the Minister for Health the position in respect of a matter (details supplied) regarding the community rating for health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    709. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12008/15]
  • Smoking Ban
    710. To ask the Minister for Health if e-cigarettes come within the ambit of the smoking ban; if the use of these is illegal in public premises such as bars and restaurants; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services Provision
    711. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the services of an ophthalmic physician are not being provided locally in County Longford, despite the fact that an ophthalmic physician was...
  • General Practitioner Services
    712. To ask the Minister for Health if a general practitioner will be appointed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12030/15]
  • Hospital Investigations
    713. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a complaint made in respect of hospital care provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a...
  • Departmental Funding
    714. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of every organisation directly funded by his Department, excluding the Health Service Executive, to provide an advocacy service; the...
  • Proposed Legislation
    715. To ask the Minister for Health when the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 will be published and considered by Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12038/15]
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    716. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding provision of mental health services in Dublin Mid-West (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12039/15]
  • Health Services
    718. To ask the Minister for Health his views that State supports should be made available in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [12050/15]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
    719. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath regarding an application under the nursing home support scheme, in view...
  • Prescription Charges
    720. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reducing the medical card prescription charge for persons with severe disabilities. [12074/15]
  • Research and Development Funding
    721. To ask the Minister for Health if any research is being undertaken into myalgic encephalomyelitis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12119/15]
  • Hospitals Capital Programme
    722. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the capital investment programme at the Sacred Heart Hospital in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12148/15]
  • Health Services
    723. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a reply has not been forthcoming from the Health Service Executive regarding funding in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [12154/15]
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    724. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the proposed move of the National Maternity Hospital, currently located at Holles Street in Dublin 2, to a new building on the...
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    725. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current up-to-date position regarding the 20-bed adult cystic fibrosis unit at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9. [12168/15]
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    726. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress made in filling the much needed additional nursing posts at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, in view of significant...
  • Departmental Functions
    727. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has prepared any outline analysis of the total health and financial cost of cigarettes and smoking by Irish citizens to the Irish Exchequer...
  • Legal Matters
    729. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has carried out any study of the legal class actions taken by American citizens and Government agencies against major cigarette companies in...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    730. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details as to why a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused to be seen in Sligo General Hospital, despite having been...

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