Written answers

Tuesday, 14 July 2015

  • Early Childhood Care Education
    507. To ask the Minister for Health further to an oral Parliamentary Question of 8 July 2015, the number of children under five years of age who have been diagnosed as requiring additional needs;...
  • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
    508. To ask the Minister for Health the reason e-mails sent to the primary care reimbursement service from this Deputy's office on 4 June 2015, with documentation (details supplied) that was...
  • Seirbhísí Uathachais
    509. To ask the Minister for Health cén líon páistí atá ag feitheamh ar mheasúnú uathachais, cén líon daoine atá ag déanamh measúnuithe...
  • Abortion Legislation
    510. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the name of the appropriate institutions where all terminations under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 were carried out, or...
  • Medical Card Applications
    511. 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 may expect a decision on an application under the...
  • Hospitals Capital Programme
    523. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the purpose-built cystic fibrosis unit at Cork University Hospital is not open, despite €2 million having been raised by the Build4life...
  • Hospital Services
    524. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding access to specialist after-care services for all kidney and pancreas transplant patients; the position regarding the continuation of the...
  • Autism Support Services
    525. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the Health Service Executive offered funding at a level that is at least 50% lower than that which was assessed on a needs basis by Gheel...
  • National Postcode System Implementation
    526. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include the new Eircode postcode in all schemes and administrative roles operated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Treatment Abroad Scheme
    527. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the treatment abroad scheme if it is normal procedure for funding to be pulled last minute after the person (details supplied) has landed in the...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    528. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 22 April 2015, when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment from Letterkenny...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    529. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of what dictates or requires the product information for Roaccutane to be reviewed and updated; the number of times this has...
  • Health Services Funding
    534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his recent estimations of the amount of funding that is required to fix our failing healthcare systems, including funding for acute...
  • Health Promotion
    536. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the possibility of introducing a sugar tax on food stuffs with a high-sugar content; the potential health benefits to persons by reducing...
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    539. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it will take a minimum of six months before an additional rheumatologist post will be filled, given that the post was approved at the last...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    540. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise a medical operation for a person (details supplied), as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28431/15]
  • Nursing Home Services
    541. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a recent study revealing that a far higher proportion of Ireland's elderly population live in long-term nursing homes than the European average;...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    542. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a wheelchair to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28449/15]
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    543. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application to the Health Service Executive by a company (details supplied) to have funding for the drug Fampyra reinstated....
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) at the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore in County Offaly. [28454/15]
  • Hospitals Data
    545. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the records, including the birth registers and the​ maternity​ theatre registers, for each year from 1958 to 2007, relating to...
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    546. To ask the Minister for Health if a temporary appointment has been made to the ophthalmology service in County Longford, as previously advised; if not, when is it expected; and if he will...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    547. To ask the Minister for Health if the LINX Reflux Management System is available to patients for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, as an alternative to the Nissen...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    549. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a knee replacement operation for a person (details supplied) at Tallaght Hospital in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Autism Support Services
    550. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns that autism services do not have sufficient funding to offer placements to persons who need them (details supplied); and if he will make...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    551. To ask the Minister for Health if eligibility for a medical card for persons (details supplied) in County Kildare will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28469/15]
  • Hospital Groups
    552. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 450 of 31 March 2015, if the Director General of the Health Service Executive has considered the second review, and the...
  • Hospitals Data
    553. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the amounts paid to private companies for pest control services by the Health Service Executive, by acute hospitals, in 2014. [28471/15]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting pancreatic transplants, and the number of persons who are post-transplant; his views that it is appropriate that nephrologists...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    555. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the weekly income limits by 20% for single persons living alone, single persons living with family, married or cohabiting...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    556. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment for orthopaedic surgery at the orthopaedic hospital in County Limerick will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    557. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 who has a disability is not receiving a service. [28481/15]
  • Medical Card Applications
    558. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [28483/15]
  • Home Help Service Data
    559. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 23 June 2015 and the failure of the Health Service Executive to answer the question sufficiently, if he will...
  • Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times
    561. To ask the Minister for Health the changes proposed or planned, to address the ongoing major problem of patients on trolleys in Naas General Hospital in County Kildare, which currently has...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    562. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals planned to address the long waiting lists in Naas General Hospital in County Kildare; if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of the waiting...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
    563. To ask the Minister for Health if the application of a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the fair deal scheme will be expedited given the person's circumstances; and if he will...
  • Health Services
    564. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which North-South co-operation can be achieved in the provision of existing or innovative health services, such as deep brain stimulation, as...
  • Health Services Funding
    567. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for funding (details supplied) to address a shortfall in services in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Public Sector Staff
    568. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person who is a clerical officer (details supplied) in the Health Service Executive is provided with a transfer to County Longford, as...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    569. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the total number of persons by acute hospital and by speciality who are waiting to receive an appointment date for a...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    571. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a date for a procurement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    572. To ask the Minister for Health the reason e-mails sent to the primary care reimbursement service from this Deputy's office on 4 June 2015, with documentation that was outstanding and with...
  • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
    573. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he is making to address the shortage of acute child psychiatric services (details supplied) in County Cork; when a permanent consultant will be...
  • Medical Card Reviews
    574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of over 70s medical card reviews scheduled to be issued per month for the next 12 months. [28526/15]
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    577. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a refund, given that the person has been paying for blood tests, and is the holder of a medical card;...
  • Nursing Staff Provision
    578. To ask the Minister for Health the shortfall in nursing staff in each of the community hospitals in County Kerry, in the St. Columbanus nursing home and in Kerry General Hospital; his plans...
  • Hospital Staff
    579. To ask the Minister for Health the shortfall in staff in each psychiatric facility in County Kerry; his plans to restore staff numbers to appropriate levels; and if he will make a statement...
  • Home Help Service Provision
    580. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application under the home help scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [28542/15]
  • Ambulance Service Provision
    581. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in publishing the Lightfoot capacity review report on the ambulance service; if the Health Service Executive has received the report;...
  • Home Help Service
    582. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive home physiotherapy as the person is unable to travel to receive the required treatment. [28545/15]
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    583. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgical procedure at Naas General Hospital or the Albany Medical Center Hospital will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    585. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 6; if it remains in use by the Health Service Executive; and if not, his plans...
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    586. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding general practitioner visit cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28554/15]
  • HSE Staff Remuneration
    587. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual spend on consultant doctors' salaries for the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28557/15]
  • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
    588. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a primary medical certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement...
  • Hospitals Expenditure
    589. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of budget overruns at Mayo General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28575/15]
  • HSE Staffing
    590. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position in relation to a general practitioner vacancy (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28576/15]
  • Deaths from Hypothermia
    591. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of excess winter deaths recorded in each year since 2002. [28577/15]
  • HSE Staffing
    592. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive employees currently working outside the country; the location of staff; the reason the staff members are working outside...
  • General Practitioner Services
    593. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 was moved from their general practitioner to another general practitioner in June 2015; and if he will make...
  • HSE Waiting Lists
    594. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by Health Service Executive administrative area, the number of persons waiting for their first appointment with a...
  • Mental Health Services
    596. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the percentage of the total mental health budget spent on psychiatric medication and on staff remuneration in each year...
  • HSE Waiting Lists
    597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by Health Service Executive administrative area, the number of persons waiting for their first appointment with a...
  • Dental Services
    599. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding dental braces for a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28638/15]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    600. To ask the Minister for Health if the fair deal scheme will be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28677/15]
  • HSE Waiting Lists
    601. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for orthopaedic procedures within the Saolta University health care group, as at June in each of the years 2011 to 2015;...
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    604. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry at Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a...
  • Hospitals Expenditure
    605. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount spent on medicines in each of Ireland's public hospitals in each of the years 2010 to 2014, and the estimated...
  • HSE Expenditure
    606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the total amount spent by the Health Service Executive on biological medicines in each of the years 2010 to 2014, and the...
  • Medicinal Products Prices
    609. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the drug trastuzumab emtansine, TDM1, also known as ado-trastuzumab emtansine, KADCYLA; if the Health Service Executive will consider...
  • HSE Staffing
    610. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [28735/15]
  • Home Care Packages
    611. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a home care package in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [28736/15]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    613. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the decrease of 6,178 persons in June 2015 in the number on the outpatient waiting list for more than 12 months at Waterford University Hospital, the...
  • Autism Support Services
    616. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 617 of 26 May 2015, regarding the provision of residential respite to children and adults with autism spectrum disorder...
  • Hospital Services
    618. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 408 of 23 June 2015 and 443 of 30 June 2015 and the replies from the Health Service Executive of 3 July and 4 July...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    620. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, for each regional administrative area, the number of school leavers or other young adults with special needs waiting for...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    621. To ask the Minister for Health as part of his Department’s capital expenditure plan, if he will provide funding for a new hospital in Cork, as recommended in the report...
  • Medicinal Products Prices
    622. To ask the Minister for Health the reason coeliac disease is not registered as a disease with the national disease register; his views on re-instating it on the drugs payment scheme; and if...
  • Health Services
    623. To ask the Minister for Health the available specialist services or supports that are available for persons who are under 65 years of age and who have Alzheimer's disease or dementia, by...
  • Tobacco Control Measures
    624. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for an island-of-Ireland approach to a class action against the tobacco industry for its promotion of the use of an addictive product that has and...
  • Sick Pay Scheme Reform
    625. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the implementation of new public service sick leave arrangements in the health services in 2014, the amount saved as a result of these measures; if...
  • Carer's Allowance Payments
    626. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of persons in receipt of a carer's allowance; the number of these persons who are in receipt of a general practitioner card; the additional...
  • Psychological Services
    627. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 442 of 30 June 2015 and 667 of 26 May 2015, the reason the recommendation of a psychologist at a meeting on 11 March...
  • Hospital Appointment Delays
    628. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be facilitated as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • HIQA Issues
    629. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding correspondence issued to private nursing homes by the Health Information and Quality Authority (details supplied); and if he...
  • Home Help Service Data
    630. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the budget for home help hours and for home care packages in counties Roscommon, Mayo, Galway and Donegal for the years...
  • Community Alert Programme
    631. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 309 of 7 July 2015, if he is aware that Muintir na Tíre receives annual funding for the community alert programme...
  • Dental Services
    632. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for dental treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28875/15]
  • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
    633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form and by local health office area for those up to 16 years of age and those over 16 years of age, details of the numbers...
  • Health Services Funding
    634. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for an organisation (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28894/15]
  • Hospital Beds Data
    636. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available by county for providing specialist care to those suffering with Alzheimer's disease or dementia; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services Expenditure
    637. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the annual cost of providing care for those with Alzheimer's disease or dementia, by county; the average annual cost per person with dementia; and...
  • National Dementia Strategy Implementation
    638. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the progress to date regarding focusing on timely diagnosis for persons with dementia; and the resources that have been invested in early...
  • Health Services Provision
    639. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the services that are available to persons suffering with Alzheimer's disease or dementia, including services...
  • Disease Incidence
    640. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide figures for persons who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or dementia in the years 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date, by county;...
  • National Dementia Strategy Implementation
    641. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the actions identified from the national dementia strategy; the progress that has been made to date; and his views on the likely implementation of...
  • General Practitioner Contracts
    644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, by county, the number and list of general practitioners who have signed up to the proposed scheme of free general...
  • General Practitioner Services
    645. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the cost of the North East Doctor on Call Service in the north east, by location, for each year since 2011; the number of patients seen annually, by...
  • Medical Card Data
    649. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the number of holders of medical cards who are aged from six to 17 years of age. [28910/15]
  • Health Services Provision
    650. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding the provision of spectacles for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the assistance necessary to allow Cork University Hospital to increase its staffing levels in its paediatric high-dependancy unit, and allow...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    652. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Letterkenny General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Home Help Service
    653. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the Health Service Executive policies and procedure that Home Help and Blue Bird assistants must follow in respect of dispensing...
  • Medical Card Applications
    654. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal may expect a decision on a medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28923/15]
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    655. To ask the Minister for Health if the Saolta University Health Care Group has advertised for a consultant urologist for Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; if the advertisement has...
  • Accident and Emergency Departments
    656. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding a matter at the emergency department in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Health Services
    657. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding a grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28973/15]
  • Medical Card Applications
    658. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 25 June 2015 when a response will issue to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28978/15]
  • Health Services Provision
    659. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the notice periods that ought to be provided to parents who are waiting on appointments for their children in respect of child ophthalmic services;...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    661. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the hospital waiting lists, categorised by hospital and operation, that are closed to new referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
    662. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of procedures conducted within the European Union following a referral from an Irish general practitioner on behalf of the Health Service...
  • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
    663. To ask the Minister for Health whether he supports the work of a charity (details supplied); and if he will provide State funding to the charity. [29017/15]
  • National Lottery Funding Applications
    664. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the reason lottery funding was refused in the past for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29026/15]
  • Health Services Provision
    665. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of patients in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, who have been offered an appointment and treatment in a private hospital; if...
  • General Practitioner Services
    670. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners located in County Louth; and the ratio between general practitioners and the population. [29040/15]
  • Medical Card Administration
    673. To ask the Minister for Health when the over 70s General Practitioner Visit Cards will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29058/15]
  • Mental Health Services
    674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts currently not filled in the Community Mental Health Teams in County Meath; the posts that are not filled; the steps being taken to fill...
  • Health Services
    675. To ask the Minister for Health whether the existing campus at Saint Ita's House should be considered as a public asset, which after some re-development would deliver huge benefits to the...
  • Abortion Legislation
    678. To ask the Minister for Health the methods used to terminate pregnancies under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013; the number by medical induction; the number by suction...
  • National Clinical Programme for Asthma
    679. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the implementation of the National Clinical Programme for Asthma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29085/15]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    680. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter regarding families of adults with Downs Syndrome (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29086/15]
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    681. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an operation in Saint James Hospital in Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
  • Vaccination Programme
    682. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated costs of expanding the National Childhood Immunisation Programme to include the roll-out of the Meningococcal B vaccine, Varicella vaccine and...
  • Health Services
    684. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to merge the Child Health Care Services in County Galway; if so, the reasons for same; the consultation that has taken place with all stakeholders;...
  • Counselling Services
    686. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the exponential increase in pregnant homeless women being referred to the Life Pregnancy Care Services, in 2013 and 2014, the provisions made to...
  • Health Services
    688. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which pioneering procedures in the context of the treatment of Parkinson's Disease can be facilitated and promoted jointly on a North-South basis...
  • Medicinal Products Expenditure
    690. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual cost of inhalers for the treatment of asthma to the medicine budget; the corresponding figure for anti-depressant medication; and if he will...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    691. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding provided this year for services for persons with disabilities, particularly school leavers and young adults, serviced through...
  • Hospital Groups
    693. To ask the Minister for Health the way Mullingar in County Westmeath, will benefit from its inclusion in the new hospital groupings within the Dublin Mid Leinster region. [29179/15]
  • Hospital Facilities
    694. To ask the Minister for Health the plans and proposals that exist for the old section of Saint Loman’s Hospital Campus in Mullingar in County Westmeath. [29180/15]
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    695. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for speech and language services in Counties Westmeath and Longford; and if he will provide details of geographical...
  • Mental Health Services Funding
    696. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding for the mental health services in Counties Westmeath and Longford for 2015, as well as the details and percentages of where the funding...
  • Hospital Facilities
    697. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was received in paid parking revenue by the Mullingar Midland Regional Hospital from 2012 to date in 2015 [29183/15]
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    698. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new proposed accident and emergency department at Mullingar Midland Regional Hospital; and the date for completion. [29184/15]
  • Hospital Mortality Rates
    699. To ask the Minister for Health the number of births and stillbirths at the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar in County Westmeath, from 2012 to date in 2015. [29185/15]
  • Respite Care Services
    700. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of the 90 bed respite facility promised for Athlone, County Westmeath; the number of home care hours that have been...
  • Primary Care Centre Provision
    701. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional primary health care centres in counties Westmeath and Longford. [29187/15]
  • Departmental Staff Data
    702. To ask the Minister for Health the current average age of permanent staff employed within his Department; and the agencies under his Department's remit; the way this varies from the end of...
  • Health Screening Programmes
    703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will undertake independent health screening of communities living adjacent to Coillte public forests to ascertain the impacts of Cypermethrin as the...
  • Health Services
    704. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has statistics concerning the detection of immune system illnesses over the past ten years, and if there has been any rise in...
  • Dental Services
    705. To ask the Minister for Health further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 16 June 2015, if he will clarify if the 272 whole-time equivalent dentists referenced by him, are the...
  • Long Term Illness Scheme
    706. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include asthma under the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29221/15]
  • Maternity Homes
    707. To ask the Minister for Health the current location of the medical records from a nursing home (details supplied) in Dublin 2, including the birth registers, maternity theatre registers and...
  • Cochlear Implants
    709. To ask the Minister for Health the number of sequential and simultaneous cochlear implants fitted in 2015; the number of children awaiting implants; whether the bilateral implant programme...

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