Written answers

Thursday, 17 December 2015

  • Hospital Services
    404. To ask the Minister for Health if he will liaise with Údarás na Gaeltachta and the Health Service Executive on establishing a feasibility study for future uses for the old hospital...
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    405. To ask the Minister for Health if he received a request from the Health Service Executive to increase the number of critical care beds in 2016, the number of additional beds sought, and the...
  • Health Services Funding
    406. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated for the implementation of the national asthma programme, the funding being provided in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Pharmacy Services
    407. To ask the Minister for Health his view on the budget 2016 submission by the Irish Pharmacy Union to introduce a minor ailment scheme, an extended vaccination service and a new medicines...
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    408. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of recruiting an extra 100 consultants [45696/15]
  • General Practitioner Services
    409. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of restoring distance coding, and of restoring the coding and increasing the allowance to €25,000, under the rural practice allowance...
  • Health Services Expenditure
    411. To ask the Minister for Health the number of personal assistant hours provided in 2015 and the full-year cost of same [45699/15]
  • Home Care Packages
    412. To ask the Minister for Health when he received an application for a home care package from a person (details supplied) in County Cork, the status of the application including how it has...
  • HSE Governance
    413. To ask the Minister for Health the recommendations in the 2012 reviews of financial management systems in the Irish health service and the progress made in implementing these, in tabular...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    414. To ask the Minister for Health the original estimate for each year's expenditure and the final outturn for each of the years 2011 to date, in tabular form, based on the new Estimates...
  • Hospital Services
    415. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals which have acute medical assessment units and the number of days per week and the number of hours per day each of these is open, in tabular form....
  • Departmental Projects
    416. To ask the Minister for Health the 25 health priorities for 2015 he announced on 27 January 2015, indicating which of these have been fully achieved as of 15 December 2015, in tabular form...
  • HSE Funding
    417. To ask the Minister for Health the funds allocated to the Travel2Care scheme in each year from 2008 to date, in tabular form. [45713/15]
  • Hospital Admissions
    418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgical procedures which have been cancelled and-or postponed in each of the individual hospitals across the Saolta University Health...
  • Disability Services Provision
    419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assessments of children with possible special needs which are outstanding beyond the time periods permitted by the Disability Act 2005 in Cork...
  • Nursing Education
    422. To ask the Minister for Health the number of midwifery training places in place in the main teaching hospitals and the full-year cost of increasing this by 10%. [45735/15]
  • Health Strategies
    423. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from the National Vision Coalition calling for the inclusion of a commitment to publish and implement A National Vision...
  • Freedom of Information Fees
    424. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department has received in fees from freedom of information requests in 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Beds Data
    425. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of providing an extra 500, 1,000, 1,500 and 2,000 acute hospital beds. [45771/15]
  • Ministerial Staff
    426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of political staff working in his Department, including the role and salary of each staff member. [45788/15]
  • Legislative Process RIA
    427. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Bills his Department has published since 9 March 2011; the number and Title of those Bills that included a regulatory impact assessment in...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    428. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting approval, the number approved but awaiting funding, and the expected waiting time for a person from the date of application to...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    429. To ask the Minister for Health to provide certain information regarding public hospital waiting lists (details supplied). [45828/15]
  • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
    431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for orthodontic assessment and treatment in Cork city and county, including, in each case, the number of those waiting...
  • HSE Properties
    432. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community homes that were bought in counties Longford and Westmeath over the past ten years; the cost of each; and his long-term objective for...
  • HSE Staffing
    433. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Health Service Executive drivers in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45897/15]
  • Home Help Service Provision
    434. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 19 November 2015, the criteria which were not met by a person (details supplied) in County Cavan to enable the...
  • Disability Services Funding
    435. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure that the Health Service Executive immediately engages in meaningful negotiations (details supplied) with representatives of Camphill Communities, as...
  • HSE Staffing
    436. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the overwhelming vote by cleaners at Letterkenny University Hospital in favour of industrial action over a decision to outsource the cleaning...
  • Ambulance Service Provision
    437. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of additional ambulances for County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45911/15]
  • HSE Properties
    438. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's plans for a hospital building and site (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45925/15]
  • General Practitioner Contracts
    439. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1 of 3 December 2015, the progress following the ongoing negotiations; if he or the Health Service Executive has an...
  • Hospital Services
    440. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new diabetes day centre at Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46001/15]
  • Palliative Care for Children
    441. To ask the Minister for Health if and the first date on which a position for a paediatric palliative care nurse specialist to serve County Donegal, to be based at Letterkenny University...
  • Magdalen Laundries Data
    442. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of broadening the scheme for women living abroad who suffered in the Magdalen laundries, who are now entitled to free general practitioner services,...
  • Health Services
    443. To ask the Minister for Health if services will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46017/15]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    444. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the rescheduling of surgery for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [46028/15]
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    445. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional speech and language therapists to be recruited by the Health Service Executive in 2016 and the full-year cost of same. [46041/15]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    448. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in the South Infirmary Hospital in Cork for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Registration of Nurses
    449. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the lengthy delays in nursing registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46055/15]
  • Treatment Abroad Scheme
    450. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be forthcoming for treatment overseas for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has multiple and challenging conditions requiring...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    451. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for surgery will be arranged for a person (details supplied); the reasons for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46078/15]
  • Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
    452. To ask the Minister for Health if he is committed to the national policy and strategy for the provision of neuro-rehabilitation services; the funding he has allocated for it in 2015 and in...
  • Orthodontic Service Provision
    454. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Health Service Executive's review of orthodontic services; the number of tenders received by the executive; the number of contracts that will...
  • Home Help Service Provision
    455. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of home care hours for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [46143/15]
  • Hospital Appointment Status
    456. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Killkenny; and the action he will take to address this matter. [46149/15]
  • Hospital Services
    457. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a 24-7 catherisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford. [46159/15]
  • Palliative Care Facilities
    458. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a palliative care centre at University Hospital Waterford. [46160/15]
  • Medical Workforce Data
    459. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff and medical professionals employed at University Hospital Waterford. [46161/15]
  • Primary Care Centre Provision
    460. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre in Dungarvan in County Waterford. [46162/15]
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    461. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols and guidelines in place to govern the admittance into a residential psychiatric facility for voluntary and for involuntary patients; if the...
  • Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council
    462. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the decision by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council not to accept applicants for paramedic employment posts from paramedics who have...
  • Nursing Home Accommodation
    463. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be allocated for the refurbishment of a nursing home (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    465. To ask the Minister for Health why a child (details supplied) in County Kildare is the only child in a class who is not able to access occupational therapy and speech and language therapy,...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    466. To ask the Minister for Health the decisions he has made regarding the funding of Orkambi, a medicine that according to reports has improved the lives and conditions of cystic fibrosis...
  • Appointments to State Boards
    467. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments to State boards under the aegis of his Department and the number of appointments that have been advertised on his Department's...
  • Commencement of Legislation
    469. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the Acts currently in force for which he has lead responsibility and that have Parts or sections yet to be formally commenced, including the...
  • Hospital Groups
    470. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the model 2, 3 and 4 hospitals in each hospital group, indicating whether each model 2 hospital is a model 2D, a model 2S or a model 2R...
  • Hospital Beds Data
    471. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in hospitals (details supplied); the number of these that are currently closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Medical Card Data
    472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 December 2015; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; the number for each type of card issued on a...
  • Hospital Trusts
    475. To ask the Minister for Health when he received the international evidence review on independent hospital trusts undertaken by the Health Research Board at his request; when he will publish...
  • Community Care
    476. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in implementing each of the 31 recommendations in the 2011 Health Service Executive report Time to Move on from Congregated Settings; the...
  • Hospital Services
    478. To ask the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that carry out magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scans and the number of persons waiting for this scan for up to three, three...
  • Hospice Services
    480. To ask the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that carry out bone scans and the number of persons waiting for this scan for up to three, three plus to six, six plus to...
  • Hospital Services
    481. To ask the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that carry out angiograms and the number of persons waiting for this for up to three, three plus to six, six plus to nine,...
  • Dental Services Provision
    484. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will have dental surgery; the waiting times for dental surgery at University Hospital Galway; and if he will...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    485. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 2 December 2015, his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding placements; and if he will make a...
  • Living Wage
    488. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will make a...

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