Written answers
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
- Mental Health Services Provision
360. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health services available for children and young persons, particularly those with special education needs; and if he will make a statement on the... - Psychological Services
361. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level of child psychology services available in west Cork, if a second child psychologist is required, when will one be appointed;... - Hospital Appointment Status
362. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive an appointment for the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore, County Offaly. [44681/15] - Speech and Language Therapy
363. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists employed in the Health Service Executive disability sector from 2010 to date, in... - Nursing Home Services
366. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons from this State currently resident in nursing homes in the North of Ireland; the cost of this since 2011; and if he will make a statement... - Ambulance Service Provision
367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-instate the provision of ambulance services for respite care residents at Cluain Árann community nursing unit in County Tipperary; and if he... - Hospital Appointment Status
368. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive an appointment in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Dental Services
369. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding dental services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44696/15] - Cross-Border Health Initiatives
370. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in delivering a cross-Border radiotherapy unit for the north west to be based at Altnagelvin area hospital in partnership with the Western Health... - Hospital Admissions
371. To ask the Minister for Health the overall annual average length of stay for Irish hospitals over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44717/15] - Primary Care Centre Provision
372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care teams in operation from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44718/15] - Health Services Funding
373. To ask the Minister for Health the spending on health as a percentage of gross domestic product for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44719/15] - Medical Workforce Data
374. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses per 1,000 population for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44720/15] - Hospital Beds Data
376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric beds per 1,000 population for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44722/15] - Death Certificates
378. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the number of live births, stillbirths, early neonatal deaths, perinatal deaths, and adjusted perinatal deaths for the past three years; and if he... - Health Services Expenditure
379. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on agency staff in the Health Service Executive for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44725/15] - Medical Card Application Numbers
380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44726/15] - Health Services
381. To ask the Minister for Health the number of serious reportable events within the Health Service Executive over the last five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44727/15] - Medical Card Applications
382. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry as the person has submitted all relevant information; and... - Mental Health Services
383. To ask the Minister for Health if he recognises the obstacles persons with mental health difficulties encounter in making a complaint about mental health services, if he will introduce an... - Regulatory Bodies
384. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his proposals to regulate psychotherapists and counsellors. [44755/15] - Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times
385. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols relating to waiting times that are in place for paediatric patients presenting for triage in accident and emergency departments. [44759/15] - Autism Support Services
388. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the cuts to vital services for children diagnosed with autism in counties Galway and Roscommon where 2.5 staff currently serve two counties and... - Hospital Appointment Status
390. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a consultant appointment for a person (details supplied). [44789/15] - Hospital Staff
391. To ask the Minister for Health his views that current rates of payment and premiums for student nurses for intellectual disability, as per the Haddington Road agreement, are a contributing... - Health Services Provision
392. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding essential equipment for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44839/15] - Mental Health Services Provision
393. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding the case of a person (details supplied) with the later stages of dementia and Alzheimer's, the current procedures that... - Disability Services Provision
394. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding the available services for adults with an intellectual disability, why a person (details supplied) who will become an... - Nursing Home Services
395. To ask the Minister for Health to justify the exorbitant costs paid to private nursing homes and the measures that are put in place to prevent private nursing homes from adding extra costs... - General Practitioner Services
396. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in receipt of the rural practice allowance and the cost of this, by county, for each of the years 2010 to date, in tabular... - Youth Services Funding
398. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 7 October 2015, why the Health Service Executive has decided to wind down the oasis project at Mounttown Community... - Open Disclosures Policy
401. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the disclosure of hospital and HSE reporting on tragic incidents in the maternity services, to make them fully open to public scrutiny;... - Health Services Staff
402. To ask the Minister for Health if a nurse will be appointed to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44871/15] - Disability Services Provision
403. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) concerning the available services for adults with an intellectual disability, why a current service provider who... - General Practitioner Contracts
404. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be permanently placed on a general practitioner list, why this has not been done to date, if it is... - Domiciliary Care Allowance
405. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the parents of children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance, his plans to address the... - Hospital Appointment Delays
406. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the lengthy delay in a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 receiving an appointment at Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin for... - Disability Services Funding
407. To ask the Minister for Health if clients of Saint Patrick's on the Kells Road in County Kilkenny whose financial affairs are being managed by the company will be allowed to change this... - Irish Medical Organisation
408. To ask the Minister for Health the process available through his Department or the Health Service Executive for individuals who are dissatisfied with the outcome of a hearing conducted by... - Home Help Service
410. To ask the Minister for Health the changes being made to home help hours in the Callan area of County Kilkenny, if this pilot project has been agreed with all those concerned including those... - Hospital Appointment Status
411. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment for assessment will be arranged at Saint James's Hospital in Dublin for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, given that this... - School Transport Provision
412. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for transport will be provided in 2016 for students attending Our Lady of Good Counsel special needs school in Ballincollig in County Cork (details... - Health Insurance Company Payments
413. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the €100 million payment to the Health Service Executive from Voluntary Health Insurance announced on 8 December 2015, if there is any... - Hospital Appointments Administration
414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) who is unable to travel to Cork from Tralee in County Kerry to have cataracts removed will be treated in... - Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
415. To ask the Minister for Health why the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Drug and Alcohol Task Force removed its funding from the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Outreach Project service and allocated... - Hospital Appointment Status
417. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is on the waiting list in Letterkenny University Hospital, the date the procedure will be carried out; and if... - Treatment Abroad Scheme
418. To ask the Minister for Health if efforts are being made to use facilities at hospitals in Northern Ireland in an effort to reduce the continuously rising waiting lists in many hospitals in... - Hospital Waiting Lists
419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list who are waiting up to four, four plus to 12 and 12 plus months; and the... - General Medical Services Scheme
422. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for the Health Service Executive to respond to a query submitted to his Department on 13 August 2015 (details supplied). [44984/15] - Drugs Payment Scheme
423. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who reach the annual limit €1,728 of the Drugs Payment Scheme, the number of persons who met the previous limits of €1,584... - Departmental Properties
426. To ask the Minister for Health the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016, in... - Rare Diseases
427. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the all-Ireland network of rare disease registry, and if Bannayan Riley Ruvalcaba syndrome is included in this registry. [45069/15] - Medical Card Eligibility
434. To ask the Minister for Health if a parent or guardians of a child with a diagnosis of Bannayan Riley Ruvalcaba Syndrome may apply for a discretionary Medical Card solely in respect of the... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
435. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include Bannayan Riley Ruvalcaba Syndrome under the long-term illness scheme, given that as it is a rare condition with multiple symptoms and its... - Rare Diseases
436. To ask the Minister for Health how information on different genetic rare disorders is made available to affected persons and their families, the supports in place for these persons and their... - Rare Diseases Strategy Publication
437. To ask the Minister for Health the functions of the National Office for Rare Diseases, its staffing levels, if it can be accessed by the public, if he intends to implement a strategy or... - HSE Investigations
439. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the investigation into the care and death of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45134/15] - Health Services Provision
440. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive plans to develop a methadone dispensing centre at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare, the support services which... - Disability Support Services Provision
441. To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement scheme for the mobility allowance scheme and the motorised transport grant scheme will be finalised, why these schemes have yet to be... - Respite Care Services
442. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will secure urgent respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45143/15] - Medical Card Applications
443. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45147/15] - Hospital Services
444. To ask the Minister for Health when full rheumatology services will be put in place at Mayo General Hospital, as was promised in December 2011 through the quality and continuing care... - Medicinal Products Availability
445. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to enable the Cystic Fibrosis drug Orkambi to be provided under the medical card scheme and the drugs payment scheme, given its... - Treatment Abroad Scheme
446. To ask the Minister for Health why the flight cost for only one parent and not for two is covered under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45157/15] - Medical Card Data
451. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons 80 years of age and over who are in receipt of a full medical card, the economic cost of a medical card (details supplied); and if he... - Hospice Services
452. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Saint Brigid's Hospice, also known as the Drogheda Memorial Hospital, on the Curragh in County Kildare including the extent of the works being... - Hospital Appointments Administration
453. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can obtain an early appointment at the Mater Hospital in Dublin 7, given that the person is currently listed... - Ambulance Service Response Times
454. To ask the Minister for Health why an emergency call for an ambulance made from a location (details supplied) in County Wicklow took 65 minutes to reach the location; and if he will make a... - Ambulance Service Data
455. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the ambulance service for County Wicklow and County Carlow, by number, by shift, by location; if the service has been reduced since 2011; and if... - Hospital Services
456. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the endoscopy unit at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare; if the preparation of tender documents has been concluded; when the project will... - Hospital Staff Recruitment
458. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of hiring an advanced nurse practitioner, a consultant, a physiotherapist, an occupational therapist, a staff nurse and an additional dentist, each at... - Autism Support Services
459. To ask the Minister for Health when will suitable and appropriate post school placements for persons with Autism be provided for the 23 school leavers from Dublin's Northside who graduated... - Health Services Funding
460. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for in vitro fertilisation treatments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45225/15] - Health Screening Programmes
461. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to re-introduce Scoliosis screening into secondary schools [45230/15] - Respite Care Services
462. To ask the Minister for Health if there is no age discrimination within the respite care services provided by the Health Service Executive for services for stroke victims who are medically... - Hospital Waiting Lists
464. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has been waiting for over a year for treatment; and if he will make a... - Alzheimer's Disease
466. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding Alzheimer's Disease (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45262/15] - Hospital Waiting Lists
467. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be given an appointment for surgery [45265/15] - HSE Expenditure
468. To ask the Minister for Health the annual amount he and the Health Service Executive spend on the drug Ritalin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45315/15] - Cystic Fibrosis Treatment
469. To ask the Minister for Health given the reports of the cost of the new Cystic Fibrosis drug, if he will provide comparatives of costs for other drugs used across his Department and the... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
470. To ask the Minister for Health if he will backdate the period of reimbursement for the medication Fampyra on the Long Term Illness Scheme to cover the period that began when users finished... - Hospital Appointments Administration
472. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 regarding the care received during recent hospital appointments; and if he will make... - Hospital Staff
473. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to ensure that nurses who live here and who seek to undertake a Return to Nursing Course are not tied to the hospital in which they... - Care of the Elderly Provision
474. To ask the Minister for Health if he, an agency under the remit of his Department or the Health Service Executive provide funding for a minibus to provide elderly citizens in a community in... - Hospital Waiting Lists
475. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the waiting time for a public patient (details supplied) in County Kerry to receive an appointment in the South Infirmary / Victoria... - Dental Services Provision
476. To ask the Minister for Health why a person's dental treatment (details supplied) in County Galway has ceased, given that due to a medical condition the person has been able to avail of the... - Hospital Appointment Status
477. 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. [45353/15] - Services for People with Disabilities
478. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a family (details supplied) in Dublin 13 with a temporary residential care unit for a person with a mobility impairment; and if he will make... - Hospital Appointment Status
479. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with required surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45395/15] - Services for People with Disabilities
481. To ask the Minister for Health if further assistance will be allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45409/15] - Hospice Services
482. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the finalisation of the plans for the proposed new specialist inpatient hospice unit with a full range of services in Counties Longford and... - Hospital Appointment Status
483. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an urgent appointment for a procedure at Cappagh Hospital in Dublin 11 for a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will... - Medical Card Applications
484. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45448/15] - Health Care Professionals
485. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to protect public health safety by distinguishing the difference between physiotherapists and physical therapists and to protect both titles under... - Services for People with Disabilities
487. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) in Dublin 13 receives an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45457/15]
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