Written answers
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
- Mother and Baby Homes Records
625. To ask the Minister for Health how persons can access records of local authorities prior to the introduction of the health boards in relation to births that took place in mother and baby... - Drugs Advisory Group
626. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the Drugs Advisory Group. [9805/16] - Commencement of Legislation
627. To ask the Minister for Health when he will commence relevant sections of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 to enable the non-biological parents of children conceived in... - National Children's Hospital Location
628. To ask the Minister for Health to meet with a group (details supplied) in relation to the siting of the new children's hospital. [10094/16] - Garda Powers
629. To ask the Minister for Health if it is within the remit of An Garda Síochána to investigate offences under the Mental Health Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services Provision
630. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will award financial assistance to Lisheen House in Skibbereen, County Cork, for the provision of the mental health services it... - Hospital Appointments Administration
631. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently examine and expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9356/16] - Hospital Services
632. To ask the Minister for Health the status of surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9358/16] - Respite Care Services
634. To ask the Minister for Health if and for how long the practice is to continue where respite care has been reduced from seven nights per month to two nights per month and if a crisis case... - HSE Procurement
635. To ask the Minister for Health to address a matter (details supplied) regarding procurement within the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9416/16] - Health Services
636. To ask the Minister for Health the status of persons who suffer from fibromyalgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9381/16] - Speech and Language Therapy Provision
637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting speech and language therapy assessment, by community health area and length of time waiting, for each of the years 2010 to 2015.... - Housing Adaptation Grant
638. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available from the Health Service Executive in the form of a grant or a provision of equipment for adapting a home for persons with a severe... - Mental Health Services Funding
640. To ask the Minister for Health when he will allocate the €12 million ring-fenced funding for mental health services, given that it is not being spent, as the additional staff it was... - Hospital Appointments Status
641. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9426/16] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
642. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the policy of closing facilities in Cheeverstown Hospital in Dublin 6W for severely disabled children such as in a case of a person (details... - Hospital Services
643. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a medical procedure for a person (details supplied). [9486/16] - Health Services Funding
645. To ask the Minister for Health if he has costed a comparison of funding the Inclusion Ireland Walk Peer Project against the access to Health Service Executive day services which would be... - Autism Support Services
646. To ask the Minister for Health when he will provide full day services to young persons on the autism spectrum disorder who were left without local, full day services in north and west County... - Ambulance Service Response Times
651. To ask the Minister for Health to publish the 2014 National Ambulance Service of Ireland emergency service and baseline capacity review; if he accepts the review's findings and if he has... - Hospital Services
652. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure a person (details supplied) is granted an appointment with a surgeon; why a scheduled appointment was deferred without explanation; and if he will... - Hospital Waiting Lists
653. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the waiting times for appointments to the counselling in primary care service, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
654. To ask the Minister for Health his response to concerns being raised regarding medication management at a Dublin hospital (details supplied). [9468/16] - Hospital Waiting Lists
657. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen by a paediatrics occupational therapist, given that 11 months have elapsed since the referral. [9501/16] - Home Help Service Provision
658. To ask the Minister for Health the outturn in 2015 and the projected number of home help hours to be provided in each local health office area in 2016 [9628/16] - Rural Practice Allowance Scheme
659. To ask the Minister for Health when he will issue the circular outlining the new criteria for the rural practice allowance scheme to the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a... - Drug Trials
660. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the National Centre for Pharmaco-economics in relation to the full Health Technology Assessment being carried out on the new drug... - Hospital Services
661. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an operation for a person (details supplied). [9503/16] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
663. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of funding for students leaving a school (details supplied); why the Health Service Executive has not corresponded with concerned... - Mental Health Services Funding
666. To ask the Minister for Health to immediately restore the funding which was cut to a project (details supplied) as it is now under-staffed and cannot take any more referrals, and yet is a... - Nursing Staff Recruitment
667. To ask the Minister for Health if the extra nurses required at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare have taken up their appointment or if this is pending; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Appointments Status
668. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a date for an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9535/16] - Ambulance Service Provision
669. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the ambulance service (details supplied) in Millstreet in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9556/16] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
670. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has at any time benefitted under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9581/16] - Treatment Abroad Scheme
671. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will provide treatment for a person (details supplied) who is undergoing treatment in Germany, having been informed that it is... - Hospital Appointments Status
672. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9606/16] - Home Care Packages Data
673. To ask the Minister for Health the number of packages provided under the home care scheme by county from 2010 to 2016, inclusive, to date. [9550/16] - Hospital Closures
676. To ask the Minister for Health the future of unit five of St. Stephen's hospital in Glanmire in County Cork, given the reports that it is due to be closed in the near future and the huge... - Services for People with Disabilities
680. To ask the Minister for Health to review the care plan for a person (details supplied). [9621/16] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
681. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a procedure in place whereby nursing home residents who are part of the fair deal scheme can be taken out of the nursing home setting and nursed at... - Hospital Appointments Status
682. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9632/16] - Medical Card Data
684. To ask the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards issued in County Wexford for each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - National Lottery Funding Applications
685. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for lottery funding by the Health Service Executive in the name of the Samaritans in counties Kilkenny and Carlow, and when he... - Services for People with Disabilities
686. To ask the Minister for Health why there is a seeming delay in the release of approved funds for a person (details supplied) who is in need of a residential placement; the timeline for the... - Medical Card Eligibility
687. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently reinstate a medical card for a person (details supplied) whose card has been withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9635/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
688. To ask the Minister for Health when he will arrange an urgent appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9643/16] - Medical Products
689. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a treatment for multiple sclerosis called Lemtrada, including its availability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9658/16] - Hospital Charges
690. To ask the Minister for Health to review and strike out the charges for inpatient rehabilitation care services applied by St. Columba's Hospital in Thomastown in County Kilkenny, to a person... - Hospital Staff
691. To ask the Minister for Health the moneys spent by University Hospital Limerick on agency staff in each of the years 2011 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Facilities
692. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 447 of 6 April 2016, the status of the proposed provision of a fixed cardio catheterisation laboratory for Sligo... - Home Help Service Data
693. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new applications under the home help scheme who were approved but not allocated due to financial constraints in the Limerick local health office... - National Lottery Funding Applications
694. To ask the Minister for Health when he will advertise the national lottery funding scheme for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9684/16] - Ambulance Service Provision
695. To ask the Minister for Health the investment he will make in the ambulance service in counties Sligo, Leitrim, south Donegal and west Cavan in 2016; if he will purchase new vehicles; and if... - Accident and Emergency Departments Data
696. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost to the State of a visit to an accident and emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9686/16] - Ambulance Service
697. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the Lightfoot report into the national ambulance service of Ireland emergency service baseline and capacity review which the Health... - Hospital Staff Data
698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric respiratory consultants in each paediatric centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9737/16] - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
700. To ask the Minister for Health in the absence of asthma being recognised on the long-term illness scheme, to introduce subsidised asthma medication for persons under 18 years of age; and if... - Vaccination Programme
701. To ask the Minister for Health to introduce free annual 'flu vaccinations for children with moderate to severe asthma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9739/16] - Primary Care Services Provision
702. To ask the Minister for Health not to cut the additional budget of €13.5 million allocated for primary care in the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan; and if he will make a... - Ambulance Service Staff
703. To ask the Minister for Health the number of officer grade positions which remain unfilled across the National Ambulance Service; the duration of the vacancies; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Applications
704. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the medical card scheme including obstacles to it; to apply the greatest possible discretion... - Ambulance Service Staff
705. To ask the Minister for Health when the criteria for officers was changed in the past few months to the lower qualification of emergency medical technician rather than the previous paramedic... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
706. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is entitled to special prescription glasses to correct an issue with sight. [9746/16] - Hospital Transfers
707. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a bed at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 for a person (details supplied) who is currently in St. Luke's Hospital, in County Kilkenny. [9752/16] - Hospital Appointments Delays
708. To ask the Minister for Health to arrange urgent treatment for a person (details supplied) who is on a waiting list since 2012 and was placed on a waiting list for treatment on 2 April 2014;... - Hospital Services
709. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the continued use of Lourdes laundry which is attached to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda in County Louth; the Health Service... - Health Insurance
710. To ask the Minister for Health if he monitors private health insurance with the objective of the continued implementation of lifetime community rating; if all insurers incur their... - Medical Card Data
711. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cardholders by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9723/16] - Hospitals Data
715. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries performed over the past five years by hospital by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9779/16] - Health Services Provision
717. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure the Health Service Executive provides all the necessary care, assistance and financial help to persons (details supplied) who urgently require help... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
718. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will re-open the physiotherapist panel to new applicants during 2016 for potential vacancies that may arise; and if he will... - Health Services Staff Data
719. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of employing eight additional consultant transplant surgeons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9783/16] - Dental Services Provision
720. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to provide additional resources for dental services in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9829/16] - National Maternity Hospital
721. To ask the Minister for Health his progress or that of the Health Service Executive in mediating a resolution of the dispute over governance of the co-location of the new National Maternity... - Hospital Facilities
725. To ask the Minister for Health to install a kidney dialysis unit at the Mid Western Regional Hospital Ennis in order to facilitate patients from County Clare who have to travel to Counties... - Hospital Appointments Status
726. To ask the Minister for Health to arrange an early appointment for an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9846/16] - Primary Care Centres
727. To ask the Minister for Health the status for the provision of primary health care centres for Arklow and Rathdum in County Wicklow, including the list of proposed locations being considered... - Hospital Appointments Status
728. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite and arrange an early date for an appointment for a person (details supplied). [9847/16] - Medical Card Eligibility
730. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) had to pay for a medical procedure when, if living in a different area, the person would have been covered by a medical card;... - Primary Medical Certificates
731. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a primary medical certificate to a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency. [9850/16] - Primary Care Centres Data
732. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of primary care centres in County Kildare; the number of staff employed in each centre; if he has filled all staff positions in each... - Mental Health Services
733. To ask the Minister for Health the psychiatric units providing treatment for dual diagnosis, where one is an addiction and the other a mental health diagnosis, and the units that do not, in... - Medicinal Products
736. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Products Regulatory Authority, formerly the Irish Medicines Board, and the Health Service Executive had the known evidence of toxicity of... - Medicinal Products Prices
737. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the huge differences in prices different pharmacists are able to charge for the same prescription medicine; and if he will make a statement... - Home Care Packages
738. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review cuts to packages under the home care scheme which were recently introduced following a directive from the Health Service Executive to... - National Children's Hospital Location
739. To ask the Minister for Health if due consideration was given to the need to co-locate a maternity hospital with the National Children's Hospital before permission was granted for the... - Mental Health Services
740. To ask the Minister for Health the grants available through local social inclusion projects to support arts and disability projects that are associated and assisting with mental health... - Hospital Staff
741. To ask the Minister for Health the number of interventionist cardiologist posts in place at University Hospital Waterford; if any posts are currently vacant; the resources necessary to... - Hospital Services
743. To ask the Minister for Health his views on issues raised concerning the health care provided for children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9808/16] - Medical Card Data
744. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency medical cards awarded in 2015, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9921/16] - Medicinal Products Prices
745. To ask the Minister for Health if he has commenced medicine pricing negotiations with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry; the nature and broad objectives of these negotiations;... - HSE Data
747. To ask the Minister for Health the local authorities and private companies from which the Health Service Executive is renting car parking spaces; and the cost per year of this arrangement... - Substance Misuse
749. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he has made over the past year in legislation or regulations to prohibit the on-street and-or unregulated sale of benzodiazepine, zimovane and... - Mental Health Services
750. To ask the Minister for Health why €12 million was taken from the mental health budget and put into other areas of the health service (details supplied); if he has determined why... - Hospital Services
751. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the nurse in the diabetes clinic in Tallaght Hospital in County Dublin who specialises in assisting persons with insulin pumps, including if the... - Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
752. To ask the Minister for Health why the symphysiotomy payment scheme's stated terms of making every reasonable effort to return all documents submitted by applicants has not been adhered to... - Hospital Appointments Status
753. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied). [9936/16] - Mental Health Services Data
754. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents from County Kerry who were treated in adult mental health facilities in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
755. To ask the Minister for Health where he will open additional child and adolescent mental health services beds; the timescale for this; if he will provide additional beds in County Kerry; and... - Ambulance Service Provision
756. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of ambulance services in County Wicklow, including if there are periods for which there is a reduced service or areas where a service is not... - Services for People with Disabilities
758. To ask the Minister for Health to arrange an assessment of need for a person (details supplied); when the assessment will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9968/16] - Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
760. To ask the Minister for Health when he will make a decision on an application to include the drug kuvan sapropterin in the drug reimbursement programme; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Appointments Status
761. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an outpatient’s appointment for Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal having been on the... - Hospital Appointments Administration
762. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients referred to Ballykelly Hospital in County Derry from Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal in each of the years 2013 to... - Respite Care Services Provision
763. To ask the Minister for Health if he has developed and recently implemented a new policy concerning the respite care and care supports by the Health Service Executive for children in County... - Hospital Appointments Administration
765. To ask the Minister for Health to arrange for a person (details supplied) who has been on a waiting list for surgery for more than 18 months and who was returned to the waiting list having... - Hospital Appointments Status
766. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a procedure in order to proceed with a long-awaited consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Acquired Infections
768. To ask the Minister for Health if Dungloe Community Hospital has fully re-opened for new admissions; the measures he is taking to control the risk posed to patients, personnel and visitors... - Health Services Staff Remuneration
769. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the pay of student physiotherapists; if he will address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
770. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approvals issued, the number of applications outstanding and the average time taken under the fair deal scheme since September 2015, by month, by... - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
771. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals for dealing with delays in nursing registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10066/16] - Hospital Procedures
772. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries cancelled in emergency departments as a result of overcrowding protocols for each of the years 2014 to 2016, to date, by... - Hospital Facilities
773. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure that the laundry services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth remain in-house and will not be outsourced to a private... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
774. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for nursing support by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10072/16] - Vaccination Programme
775. To ask the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive has not put provisions in place to cater for human papillomavirus vaccination casualties given that the executive has... - Primary Care Centres
776. To ask the Minister for Health if he will progress the primary care centre in Banagher, County Offaly; if he has identified a suitable site for it; and if he will make a statement on the... - Dental Services Provision
777. To ask the Minister for Health the status of dental services in primary schools in north County Dublin, including the waiting times and availability of visiting dentists in tabular form; and... - Dental Services Waiting Lists
778. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for dental checks for children of six, nine, and 12 years of age by county in tabular form; the areas where there is a delay in children... - Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
779. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for equipment from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointments Delays
780. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) is waiting a significant time for an operation and if the person can be scheduled for surgery as soon as possible. [10090/16] - Medical Card Eligibility
781. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for providing a discretionary medical card; the guidelines he provides to officials for adjudicating on this; and if he will make a statement on... - Respite Care Services Provision
783. To ask the Minister for Health why he has cancelled the respite services in Birr, County Offaly for the next two weeks; the number of persons affected by this cancellation; and if he will... - Disability Services Provision
784. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new therapy posts he has filled in children's disability services in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Waiting Lists
788. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for the Midlands Regional Hospital in Tullamore, County Offaly by speciality and by six-month period; and if he will make a statement on the... - Patient Transfers
789. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be approved to transfer from Portlaoise General Hospital in County Laois to a nursing home; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
790. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for children in County Wicklow to see a paediatrics occupational therapist; the number of paediatrics occupational therapists employed by the... - Vaccination Programme
791. To ask the Minister for Health to establish an independent expert panel to hear evidence from members of the Reactions and Effects of Gardasil resulting in Extreme Trauma Support Group to... - Health Services Provision
792. To ask the Minister for Health the best practice in terms of frequency of check-ups for those diagnosed with diabetes; if it is recommended that those with diabetes attend a quarterly... - Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Data
793. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with brain injuries in acute hospitals who are awaiting transfer to the National Rehabilitation Hospital; the number who have completed... - Ambulance Service Accommodation
794. To ask the Minister for Health to improve the accommodation available at the ambulance station in Newcastle West, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10159/16] - Nursing Staff
798. To ask the Minister for Health to provide funding for an oncology nurse at a facility (details provided); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10178/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
799. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10180/16] - Hospital Services
800. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for persons seeking certain operations in a private capacity such as that outlined in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Medical Card Reviews
801. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a review for persons (detailed supplied) under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10184/16] - Hospitals Car Park Charges
802. To ask the Minister for Health how he will ensure adequate car parking at a low cost to accommodate patients, staff and visitors at the site for the new children's hospital; and if he will... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
804. To ask the Minister for Health how many of the 36 posts sanctioned nationally to support the implementation of the type 2 diabetes cycle of care initiative will be sanctioned to support the... - Home Help Service Provision
805. To ask the Minister for Health why elderly and invalided persons in County Kerry are not getting comparable levels of home help as in other counties such as County Cork, given that home help... - Medical Card Applications
806. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10208/16] - HSE Expenditure
807. To ask the Minister for Health if funds allocated for outsourcing patients for medical treatment are ring-fenced for that purpose; if they are confined to a specific timeframe; the hospitals... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
808. To ask the Minister for Health when he will fill the 36 posts announced in the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan to support the implementation of the type 2 diabetes cycle of care... - Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
809. To ask the Minister for Health when he will sign off on regulations to regulate the profession of psychotherapists and psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10253/16] - Hospital Appointments Administration
810. To ask the Minister for Health when will a person (details supplied) receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10259/16] - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
811. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take to eradicate the waiting list for routine orthodontic treatment, which is in excess of four years; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Beds Data
812. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in the acute hospital system in each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10263/16] - Nursing Staff Contracts
813. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses working in the acute hospital system in each of the past ten years in tabular form; the commitments which exist to increase these numbers;... - Nursing Staff Data
814. To ask the Minister for Health the number of registered nurse prescribers in each of the past ten years in tabular form; the commitments which exist to increase these numbers; the locations... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
815. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; the commitments which exist to increase these numbers; the locations where... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
816. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical secretaries in each of the past ten years in tabular form; the commitments which exist to increase these numbers; the locations where he... - Mental Health Services Staff
818. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working on child and adolescent mental health teams in each of the past ten years in tabular form; the commitments which exist to increase... - HSE Expenditure
819. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of extending the entitlement to a medical card for all children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
820. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists, including orthodontists, in each of the past ten years in tabular form; the commitments which exist to increase these numbers; the... - HSE Expenditure
822. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of restoring funding for dental maintenance treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10273/16] - Ambulance Service Data
823. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances in each of the four HSE regions for each of the past ten years in tabular form; the commitments which exist to increase these numbers;... - National Drugs Strategy Budget
825. To ask the Minister for Health the funding made available to deliver the national drugs strategy in each year since 2009 in tabular form; the commitments which exist to increase this... - HIQA Funding
826. To ask the Minister for Health the funding made available to the Health Information and Quality Authority in each of the years since 2009 in tabular form; the commitments which exist to... - Departmental Funding
827. To ask the Minister for Health the funding made available to deliver the health and wellbeing programme in each of the years since 2009 in tabular form; the commitments which exist to... - Nursing Staff Recruitment
830. To ask the Minister for Health his progress in providing suicide crisis assessment nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10282/16] - Mental Health Services Data
831. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient child and adolescent beds in the mental health service in each of the past ten years in tabular form; if he will increase the number of... - Accident and Emergency Departments
832. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing the €100 charge for the use of emergency departments; the cost of abolishing the €74 charge per day for inpatient care;... - Hospital Appointments Status
833. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with the Mercy Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10285/16] - Mental Health Services Expenditure
834. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation for the development of, and the amount spent on the mental health services in each of the years since 2006; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Appointments Status
835. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to have a procedure undertaken. [10291/16] - Health Services Reform
836. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to replace the Health Service Executive with a health commission and to provide an expanded role for private health companies in the public health... - Mental Health Services Funding
837. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to preserve the mental health budget as part of the A Vision for Change strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10295/16] - Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
838. To ask the Minister for Health to outline an implementation plan and timeline for the national positive ageing strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10296/16] - Home Care Packages Provision
839. To ask the Minister for Health to enact legislation setting out the statutory right to home care to recognise the vital role of primary care and the right to that care for elderly persons in... - Ambulance Service
840. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to unify the National Ambulance Service with fire stations as advocated by the Chief Fire Officers Association in response to the recently published... - Disability Support Services Provision
841. To ask the Minister for Health why some of the nurses allocated to provide home respite care are on temporary contracts, given that Our Children's Voice was promised 9.5 permanent nurses;... - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
842. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) before the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. [10306/16] - Health Services Expenditure
843. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on health as a portion of gross domestic product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10308/16] - General Practitioner Data
844. To ask the Minister for Health the annual general practitioner training intake; the cost of increasing the intake to 200 for one year; the cost of increasing the intake to 200 each year for... - General Practitioner Services
846. To ask the Minister for Health his progress in introducing free general practitioner care; the number of citizens in receipt of this; his plans to further roll out this care; and if he will... - Prescriptions Charges
848. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing prescription charges for medical card holders over one, two, three, four and five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Diabetes Strategy
849. To ask the Minister for Health if and when he will appoint a community-based senior dietician to support persons with diabetes in County Donegal as part of the type 2 diabetes cycle of care... - National Dementia Strategy
850. To ask the Minister for Health to implement the National Dementia Strategy; to provide ring-fenced funding for dementia and develop a second strategy to ensure persons with dementia are... - Drugs Payment Scheme
851. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €100 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10343/16] - Prescriptions Charges
853. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of capping prescription charges at €20 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10345/16] - Home Help Service Data
854. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the number of home help hours by 10% in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10346/16] - Home Care Packages Data
855. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of intensive packages under the home care scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10347/16] - Dental Services
860. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for the public dental service in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans to increase this; and if he will make a... - Orthodontic Services
861. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for the Health Service Executive orthodontic service in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; the cost of extending the direct... - Dental Services Expenditure
862. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of extending an annual oral examination to ensure universal cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10360/16] - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
863. To ask the Minister for Health the time it takes the Nursing and Midwifery Board to process applications for registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10363/16] - Nursing Staff Data
864. To ask the Minister for Health the nurse to patient ratios in the acute hospital sector in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Staff Data
865. To ask the Minister for Health the doctor to patient ratios in the acute hospital sector in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Home Help Service Data
866. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; the cost of increasing these hours by 10% in one year; and... - Mental Health Services Provision
868. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the number of inpatient child and adolescent beds in the mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10368/16] - Mental Health Services Data
870. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of recruiting the mental health intellectual disability nursing posts as recommended in A Vision for Change; his progress on this; the posts that are... - Health Services Funding
871. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for counselling in primary care for each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10371/16] - National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan
872. To ask the Minister for Health the funding needed to progress with decongregation in the national disability strategy implementation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Support Services Provision
873. To ask the Minister for Health the number of personal assistant hours being provided in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Disability Services Funding
875. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to disability service providers in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10375/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
876. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10380/16] - Mental Health Services Funding
878. To ask the Minister for Health the funding spent on mental health resources in counties Sligo and Leitrim, in south County Donegal and in west County Cavan since 2006, in tabular form; and... - Disability Services Funding
879. To ask the Minister for Health when he will provide an organisation (details supplied) with sufficient funds to maintain a bus service which is going to be withdrawn on 20 May 2016; and if... - Hospital Services
880. To ask the Minister for Health to establish and advise if due to an agreement between the National Rehabilitation Hospital and a provider (details supplied) patients presenting who are... - Appointments to State Boards
881. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 20 April 2016, when he will provide the information promised on appointments to State boards, agencies and bodies;... - Disability Services Provision
882. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the appropriate assessment and intervention services. [10413/16] - Home Care Packages Provision
883. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out intensive home care packages in south County Dublin under the national dementia strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - National Strategy on Dementia
884. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the health budget he is ring-fencing for the dementia strategy and if he should give an automatic entitlement to a medical card to all dementia... - Disability Services Provision
885. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that psychology services for school-age children with disabilities in County Laois have been suspended; the action he will take to remedy this;... - Disability Support Services Provision
886. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there are almost 1,000 school-age children on a waiting list of approximately 47 months for occupational therapy in counties Laois and... - Disability Assessments
887. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that in the second quarter of 2015, the Health Service Executive in counties Laois and Offaly had a 9% compliance rate with its statutory... - Hospital Appointments Status
888. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10424/16] - Dental Services Provision
889. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10427/16] - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
890. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint additional consultant paediatrician rheumatologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10441/16] - Hospital Services
891. To ask the Minister for Health why some diabetes type 1 patients in University Hospital Waterford are being requested to transfer to other hospitals owing to insufficient insulin pumps in... - Hospital Appointments Status
893. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10446/16] - Primary Care Centres
894. To ask the Minister for Health when the new health centre in Kildare town will be opening; the services it will provide when opened; the length of time the Health Service Executive has been... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
895. To ask the Minister for Health when University Hospital Waterford will get the other endocrinologist it has been awaiting for six years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10449/16] - Hospital Staff Recruitment
896. To ask the Minister for Health when University Hospital Waterford will get an adult dietician; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10451/16] - Vaccination Programme
897. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the shortage of the BCG vaccine in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10452/16] - Hospital Waiting Lists
898. To ask the Minister for Health how long is the waiting time to see an endocrinologist for a person with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
899. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a procedure. [10455/16] - Primary Care Centres Data
901. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres per county; the number and profession of all staff within each primary care centre; the service categories provided in each... - Hospital Appointments Status
902. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will review the case of a person (details supplied); if he will expedite this case given the nature of the condition; if his Department... - Hospital Services
903. To ask the Minister for Health the status of persons with type 1 diabetes in University Hospital Waterford being given the opportunity to access insulin pumps; and if he will make a... - Home Help Service Provision
904. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person (details supplied) looking for home help seven days a week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10465/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
905. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10477/16] - Cancer Services Provision
907. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the confirmation that the pigmented lesions clinic at St. Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin 4 is now closed to new referrals... - Proposed Legislation
908. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to engage with the Responsible Retailing of Alcohol in Ireland group (RRAI) in respect of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015; and if he will make... - Hospital Waiting Lists
909. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the apparent 15 to 18-month waiting list for ear, nose and throat appointments his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on... - Home Care Packages Data
913. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of packages under the home care scheme; if there are waiting lists to access this scheme; the numbers on these waiting lists;... - Medicinal Products Availability
914. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the discussions between the suppliers or Sativex and the Health Service Executive regarding its inclusion under the community drugs scheme's... - Medicinal Products Prices
915. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of a packet of the branded drug Xanax which is generic alprazolam; the cost of a packet of the branded drug Veserc which is... - Disability Assessments
916. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) for an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10527/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
917. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an outpatient appointment for a person (details supplied) at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10536/16] - Health Screening Programmes
918. To ask the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive has decided to end routine eye screening of fifth and six class primary schoolchildren under the primary schoolchildren... - Hospital Appointments Status
919. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10541/16] - Foster Care
920. To ask the Minister for Health the requirements for an Irish couple to foster a Syrian child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10551/16] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
922. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the nursing home support scheme; and the length of time waiting, by local health area, in tabular form. [10560/16] - Ambulance Service Data
923. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances which operate out of the University Hospital Waterford on a daily basis, Monday to Sunday; if he will provide a breakdown of this on... - Health Services Data
925. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, annually for 2010 to 2015 for County Tipperary, the number of babies born in hospitals; the number of home help hours... - Electronic Cigarettes
926. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the mechanics, cost and detail required by manufacturers of vaping products to comply with the law have not been forthcoming from his Department,... - Hospital Waiting Lists
927. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the cardiac patients in University Hospital Waterford who are diabetics awaiting to get an appointment with an endocrinologist; and if he... - Services for People with Disabilities
928. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and expedite the application by a school (details supplied) for the provision of a nursing support in the school; and if he will make a... - Departmental Properties
929. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all property and land owned, leased or otherwise under the control of his Department, and-or its agents or bodies under its control in County... - Hospital Appointments Status
930. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive medical treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10579/16] - Health Insurance Community Rating
931. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10590/16] - Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
932. To ask the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive chose Collinstown, County Westmeath, as its location for a new residential home; if it carried out a feasibility study into... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
937. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend entitlement under the long-term illness scheme to those suffering from Crohn's disease and irritable bowel syndrome; the reason these... - Community Care Provision
938. To ask the Minister for Health if funding to the Health Service Executive will urgently be reinstated for the provision of 24-hour community care for a person (details supplied); and if he... - Disabilities Assessments
939. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005 for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10636/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
940. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite surgery for a person (details supplied). [10637/16] - Hospital Waiting Lists
942. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a date for surgery for a person (details supplied) [10660/16] - Primary Care Centres
943. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed location of the 80 additional primary care centres, as per the programme for Government, in view of the fact that funding has been secured for... - Drugs Payment Scheme
945. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the annual required co-payment on the drugs payment scheme will be reduced, as per the programme for Government; the cost of doing same; and if he... - Home Care Packages Funding
947. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the funding for home care packages and home help will be increased every year, as per the programme for Government; the cost of doing same; and if... - General Practitioner Contracts
948. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made to date in negotiating a contract with general practitioners, as per the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on... - General Practitioner Training
950. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the availability of medical education tutors for continuing professional development, as per the programme for Government; and if he... - Medical Card Administration
951. To ask the Minister for Health when he will request the clinical advisory group on medical cards to examine the guidelines for the awarding of discretionary medical cards for patients... - Vaccination Programme
952. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of extending the childhood vaccination programme to include meningitis B and rotavirus vaccines, as per the programme for Government; and if he will... - Cancer Screening Programmes
953. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of extending BreastCheck to all women aged 65 to 69 years of age, as per the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Services Funding
955. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ring-fence the budget for mental health services and to reverse recent cuts made to it. [10688/16] - Home Care Packages Data
956. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 for home care packages. [10690/16] - Hospital Appointments Administration
957. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who had an illness in 2015 will be called for an magnetic resonance imaging scan in Waterford University Hospital [10692/16] - Hospital Waiting Lists
958. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery [10693/16] - HSE National Service Plan
959. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a new facility to replace an outdated facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10699/16]
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