Written answers
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
- Mental Health Services
552. To ask the Minister for Health the effect the industrial dispute at the Central Mental Hospital is having on services; the number and grade of staff involved; the causes of the dispute; the... - HSE Funding
553. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of HSE administered grant funding allocated to preschools and or child care providers for the provision of supports for children with special... - Public Sector Pensions
554. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the pensions that employers of an organisation (details supplied) receive. [22315/16] - Health Services
555. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of podiatry and chiropody services in the Health Service Executive West region; the number and location of local podiatry clinics... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
556. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of new emergency department consultants in St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; the number of new appointments he intends to make in... - Hospital Groups
557. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions between the Ireland East Hospital Group, IEHG, and the HSE acute hospitals division to address the disparity in funding sought by IEHG to... - Hospital Staff Data
558. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time approved emergency medicine consultant posts in each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form. [21932/16] - Accident and Emergency Departments Closures
559. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that there will be no service cut or closure at Mullingar Midlands Hospital accident and emergency department after reports in the media claiming... - Dental Services
560. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a dental service (details supplied) is due to close; when, and the duration for which it is due to close; the number of dental appointments that... - Health Services
561. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure and the steps involved in the diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome in a child; if he is satisfied that all of the necessary expertise to diagnose and... - Medical Card Applications
562. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical cards for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21944/16] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
564. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available for a residential placement for a person (details supplied) in south Tipperary who has been a patient in St. Luke's... - HSE Funding
565. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Central Remedial Clinic pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21953/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
566. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a date for surgery for a person (details supplied). [21965/16] - Hospital Staff Data
567. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent across departments on agency staff by the Cavan Monaghan Hospital Group in 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on... - Dental Services Waiting Lists
568. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dental procedure for a person (details supplied). [22014/16] - Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
569. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still on the waiting list for a new wheelchair; and when they will receive same. [22024/16] - Ambulance Service Data
570. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent by Letterkenny University Hospital on private ambulance services in each of the years 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services
571. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons a case of Asperger's syndrome was not detected in the case of a person (details supplied). [22027/16] - Respite Care Services
572. To ask the Minister for Health when he will make funding available for the day-to-day running of a house that will provide respite care for adults at Redshire Road, Murrintown, County... - Health Services Provision
573. To ask the Minister for Health his vews on the quality of treatment received by a person (details supplied). [22031/16] - Accident and Emergency Departments
574. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a guarantee that the major trauma care will not be removed from the emergency department in St. Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny and that the... - Health Services Funding
575. To ask the Minister for Health the State funding provided by his Department and agencies under its remit, including the HSE, to non-profit organisations, including voluntary hospitals and... - Hospital Waiting Lists
579. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in dealing with the waiting list for scoliosis surgery for children at Crumlin children's hospital; if external surgery or treatment... - HSE Data
580. To ask the Minister for Health the number of organisations listed as sections 38 and 39 organisations funded by the HSE for each of the years 2011 to 2015; the amount paid to each... - HSE Funding
582. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has offered any advice by way of circulars, training or by any other means to sections 38 and 39 funded organisations in... - HSE Data
583. To ask the Minister for Health the annual salaries, expenses and allowances paid to senior management and executives and heads of all sections 38 and 39 funded organisations for each of the... - Health Services
584. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has recouped any money from sections 38 and 39 funded organisations following internal audits from 2011 to 2016 to date; and if... - Health Services Staff Data
586. To ask the Minister for Health the top-up payments, including salaries, allowances and pension payments which were paid or provided for by organisations known as sections 38 and 39 HSE... - Public Sector Staff Remuneration
587. To ask the Minister for Health if staff and management at sections 38 and 39 HSE funded organisations were subject to FEMPI legislation in respect of pay, pensions and allowances; if any... - Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure
588. To ask the Minister for Health the full cost of drugs and medicines paid for by the State from 2002 to 2016 to date broken down by each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
591. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has failed to cover the cost of Midon, a drug recommended by consultant neurologists in the treatment of Parkinson's disease for inclusion... - Hospital Appointments Status
592. 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. [22080/16] - Services for People with Disabilities
593. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding negotiations between the HSE and an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22083/16] - Ministerial Functions
594. To ask the Minister for Health the exact areas of responsibility of each Minister of State in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22084/16] - Vaccination Programme
595. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to highlight the dangers of the HPV vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22089/16] - Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
596. To ask the Minister for Health the policy his Department and the Health Service Executive are pursuing to support Naas Hospital in the provision of its emergency services; and if he will... - Hospital Appointments Status
597. 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. [22110/16] - Accident and Emergency Departments Data
598. To ask the Minister for Health the number of visits to each of Naas and Portlaoise emergency departments; the number of these visits that were between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m.; the locations the... - Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
599. To ask the Minister for Health if a final decision has yet been made about the possibility of transfer of former members of the CRC pension plan to the SPSPS; and if he will make a statement... - Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
601. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the severe overcrowding at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath with 38 patients on trolleys waiting for admission on... - Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
602. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's policy for section 38 health agencies to disclose the salaries of their staff; if these agencies have been advised by the HSE... - Speech and Language Therapy Provision
603. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that parents using the speech and language therapy department in Waterford University Hospital are being informed by therapists that no further... - Medical Card Eligibility
605. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to discontinue the highly insensitive practice of requesting parents to provide medical evidence confirming their children's... - Hospital Groups
606. To ask the Minister for Health the name of the CEO or equivalent of each hospital and each hospital group on 1 July 2013, 1 July 2014, 1 July 2015 and 1 July 2016 for each public and... - Hospital Appointments Status
607. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 708 of 17 May 2016, if he will arrange treatment as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied); the reason for... - Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
608. To ask the Minister for Health if there is funding available for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22206/16] - General Practitioner Services Provision
609. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to general practitioners for house calls out of hours; whether a person who is housebound is entitled to a GP visit upon request; if not,... - Hospital Appointments Status
610. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for dental treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22221/16] - Services for People with Disabilities
611. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the premature removal of funding by HSE Donegal for special education needs grants for children with disabilities attending mainstream... - Hospital Appointments Status
612. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an appointment for a procedure; if a time can be arranged as soon as possible; and if he will make a... - Hospital Facilities
613. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the bid made to the HSE national capital steering group for €800,000 funding for a new building to house the early pregnancy assessment... - Electronic Health Records
614. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of electronic health records; if he will consider a period of public consultation with regard to the data collected and its use;... - Patient Data
615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people here suffering from coeliac disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22259/16] - Accident and Emergency Services Provision
616. To ask the Minister for Health if he will guarantee that trauma care services in emergency departments in Cavan, Naas, Portiuncula in Ballinasloe, Mullingar, Portlaoise, Saint Luke's in... - Services for People with Disabilities
617. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the eligibility criteria and application process for patients with muscular dystrophy who require a personal assistant. [22261/16] - Maternity Services
618. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the introduction of a single clinical guideline for the use of Oxytocin during labour as advocated for by the Institute of Obstetricians... - Drug Treatment Programmes
619. To ask the Minister for Health for a list of all pharmacies engaged in the provision of methadone to patients; the number involved in the pharmacy needle exchange programme; and if he will... - Health Strategies
620. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish the review carried out into the previous national intercultural health strategy 2007-2012; and the timeline for its publication [22264/16] - Traveller Community
621. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider commissioning a new study into the health care of members of the Traveller community on a similar basis to the 2010 all-Ireland Traveller... - National Drugs Strategy Implementation
622. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to continue the implementation of the previous Government’s strategy on supervised injection centres; and if so, the timeline for the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
623. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the waiting lists nationally for inpatient procedures by acute hospital; the patient waiting times for each such procedure by individual... - Home Help Service Provision
626. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22273/16] - Hospital Facilities
627. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will install facilities in the Coombe Hospital, Dublin 8, for the partners of expecting mothers who may need to stay overnight; and if he... - Disease Awareness
628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider placing signs in places of recreation where ticks are prevalent in the Dublin area and other counties to raise awareness of Lyme disease as... - Home Help Service Provision
629. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22283/16] - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
630. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will provide a date to a person (details supplied) for a medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22287/16] - Home Help Service Provision
631. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22311/16] - Hospital Staff
632. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing arrangements for the MRI Centre in Cork University Hospital for Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and if the number of staff available is hindering... - HSE Expenditure
633. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that public funds provided to the Central Remedial Clinic by the HSE are being spent on private consultancy groups, legal teams and... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
634. To ask the Minister for Health if the canal communities local drug and alcohol task force co-ordinator position, which is vacant at the moment due to a retirement, will be replaced; and when... - Home Help Service Provision
635. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who was awarded a home care package is having their home help hour withdrawn leaving them without any assistance; if... - Hospital Appointments Status
636. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite surgery for a person (details supplied). [22354/16] - Prescriptions Data
637. To ask the Minister for Health the latest figures for State spending on prescriptions of specific serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors for persons... - Health Services Data
638. To ask the Minister for Health the services and supports that have been put in place for persons who suffer side effects after having their tonsils removed; the number of such cases reported... - Health Services Provision
639. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment with a psychologist will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if a care and education plan will be put in place relative to this... - Health Services Charges
640. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is a recipient of jobs initiative payment can have their bill for treatment in Beaumont Hospital waived in view of the... - Hospital Facilities
641. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the surgical theatre space operational at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 on a monthly basis for each of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date; and if... - HSE Properties
644. To ask the Minister for Health if he can confirm the HSE purchase of a premises (details supplied); the purpose and primary use of this site; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Prescriptions Charges
645. To ask the Minister for Health to abolish prescription charges for persons with intellectual disabilities as this cost is a burden on their already small incomes; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services Provision
646. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further funding for sufferers of agoraphobia who require psychiatric counselling in their home as many sufferers are not receiving the support they... - Disability Support Services Provision
648. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide personalised funding in respect of the two hours speech and language therapy allocated to a person (details supplied); and if he will... - Hospital Appointments Status
649. To ask the Minister for Health to schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied); his views on measures which can be taken to ensure persons get seen in primary school; and if he... - Suicide Bereavement Support
650. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) in light of the proposed closure of the Console charity. [22423/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
651. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22443/16] - Services for People with Disabilities
652. To ask the Minister for Health when the Cope Foundation in Cork will be able to access funding promised for post-21 day services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22444/16] - Dental Services Provision
653. To ask the Minister for Health when replacement dentists will be employed to fill vacancies that have recently arisen in a clinic (details supplied); if he will review the loss of dental... - Services for People with Disabilities
654. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate the transport services for service users once they transition into adults at 18 years of age; the way he plans to fund the services; the... - Medical Records
655. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to provide the medical records of a person (details supplied) for the periods the person attended Waterford Regional Hospital from 1990 to... - Hospital Admissions
656. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was left on a trolley at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny for 31 hours; the action Waterford Regional Hospital took on the... - Services for People with Disabilities
657. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 21 June 2016, to reply in particular concerning persons with intellectual disabilities who are living at home... - Mental Health Awareness
658. To ask the Minister for Health to develop and provide funding for a mental health strategy specifically for mental health promotion in third level universities and institutions and to... - Mental Health Services Funding
659. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a commitment that all the funding allocated to mental health stays within mental health areas for the duration of the term of the 32nd Dáil;... - Prescriptions Data
660. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a noticeable increase in the prescribing of the drug Lyrica by doctors to patients; if he is aware of the dramatic increase in the misuse of... - Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
661. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to protect the confidentiality of the clients of the suicide charity, Console, in the aftermath of its collapse; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services Provision
662. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed development of the Jigsaw programme in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22598/16] - Departmental Strategies
663. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the drafting of a new national cancer strategy for the period 2016 to 2025; if there is a proposed publication date for the strategy; and if he... - Professional Qualifications
664. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 594 of 12 July 2016, if a qualification from a college (details supplied) will be included in the Act to protect the... - Hospital Appointments Administration
665. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be considered for any cancellations or available appointments that may arise for the surgery they are currently waiting for.... - Hospital Accommodation Provision
666. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to close wards at a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork; the number of staff employed at this hospital; if the hospital... - Health Services
667. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22641/16] - Mental Health Services Data
668. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents waiting to be seen by the CAMHS teams in County Tipperary; the current waiting times from initial referral; the efforts... - Aftercare Services
669. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing and supporting the aftercare plans held by persons who are 18 to 21 years of age, by allocating 15 hours per week for a... - Home Care Packages Expenditure
670. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated for 2016 to the HSE west for the home care package; if he will allocate further moneys for the home care package for the Limerick area;... - Cancer Incidence
671. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women newly diagnosed with ovarian cancer for each year from 2011 to 2015 and 2016 to date; the number diagnosed in the age ranges of 29 years... - HSE Expenditure
673. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred by the HSE in treating ovarian cancer in each year from 2011 to 2015. [22692/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
674. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a neurologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22695/16] - Ministerial Advisers Data
675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of politically appointed staff working in his Department, including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in the case of special... - Hospital Facilities
676. To ask the Minister for Health the improvements made to the Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda through capital investment in each of the years 2014 to 2015 and 2016 to date; and if he will make a... - Nursing Home Subventions
677. To ask the Minister for Health to increase the HSE subvention provided to a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22752/16] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure
678. To ask the Minister for Health to increase recently administered additional funds by the Health Service Executive to supported care homes by at least 10 per cent during the lifetime of the... - Nursing Home Inspections
679. To ask the Minister for Health to establish a working group consisting of representatives of HIQA, Supported Care Homes for the Elderly and the Health Service Executive to examine the... - Health Services Staff Data
680. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors, general practitioners and nurses dedicated to supporting patients living with dementia and their families in County Donegal; his plans... - Hospital Appointments Status
681. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied), including when the person can expect an appointment. [22839/16] - North-South Ministerial Council
682. To ask the Minister for Health the date for the next meeting with the Northern Ireland Minister for Health,Social Services and Public Safety in sectoral format, as provided for in the... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
683. To ask the Minister for Health when the commitment in the programme for Government to reintroduce the purchase treatment fund will be honoured; the date he expects patients to be referred... - Public Sector Pensions
684. To ask the Minister for Health if the staff of the Central Remedial Clinic will be included in the State single public service pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospitals Data
685. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to every hospital here in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; the numbers of inpatients per annum in every hospital in each of the... - General Medical Services Scheme Administration
686. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with a medical card, having blood samples taken by their local general practitioner or primary care centre, are liable for a charge; if they are not... - Dental Services Provision
687. To ask the Minister for Health the status of dental treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22884/16] - Grant Payments
688. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) who has been awarded an injury grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22887/16] - Hospital Charges
689. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital bill for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22888/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
690. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment at Waterford Regional Hospital for a person (details supplied); and the reason for the delay in responding to such... - Services for People with Disabilities
691. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for SOS Kilkenny relative to the needs of a person (details supplied); and if he will expedite same [22899/16] - Hospital Charges
692. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who was referred to St. James's Hospital is being billed for a treatment; if the costs involved will be covered by the... - Departmental Staff Data
693. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who entered the public service post 1 January 2011, in his Department and by year of entry to date; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Staff Remuneration
694. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing a pay increase to all those employed under the remit of his Department post-1 January 2011 of 2%, 4% and 5%; and if he will make a...
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