Written answers
Thursday, 28 May 2015
- Palliative Care Services
113. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of patients in University Hospital Waterford provided with a specialist palliative care service in their place of residence within seven days of... - Nursing Home Services
114. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to New Ross Community Hospital in County Wexford towards running costs and refurbishments to meet Health Information and Quality... - Pension Provisions
115. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a full pension is not being paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if the special circumstance of the case will be... - HIQA Remit
116. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority has authority to carry out inspections of the premises used by general practitioners to provide services to... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
117. To ask the Minister for Health if Medtronic's i-port advance injection device will be added on the long-term illness card; the advancement of the assessment process; and if he will make a... - Orthodontic Service Provision
118. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment for orthodontic surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21072/15] - Medical Card Eligibility
119. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an entitlement to a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) with motor neuron disease; and if he will make a statement on... - Community Care
120. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding a day care centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21135/15] - Hospital Waiting Lists
121. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21152/15] - Hospital Staff
122. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in all the community hospitals in west Cork; his plans to recruit additional nursing staff and attendants in each of these... - Hospital Waiting Lists
123. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment for orthopaedic surgery at Cappagh Hospital, Dublin 11; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
124. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to enhance the regulation of counselling and psychotherapy services; his further plans which would make it a requirement for practitioners to hold a... - Hospitals Building Programme
125. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in regard to the next stage of development at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare; when the relevant works will be undertaken and... - Hospital Staff Recruitment
126. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which extra nursing staff have been recruited at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, as per previous indications; and if he will make a... - Accident and Emergency Departments
127. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which overcrowding at the accident and emergency unit in Naas General Hospital in County Kildare has been alleviated; if consideration continues... - Hospital Staff Data
128. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which hospital staffing levels in the public sector compare with staffing levels in other jurisdictions throughout Europe, with particular... - Hospital Waiting Lists
129. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the total number of patients on waiting lists for various procedures throughout the public hospital sector has been identified; the degree... - Health and Safety Regulations
130. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure strict adherence to health and safety standards throughout the public hospital sector; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Staff
131. To ask the Minister for Health the reason nursing numbers have decreased more significantly than other categories of staff in the public hospital sector over the past six years; and if he... - Nursing Home Accommodation
132. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he may provide for extra step-down beds in the public sector, thereby alleviating overcrowding in public hospitals; the extent to which... - Hospital Beds Data
135. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical and surgical hospital beds currently available throughout the public sector; the extent to which this number has fluctuated in the... - National Children's Hospital Status
136. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in regard to the provision of the new children's hospital; the extent to which the necessary provision has been made to date in terms of... - Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
137. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children currently awaiting assessment for orthodontic treatment; the number currently awaiting treatment in respect of categories 1 and 2;... - Medical Card Administration
138. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which the medical card application process may be streamlined or simplified, with a view to speeding up the process; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services Provision
139. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied that the child and adolescent psychiatric services remain adequate to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on... - Medicinal Products Prices
140. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the cost of medicine has been reduced as a result of strategic sourcing of products, generic prescribing or other methods to reduce costs;... - Dental Services Provision
141. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for dental treatment in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21201/15]
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