Written answers
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
637. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the immediate need for resources to be sanctioned by his Department for an automated external defibrillator in respect of a school (details... - Home Care Packages
638. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of people who have been approved for home care packages, but who are on waiting lists for receipt of this... - Departmental Schemes
640. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in relation to the reinstatement of the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant; and the reason for the delay. [22664/15] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
642. To ask the Minister for Health if exact waiting times for each Health Service Executive area are available for mastectomy prosthesis and surgical bras, swimsuits and so on, if so, if he will... - Medical Card Applications
643. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare, who is participating on a community employment scheme, will be issued with a medical card; and if he will... - Medicinal Products Prices
644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on discussions with pharmaceutical companies regarding reducing the cost of drugs used in the health service. [21261/15] - Mental Health Services Funding
645. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that under the Health Service Executive service plan 2015 money was allocated for four mental health High Observation Units, if he will... - Medical Card Eligibility
646. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was refused in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare, in view of the fact that the person's circumstances, both... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
647. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for specially fitted shoes in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow, in view of the fact that the shoes... - Health Services Data
648. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the reporting system for deaths of babies in Irish hospitals is upgraded and streamlined to ensure that the national perinatal... - State Claims Agency
649. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims to the State Claims Agency against individual maternity units for the years 2008 to 2014 and for 2015 to date; if he will provide the... - HIQA Reports
650. To ask the Minister for Health if he will acknowledge that there is a conflict of interest in the Health Service Executive drawing up the terms of reference into the independent report of... - Hospital Staff Recruitment
651. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the problem the Health Service Executive is having hiring obstetricians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21334/15] - Hospital Consultants Contract
652. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive's compliance unit will spend hiring forensic accountancy services to assess work that some hospital consultants are... - Patient Data
654. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the establishment of the new patient identity numbers system within the Health Service Executive will cost; and if he will make a statement on the... - Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
655. To ask the Minister for Health if there is assistance available to families (details supplied) towards the cost of residential alcohol rehabilitation for a family member; and if he will make... - Drug Treatment Programmes Availability
656. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the Barrymore programme at the Stanhope Centre, Lower Grangegorman, Dublin 7 will not go ahead as planned in June 2015 and the... - Hospice Services
657. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider, as part of his maternity review, the establishment of a number of perinatal hospice care centres; and if he will make a statement on the... - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
658. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 618 of 15 April 2015, the amount of time it currently takes to register as a nurse, from the time of submitting an... - Nursing Home Accommodation
659. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, by county, the current delays being experienced in processing applications under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Services Charges
660. To ask the Minister for Health if financial assistance will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick, who is not in a position to pay hospital invoices; and... - Primary Medical Certificates Applications
661. To ask the Minister for Health if an application will be processed for a primary medical certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a... - Vaccination Programme
662. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the recent situation where the Health Service Executive had no supplies of the BCG tuberculosis vaccine; if he has sought a... - Services for People with Disabilities
663. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children with rheumatology conditions currently waiting for physiotherapy services in the Kildare and west Wicklow area; and if he will... - Nursing Home Repayment Scheme
664. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a claim under the national repayment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a... - General Medical Services Scheme
665. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of recent mediation talks which have taken place between the Health Service Executive, the company which operates the NoWDOC general practitioner... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
667. To ask the Minister for Health the exclusivity agreement currently in place between the Health Service Executive and a recruitment company (details supplied); if the company is unable to... - Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold
668. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the current €144 maximum monthly threshold of the drug payments scheme in €10 intervals; and if he will make a... - Health Services Funding
670. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 315 of 19 May 2015, the total value of the estimated gap between the current per diem charges referred to and the... - Health Services Data
671. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 324 of 19 May 2015, the estimated number of patients who will benefit from the diabetes cycle of care, which is to cost... - Hospital Staff
672. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of hospital managers and directors of services in the Health Service Executive who also sell services to the executive while... - Hospital Appointment Status
673. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive an appointment for an MRI scan at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly. [21423/15] - Services for People with Disabilities
675. To ask the Minister for Health when funding for a wheelchair will be allocated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21447/15] - Respite Care Services
676. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding respite care services in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21455/15] - Hospital Services
677. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the long delays in receiving patients' biopsy reports from the dermatology unit in Galway University Hospital; if this delay is due to a... - Medical Card Reviews
678. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility status after 31 July 2015 of the discretionary medical card holders whose discretionary medical cards were lost between July 2011 and May 2014... - Hospital Services
679. To ask the Minister for Health the referral criteria in place for paediatric selective dorsal rhizotomy in hospitals; the rationale provided for same; if there is a national guideline... - HSE Properties
681. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's plans for lands in Ratoath, County Meath, purchased to build a medical centre on ten years ago; the time frame for development... - Mental Health Services Provision
682. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's targets for child and adolescent mental health services appointment waiting times; the estimated cost of ending the placement of children in... - Seirbhísi trí Ghaeilge
683. To ask the Minister for Health cé na bearta atá á ndéanamh ag a Roinn chun an pobal a chur ar an eolas faoi na seirbhísí i nGaeilge atá ar fáil... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
684. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the planning for a third palliative care consultant for the midlands, to be based at Mullingar Hospital, County Westmeath; when... - Universal Health Insurance Funding
686. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the latest details on universal health insurance, the stage the scoping exercise for funding is at; when this funding estimate will be... - Medical Card Reviews
687. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, whose sole income totals less than... - Orthodontic Service Provision
688. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in County Meath must wait two and a half years before she will be fitted with braces by the orthodontic unit in Navan,... - Hospital Appointment Status
689. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive a hospital appointment. [21581/15] - Alcohol Pricing
690. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress of Government plans to outlaw below-cost selling of alcohol; his plans to introduce the public health... - Medicinal Products Availability
691. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department is aware that funding is not available for a new cancer drug called TDM1, also known as Kadcyla; and if he will make a statement on the... - Substance Misuse
692. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the very significant funding cuts to the Barrymore House residential programme; in view of the clear demand for the service, if funding will be... - Medicinal Products Availability
693. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug Fampyra will be included on the drugs payment scheme, in view of the ongoing financial hardship experienced by persons who are prescribed this... - Medical Card Applications
694. To ask the Minister for Health the progress, to date, in the determining an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - Care of the Elderly Funding
696. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, details of the funding provided annually for the past six years to community services, by home help, home care packages,... - Drugs Payment Scheme Expenditure
697. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the drugs payment scheme; the annual savings that have been made in each budget over the past six years, through changes in the threshold; and if... - Speech and Language Therapy
698. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent annually on speech and language therapy; the number waiting for appointments; if he will provide an update on the reconfiguration of services;... - Medical Card Applications
699. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, in view of the fact that the... - Speech and Language Therapy
700. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for Happy Talk Cork City Partnership Ltd, to assist with its three-year plan catering for the speech and language needs of... - Alcohol Pricing
701. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a minimum unit pricing on alcohol, as a means to curb alcohol abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21631/15] - Primary Care Centres
703. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres currently in operation; the number currently planned to be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21640/15] - HSE Staffing
704. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses who have left their posts in each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21641/15] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
707. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of the Fair Deal Review; the time frame for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21644/15] - HSE Staffing
708. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the details of the number of consultants employed at Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise, County Laois in each of the... - Hospitals Funding
710. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of funding allocated to Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise, County Laois for each of the years 2008 to... - HSE Staffing
711. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the details of the number of consultants employed at the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar, County Westmeath for each... - Hospitals Funding
713. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of funding allocated to the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar, County Westmeath, for each of the years... - HSE Staffing
714. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the details of the number of consultants employed at Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan, County Meath, by speciality, for... - Hospitals Funding
716. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of funding allocated to Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan, County Meath for each of the years 2008 to 2014... - HSE Staffing
717. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the details of the number of consultants employed at Cavan General Hospital, by speciality, for each of the years 2009 to... - Hospitals Funding
719. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of funding allocated to Cavan General Hospital, County Cavan for each of the years 2008 to 2014 and for 2015 to... - HSE Staffing
720. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the details of the number of consultants employed at Louth County Hospital, by speciality, for each of the years 2009 to... - Hospitals Funding
722. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of funding allocated to Louth County Hospital for each of the years 2008 to 2014 and for 2015 to date; and if... - HSE Staffing
723. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the details of the number of consultants employed at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth, by speciality,... - Hospitals Funding
725. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of funding allocated to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth for each of the years 2008 to 2014... - HSE Staffing
726. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of consultants employed at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, by speciality, for each of the years... - Hospitals Funding
728. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of funding allocated to Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal for each of the years 2008 to 2014 and for... - HSE Staffing
729. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of consultants employed at Roscommon County Hospital, by speciality, for each of the years 2009 to 2014 and for... - Hospitals Funding
731. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of funding allocated to Roscommon County Hospital for each of the years 2008 to 2014 and for 2015 to date; and... - HSE Staffing
732. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of consultants employed at Sligo Regional Hospital, by speciality, for each of the years 2009 to 2014 and for... - Hospitals Funding
734. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of funding allocated to Sligo Regional Hospital for each of the years 2008 to 2014 and for 2015 to date; and if... - HSE Waiting Lists
735. To ask the Minister for Health the number on waiting lists in respect of assessment and treatment for speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy, with breakdowns by... - Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
736. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, by county and time frame, of the number of persons currently waiting for orthodontic treatment for six months, one year, two... - Medical Card Applications
737. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate eligibility for a Medical Card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Charges
738. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of attending a day ward in semi-private hospitals; if there are measures which may help alleviate financial burden on patients who find... - Medical Card Applications
739. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a Medical Card was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth, in view of the person's illness; if the application can be... - Medical Card Administration
740. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a file from the client registration unit in Dublin has not been forwarded to the medical card appeals office in Ballyshannon, County Donegal,... - Medical Card Eligibility
741. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to cover persons with coeliac disease under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21712/15] - Medical Card Data
742. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards; the number of general practitioner cards, as of 1 May 2015; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis,... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
743. To ask the Minister for Health when a new wheelchair will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21727/15] - Departmental Funding
745. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider an application for grant aid (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21744/15] - Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
746. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been granted a wheelchair assessment in Seat Tech Enable Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Vaccination Programme
748. To ask the Minister for Health the level of information relating to side effects for vaccinations that are provided to parents in schools for school vaccination programmes; and if he will... - Medical Card Eligibility
749. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in re-examining entitlement to a medical card, in view of new information submitted in recent weeks in the case of persons (details... - Nursing Home Inspections
750. To ask the Minister for Health his plans extend the powers of the Health Information and Quality Authority, the Ombudsman or other State agencies to investigate individual complaints in... - Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
751. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose child requires specialised glasses and frames beyond the norm; and... - Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
752. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment with the orthodontic department, Health Service Executive health centre,... - Health Services Staff
754. To ask the Minister for Health if the position of mental health inspector is vacant, including any temporary absence due to illness; the timeframe it has been vacant, or temporarily vacant;... - School Meals Programme
755. To ask the Minister for Health his views on representations from the Irish Heart Foundation (details supplied) which stressed the need for nutritious school food; and if he will make a... - Ambulance Service Response Times
756. To ask the Minister for Health the most recent ambulance call-out response times; if targets are being reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21784/15] - HSE Expenditure
757. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of an ambulance, including staffing and external costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21785/15] - Ambulance Service Provision
760. To ask the Minister for Health the latest details of integration of ambulance services in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21788/15] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
762. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the fair deal scheme to cover access by Border area residents of this State to available beds in nursing homes... - Medical Card Applications
763. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a medical card, submitted in January 2015, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo [21825/15] - Cross-Border Health Initiatives
765. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of North-South co-operation, in relation to the issues of mental health and suicide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21831/15] - Midwifery Services
766. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop more free-standing birth centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21838/15] - Health Promotion
769. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the breast-feeding rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21841/15] - HSE Staffing
770. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pancreas transplant surgeons operating in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; and his view on the operation of transplants procedures in this area... - Health Services Access
771. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding occupational therapy in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21852/15] - Maternity Services
772. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the maternity steering group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21888/15] - HSE Staffing
773. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health posts due under the Budget 2015 allocation of €35 million that had been advertised as at the end of quarter 1, 2015; the... - Health Services
774. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend, or mainstream, the CARE programme of alcohol treatment service, which is piloting in Finglas, Ballymun, Dublin 11 and North County Dublin,... - Vaccination Programme
775. To ask the Minister for Health the details of side effects of Gardasil vaccination; if he is aware of particular concerns with this vaccine; if he or the Health Service Executive is... - Medical Card Applications
776. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on an overdue medical card application [21908/15] - General Practitioner Services
777. To ask the Minister for Health the level of service provided by the general practitioner out of hours service in the north east region, Counties Cavan, Monaghan, Louth and Meath; the number... - HSE Funding
778. To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore the €2.5 million in funding to addiction services, in view of the fact the cuts in funding are having a negative effect on recovery... - Hospital Appointment Delays
780. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for urgent and non-urgent arrhythmia clinic appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21921/15] - Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
781. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug nadolol, which is used to treat Long QT syndrome, has been removed from the drugs payment scheme; and if so, if it will be re-instated with... - Hospital Appointment Delays
782. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time in the Mater Hospital, Dublin 7, for urgent and non-urgent cardiology outpatient appointments; the waiting time for inpatient... - Autism Support Services
783. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting on a full diagnostic assessment for autism in Waterford University Hospital; if he will provide a detailed breakdown... - Hospital Consultants Recruitment
784. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 19 November 2014, if he will provide a progress update on the recruitment for a consultant dermatologist in... - Hospital Waiting Lists
786. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the massive increase in numbers waiting for surgery, for over a year, in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; if a particular plan has... - Nursing Staff Recruitment
789. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a respiratory nurse currently working in Wexford General Hospital with asthma patients; if not, his plans to recruit one in the near future; if he... - Services for People with Disabilities
790. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22004/15] - Hospital Appointment Status
791. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive an appointment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Procedures
792. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in being called for a procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the... - Magdalen Laundries
793. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an internal Health Service Executive report in relation to the Bessborough Mother and Baby Home, County Cork, commissioned in 2012 as part of the... - Hospital Appointments Administration
794. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details, for each of the Cork hospitals, and broken down by specialty and discipline, for example, cardiac, renal, paediatric and so on; the... - Orthodontic Service Provision
795. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding orthodontic braces in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22047/15] - Hospital Accommodation Provision
797. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 494 of 21 April 2015, if he will provide an update (details supplied). [22077/15] - Medical Card Applications
798. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently 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... - Speech and Language Therapy
799. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the assessment waiting list for speech and language therapy in counties Galway and Roscommon primary community continuing care areas;... - Health Services Provision
801. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the assessment waiting list for occupational therapy in counties Galway and Roscommon primary community continuing care areas; the age... - Hospital Waiting Lists
817. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for a cataract operation will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, following a further urgent referral; and if he... - Hospitals Expenditure
818. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the financial performance for year-to-date 2015 against budget for every acute hospital; and if he will make a statement... - Mental Health Services Provision
819. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, details of each child and adolescent mental health service by Health Service Executive administrative area, broken down... - Mental Health Services Funding
820. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the financial performance in the year to date 2015 for each mental health service, broken down by Health Service Executive... - Suicide Prevention
822. To ask the Minister for Health the suicide prevention policies applied at the Central Mental Hospital; the number of suicide-related deaths per year over the past ten years at that facility;... - Mental Health Commission Remit
823. To ask the Minister for Health how many prosecutions the Mental Health Commission recommended be taken, or has initiated, under Part 2 or Part 5 of the Mental Health Act 2001; if is he... - Services for People with Disabilities
824. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a person (details supplied) with a disability. [22139/15] - Health Strategies
825. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the Choosing Wisely policy that is in use in the United States of America, Australia, Germany and other countries has been examined in an... - Organ Donation
826. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have been facilitated in the paired kidney exchange programme with the United Kingdom in each year from 2010 to 2014 and in 2015 to... - Audiology Services Provision
828. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the waiting times for audiology assessment in each of the counties Roscommon, Leitrim and Galway; if he will provide, in... - Health Services Staff
829. To ask the Minister for Health the names and qualifications of the persons who conducted the investigation into the allegations made against a person (details supplied) who was struck off... - HIQA Issues
830. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the Health Information and Quality Authority's standards position regarding the funding required by the L'Arche community project, County... - Hospital Groups
831. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the establishment of the various hospital groups, in particular the Royal College of Surgeons group; if he will provide a... - Health Services Expenditure
832. To ask the Minister for Health whether the estimated cost to the State of between €330 million and €365 million for the introduction of free general practitioner, GP, care for... - Hospital Waiting Lists
836. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult and paediatric patients waiting for neuro-rehabilitation beds for longer than two months, six months and 12 months; the numbers of such... - Health Insurance
837. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an issue concerning private health insurance raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make... - Services for People with Disabilities
838. To ask the Minister for Health the information, advice and supports that have been provided to a group (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22199/15] - HSE Staffing
839. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of Health Service Executive marriage solemnisers, in view of the approval of the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution... - Dental Services Expenditure
841. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the Health Service Executive offering dental grants to travel to Northern Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - HSE Funding
842. To ask the Minister for Health if there are funding streams available to an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork for providing services that are ancillary to its core function; and... - Mental Health Services Provision
843. To ask the Minister for Health the update on the review of Lantern Lodge day care centre, New Road, Killarney, County Kerry, as residents are worried and concerned regarding any proposed... - Hospitals Data
844. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive keeps a record of the total number of denial of liability letters and notes issued by nurses in acute hospitals to hospital... - Health Services Data
846. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons waiting for their first appointments for talk therapies, for example, psychoanalysis, cognitive... - Hospital Services
847. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any outreach programme operated by the hospitals in County Cork, whereby a member calls to a person in the city or county who may... - Hospital Waiting Lists
848. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time, mean and median, for an orthopaedic inpatient treatment in the Saolta University Health Care Group; if he will confirm if the Saolta... - Health Services Access
849. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols and access policy in place to ensure that oncology patients at Mayo General Hospital can access appropriate treatment by a specialist oncology... - Hospital Waiting Lists
850. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway who has been on the waiting list since 6 March 2015 and is suffering considerable continuous pain can expect... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
851. To ask the Minister for Health in the case of the nursing homes support scheme, if it is possible for a person in receipt of support under the scheme to apply for a deferral ancillary State... - Proposed Legislation
852. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce legislation to regulate the counselling and psychotherapy sector to ensure that all regulated practitioners would be educated to at least... - Hospital Waiting Lists
856. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment for a hip and knee operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22256/15] - Health Services
857. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence received regarding adult day placement in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on... - Services for People with Disabilities
858. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to relocate a Health Service Executive managed training service centre for people with disabilities (details supplied) in County Donegal; if a review... - Autism Support Services
859. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the minimum age requirements at which a child may receive a diagnosis of Autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22283/15] - Early Intervention Services
860. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment for a assessment through the early intervention services; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointment Delays
861. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway who has been awaiting an urgent MRI scan, vital to monitor a brain tumour, since November 2013 when they were... - Medicinal Products Expenditure
862. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent each year by the Health Service Executive on the treatment of fibromyalgia with Lyrica, Cymbalta and Amitriptyline; and if he will make a... - Treatment Abroad Scheme
863. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure that financial support is provided to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who requires to travel to the UK on a regular... - Drug Treatment Programmes
864. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a treatment facility (details supplied) in Dublin 7 is temporarily closing down; how long it is planned that this facility will remain closed; the... - Primary Care Centre Provision
866. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposal to provide a new health facility at a location (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
867. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding provision of an electric wheelchair in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Care Professionals
868. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishing of Regulation Boards in professions provided in section 26(1) of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005.... - Hospital Services
869. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the recent decision regarding the moving of complex surgeries from the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, and the curtailing of... - Drug Treatment Programmes Places
870. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on methadone maintenance programmes in each of the Community Care Areas for 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; and if he will make a... - Care of the Elderly Provision
871. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive can provide figures for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015 of carers it has employed in Meath; and if he... - Medical Card Administration
873. To ask the Minister for Health if it is possible to amend the medical card guidelines to enable significant credit union repayment in such situations as house renovations, to be deemed as an... - Medical Card Applications
874. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in relation to application for Medical Card in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Care Standards
875. To ask the Minister for Health if the European Union involves itself in setting hospital standards and regulations across Europe. [22439/15] - Primary Care Services Provision
876. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the overall health budget spent on primary care in this State; his views on how this compares with similar jurisdictions; and if he will make... - General Practitioner Training
877. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who are currently in training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22442/15] - Hospital Investigations
878. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the details of an incident that occurred in St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin 4 (details supplied); and the steps that have been taken as a... - Hospital Services
879. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate antenatal and gynaecology services at Dungloe Community Hospital in County Donegal; if he will provide a timeframe as to when he expects... - Mental Health Services Provision
880. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit a full-time consultant psychologist for the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in County Waterford; if he is satisfied with... - Irish Medical Organisation
881. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding the Irish Medical Organisation and IMO-related companies have received under the Health Service Executive funded drugs target saving... - General Practitioner Services
882. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, the numbers and lists of general practitioners who have signed up to the proposed free GP care plan for... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
883. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding provision of services for children with ASD at a school in County Cork; if the matter will be... - Hospital Beds Data
884. To ask the Minister for Health when the increases in staffing levels and the number of beds agreed by the current staff and the HSE at the mental health unit in University Hospital Galway... - Mental Health Services Provision
885. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the new mental health facility planned for the campus at University Hospital Galway. [22512/15] - Commissions of Investigation
886. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Commissions of Investigation established under the aegis of his Department, in tabular form, since the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 came...
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