Written answers
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
- Mental Health Services
143. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the successful piloted BeLonG To, the Health Service Executive's safe and supportive school initiative, which recently launched its successful... - Hospital Appointments Status
144. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10718/16] - Home Care Packages Expenditure
145. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of providing 1,000 extra home care packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10726/16] - Hospital Waiting Lists
146. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Beaumont Hospital, in Dublin 9; the average waiting time; the steps he is... - Health Services Staff
147. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the 36 posts sanctioned nationally to support the implementation of the type 2 diabetes cycle of care initiative as set out in the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
148. To ask the Minister for Health why children with sclerosis are waiting up to two years to have surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10734/16] - Hospitals Building Programme
149. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the new theatre that is specifically being provided for in Crumlin Hospital in Dublin 12 to assist the treatment of scoliosis is not opened given... - Home Care Packages Data
150. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received, granted and in place under the home care scheme to date, by local health area office, in tabular form. [10749/16] - Hospital Waiting Lists
151. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite surgery for a person (details supplied). [10750/16] - Mental Health Services
152. To ask the Minister for Health to make special arrangements to permit persons committed to mental health institutions not to be prohibited from leaving the building to smoke. [10774/16] - Disability Services Provision
153. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address disability services in rural areas and the effects cuts to personal assistance services have had on those living in very isolated areas as... - Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
154. To ask the Minister for Health how he intends to reduce waiting times in emergency departments in hospitals from 32% to less than 7% by 2021 in line with the programme for Government. [10782/16] - Ministerial Dialogue
155. To ask the Minister for Health how he will consult with all Members of Dáil Éireann in determining a ten-year plan for health. [10783/16] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Appeals
156. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appeal and a review of a decision to decline support to a person (details supplied) under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a... - Care Services Provision
157. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for full-time care for a person (details supplied). [10797/16] - Disability Support Services Funding
158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to longer term residential care funding. [10801/16] - Health Services Charges
159. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners can charge for a blood test from a patient who is a holder of a medical card; to expedite the reimbursement of the blood test receipts... - Primary Care Centres Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Health the plans of the Health Service Executive for the provision of a primary health centre in Greystones, in County Wicklow; the timescale for when this will be... - Health Services Staff
161. To ask the Minister for Health if he can confirm the sanctioning of two positions to support the implementation of the type 2 diabetes cycle of care initiative for a senior dietician and a... - Speech and Language Therapy
163. To ask the Minister for Health if the north of Wicklow networks 1 and 2 have a full-time senior speech therapist to service adults with acquired communication and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome... - Speech and Language Therapy Provision
170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of places available for speech and language classes in September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10817/16] - Early Childhood Care Education
172. To ask the Minister for Health if an early intervention project for preschools in designated areas of disadvantage will be funded and set up in County Wicklow; and if he will make a... - Speech and Language Therapy
173. To ask the Minister for Health the speech and language services available in County Mayo; the breakdown of that service per clinic area within County Mayo; the waiting times for initial... - Speech and Language Therapy Provision
174. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment for speech and language will be made available for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10827/16] - Health Services Staff Recruitment
175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there will be no further delay in having a health specialist position filled (details supplied) in the Cavan and Monaghan area; and if... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who participated on the trial Fampyra scheme for multiple sclerosis who are no longer having their costs covered on the grounds of not... - Medicinal Products
177. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will continue on the Fampyra subsidised programme due to the high cost involved, with the drug unaffordable for patients; and if... - Ambulance Service
178. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the national capacity review of the Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10865/16] - Ambulance Service Data
179. To ask the Minister for Health the volume and category of calls received by the Ambulance Service in respect of each division in County Donegal in each of the years since 2010, including... - Primary Care Centres Provision
181. To ask the Minister for Health to reinitiate plans to develop a primary care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10869/16] - Family Income Supplement
182. To ask the Minister for Health if he will regard family income supplement as income in the meanstest assessment for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10876/16] - HIQA Remit
183. To ask the Minister for Health his advice on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10877/16] - Home Care Packages Data
184. To ask the Minister for Health if he has approved home care packages in County Clare since 1 May 2016; the number of applications he received; the number he approved in the past six weeks;... - Health Services
185. To ask the Minister for Health to revert to this Deputy on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10890/16] - Health Services Staff
186. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a dedicated nurse to support patients with Parkinson's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10900/16] - Health Services
187. To ask the Minister for Health why he and the Health Service Executive did not send a representative to the International Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Symposium in New York in the United States of... - Treatment Abroad Scheme
189. To ask the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive, via the TAS, advises applicants who suffer from Ehlers Danlos Syndrome that they are not eligible for cover to travel abroad... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
190. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update the eligible illnesses under the long term illness scheme, including adding Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. [10909/16] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
191. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person who is not covered by the guidelines of the nursing home support scheme and who has appealed a decision made by the Health... - Health Services Staff
192. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a community-based senior dietician for Clonmel in County Tipperary which formed part of 36 posts which were sanctioned... - Mental Health Services Provision
193. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the appropriate level of mental health care to a person (details supplied); and his views on the details of the case. [10926/16] - Health Services
194. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will pay the money due to a person (details supplied); and if he will expedite the matter. [10927/16]
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