Written answers
Thursday, 10 December 2015
- General Medical Services Scheme Administration
136. To ask the Minister for Health if and when he will re-instate the rural practice allowance, the distance code and the prescribing physicians allowance; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
137. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a replacement nurse on Cape Clear Island in County Cork, including the steps the Health Service Executive has taken to fill... - National Children's Hospital Expenditure
138. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the most recent projection by the project team of cost is €740 million, not including fit-out of the hospital, as against... - Hospitals Expenditure
139. To ask the Minister for Health the expected cost in 2015 of purchasing medical procedures, consultations, operations and after care from private hospital facilities and of addressing the... - Medicinal Products Prices
140. To ask the Minister for Health if he has investigated why the price of units of cancer drugs is up to more than €200 higher in this State than elsewhere, given recent research... - Health Services Data
142. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting, the average waiting time and the number of persons who have waited in excess of the Health Service Executive's 13-week target... - National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
144. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the gastrointestinal endoscopy initiative, which includes colonoscopies undertaken by the National Treatment Purchase Fund, including when this... - Health Services Access
145. To ask the Minister for Health further to recent media reports (details supplied) the measures he will take to ensure parity of access for persons without private health insurance awaiting... - Health Services Staff Data
146. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels of radiographers and gastroenterologists and the vacancies in endoscopy services by region and hospital group. [44453/15] - Primary Care Centre Expenditure
147. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital expenditure on primary care centres and convalescent facilities for 2016. [44464/15] - Respite Care Services
148. To ask the Minister for Health why a decision has been taken to refuse access to respite care for users of a service from other regions who have in the past used the service; his views on... - Hospitals Capital Programme
149. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise funding for phase 2 of the current developments at St. Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44494/15] - Hospitals Funding
150. To ask the Minister for Health how the funding of €16.9 million, €8.9 million revenue and €8 million capital provided in July 2015 to support acute hospitals over the... - Hospital Services
152. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 26 November 2015, the locations of the 135 hospital beds which were closed for refurbishment or for... - Seirbhísí Sláinte
154. To ask the Minister for Health cén polasaí atá aige i leith seirbhísí sláinte ar na hoileáin amach ón gcósta; cad atá déanta aige... - Health Services Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the referral of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44505/15] - National Lottery Funding Applications
157. To ask the Minister for Health why lottery funding was refused to an organisation (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44513/15] - Hospital Appointment Status
158. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44517/15] - Health Services Provision
159. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has been informed that there is a two-year waiting time to access the Health Service Executive's support services, by which... - Medical Card Eligibility
160. To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant medical cards to the 9,000 children who do not have them but who do qualify for a domiciliary care allowance, given that these children met... - Hospital Groups
161. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Saolta Hospital Group review of accident and emergency services at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe in County Galway, including its... - Hospital Services
162. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the maternity review at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe in County Galway including its completion date; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Staff Recruitment
163. To ask the Minister for Health the consultant vacancies at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe in County Galway, the steps the Saolta Hospital Group is taking, through its group structure,... - Ambulance Service Data
164. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in publishing the Lightfoot Capacity review of the ambulance service; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on... - Ambulance Service Response Times
165. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the emergency response vehicles in the north-east region regarding an emergency call for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Medical Card Applications
166. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44547/15] - Medical Card Data
167. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who require chemotherapy, who have a medical card or who obtained a medical card following diagnosis, and who have to pay €75 per... - Health Services Funding
168. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of the additional €66 million out of the additional €600 million that is being allocated to the Health Service Executive West in... - Departmental Staff Rehiring
169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for re-instatement, following retirement on grounds of ill-health, with prior notice granted since 2004; the legislation, rules and... - Dental Services Provision
170. To ask the Minister for Health if dental treatment through a person's medical card, or otherwise, is available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on... - Medical Card Applications
171. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card will be reconsidered for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44590/15] - General Practitioner Services
172. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request Westdoc to re-establish a fully staffed cell in Roscommon town, in line with the commitment given to the public following the closure of the... - Health Services Provision
173. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the serious concerns of service users about physiotherapy services within the early intervention service in County Roscommon, as service... - Hospital Procedures
174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed by public hospital in 2015 to date in tabular form. [44617/15] - Hospital Services
176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures procured from and the amount spent on these procedures in private and independent hospitals by the Health Service Executive by... - Health Services Staff Data
177. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health care professionals working in primary care as of 1 December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44620/15] - Prescription Charges
179. To ask the Minister for Health the amount collected in prescription charges for medical card prescriptions in each of the years 2011 to 2014 and the projection for 2015. [44622/15] - Drug Treatment Programmes
180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who sought drug treatment and rehabilitation services by county or local health area for each of the past five years and in 2015 to date... - Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
182. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for drug prevention, treatment and rehabilitation projects in each of the past five years; the projected budget for 2015; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointment Status
183. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44657/15]
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