Written answers
Wednesday, 15 July 2015
- Mental Health Services
186. To ask the Minister for Health the names of the solicitors and barristers currently appointed as chairpersons of mental health tribunals, together with year-by-year details of the earnings... - Hospital Services
187. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) who requires medical treatment; the hospitals which and the consultants who offer such treatment; and the... - Health Services Staff
188. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the Medical Practitioners Acts 2007 to 2011 to allow non-national doctors to access specialist training, as failure to do so is likely to... - Hospital Food
189. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in offering a wider variety of healthier foods on menus in hospitals following his meeting with hospital chiefs in 2014; and if he will make... - General Practitioner Contracts
190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will negotiate with a representative body, the National Association of General Practitioners, on future general practitioner contracts; and if he will... - Hospital Services
192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scan at Cork University Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and... - Nursing Education
193. To ask the Minister for Health when a full reply will issue to a letter written by this Deputy on 5 May 2015 on behalf of a person (details supplied); the reason no full reply issued in this... - National Lottery Funding Application Numbers
194. To ask the Minister for Health when a detailed reply will issue to a letter written by this Deputy of 18 May 2015 (details supplied) to which two acknowledgements issued dated 25 May 2015... - Bereavement Counselling Services
195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider developing a national policy to provide parents and families access to appropriate, professional and qualified support when the death of a... - Health Services Funding
196. To ask the Minister for Health if he has submitted a request to the Department of Finance and to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for a supplementary budget for his Department... - Vaccination Programme
197. To ask the Minister for Health if there are details on the 873 girls who have been affected by the vaccine against the Human Papilloma Virus; his plans to check and evaluate the effects on... - Health Services Provision
198. To ask the Minister for Health the monetary extent of the cuts to community nurses between 2013 and 2015; and the impact they have had on service provision, in particular home call outs to... - Vaccination Programme
199. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a situation where the Health Service Executive had no supplies of the BCG tuberculosis vaccine; if he has sought a report on this from the... - Disability Services Funding
201. To ask the Minister for Health if more funding will be provided to the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29367/15] - Medical Card Applications
202. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not yet received a decision on an application for a medical card; when a decision will be made; and... - Health Services
205. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who has been referred to the United Kingdom for mitrofanoff surgery in 2013 has still not had the... - Accident and Emergency Departments
206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will visit the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 to meet front-line staff and to discuss with them the major increase in... - Health Services Staff Data
207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction counsellors who are employed by the Health Service Executive drug treatment service for each year between 2011 and 2014 and for 2015 to... - HSE Staff Remuneration
208. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive management staff earning from €100,000 to €150,000; from €150,001 to €200,000; from... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
209. To ask the Minister for Health if better terms under the fair deal scheme will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the matter will be reviewed at an early date;... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
210. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding St. Michael's House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29427/15] - Accident and Emergency Departments
211. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding accident and emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29428/15] - Long-Term Illness Scheme
212. To ask the Minister for Health the policy regarding the provision for specially adapted shoes or orthopaedic shoes under the long-term illness scheme; the entitlement for same per year; the... - Hospital Appointment Status
213. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29439/15] - Services for People with Disabilities
214. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of adult residential services units available for persons with intellectual disabilities by county since 2008;... - Hospital Staff Recruitment
215. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals to increase staffing resources in a hospital (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29468/15] - Health Services Staff
216. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals to have a person return to employment in the Health Service Executive (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointment Status
217. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29481/15] - Alcohol Treatment Services
218. To ask the Minister for Health if a treatment facility (details supplied) in Dublin 7, which has been temporarily closed, will re-open in August 2015, as previously stated by the Health... - Medicinal Products Prices
219. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year saving if the State was to set the ex-factory price of new pharmaceuticals based on the lowest, as opposed to the average, price in the... - Medicinal Products Expenditure
223. To ask the Minister for Health the overall yearly spend on pharmaceuticals, in comparison to other European countries, on a per capita basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - HSE Budget
226. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated year-end deficit of the Health Service Executive in 2015; the breakdown of the overspend by the executive in each month in 2015 to date; and in... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
227. To ask the Minister for Health the graduation numbers and the newly qualified entrants to speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and clinical psychology; and if he... - Nursing Staff Remuneration
229. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost to the State of employing ten hospital nurses and ten community health nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29536/15] - HSE Expenditure
230. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost to the State of employing ten primary care social workers, ten primary care counsellors, ten dieticians and ten podiatrists; and if he will... - Hospital Beds Data
231. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost to the State of providing an acute hospital bed per night in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29538/15] - Nursing Home Services
235. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on the average cost per bed in nursing homes; the overall number of beds, both private and public; how this compares internationally; and if... - Mental Health Services Report
236. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to replace A Vision for Change policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29543/15] - Psychological Services
237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of practising clinical psychologists and the waiting lists for their services; his plans to increase the number; and if he will make a statement on... - Mental Health Services Report
238. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of filling the remaining outstanding posts as recognised in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29545/15] - HSE Expenditure
239. To ask the Minister for Health if he has instigated any analysis of the costs of ending all admissions of children to adult wards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29546/15] - Primary Care Services Provision
240. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the roll-out of primary care centres and primary care teams in each of the past five years; the number of teams and centres there were at the... - Hospital Consultants Remuneration
241. To ask the Minister for Health the average pay of consultants, per consultant, in the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29548/15] - Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold
242. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the numbers who have reached the maximum of €144 under the drugs payment scheme in the past four years; and if he will make a statement on... - Nursing Staff Remuneration
244. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the details of average pay received by nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29551/15] - HIQA Expenditure
245. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the details of the yearly cost of the Health Information and Quality Authority; the numbers employed by same; his plans to increase the numbers and... - Health Promotion
246. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the details of the yearly spend on health promotion programmes and Healthy Ireland for the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the... - Primary Care Services Provision
247. To ask the Minister for Health to set out details of the yearly spend on medications by the State in hospitals, in pharmacy settings, on branded and non-branded medications and on... - HSE Staff Remuneration
248. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the details of the pay profile of non-clinical staff in the Health Service Executive; the number receiving over €100,000, over... - Hospital Services
249. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the details of the total public funding for hospitals by size status; whether the hospital is under full public control or under the control of a... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
250. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the details of the average fair deal scheme waiting time at present; the numbers on the list; if any updated plan for its continued financing has... - Cross-Border Health Initiatives
251. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the details of the various health initiatives that are being supported on an all-island basis; the yearly spend on same in the past four years; his... - Health Services Provision
252. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the details of the plan for deep brain stimulation treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29560/15] - Hospital Consultants Contract
253. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the number of consultants with Contract Types A, B, B*, and C, for each year since 2009; and the numbers of... - Hospital Consultants Recruitment
254. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, by Contract Type offered, that is A, B, B*, and C, of all the consultant posts that are currently open for recruitment. [29562/15]
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