Written answers
Thursday, 9 June 2016
- Self-Harm Prevention
117. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which assistance remains available for children deemed to be at risk of self-harm; the support available to their families; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services
118. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which child psychiatric services remain adequate to meet modern challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15225/16] - General Medical Services Scheme
119. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the general practitioner visiting card scheme. [15078/16] - Medical Card Eligibility
120. To ask the Minister for Health why antibody blood tests costs for systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjorgen's syndrome and Wegener's disease are not covered under the medical card scheme... - Health Services Staff Remuneration
121. To ask the Minister for Health further to previous parliamentary questions, his views on unequal pay for health care assistants (details supplied). [15082/16] - Hospitals Building Programme
122. To ask the Minister for Health the evaluation that formed the basis for selecting the Connolly Hospital site for the replacement of the Rotunda Hospital in County Dublin. [15087/16] - Departmental Properties
123. To ask the Minister for Health if he has established a plan for the Rotunda building in Dublin 1, once the services have been transferred to the new site; and if he will make a statement on... - Medical Products
124. To ask the Minister for Health when he will begin new negotiations with the manufacturer to provide the Orkambi drug to cystic fibrosis sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Equipment
125. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive or the hospital group will santion a fixed cardiac catheterisation laboratory for the north west region; and if he will make... - Hospitals Funding
126. To ask the Minister for Health if he has withdrawn funding for the new rehabilitation unit at Roscommon Hospital which was intended to be a ten-bed unit operating as a satellite centre for... - Health Services Funding
127. To ask the Minister for Health the funding services (details supplied) in County Carlow received, given that is the third highest in national area by residence of suicide; and if he will... - Hospitals Data
128. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic operations performed on persons from County Kerry in 2015; the number carried out on persons from County Cork in 2015 at the South... - Hospital Waiting Lists
129. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently examine and to put in place adequate resources to improve the long orthopaedic waiting times, currently standing at 12 to 18 months for urgent... - Health Services Funding
130. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the number of nursing home beds to 3,800; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15106/16] - Health Services Staff Recruitment
132. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of recruiting 621 additional midwives; the cost of recruiting 239 obstetricians and gynaecologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Primary Care Centres Data
133. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on primary care facilities in the constituency of Dublin South West, including those at pre-planning stage or those which have applied for... - Prescriptions Charges
134. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of reducing prescription charges by 50 cent, by prescription; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15116/16] - Medical Card Expenditure
136. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of extending a medical card to all children who are in receipt of a payment under the domiciliary care allowance scheme. [15120/16] - Medicinal Products Expenditure
137. To ask the Minister for Health the full year savings of immediately setting the ex-factory price for new pharmaceuticals, subject to patent protection, at the price in the lowest priced... - Health Services Staff Data
140. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of employing ten community physiotherapists and hospital physiotherapists at entry level, at the levels of five years experience and at ten... - Hospital Staff Data
143. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of employing ten consultants averaged across the specialties and experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15128/16] - Ambulance Service Data
144. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of employing and equipping one ambulance with its complement of personnel and support staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Staff Data
145. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of ten suicide crisis assessment nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15130/16] - Nursing Staff
146. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of employing ten liaison nurses in emergency departments in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15131/16] - Medical Card Expenditure
150. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year average cost of granting a person a medical card including the care, services and medications that it entails on average; and if he will make a... - Dental Services Waiting Lists
151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for dental assessment and screening between six and eight years and between nine and 11 years of age. [15137/16] - Dental Services Expenditure
152. To ask the Minister for Health the annual expenditure on the public dental service in each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date. [15138/16] - Orthodontic Services Data
153. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for orthodontic treatment by HSE area in 2008 and at present. [15139/16] - Dental Services
154. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the vocational training scheme in dentistry which was paused in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15140/16] - Dental Services Expenditure
157. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on the six-monthly scale and polish entitlement under the dental treatment services scheme in 2009. [15149/16] - General Medical Services Scheme Expenditure
160. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department’s estimate of the cost of introducing free general practitioner care for all citizens was between €330 million and €365... - Health Services Access
161. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting time for places in the national rehabilitation unit in Dún Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15153/16] - Hospital Appointments Administration
163. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 642 of 31 May 2016 if he will prioritise a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Hospital Equipment
164. To ask the Minister for Health his views that two dual energy X-ray absorptiometry scanners at University Hospital Galway are not functioning due to staff shortages and cutbacks,... - Cancer Services Provision
165. To ask the Minister for Health if he is taking action or implementing measures to tackle statistics outlined in the recent National Cancer Registry of Ireland report into cancer rates in... - Respite Care Grant Applications
166. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the respite care scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15163/16] - Health Services Funding
167. To ask the Minister for Health if he will source additional funding for a specific service in County Cork, given the substantial number of persons in need of this service (details supplied).... - Speech and Language Therapy Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied), who has been on the waiting list for 19 months will receive an assessment for speech and language therapy; and if he will... - Hospital Appointments Status
169. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an operation. [15169/16] - Services for People with Disabilities
170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the services being provided to persons living with a specific issue (details supplied) with a view to putting the necessary services in... - HSE Investigations
171. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the investigation undertaken at Wexford General Hospital into misdiagnosed bowel cancer in patients who underwent colonoscopy procedures; and if... - Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards
175. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the physiotherapy registration board established under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005. [15175/16] - Health Services Staff
176. To ask the Minister for Health the status of low staff levels for a health care group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15177/16] - Home Help Service
177. To ask the Minister for Health why he has not provided a replacement carer to a person (details supplied) under the home help scheme; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services Data
178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents from County Donegal who were treated in adult mental health facilities in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the... - Services for People with Disabilities
180. To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide funding through the HSE for the establishment of a gold star initiative or task group in Kilkenny such as the one in Cashel, County... - Legislative Programme
182. To ask the Minister for Health the Bills he will reinitiate relevant to his Department from the previous Dáil; the Bills he will introduce in the coming sessions; when he will introduce... - Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
183. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for HSE equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15215/16] - Services for People with Disabilities
184. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding persons in residential care overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15217/16] - National Lottery Funding Applications
185. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm receipt of an application from a residential home (details supplied) under the national lottery grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Funding
186. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative avenues of funding applicable to a residential home (details supplied), apart from the national lottery grant scheme; and if he will make a... - Home Care Packages Provision
187. To ask the Minister for Health if the recently announced freeze on new home care packages for the elderly affect those supported by home care packages who need increased hours of home care... - Hospital Services
190. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding stroke services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15254/16] - Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
193. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding nursing homes (details supplied). [15265/16] - Hospital Staff
194. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) is not having their contract renewed, which is set to expire in three weeks; if a replacement consultant is being appointed,... - Hospital Appointments Delays
198. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting a significant time for an operation; if the person will be scheduled for same as soon as possible; and if he...
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