Written answers
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
- Disability Support Services Provision
473. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in establishing the task force to examine the issue of personalised budgets, as committed to in the programme for Government; if the... - Legislative Process
474. To ask the Minister for Health the sections, if any, of the Disability Act 2005, that have not yet been implemented in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20737/16] - Alcohol Pricing
475. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department have assessed the ramifications and the impact, if any of the ECHR's Advocate General's comments made in September 2015, about... - Care of the Elderly Provision
476. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the nursing home support scheme, to allow for provision of home care, funded under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on... - Care Services Provision
477. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ring fence funding for the implementation of phase two of the national carers strategy 2017-2021, as committed to by the Taoiseach during the first... - Proposed Legislation
478. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of introducing the transport support scheme, which was announced in 2014, as a replacement for the mobility allowance and motorised support grant; the... - Disability Support Services
479. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has not been allocated supports as part of the preschool placement under the special needs assistant scheme; and if he will... - Disability Services Funding
480. To ask the Minister for Health his views on ring-fencing 8% to 15% of the Health Service Executive disability budget, currently governed by service level agreements, for individualised and... - Legislative Programme
481. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update regarding when Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationship Act 2015, will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the... - General Practitioner Data
482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in County Kildare, for each of the years 2011 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20462/16] - Disability Support Services
483. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the timeframe given to a person (details supplied) for an assessment of need; if this will be brought forward given the circumstances; and... - Health Services Provision
484. To ask the Minister for Health to extend the opening hours at Shannondoc, St. Mary's Medical Centre, Thurles, County Tipperary, as the current opening hours are not adequate to service the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
485. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a person (details supplied) is waiting on an appointment to see an occupational therapist for over six months; the action being taken to... - Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
486. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a medical device; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20506/16] - General Practitioner Services Provision
487. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the implementation of the free GP care to all children under the age of six scheme; if any impact analysis has been carried out to... - General Practitioner Contracts
488. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to negotiate a new general practitioner contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20537/16] - Suicide Incidence
489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have died by suicide while in the care of State-funded psychiatric hospitals or mental health facilities over the past five years;... - Hospitals Funding
490. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding being made available to support hospital chaplaincy services for each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the... - Drugs Payment Scheme Data
491. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons paying the maximum €144 per month for medicines under the drug payment scheme, DPS, by HSE region; the amounts allocated in... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Data
492. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently accessing the long-term illness scheme by HSE region; the amounts being paid to pharmacists in dispensing fees under... - Pharmacy Services
493. To ask the Minister for Health the total costs incurred by the hi-tech drugs scheme in 2015; the amounts paid to pharmacists in dispensing fees during 2015; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services Provision
494. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment with a paediatrician for a person (details supplied) who has been suffering illness for some time [20543/16] - Health Services Staff Recruitment
496. To ask the Minister for Health why formal notification to commence recruitment for a vacant community-based senior dietician post for people with diabetes in County Donegal has not yet been... - Hospital Appointments Delays
497. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20570/16] - EU Funding
498. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of pre-financing by programme his Department has applied for with regard to the current phase of EU funding programmes; the amount that is likely to... - Hospital Appointments Status
499. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a referral (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20617/16] - Health Services
500. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether persons with visual impairments are adequately catered for in the Disability Act 2005; his plans to increase services for those who are... - Diabetes Strategy
502. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make resources available for diabetes care over multiple years in order that services and planning can be directed in a more strategic way to... - Hospital Waiting Lists
503. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there is an extremely long waiting list for scoliosis patients to meet with a consultant and that the subsequent waiting list for surgery... - Hospital Appointments Status
504. 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. [20653/16] - Departmental Properties
505. To ask the Minister for Health if he will transfer a property in County Longford back to its original owner (details supplied) [20656/16] - Medical Card Eligibility
506. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing a health amendment card for Magdalen laundry survivors; to define the entitlements under the current scheme particularly in... - Hospital Waiting Lists
507. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting 14 months for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20666/16] - Health Services
508. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20670/16] - Health Services Reform
509. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the coroner's inquest, the Health Information and Quality Authority report, the internal and external reviews into the death of a person (details... - Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
510. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of vacant positions; when each vacancy occurred; and... - HSE Correspondence
511. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the issuing of letters to persons has been outsourced in some areas by the Health Service Executive; the number of administrative staff employed by... - Medical Card Eligibility
513. To ask the Minister for Health if those receiving a pension from the United Kingdom and living here will still be entitled to a non-means tested medical card despite the United Kingdom no... - HSE Staff
514. To ask the Minister for Health if there are positions available within the field of health and safety specialist positions; and if persons who are fully qualified in this field have been... - Medical Card Applications
515. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for a person (details supplied) to be taken on urgently as a medical card patient. [20762/16] - Home Care Packages Data
516. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in Tallaght Hospital who have been deemed medically fit for discharge and have had to wait more than one week for their discharge, due to... - Hospital Staff
517. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive payment for a post similar to others within the same hospital group for the same period to ensure remuneration... - Hospital Appointments Status
518. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [20776/16] - Occupational Therapy
519. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure that children who require access to this essential service will not be left waiting beyond the current waiting times in respect... - Vaccination Programme
520. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to the extension of the human papillomavirus immunisation programme in secondary schools to boys in recognition of the threat... - Infectious Disease Incidence
522. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of persons that his Department believes to be HIV positive; the measures being taken to combat new HIV infections; and if he will make a... - Psychological Services
523. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding available to recruit new psychologists and counsellors in 2016 in order to develop psychological services for persons under 18 years of... - Health Insurance Data
524. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons here currently covered by private health insurance; if this has increased or decreased since July 2015; and if he will make a statement... - Dental Services Provision
525. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons eligible for dental care under the dental treatment services scheme in the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Services Staff Data
526. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses currently employed by the Health Service Executive; his plans to recruit further public health nurses over the next five... - Primary Medical Certificates Applications
527. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a primary medical certificate by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20806/16] - Health Services Staff Remuneration
528. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of returning to a single-tier pay structure in the health service which ensures that all those recruited into the system on 1 January 2011 are placed... - Nursing Home Services
530. To ask the Minister for Health the factors that influenced him to order a value-for-money review of nursing home costs; if he will publish the information made available to his Department by... - Home Help Service
531. To ask the Minister for Health when the gratuity payment due to certain home-help workers will be made in lieu of pensions payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20819/16] - Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
533. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for medical equipment by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20827/16] - Home Care Packages Funding
534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase funding for home-care services to at least €414 million in budget 2017 and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20848/16] - EU Directives
535. To ask the Minister for Health the reason accessing the private health-care system at home in circumstances (details supplied) is not covered. [20852/16] - Medical Card Applications Data
536. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the processing times for medical card applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20855/16] - Occupational Therapy
537. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to hire an additional occupational therapist for County Longford as there is only one such occupational therapist in place to cover the whole county... - Respite Care Services Provision
538. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the number of public respite beds at Maynooth community care unit has been reduced to two beds; when this reduction came into effect; if this is a... - Home Care Packages Data
539. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home-care hours which are currently available in counties Longford and Westmeath. [20862/16] - Occupational Therapy
540. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a community occupational therapist assessment for persons discharged from rehabilitation units in counties Longford and Westmeath;... - Services for People with Disabilities
542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the current shortage of services in County Longford for persons who are discharged from rehabilitation; and his views on whether support... - Hospital Appointments Status
543. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) and if he will expedite same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20885/16] - Health Services Provision
545. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the issues discussed with persons (details supplied) regarding treatment for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20894/16] - Respite Care Grant Eligibility
546. To ask the Minister for Health why respite care for persons over 18 years of age ceased, despite the needs of the caring families being the same as previously; his plans to reintroduce... - Health Services Funding
548. To ask the Minister for Health if he will liaise with the Minister responsible for community affairs, in the interests of the health and welfare of children and young persons, to achieve the... - Perinatal Data
551. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the low rate of breast-feeding here. [20972/16] - Hospital Waiting Lists
553. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase between December 2015 and May 2016 in the number of outpatients waiting more than a year for a consultation in Connolly... - Mobility Allowance
554. To ask the Minister for Health the status of replacing the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant scheme which was closed to new applicants in 2013; when he will introduce a... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
555. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration which has been given to the effect of the Health Service Executive recruitment embargo on workforce planning for front-line services; if... - Health Services Staff
556. To ask the Minister for Health to report on discussions he has had with the management of the Central Remedial Clinic and the Health Service Executive regarding the wind-up of a pension... - Antimicrobial Resistance
557. To ask the Minister for Health his progress in drafting the national action plan on anti-microbial resistance; if this plan will be subject to public and industry stakeholder consultation... - Medicinal Products Prices
558. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the new medicines pricing agreement will act as a biosimilars blocker, due to a clause which states that biologics will only be reimbursed at a... - Medical Card Drugs Availability
561. To ask the Minister for Health if the purchase of a medicinal liquid which in its manufactured form is produced in tablets but can then be converted into a liquid by a pharmacist due to the... - Medicinal Products Availability
562. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for the fitting of a medical device for a person. (details supplied) [21049/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
563. 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. [21053/16] - Speech and Language Therapy Provision
564. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive speech and language therapy. [21059/16] - Home Help Service Provision
565. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist in providing hours to a person (details supplied) under the home health scheme. [21064/16] - Accident and Emergency Departments
566. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received detailed costings from the board of Beaumont Hospital and its hospital group for the building of a new fit-for-purpose accident and... - General Practitioner Training
567. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the number of general practitioner training places from 161 to 180; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21069/16] - Hospital Facilities
568. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the integrated medical imaging system; the number of hospitals that are part of this system; the number that are not part of the system; the... - Hospital Staff Recruitment
569. To ask the Minister for Health when the post of consultant radiologist with a special interest in nuclear medicine will be filled at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the number of persons that... - Hospital Waiting Lists
570. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had their second operation put on hold despite the money being in place and the surgeon being able to schedule the... - Vaccination Programme
571. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consult with members of a group (details supplied) regarding the human papilloma virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21076/16] - Health Services Provision
572. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to see an early intervention team. [21089/16] - Hospital Facilities
573. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21109/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
574. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a date for an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21122/16] - Hospital Waiting Lists
575. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a case regarding a medical appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21130/16] - Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Recruitment
576. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant doctors who could not commence their work rotations in acute hospitals and mental health services on 11 July 2016 due to... - General Practitioner Contracts
578. To ask the Minister for Health when he will meet and engage with the National Association of General Practitioners on a new contract for its members; his views that the 1,600 members views... - Charities Regulation
579. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the Health Service Executive's ability to monitor section 38 agencies and organisations; if the system of oversight has been... - HSE Governance
580. To ask the Minister for Health the way the financial management systems of the Health Service Executive have been reformed to ensure more effective oversight of the system for funding... - Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
582. To ask the Minister for Health if employees of section 38 agencies are public servants, members of public service pension schemes and are directly bound by his consolidated pay scales; and... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
586. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 14 June 2016, the reason no reply from the Health Service Executive has yet been received; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
587. To ask the Minister for Health the current average waiting times in respect of cataract surgery for each hospital. [21164/16] - Hospitals Data
590. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures carried out in respect of cataract surgeries for each hospital for each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form [21167/16] - Psychological Services
592. To ask the Minister for Health the reason primary care psychology services are not provided for children in north County Dublin; the reason the Swords Mater CAMHS has not treated a child... - Death Certificates
593. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a death certificate is not available in respect of a person (details supplied); if the matter will be investigated so that the next of kin can... - Professional Qualifications
594. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the impact on the livelihood of persons who work in the physical therapy sector by the removal of the professional title physical therapist from... - Hospital Appointments Status
595. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21192/16] - HIV-AIDS Programmes
596. To ask the Minister for Health the State budget and strategy in 2016 and in the coming years for HIV prevention among gay and bisexual men; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve and expedite orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21206/16] - National Treatment Purchase Fund
598. To ask the Minister for Health when he will introduce the treatment purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21212/16] - Hospital Waiting Lists
600. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a case (details supplied) including when the person concerned will receive an appointment. [21217/16] - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
602. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the drug Translarna; when he will make a decision as to whether to include it in the re-imbursement list; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospitals Data
604. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the fact that of the 4,184 registration applications received by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland between 2015 and May 2016, only... - Dental Services
605. To ask the Minister for Health why a person's (details supplied) referral from a general practitioner for an appointment in a hospital was rejected; and if the person can be granted an... - Medical Card Reviews
606. To ask the Minister for Health when the clinical advisory group on medical cards will report its final recommendations to him; and when the interim report which was given to the Minster for... - Medical Card Eligibility
608. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the primary care reimbursement service’s guidelines for awarding discretionary medical cards to cancer patients; and if cancer patients... - Hospital Appointments Status
610. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this procedure; and if he will make a... - Home Help Service
611. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person's (details supplied) home support hours have been cut. [21251/16] - Services for People with Disabilities
612. To ask the Minister for Health if and when St. John of God Hospital informed him or the Health Service Executive of plans to redeploy health-funded resources away from a school (details... - Charities Regulation
613. To ask the Minister for Health the action he has taken following top-ups being provided to employees of St. John of God Hospital; if he proposes to revise arrangements for section 38... - HSE Funding
614. To ask the Minister for Health the funding the Health Service Executive provided to St. John of God Hospital under section 38 provisions for each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in... - Hospital Accommodation Provision
618. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 829 of 17 May 2016, the approximate total number of new beds that could be brought on stream without requiring additional... - Respite Care Services Provision
621. To ask the Minister for Health the status of respite services at St. John of God's St. Mary's centre, Drumcar, County Louth; if St. Mary's currently provides respite services; if it will... - Dental Services Provision
622. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to address the failure by the Health Service Executive to provide a primary school dental scheme in County Laois; and the improvements... - Orthodontic Services Provision
623. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to address the failure by the Health Service Executive to provide reasonable level of orthodontic services for County Laois; when the... - General Practitioner Services Provision
624. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the general practitioner service in the Monasterevin and Kildangan areas of County Kildare. [21304/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
626. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has not received an urgent appointment; if he will arrange an appointment as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services
627. To ask the Minister for Health when he will facilitate a person (details supplied) with required treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21335/16] - Accident and Emergency Departments
628. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate a strategy to deal with ongoing congestion at accident and emergency departments throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the... - HSE Agency Staff Data
629. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the numbers of consultants, doctors, nurses or other professionals have fluctuated in each of the past eight years to date in 2016; and if... - Hospital Waiting Lists
630. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons on waiting lists for cardiac surgery, hip replacements or other procedures; if he has a strategy to shorten the waiting period; and... - Nursing Staff Remuneration
631. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he will address the issue of lower pay affecting the latest nursing recruits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21351/16] - Hospitals Building Programme
632. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the provision of the new children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21352/16] - Medical Card Administration
633. To ask the Minister for Health if the processing of medical card applications can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21353/16] - Medical Card Data
634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards in circulation; if he expects the number to increase or decrease over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the... - General Medical Services Scheme
635. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure in place to expedite the process of medical cards for cancer patients; if he expects to improve the situation; and if he will make a statement on... - Services for People with Disabilities
636. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he proposes to meet the long-term residential needs of children and young adults whose parents may not be available and who require... - Health Services Staff Data
637. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which staff levels in all posts have fluctuated over each of the past eight years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21357/16] - Health Services Reform
638. To ask the Minister for Health if he evaluated the full extent and costs of a comprehensive health service in the future; his views on the matter with regard to demographics; and if he will... - Departmental Websites
640. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department's website is accessible to persons with a disability; if the accessibility of this website is regularly reviewed to take account of new and...
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