Written answers

Thursday, 14 May 2015

  • Medical Card Applications
    150. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently review 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...
  • Medical Card Delays
    151. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is taking more than the stated 15 working days for an application for a medical card to be assessed, even when all documentation has been...
  • Autism Support Services
    152. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the needs of the families affected by autism in Counties Laois and Offaly, in relation to the pressing disadvantage, and long waiting lists...
  • Home Care Packages
    153. To ask the Minister for Health further to this Deputy's correspondence to his Department on 18 March 2015, and the Minister of State's reply of 16 April 2014 (details supplied), if he will...
  • Consultancy Contracts Data
    154. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department; the number of consultants engaged by his Department, in the years 2011 to 2014; the names of...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    155. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a hospital appointment. [18975/15]
  • Medical Card Applications
    156. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a decision on an application for a medical card. [18976/15]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    157. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will be providing powered wheelchairs in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow who have mobility...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
    158. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the stage the review of the fair deal scheme is at; and if consideration is being given to a cap on the charge for nursing home care against...
  • General Medical Services Scheme Payments
    159. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding blood tests (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18994/15]
  • National Dementia Strategy Implementation
    160. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the Government's new national strategy on dementia the percentage of families who are caring for a person with a brain disorder in their homes who...
  • Vaccination Programme
    161. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his views on the uncertainty regarding new-born babies who are facing increased risk of infection because of the shortage of the BCG or tuberculosis...
  • Asbestos Remediation Programme
    162. To ask the Minister for Health if a special payment will be made available in respect of persons who suffer from asbestosis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    163. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to provide medical cards in certain instances to patients who have undergone organ transplantation and who require varying levels of...
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
    164. To ask the Minister for Health to set out his plans to enable children with Down's syndrome to have their condition registered at birth; if consideration has been given to the benefit which...
  • Environmental Protection Agency Remit
    165. To ask the Minister for Health as the Minister with responsibility for public health if he will allow a company (details supplied) to continue to head up research seeking to identify...
  • Health Services Provision
    166. To ask the Minister for Health if further funding from the Health Service Executive will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, who requires two carers at...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    167. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare did not receive a general practitioner visit medical card; and if he will make a statement...
  • Ambulance Service Response Times
    168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate and report on the length of time it took for an ambulance to respond to a person (details supplied) at the person's home in County Cork;...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    169. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical assessment can, and will be, offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Services Provision
    170. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding the provision of a Parkinson's nurse (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19091/15]
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    171. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card renewal will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19092/15]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
    172. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19113/15]
  • HSE Reports
    173. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will be taking on foot of the February 2015 Health Service Executive performance report, which indicates that many hospitals are not adhering to...
  • Hospital Consultants Contract
    174. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the consultants contract put in place in 2008-2009, and the provisions in it with regard to Category B consultants which stated that they could do...
  • Health Services Data
    175. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards; general practitioner visit medical cards; and the number for each type, issued on a discretionary basis, as of 1 May 2015. [19116/15]
  • HSE Staff Promotions
    176. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 21 April 2015, and the reply provided by the Health Service Executive, his views that the executive has not...
  • Health Reports
    177. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the World Health Organization report on obesity levels, the measures he is introducing to deal with this public health problem; and if he will make...
  • Medical Negligence Claims
    178. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the figures from the State Claims Agency indicating a higher number of claims against maternity hospitals outside of Dublin than in Dublin, over...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    179. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding services in respect of a person (details supplied) with an intellectual disability, in Dublin 3; and the catchment area...

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