Written answers
Thursday, 16 July 2015
- Drug Treatment Programmes
446. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the issue of the diversion of methadone provided under the methadone maintenance programme to the illicit drugs trade; if his Department has... - Abortion Legislation
447. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the latest Amnesty International poll on abortion rights here, according to which 67% of the population believe that it should be decriminalised... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
449. To ask the Minister for Health when a diabetes podiatry post, which was sanctioned for Tullamore Hospital, County Offaly in the 2015 Health Service Executive service plan, will be filled and... - Health Services Data
450. To ask the Minister for Health the number of investigations that have been carried out using the Health Service Executive Guidelines for Systems Analysis Investigation of Incidents and... - Hospital Consultants Recruitment
451. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the pancreas transplantation programme at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; his plans to ensure that the programme recommences; the efforts... - Home Help Service Provision
452. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated from his Department for home help provision in Dublin 8, 10 and 12; the services that provide this service in the community; the number of... - Home Help Service
453. To ask the Minister for Health the qualifications required to be employed as a home help by the Health Service Executive or its funded services; if training is provided to home help staff;... - Departmental Programmes
454. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's priorities for the remainder of this Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29587/15] - Treatment Abroad Scheme
455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a query regarding the treatment abroad scheme, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospitals Funding
456. To ask the Minister for Health given the recommendation of the Irish Hospital Consultants' Association to substantially increase funding for the acute hospital budget for 2016 in its... - Hospital Appointment Status
457. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an operation at Cork University Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Card Applications
458. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application for a person (details supplied). [29634/15] - Hospital Staff Data
465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors and nurses employed by Mullingar hospital in County Westmeath; the overall floor area utilised by the hospital. [29641/15] - Medical Card Applications
466. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application for a person (details supplied). [29649/15] - Hospital Waiting Lists
480. To ask the Minister for Health when a bed will be made available for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary in the National Rehabilitation Hospital in County Limerick; the person's... - Medical Card Reviews
481. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the medical card limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29708/15] - Medicinal Products Prices
482. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce medication costs; the reason there is a large discrepancy between the costs here and in other European countries; and if he will make a... - Medicinal Products Supply
483. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the items which require a prescription; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29711/15] - Medical Card Administration
484. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of free general practitioner visit cards for persons over 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services Provision
485. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by local health area the average waiting-time for ophthalmic assessment for primary or post-primary students. [29724/15] - Hospital Staff Data
465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors and nurses employed by Mullingar hospital in County Westmeath; the overall floor area utilised by the hospital. [29641/15] - Medical Card Applications
466. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application for a person (details supplied). [29649/15] - Health Insurance Data
486. To ask the Minister for Health the amount raised from the levy on private medical insurance policies in each of the past four years; the rates of payment for different categories of insured... - Prescriptions Data
487. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount raised from prescription charges in each year from 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a... - Hospital Charges
488. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount raised from the emergency department charges in each year from 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will... - Drugs Payment Scheme Expenditure
490. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual cost of the drug payment scheme; the annual number of beneficiaries of the scheme; the number of individual... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
491. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount raised by the State from charges on the estates of persons who received nursing home care under the nursing... - Health Services Charges
492. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of the charges or co-payments which may apply to persons using the health service; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff Data
493. To ask the Minister for Health the total spend by his Department on agency staff in each year from 2011 to 2014; the projected spend this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Provision
495. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the services being put in place for a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the... - Child Care Services Provision
496. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate where gaps exist in the speech and language, child psychology and occupational services nationally, by county or Health Service Executive... - HSE Expenditure
497. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 9 July 2015, if he will provide the information sought for June 2015, not April 2015 as provided in the reply; and... - Medical Card Eligibility
498. To ask the Minister for Health if officials in client registration medical cards are adhering to European Union Regulation 1408/17 when assessing individual applications for full medical... - Hospital Charges
499. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department estimates is currently received for each episode of care for private patients in public hospitals at present; the average shortfall... - Audiology Services Provision
502. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to legislate to ensure that qualified audiologists fit and prescribe hearing aids, given that, at present, it is open to persons to set up anywhere... - Medical Card Data
503. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 July 2015; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a... - Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
504. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form and by local health office area, the numbers waiting for orthodontic treatment at the end of June 2015, including the... - Hospital Appointment Status
505. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is provided with a hospital appointment as soon as possible. [29864/15] - Medical Card Drugs
507. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add a certain drug (details supplied) to the list of medicines covered under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointment Status
508. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be carried out for a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29887/15] - Departmental Strategy Statements
509. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of the e-health strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29889/15] - Health Services
510. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in implementing the Health Identifiers Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29890/15] - Proposed Legislation
511. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the health information Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29891/15] - Data Protection
512. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the specific data protection issues that have been considered in implementing the e-health strategy; if he is of the view that data... - Hospitals Capital Programme
513. To ask the Minister for Health the capital plan for investing in health services in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29893/15] - Hospital Services
514. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the final report of the non-executive advisory board on the reconfiguration of acute hospital services in Cork and Kerry; his plans to... - Departmental Funding
520. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of investment from capital spending his Department has made in County Kildare since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29901/15] - Care of the Elderly Provision
521. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposals to upgrade the Breffni care unit in Ballyconnell in County Cavan, as this unit is of critical importance in the delivery... - First-Aid Training
524. To ask the Minister for Health if fire service staff at Mullingar fire station in County Westmeath are all trained to use the defibrillators provided by the Health Service Executive; and if... - Departmental Reports
525. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which his Department received the international evidence review on independent hospital trusts undertaken by the Health Research Board at his... - Hospital Appointment Status
526. To ask the Minister for Health The position regarding surgery for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [29965/15] - Hospital Waiting Lists
527. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for outpatient appointments in the department of endocrinology in St. James's Hospital in Dublin 8; and the average waiting time... - Hospital Procedures
528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of terminations carried out under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 in 2014 that were abortions; and the number that were caesarean... - Speech and Language Therapy
529. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form and by local health area, the number of persons currently on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list, and... - Health Insurance Regulation
531. To ask the Minister for Health if he has further extended the date by which the Voluntary Health Insurance Board must acquire the necessary capital reserves to make an application for... - General Practitioner Services
532. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, details of the number of general practitioner vacancies by local health area. [29989/15] - Hospital Staff Data
533. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the most up-to-date figures for the number of vacant positions in each public and voluntary hospital in the following... - Ambulance Service Provision
534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form and by Health Service Executive region, sub-divided by every 50,000 miles or 80,000 kilometres, the distances that have been... - Mental Health Services
537. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the progress made in implementing each of the 31 recommendations in the 2011 Health Service Executive report, Time to Move... - Primary Care Centres
538. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form details of the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012; the current status of same; and if he will make a... - Hospital Beds Data
539. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of beds and wards in hospitals (details supplied); the number of those beds and wards that are currently closed;... - Alcohol Pricing
540. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the discussions he has undertaken with the relevant members of the Northern Ireland Executive with regard to a joint approach to the... - National Children's Hospital Status
541. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the progress made on the development of the national children's hospital since the selection of the site at St. James's Hospital in autumn 2012; the... - Hospital Procedures
542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each public hospital in 2015 to date; and... - Hospital Services
544. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of procedures the Health Service Executive procured from private and independent hospitals in 2015 to date; the amount spent... - HSE National Service Plan
545. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the measures that have been introduced to achieve projected savings of €95 million from the annual drugs budget, as... - Hospital Beds Data
547. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of critical care beds in each public hospital at the end of each of the years 2011 to 2014 and the latest figure... - Accident and Emergency Department Staffing
548. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for each public and voluntary hospital with an emergency department, the number of emergency medicine consultants in each;... - Hospital Services
549. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form and by public and voluntary hospital the revenue raised between 1 January 2015 and 30 June 2015 from charges for private... - Health Services Staff Data
552. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the Health Service... - Departmental Advertising Budgets
553. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the total cost of public advertising, statutory and non-statutory, funded by his Department in 2013 and in 2014; the corresponding figure for... - Departmental Reports
554. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the cost in 2013 and in 2014 of printing reports by his Department and agencies under the control of his Department; the corresponding figure for... - Departmental Staff Remuneration
555. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the cost in 2013 and in 2014 of issuing hard copy payslips to staff or retired staff by his Department and agencies under the control of his... - Ministerial Expenditure
556. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline and itemise all expenditure undertaken by his Department on private travel for his purposes and his private office; as well as on legal... - Medical Card Applications
557. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospice Services
558. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to allocating more funding to the St. Francis Hospice in Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30092/15] - Dental Services Provision
559. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding an application for dental braces for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the... - Appointments to State Boards
560. To ask the Minister for Health if he is responsible for all board appointments where such power to appoint persons to State boards is vested in him by statute; if any politically appointed... - Departmental Expenditure
561. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the total current and capital funding allocated to his Department; the underspend or overspend in 2015 to date under each category, based on his... - Departmental Schemes
562. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or agencies under the authority of his Department have performed an assessment of the potential savings to be accrued, if current paper-based... - Garda Vetting of Personnel
563. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether the short form registration will be adequate to meet the registration requirements of CORU - Health and Social Care Professionals,... - Nursing Home Accommodation
564. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a building project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30153/15] - Maternity Services
565. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans for existing maternity services at Mayo General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30154/15] - Disability Services Provision
566. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the proposals to provide additional financial resources for disability services in Counties Cavan and Monaghan given the urgent need to provide... - Health Services Provision
567. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the consolidation of paediatric services inCork; the capital funding that has been provided; when same is expected to be completed; and if he... - Hospital Services
569. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a regional laboratory service for Cork and Kerry hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30164/15] - Maternity Services
571. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional annual cost of offering an ultrasound scan at 20 weeks gestation to every pregnant woman. [30174/15] - Hospital Staff
574. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of converting 200 currently non-training non-consultant hospital doctors posts into training posts. [30177/15] - Public Health Policy
575. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the total budget and staff assigned to the healthy Ireland programme. [30178/15] - Health Services Provision
576. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated start-up and operating costs of a motion analysis laboratory service for Cork. [30179/15] - Hospital Consultants Recruitment
577. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the number of full-time consultants in paediatrics and neonatology to at least 320 whole-time equivalents, as recommended by... - Medical Card Administration
578. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing medical cards to all children under six years of age, as recommended by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. [30183/15] - Vaccination Programme
579. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include the roll-out of the meningococcal B vaccine, the varicella vaccine and the rota virus vaccine to all children, and the human papilloma... - Health Services Provision
581. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recommendations of the international working group’s model for cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology for congenital heart... - Departmental Reports
582. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30215/15] - Hospital Beds Data
583. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of critical care beds within the health service; the increase in intensive care unit bed numbers since the death of a person (details... - Hospital Consultants Recruitment
584. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultant posts advertised since 1 January 2015; the number of such competitions with one or no applications; the number of such posts... - Ambulance Service Provision
585. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intermediate care vehicles deployed to 999 calls in each of the past six months for which data is available; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Services Expenditure
586. To ask the Minister for Health further to the PA Consulting report and action plan into financial management of the health service in 2012, the steps taken to date to implement its... - Public Health Policy
587. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in implementing the national rare diseases plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30261/15] - General Practitioner Services
588. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the provision of general practitioner services by NowDoc; the impact that the change in the delivery of the service will have on... - Health Services Staff Remuneration
589. To ask the Minister for Health further to Topical Issue matter of 25 March 2015, the progress to date in resolving the outstanding payment of arrears to the staff involved; and if he will... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
590. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in publishing the review of the fair deal nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30267/15] - Mental Health Services
591. To ask the Minister for Health if the current review of mental health services in counties Roscommon and Galway will also include a review of the acute admission unit at Roscommon County... - Nursing Home Services
592. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve capital funding for the Sacred Heart Hospital in Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30270/15] - Hospital Facilities
594. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a cardiac catheterisation laboratory at Sligo Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30275/15] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
595. To ask the Minister for Health the location of each of the 12 telemedicine stroke machines purchased under the TRASNA programme; if he will provide the locations where the machines are fully... - Ambulance Service Staff
596. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in the National Ambulance Service; if he will provide a breakdown for each station by grade and the number of administrative and... - Hospital Services
597. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the situation regarding hospital overcrowding; and the amount spent since the beginning of the year specifically on this issue. [30300/15] - Hospital Accommodation Provision
599. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals planned to increase bed capacity in Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30332/15] - Home Help Service Provision
600. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the agency responsible for considering requests for home assistance in particular circumstances (details supplied); if assistance... - HSE Funding
601. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the Health Service Executive is providing the same level of funding for 2015 to an association (details supplied) towards staff costs... - Nursing Education
602. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding applications for the general nursing course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30386/15] - Home Care Packages
603. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of full-time care to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30388/15] - Hospital Waiting Lists
604. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an estimate of the cost of clearing all waiting lists in the health service. [30404/15] - Cancer Services
606. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for County Mayo oncology patients for follow-up assessments to ascertain the progress of treatment at Galway University Hospital's centre of... - Ambulance Service Response Times
607. To ask the Minister for Health further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No.154 of 25 June 2014, if he will provide the latest available ambulance response time figures, first responder...
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