Written answers
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
- Medical Card Reviews
399. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the circumstances in which a medical card can be backdated and cover medication costs for an applicant whose medical card has expired and has not... - Medical Card Eligibility
400. To ask the Minister for Health to set out his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding medical card limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32727/15] - Ambulance Service Provision
401. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the number of kilometres on the odometer of an ambulance before it is replaced. [32742/15] - Medical Card Reviews
403. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a review of a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32745/15] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
404. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a motorised wheelchair will be considered for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Provision
405. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding chiropodist treatments (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [32760/15] - Nursing Staff Recruitment
406. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of a new campaign to recruit nurses working in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to work here; the relocation packages available; the... - Hospital Appointment Status
407. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive an appointment for surgery; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospitals Funding
408. To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction an increase in funding and staffing at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare to facilitate the proposed increase in the number of beds... - Health Services Provision
409. To ask the Minister for Health the Saolta group's plans to roll out rapid access prostate clinics in its area; its plans over the past several years to roll out rapid access prostate... - Respite Care Services
410. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to undertake an audit of respite services to identify gaps in existing service levels and to assess current and future needs for these services; to... - Hospital Services
411. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the feasibility of developing a national discharge summary and care plan for all persons leaving hospital care to share with their respective... - Home Help Service Provision
412. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure there are no cuts to home help services, given the severe difficulties that this will cause service users and their families; what steps he... - Care Services
413. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the provision of a training plan or courses for family carers similar to those provided to health care professionals in the practicalities of care... - Respite Care Services
415. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of concerns regarding the possible closure of local respite and nursing home services (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a... - National Carers Strategy Implementation
416. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of the national carers' strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32801/15] - Hospital Appointment Status
417. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reaffirm the appointment of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, as outlined in a letter of appointment issued to that person by the... - Services for People with Disabilities
418. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in finding an alternative premises for a Health Service Executive operated training centre for persons with disabilities at a centre... - Autism Support Services
419. To ask the Minister for Health the specific courses that are available through his Department for parents with teenagers who are on the autism spectrum; and if he will make a statement on... - Smoking Ban
420. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a new policy to be enforced by the Health Service Executive on 2 November 2015 concerning the banning of smoking within the confines of its... - Hospital Closures
421. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding hospital closures (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32928/15] - Hospital Waiting Lists
422. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the current number of children on the waiting list for ear, nose and throat and speech and language therapy... - Disability Support Services
425. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there are no respite beds available in Athlone and south Westmeath since the closure of the two respite beds in St. Vincent's Hospital;... - Hospital Appointment Status
426. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person (details supplied) who has been referred to Dr. Sarah Fenton's ophthalmology waiting list to have cataracts removed; and if he... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
430. To ask the Minister for Health if State support will be backdated to the commencement of the nursing home support scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who was not made... - Ambulance Service Provision
431. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, details of each ambulance operating in the State in respect of the year of registration, the county where it is based and... - Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times
432. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to install a message scroller at each accident and emergency department, indicating the current waiting times and the frequency in which the scroller... - Hospital Consultants Recruitment
433. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint an additional full-time upper limb orthopaedic surgeon for Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Card Eligibility
434. To ask the Minister for Health if, and when, medical cards will be restored to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32975/15] - Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions
435. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the matter of young doctors qualifying from medical universities and colleges each year and then leaving the country; the numbers qualifying in... - Mental Health Services
436. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the Mayo mental service unit on nursing overtime from March to August 2015. [32989/15] - Primary Care Centre Provision
438. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the primary care centre in Westport in County Mayo. [32991/15] - Mental Health Services
439. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the commitment in the Health Service Executive's 2014 national service plan to commence work on a national mental health information system, and... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
440. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the current vacant post of clinical psychologist within the Inspector of Mental Health Services; the date this post fell vacant; when... - Medicinal Products Availability
441. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make provision for the accreditation of school nurses to deliver training in the use of adrenaline auto-injectors to teachers; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
442. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [33101/15] - Treatment Abroad Scheme
443. To ask the Minister for Health the reason costs associated with a medical procedure in the Czech Republic have been refused to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will... - Health Insurance
444. To ask the Minister for Health if a European health insurance card can be renewed by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33107/15] - Ambulance Service Provision
445. To ask the Minister for Health when the ambulance bases at Tuam in County Galway and at Mulranny in County Mayo will be fully operational; the number of the additional 50 paramedics for the... - Ambulance Service Staff
446. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 403 of 27 January 2015, the number of community first responder groups linked to the national ambulance service's control... - Hospital Waiting Lists
447. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [33152/15] - Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
448. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the waiting list for orthodontic treatment in Counties Longford and Westmeath, differentiating between school-going children and... - Budget 2016
449. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the specific measures, for example, the number of new nurses or therapists to be employed in 2016, to be provided for in the... - National Lottery Funding Applications
450. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for national lottery funding will be finalised for a group in County Tipperary (details supplied); the current status of the application;... - Medical Card Applications
451. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to an application for the renewal of a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement... - Ambulance Service Provision
452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the ambulance service has been deployed in 2015 to date to deal with incidents at night clubs in Letterkenny in County Donegal. [33210/15] - Health Services Reports
453. To ask the Minister for Health when the report into flooding at Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal by the Letterkenny hospital flood investigation group will be published; and... - Nursing Home Services
454. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review contributions made in relation to a nursing home loan in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a... - Hospital Beds Data
455. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that have been closed in the past five years; the difference between the number of available public hospital beds currently, and five years ago;... - Ambulance Service Provision
456. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received any reports into a matter (details supplied) regarding the safety of ambulances; if the national ambulance service has undertaken any... - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
457. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to enable a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, who qualified as a nurse in the United Kingdom, to secure a personal... - Hospital Waiting Lists
458. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital transfer procedure for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33273/15] - Hospitals Policy
459. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding possible sanctions or fines on so-called non-performing hospitals; the benchmarks upon which such performance measurements rest; and if... - Hospital Services
460. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive estates that are delaying the tendering process for the new endoscopy unit at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare; if this... - Ambulance Service Provision
461. To ask the Minister for Health when the national ambulance service will have satellite navigation systems installed in its vehicles; his views that such a system is not a prerequisite of... - Medicinal Products Data
462. To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply the original product information for Roaccutane and each of the 27 updates; the reason for each individual update since 1983; and if he will... - Medicinal Products Regulation
463. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the well known documented risks related to the use of Roaccutane in women of child bearing potential; and what the Health Products... - Prescriptions Data
465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors currently prescribing Roaccutane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33338/15] - Departmental Funding
466. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the first-year and full-year cost of increasing funding to Healthy Ireland by 20%; 25%; 30%; 40%; and 50%. [33350/15] - HSE Expenditure
467. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the first-year and full-year cost of extending the Be Active After-School activity programme to each of the Health Service... - Medical Card Applications
468. To ask the Minister for Health if a discretionary medical card will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33354/15] - Medicinal Products Data
469. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Products Regulatory Authority has sought third party consent in relation to releasing information requested, as submitted by a company (details... - Medicinal Products Regulation
470. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Products Regulatory Authority's duty of protection extends to protecting the patients who have been prescribed Roaccutane; and if he will make a... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
474. To ask the Minister for Health if a personal assistant will be allocated to two preschool children (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33387/15] - Nursing Home Inspections
475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes that were re-registered, having been deemed Health Information and Quality Authority compliant since July 2015. [33399/15] - Nursing Home Accommodation
476. To ask the Minister for Health if he has secured emergency funding for accommodation upgrades in public nursing homes which failed to meet Health Information and Quality Authority... - Ambulance Service Provision
478. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of ambulances under the control of national ambulance services, by ambulance region. [33403/15] - Hospital Appointment Status
484. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment for a medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33422/15] - Residential Institutions
485. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1018 of 22 September 2015, if he will confirm when the new investigation team will be put in place to deal with reports... - Medical Card Applications
486. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card by persons (details supplied) in County Kerry. [33448/15]
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