Written answers
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
- Blind Welfare Allowance
234. To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore the blind welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact the unnecessary cut of... - Hospital Services
235. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) is provided with out-service occupational therapy from Longford Hospital, as requested by a doctor (details... - Medical Card Services
236. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card holders are expected to pay for the use of blood pressure monitoring equipment; the length of time this charge has been in place; his... - Medical Card Eligibility
237. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the restoration of medical cards (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16254/15] - Medical Card Applications
238. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a general practitioner card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
239. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a fair deal scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointment Status
240. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16273/15] - National Lottery Funding Applications
241. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to a group (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16299/15] - Home Help Service Provision
243. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help hours will be provided in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16301/15] - Air Ambulance Service Provision
244. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has met the Irish Aviation Authority to discuss the proposal for the provision of a helipad at Cork University Hospital; if so,... - Hospital Waiting Lists
245. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for an operation will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, who is on a waiting list for the past four years; and... - Hospital Services
247. To ask the Minister for Health the comprehensive review that took place that led to the decision to cease provision of primary percutaneous coronary intervention in St. Vincent's University... - Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
248. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive orthodontic treatment. [16329/15] - Home Help Service
249. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to engage with representatives of home helps, with a view to improving conditions of employment; and if he... - Medical Card Applications
250. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, who has special needs; and if he will make a statement on... - National Cancer Strategy Implementation
251. To ask the Minister for Health in view of a recent report on cancer survival rates (details supplied), the measures he will take to improve these rates; to improve the cancer survival rates... - General Practitioner Services
252. To ask the Minister for Health when a general practitioner will be appointed under the general medical services scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
253. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include Crohn's disease on the long-term illness list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16352/15] - Home Help Service Provision
254. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding new equipment and extra hours with home help in respect of a person (details supplied) with mobility impairment in Dublin 3; and if he... - Health Services Provision
255. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding physiotherapy in respect of a person (details supplied) who needs continuous rehabilitation, in County Dublin ; and if he will make a... - Disability Services Provision
256. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Link programme in St. Michael’s House in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services Provision
257. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on an application for a primary medical certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make... - Hospital Appointment Status
258. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for a check up in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will... - Medicinal Products Expenditure
259. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 663 of 14 January 2015, when the information requested will be provided by the Health Service Executive. [16362/15] - Health Services Provision
260. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a scan result from a hospital consultant, and the service of the public health nurse in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin... - Medical Card Reviews
261. To ask the Minister for Health when a renewal of a medical card will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Provision
263. To ask the Minister for Health the reason patients who test positive for Lyme disease in other European Union countries are not given access to treatment here; and if he will make a... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
265. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a wheelchair in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the... - Home Help Service
266. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for home help service in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the... - Nursing Staff Provision
267. To ask the Minister for Health if 5,200 nursing posts, that is 13.5% of the total, have been cut from the health service since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16401/15] - Speech and Language Therapy
268. To ask the Minister for Health if 3,000 children are waiting more than 12 months to access the speech and language therapy that they have been assessed as requiring; and if she will make a... - Mental Health Services Provision
269. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who continue to be admitted to adult wards up to the end of March 2015; the number who were placed in adult wards; the number of... - Medical Card Applications
270. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in issuing a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointment Status
271. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person will receive an appointment with the consultant... - Hospital Services
272. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve neurology services and facilities within the public health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16422/15] - Health Services
273. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that funding is provided to a foundation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16425/15] - Hospital Waiting Lists
274. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an urgent appointment for heart surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16427/15] - Hospital Acquired Infections
276. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding hygiene in hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16435/15] - Disability Services Provision
277. To ask the Minister for Health the number of early intervention teams in each local health office; the waiting time for assessment in each team; and the numbers on the waiting lists in each... - Hospital Appointment Status
278. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow, who had tests completed on 1... - Hospital Staff
279. To ask the Minister for Health when staff at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, who lost expensive personal belongings in the flooding at the hospital in July 2013 and who have... - Home Help Service
280. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if she will request, in view of the severity of the illness, that a district... - Patient Transport Provision
281. To ask the Minister for Health the role of the ambulance service in transferring elderly sick patients from nursing homes to appointments in outpatient departments in local hospitals; the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
282. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be carried out in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who requires surgery for scoliosis (details supplied); and if... - National Children's Hospital Status
283. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in the development of the national children's hospital on the Saint James's Hospital site in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Card Data
284. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of persons on medical cards in counties Louth and Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16477/15] - Hospital Waiting Lists
285. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, details of patients on waiting lists for outpatient appointments, inpatient procedures and other lists, in Our Lady of... - Health Services Provision
286. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fill the gap in services for older persons left, after the re-assigning of a project worker of 13 years' service to a centre (details supplied) in... - Hospital Appointment Delays
287. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for a magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scan; and if he will make a statement on the... - Primary Care Centre Provision
288. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of a primary care centre in Swords, north County Dublin; the stage the project is at; when it will be completed;... - Medical Card Applications
290. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person can expect a decision.... - Mental Health Services Provision
294. To ask the Minister for Health if the mental health homeless outreach posts due under the December 2014 20-point action plan to tackle emergency and short-term homelessness have been... - Hospital Services
295. To ask the Minister for Health when every hospital will have an end-of-life co-ordinator appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16598/15] - Medical Card Applications
296. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when the person can expect a decision.... - Hospital Appointment Status
302. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment at University Hospital Galway in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and when the person will... - Disease Management
303. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the Joint Committee on Health and Children met on 21 November 2013 to discuss the treatment and prevention of Lyme disease; if his... - Eating Disorders
304. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the posts required to set up an eating disorder inpatient service for the child and adolescent mental health services, as indicated in... - Hospital Waiting Lists
305. 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 month of March, separately in the following... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
306. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the changes to the long-term illness scheme in chapter 47 of Management of the Health Service Executive Vote: Health Service... - Home Help Service
307. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene with the Health Service Executive regarding the hundreds of notifications by the executive to elderly, vulnerable recipients of home help... - Hospital Groups
308. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of the trust system to be introduced; the way this transition will take place; the new roles that these trusts will have; the... - Departmental Investigations
309. To ask the Minister for Health if he will order a new independent investigation by a qualified person or persons from outside of the Health Service Executive into the death of a person... - Services for People with Disabilities
310. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of cuts made by the Health Service Executive to funding for the transport provided for families of children with special needs to bring those... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
311. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been approved under the fair deal scheme in County Mayo and County Sligo, in 2015 to date. [16626/15] - Nursing Home Services
314. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive transitional care initiative is being implemented in counties Mayo and Sligo to ensure persons requiring nursing home care may... - Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
315. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be sanctioned in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow who has been approved for essential orthotic equipment through the... - Hospital Consultants Recruitment
316. To ask the Minister for Health his views on claims by the former director of the national pancreas transplant programme that Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, is abandoning patients on the... - Services for People with Disabilities
317. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the cuts made by the Health Service Executive to funding for the transport provided for families of children with special needs to bring... - Home Help Service Provision
318. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the undershoot of 13.85% against target in the provision of home help hours in counties Cork and Kerry, community health care organisation area... - Home Help Service Data
319. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of home help hours allocated in each local health office area; and the way this compared to the targeted... - Departmental Reports
320. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the international evidence review on independent hospital trusts undertaken by the Health Research Board at his Department's request; and... - Home Help Service Data
321. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of home help hours provided in County Kerry for the past five years; if he will ensure there will be no... - Hospital Services
323. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16682/15] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
324. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an insulin pump in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16700/15] - Hospitals Expenditure
325. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 25 March 2015, the reason the Health Service Executive proposes awarding a contract for services to a company... - Mental Health Services Provision
328. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels for the child and adolescent mental health services; and if he will confirm if this figure meets the required target. [16741/15] - Hospital Services
329. To ask the Minister for Health if he will retain St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, as the national liver transplant centre of excellence and continue the utilisation of expertise... - Hospital Staff
330. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct each hospital group to stagger consultant and key staff holidays during the summer months, to maximise the capacity of hospitals to perform... - Medicinal Products Availability
331. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the application received by the Health Service Executive for the inclusion of Fampridine on the community drugs scheme; when it is envisaged a... - Tobacco Control Measures
332. To ask the Minister for Health the current legal position on the sale of cigarettes in packets greater than 20, such as 25, which are available at a price of just 10% more than 20; his plans... - Care of the Elderly Provision
333. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has plans to extend and improve the services available at a certain facility for elderly persons (details supplied) in County... - Mental Health Services Provision
334. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of psychiatric services available in County Waterford, including the availability of community psychiatric services; if he will... - Services for People with Disabilities
336. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a disability service (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16797/15] - Medical Card Reviews
337. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time medical card reviews are currently taking to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16800/15] - Mental Health Services Funding
339. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the current staffing levels for mental health services in County Galway; the budgetary amount for mental health services in the area... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
340. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will provide a family (details supplied) in County Donegal with a hospital bed to enable the family to provide... - National Dementia Strategy
341. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress of implementing the national dementia strategy which was introduced in December 2014; if a specific portion of the Health... - Departmental Staff Remuneration
342. To ask the Minister for Health the implications for serving and retired public servants under the aegis of his Department of the single euro payments area payments clearing and settlement...
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