Written answers
Tuesday, 23 June 2015
- Infant Mortality
399. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a national baby loss awareness day as a day of remembrance for bereaved families, as discussed by Féileachán at an... - Mental Health Services Provision
400. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an incident that took place in Dublin 2 in recent days; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - HSE Expenditure
401. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Health Service Executive’s financial position; the net current deficit of the executive against profile at the end of May... - General Practitioner Services
402. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the revised costs for free general practitioner care for those under six years of age, his Department's current estimate of the full year cost of... - Hospital Waiting Lists
403. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a procedure performed; if priority will be given to this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24517/15] - Hospital Appointment Status
404. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive an appointment for urgent necessary orthopaedic surgery at University Hospital Galway,... - Health Insurance Regulation
405. To ask the Minister for Health if he expects Voluntary Health Insurance to acquire the necessary fund for reserves to make an application for authorisation by the Central Bank of Ireland by... - Medical Card Administration
407. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the enormous difficulties persons are still experiencing with the medical card application process, and in particular persons who have been... - Hospital Appointment Status
408. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for a magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scan, which is necessary to determine the... - General Practitioner Co-operatives
410. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the areas of the State which are covered by an out-of-hours general practitioner co-operative; the areas which are not... - Hospital Appointment Status
411. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive an appointment to see a specialist consultant at St. James's Hospital in Dublin 8; the reason... - Dental Services Waiting Lists
412. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive an appointment for a dental procedure; the timeframe the child will be expected to wait in view of... - Mental Health Guidelines
413. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure available to a person pursuant to the current statutory mental health framework, to enable an application be made to have a person's detainment... - Mental Health Services Provision
414. To ask the Minister for Health the options available under the Mental Health Treatment Act 2004, as amended, in respect of a person who is suffering severe mental health difficulties,... - Ambulance Service Provision
415. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to queries that the Health Service Executive or the National Ambulance Service are refusing to engage Dublin Fire Brigade ambulances, with... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
416. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the number of persons currently waiting to access the fair deal scheme in Dublin, and elsewhere in the country; and if... - Nursing Staff Recruitment
418. To ask the Minister for Health if a campaign is taking place to recruit Irish nursing staff who have emigrated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24657/15] - Accident and Emergency Department Staffing
419. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that nurses will be recruited to fill existing vacancies in Beaumont Hospital's accident and emergency unit; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Services
420. To ask the Minister for Health if St. Joseph's Hospital in Dublin 5 could be used for a purpose (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24659/15] - Primary Care Centres
421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the Coolock and Darndale Primary Care Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24660/15] - Hospital Waiting Lists
423. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will have a procedure performed; if priority will be given to this case in view of the fact the person has... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
424. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to clients of residential care facilities in respect of occupational aids that may be required; the person responsible for the... - Cross-Border Health Services
425. To ask the Minister for Health his views in relation to the cross-Border directive regarding public patients; and if he will confirm that every general practitioner office, health centre,... - HSE Waiting Lists
426. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate that some patients are left waiting for physiotherapy (details supplied) so long that they have to make the decision to... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
427. To ask the Minister for Health the financial assistance potentially available to help purchase a specifically designed car seat in the case of the daughter of a person (details supplied) in... - Abortion Legislation
429. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests for terminations of pregnancy that have been made under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013; and the number granted. [24722/15] - Medical Card Applications
430. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determining an appeal for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement... - Obesity Strategy
431. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the recent decision by the local government in San Francisco, to ban the inclusion of toys with fast food outlet meals (details supplied);... - Health Services Staff
432. To ask the Minister for Health further to Questions Nos. 608, 647 and 648 of 26 May 2015, if he will provide details of the priority areas, and of the needs and significant gaps in staff... - Disability Support Services
433. To ask the Minister for Health the areas of the country in which the Health Service Executive provides funding towards the provision of special needs assistance support; and if the support... - Hospital Waiting Lists
435. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is on the routine or urgent waiting list in Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal for... - Primary Care Services Provision
437. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of his Department's assessment of the proposed minor ailment scheme; if he will introduce same; and if he will make a statement on... - Medical Products
438. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of switching of medications from a prescription to a non-prescription basis by the Health Products Regulatory Authority; if 12... - Pharmacy Services
439. To ask the Minister for Health if the introduction of medicine use review by pharmacists has been examined as a way to improve compliance, and reduce wastage of medication; and if he will... - Health Services
440. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24790/15] - Hospice Services
441. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider setting up a perinatal hospice service for babies who may not live for long after birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
442. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all service users in residential non-congregated community houses are receiving consistent care in respect of organisations which the... - Services for People with Disabilities
443. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding St. John of God, North East Services in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24805/15] - Health Services
444. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns raised by the parents of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24810/15] - Asthma Incidence
445. To ask the Minister for Health the elements of the national clinical programme for asthma, excluding the free general practitioner care for those under six years of age, that has been... - HSE Expenditure
446. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an annual breakdown of expenditure incurred by the Exchequer since the national clinical programme for asthma was agreed in 2011; and if he... - Hospital Procedures
447. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a procedure carried out at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9. [24822/15] - Water Quality
448. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the grant scheme put in place to remove lead water pipes; if he has concerns regarding the health of the general public who are exposed... - Home Help Service Data
449. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area, for every month in 2015 to date; and, for every... - Accident and Emergency Department Staffing
450. To ask the Minister for Health arising from overcrowding experienced in the accident and emergency unit in Naas General Hospital in County Kildare over some time, and his subsequent decision... - Vaccination Programme
451. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider meeting with a support group (details supplied) which includes concerned parents whose children were affected by the human papilloma virus... - Hospital Waiting Lists
452. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the 30 patients at University Hospital Waterford who are on the waiting list for an orthopaedic specialist (details supplied); and if he will... - Treatment Abroad Scheme
453. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Galway who is in critical need of orthopaedic surgery, who has been on a waiting list for surgery since February 2014,... - Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
455. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding temporary residents, European Union visitors and European health insurance cards; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services Provision
456. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding mental health patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24904/15] - Medical Card Applications
457. 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... - Maternity Services
458. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the total spend on maternity services, identifying the main component parts, in each year from 2008 to 2014 and the... - Midwifery Services
460. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of hiring an additional 600 midwives, on the basis of average pay grades currently paid to midwives, and starting pay grades, in tabular... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
462. To ask the Minister for Health the number of overseas recruitment drives undertaken by the Health Service Executive in each of the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date, including any... - Health Services Staff Remuneration
464. To ask the Minister for Health the saving that would be made by placing a cap of €100,000 and €150,000 on consultant salaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointment Status
466. To ask the Minister for Health if will expedite a medical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24926/15] - Vaccination Programme
467. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the temporary shortage of supplies of the tuberculosis (BCG) vaccine in Letterkenny Hospital in County Donegal, and in the monthly clinics in... - Maternity Services
468. To ask the Minister for Health the number of incidents in the maternity services that are currently out for external review; and the cost of these reviews [24933/15] - Maternal Mortality
469. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider home care packages where women die in childbirth and their baby is returned home to their partner or family, who needs to cope with very... - Medical Card Applications
470. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24944/15] - Disability Services Funding
471. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with the Saint Joseph Foundation, Charleville, County Cork as soon as possible, to discuss its financial situation, in view of the huge... - Eating Disorders
472. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available for adults with eating disorders who are undergoing eating distress therapies; the reasons such therapies are not covered by health... - Hospital Appointment Status
473. 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 this person can expect an appointment with the consultant... - Mobility Allowance Review
474. To ask the Minister for Health when the new scheme for the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24966/15] - Health Services Staff Data
475. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 648 of 24 March 2015, the exact breakdown between staff listed at the same level in the reply (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Universal Health Insurance
476. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred by his Department since April 2014 in commissioning external expertise and advice on the development of a universal health insurance model.... - Services for People with Disabilities
477. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of assessments of need under the Disability Act 2015 that were delivered within the statutory timeframes, in all regions-counties across the... - Medical Card Reviews
478. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of discretionary medical cards issued on medical grounds; the number of reviews issued by the Health Service... - Hospital Waiting Lists
479. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take immediate steps to have a person (details supplied) in County Longford admitted for a total hip replacement, which has been necessitated as the... - Treatment Abroad Scheme
480. To ask the Minister for Health if patients who are referred by their doctor to a private or public hospital abroad to have a procedure carried out, will be reimbursed their costs from the... - National Lottery Funding Applications
481. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for the Health Service Executive national lottery grants 2015 in respect of a group (details supplied) in County Kerry;... - Medicinal Products Availability
482. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a certain medication has been taken off the medical card scheme list of medications in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [25016/15] - National Lottery Funding Disbursement
483. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the way moneys received from the national lottery fund in 2013 were spent on each project to which they were directed,... - Health Services Provision
486. To ask the Minister for Health the reason payment of an injury grant to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo by the Health Service Executive ceased in September 2014; when a review of... - Public Health Policy
488. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding public health concerns in connection with lead in pipes; and if he will make a statement on the... - Primary Care Centre Provision
489. To ask the Minister for Health if a primary care centre is planned for Cobh in County Cork; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25118/15] - Hospital Appointment Status
490. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; when the person may expect an appointment with a consultant... - Ambulance Service Provision
491. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to private ambulances services by each hospital in the Saolta Hospital group in each of the years 2013 and 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he... - Hospital Accommodation Provision
493. To ask the Minister for Health if funds will be provided to upgrade facilities at Cuan Dara in Cherry Orchard Hospital in Dublin 10, to make them wheelchair friendly and accessible, to cater... - Health Services Provision
494. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently being treated by podiatrists at the centre in Grattan Street in Cork; his plans to replace the two podiatrists who have left... - Health Services Staff
495. To ask the Minister for Health if a person’s advocate may make an application to change the doctor allocated to that person's son, in the context where the son is unable to make his... - Organ Donation
496. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding organ donorship and transplantation at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; if he is aware that the pancreas and kidney transplant programme...
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