Written answers
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
- Disability Support Services Expenditure
415. To ask the Minister for Health to address a matter (details supplied) regarding persons with disabilities. [5716/16] - Health Services Staff
416. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the upcoming retirement of a person (details supplied) in an office of the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages in County Tipperary; his... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
417. To ask the Minister for Health to add arthritis to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5333/16] - Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
418. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a medical device by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Applications
419. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card by persons (details supplied) in County Louth will be re-examined, given the medical report submitted; and if he will make... - Medical Card Eligibility
420. To ask the Minister for Health why a medical card was not granted to a person (details supplied) given that the person was in receipt of the full amount of social protection benefit... - Pharmaceutical Sector
421. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review by the pharmaceutical board of the drug Orkambi, used to treat cystic fibrosis; to reconsider the decision not to prescribe the drug... - Health Services Provision
422. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to improve care for patients with brain injuries (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Home Care Packages Provision
423. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional hours to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the home care package scheme; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
424. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is awaiting treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5413/16] - Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
425. To ask the Minister for Health to provide assurances that documentation associated with the symphysiotomy payment scheme will not be destroyed and will be returned by the Health Service... - Marriages of Convenience
426. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 20 October 2015, the progress made relating to the issue arising; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
427. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have an assessment carried out by a service provider. [5445/16] - Nursing Home Services
428. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that many nursing homes in the Sligo-Leitrim constituency believe that they are in breach of Health Information and Quality Authority's... - Hospital Waiting Lists
429. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Longford will receive a hospital appointment for a medical procedure. [5449/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
430. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 will be given an earlier date for numerous hospital appointments. [5450/16] - Health Services Provision
431. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have an appropriate assessment carried out by the Health Service Executive or a service provider; and if... - Health Services Funding
432. To ask the Minister for Health given that the vehicle registration tax relief scheme from the Revenue Commissioners is available for persons purchasing vehicles made accessible for persons... - Hospital Waiting Lists
433. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure that a person (details supplied) receives surgery without further delay. [5471/16] - Speech and Language Therapy Provision
434. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the Health Service Executive's structural standards to be met in order for a building to be used as a centre for the carrying out of hearing... - Vaccination Programme Data
436. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he has made in conjunction with the Health Service Executive in examining evidence-based changes to the primary childhood and schools immunisation... - Vaccination Programme
438. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed changes to the tuberculosis, BCG, vaccination programme, following the Health Information and Quality Authority health technology assessment, and... - General Practitioner Services
440. To ask the Minister for Health if it is standard practice for parents of babies under six weeks old to be charged for general practitioner services in cases where they have not applied for... - Hospitals Car Park Charges
441. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the contract in place between the Health Service Executive and the company responsible for operating and implementing car parking charges at... - Hospital Appointments Status
442. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a date for an appointment for surgery in Cappagh Hospital, Dublin 11, for a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [5498/16] - Primary Care Centres
443. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the concerns of pharmacy owners regarding the Health Service Executive policy when building primary care centres (details supplied). [5500/16] - Medicinal Products Availability
444. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his and the Health Service Executive's negotiations with pharmaceutical companies which aim to reduce the cost of particular medicines in the... - Home Care Packages
445. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive in County Clare is processing and awarding home care packages; the number of applications which were awarded in March 2016; and... - Hospital Services
446. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the new follow-up mammography service at Sligo University Hospital; the expected date of the first screening; the way in... - Hospital Facilities
447. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has issued a public tender for the provision of a fixed cardiac catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital; and if... - Hospital Consultant Contracts
448. To ask the Minister for Health the date the new neurologist consultant position at Sligo University Hospital will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5516/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
449. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5519/16] - Primary Care Services Provision
452. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a primary care certificate by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5525/16] - Hospital Waiting Lists
453. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure a person (details supplied) is provided with a medical appointment as a matter of priority, given the person's age and circumstances. [5531/16] - Mental Health Services
454. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of dialectical behavioural therapy within the child and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5543/16] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
456. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in finalising an application under the fair deal nursing home scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5550/16] - Medical Card Administration
458. To ask the Minister for Health to re-instate specific dietary and medical products for medical card holders. [5552/16] - Drug Trials
459. To ask the Minister for Health the status of legalisation concerning a drug (details supplied) for medical uses; the experience in this regard of clinical trials being held in other... - Nursing Staff Provision
460. To ask the Minister for Health for the appointment of a nurse or nurses to deal with, assist and advise patients who are currently living with neurological conditions in County Cork; and if... - Medical Card Data
461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency medical cards issued in County Kerry in the years 2013 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5560/16] - Hospital Facilities
462. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of laundry services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth, will remain in-house and not be outsourced to a private... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
465. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will apply for and approve a communication device for a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
466. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5597/16] - Health Services Provision
467. To ask the Minister for Health the status of occupational therapy for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5601/16] - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
469. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the waiting list for orthodontic treatment for minors in the south region of County Kerry and County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
471. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the future of kidney transplants; the number of such transplants performed in each of the past five years; if a second transplant hospital will... - Hospital Accommodation Provision
472. To ask the Minister for Health when additional beds at Kenmare hospital in County Kerry will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5634/16] - General Medical Services Scheme
473. To ask the Minister for Health why persons who hold a full medical card must pay extra to have blood tests carried out by their general practitioner; if these tests should be covered by... - Services for People with Disabilities
474. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Galway who have had their personal assistant hours cut in 2015 and in 2016 to date; the total reduction of personal assistant... - Hospital Appointments Status
475. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5645/16] - Home Care Packages Provision
476. To ask the Minister for Health when he will put a home care package in place for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [5647/16] - Hospital Waiting Lists
477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children who are on waiting lists in excess of six months to see a rheumatology consultant (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Hospital Staff Data
478. To ask the Minister for Health to assess the staffing ratio for Naas hospital in County Kildare; and how this staffing ratio compares to other hospitals of similar size. [5669/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
479. 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. [5672/16] - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
480. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 22 March 2016, why he has not been actively supporting St. James's Hospital and its appeal for the use of a... - Health Services Provision
482. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in assessing a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 for a condition; and when this person will receive a date for an assessment. [5678/16] - Disability Support Services
483. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding intellectual disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5689/16] - Treatment Abroad Scheme
484. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 who has been waiting for a long time for an operation is entitled to have this treatment under the treatment abroad... - HSE Properties
485. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the lands at St. Finan's Hospital in Killarney in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5706/16] - Autism Support Services
486. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide appropriate school leaver places to the large number of young adults with autism who are leaving school services; and if he will make a... - Counselling Services Provision
489. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to allocate extra funding to provide free and low cost counselling to persons on lower incomes who require mental health... - Suicide Prevention
490. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to set up a national suicide authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5725/16] - Mental Health Services Provision
492. To ask the Minister for Health the services available for mental health supports to families in hotel room emergency homeless accommodation, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
493. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the drug Kuvan available on the long-term illness scheme to sufferers of Phenyketonuria and BH4; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Services
495. To ask the Minister for Health if treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary is available publicly in St. James's Hospital in Dublin 8. [5753/16] - General Register Office
496. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fill the position of registrar of births, deaths and marriages (details supplied) in Thurles in County Tipperary. [5755/16] - Vaccination Programme
497. To ask the Minister for Health the person who or the body that provides support and guidance to persons who have a side effect to a vaccine administered by the Health Service Executive,... - Health Services Provision
498. To ask the Minister for Health when occupational therapist services will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [5764/16] - Primary Care Centres Provision
499. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre in Clondalkin, Dublin 22, including the timescale for this project, and the full range of services that... - Health Services Provision
501. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to preserve the future of Dunfanaghy health clinic in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5772/16] - Hospital Waiting Lists
502. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Tobacco Control Measures
504. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed ban on self-serving cigarette vending machines; his assessment of job losses to the vending sector; and if he will make a statement... - Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís
505. To ask the Minister for Health cad é an líon iomlán foirne atá fostaithe ina Roinn faoi láthair; cé mhéad duine acu siúd atá ag feidhmiú i... - Health Services
507. To ask the Minister for Health the policies he has developed regarding the diagnosis, management and treatment of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; if an Ehlers-Danlos syndrome task force has been... - Medical Card Eligibility
508. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on a case in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5852/16] - Medical Card Applications
509. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5874/16] - Hospital Waiting Lists
510. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [5880/16] - Home Help Service Provision
511. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange a home help package for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will arrange for the district nurse to make contact and set up... - UN Conventions
512. To ask the Minister for Health the legislative changes necessary to ensure the ratification and implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;... - Services for People with Disabilities
514. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore the cutbacks to services and supports for persons with disabilities following the end of austerity economic policies; and if he will make... - Hospital Waiting Lists
515. To ask the Minister for Health when a surgical procedure will take place for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5894/16] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
528. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the provision of special footware for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5917/16] - Treatment Abroad Scheme
529. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the case of a person (detail supplied) in County Cork who is suffering from a condition; why the person was refused treatment abroad; and if... - Hospital Waiting Lists
530. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an appointment for a surgical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5933/16] - Mental Health Services Provision
532. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive and the Dublin mid-Leinster region will put in place an acute psychiatric unit on the campus of St. Loman's Hospital,... - Hospital Waiting Lists
533. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is awaiting an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5965/16] - Medical Card Applications
541. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this medical card will issue as a matter of urgency; and... - Home Help Service Provision
542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will facilitate home help for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will arrange for the local district nurse to make contact and put the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
543. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgical procedure for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5993/16] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
547. To ask the Minister for Health if an application under the fair deal scheme will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [6002/16] - HSE Legal Cases
548. To ask the Minister for Health if he has incorporated the recent successful legal action (details supplied) taken by hospital consultants into his budgetary projections. [6009/16] - HSE Expenditure
549. To ask the Minister for Health if he will revise his budgetary projections given the new expenditure pressures and warnings from the Health Service Executive, as far back as December 2015,... - Hospital Waiting Lists
550. To ask the Minister for Health the status of surgery for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6014/16] - Health Services Staff Recruitment
551. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's plans and methods for the recruitment of physiotherapists in 2016, including details of the use of any panel; the options open... - Family Resource Centres
552. To ask the Minister for Health the family support centres and family resource centres the Health Service Executive funded in 2015, by centre, by county, by the funding provided, by the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
553. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6025/16] - Medical Card Applications
554. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review 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.... - Hospital Waiting Lists
555. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a date for surgery for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [6059/16] - Speech and Language Therapy Provision
556. To ask the Minister for Health when therapy will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [6069/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
557. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment in Crumlin hospital, Dublin 12, for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Appointments to State Boards
558. To ask the Minister for Health the process for board appointments at the new Health Service Executive hospital trust; if positions on the trust were filled internally or publicly advertised;... - Alcohol Pricing
559. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to introduce minimum unit pricing on alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6081/16] - Hospital Services
560. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for bone density tests in Connolly Hospital in Dublin 15; the waiting time for this test in each Health Service Executive area; and if he... - Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors
563. To ask the Minister for Health if he has monitored and tracked the number of non-consultant hospital doctors in the hospital system to achieve maximum retention; the number of these doctors... - General Practitioner Services
564. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage and number of general practitioners who have signed up to the free general practitioner cards for the under sixes scheme, by county; and if he... - General Practitioner Services Provision
566. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for further plans to roll out free general practitioner care in the health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6088/16] - Medical Card Data
567. To ask the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards in existence in the health service, by month, over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Promotion
568. To ask the Minister for Health if he has established a working group on the proposal to introduce a sugar tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6090/16] - Hospitals Data
569. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive care unit beds in Dublin hospitals, by month, over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6091/16] - Primary Care Strategy Roll-out
572. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently grant capital investment to Ballyragget health centre via the Health Service Executive's south development office to ensure the highest standard of... - Hospital Waiting Lists
573. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6103/16] - Medicinal Products Prices
575. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse the budgetary cuts on gluten-free foods to lessen the financial burden on coeliacs. [6108/16] - Hospital Waiting Lists
576. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgical procedure for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6133/16] - Departmental Funding
581. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to mental health bodies in County Wexford in 2014 and 2015, including the amounts and the names of the relevant bodies; and if he will... - Proposed Legislation
583. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a medically supervised injecting centre in County Dublin; the status of the relevant legislation; if he plans to establish... - Medicinal Products Data
584. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on prescriptions of specific serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, SSRI, and serotonin-noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitors, SNRIs, and the number of... - Health Services Staff Data
585. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychotherapists and psychiatrists he employs, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6184/16] - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
586. To ask the Minister for Health to include the anti-coagulation strip and lancet in the long-term illness scheme or the drugs repayment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
587. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to build a 100-bed nursing home on the grounds of Connolly Blanchardstown Hospital in Dublin 15 to replace the Woodlands and Silver Birch services;... - Health Strategies
588. To ask the Minister for Health to organise a national policy on tackling osteoporosis; to reverse the cut in funding to the Irish Osteoporosis Society; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospitals Discharges
590. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients at Waterford Regional Hospital who are well enough to be discharged but are awaiting an appropriate care package to be put in place; the... - Hospital Appointments Status
592. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 and whether the case will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6203/16] - Hospital Beds Data
593. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on hospital trolleys, by month, for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6204/16] - Hospitals Building Programme
594. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to relocate the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin 1 to Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Staff
595. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he is making in ensuring hospitals are complying with the working time directive for junior doctors; the number of hospitals he has sanctioned for... - Nursing Staff Remuneration
596. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the cutting of pay levels for graduate nurses; the number of nurses who took up places on the Health Service Executive's nursing in Ireland... - Hospital Staff Data
597. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies and the number of agency staff employed, by position, by hospital. [6208/16] - Hospital Staff Recruitment
598. To ask the Minister for Health his progress in reducing the reliance on agency staff as pledged in the 2015 service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6209/16] - Health Services Staff Recruitment
599. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 380 of 22 March 2016, why ten other health care assistants were employed ahead of persons referred to from another panel and given... - Hospital Waiting Lists
600. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to reduce the waiting lists for rheumatology consultants; his plans to develop service provision; and if he will make a statement on the... - Sexual Offences Data
601. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 181 of 1 October 2015, to provide the status of plans for a second sexual abuse and violence in Ireland study; the co-ordination he has... - Services for People with Disabilities
602. To ask the Minister for Health the status of changes being made to disability services in north-east Dublin; why he is reintroducing waiting lists for services; and if he will make a... - Child Abuse Prevention
604. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the child and adolescent sexual assault treatment service in County Galway is entering its second month of closure; and if he will make a... - Health Services Provision
605. To ask the Minister for Health the breast-feeding rates; the policy in this regard; and the steps he will take to improve current rates. [6269/16] - General Practitioner Services Provision
606. To ask the Minister for Health if he sought and received financial approval for an increase in the rural general practitioner practice allowance scheme from the Department of Finance or the...
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