Written answers
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
- Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
350. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the excellent work that an organisation (details supplied) carries out; his views on whether the funding allocation is... - Community First Responders Network
352. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a scheme to help community groups with the purchase and maintenance costs of life saving equipment (details supplied); and if he will make... - Hospital Investigations
354. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the serious incident management report following an investigation undertaken at Wexford General Hospital into misdiagnosed bowel cancer... - Hospital Appointments Delays
356. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the waiting time endured by a person (details supplied) with no contact from the hospital for over 13 months; if he will expedite this... - Hospital Services
357. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the circumstances in which hospital transport is provided for patients living in rural areas who need to attend the hospital on a regular basis; and... - National Cancer Strategy Publication
358. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the national cancer strategy 2016-25; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28070/16] - Disability Services Provision
359. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding a person (details supplied) who has been waiting on a residential placement; if he will provide a copy of the decisions made... - Hospital Appointments Status
360. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28079/16] - General Medical Services Scheme
361. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an instance in which a general practitioner, who is not participating in the free under-six scheme, is having patients aged... - Hospital Services
362. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason patients at a hospital (details supplied) have reported lack of access to radiology, X-ray and MRI facilities during weekends; if he will... - Primary Care Services Provision
363. To ask the Minister for Health when a refund will issue to a person (details supplied) in respect of a podiatry scheme within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointments Status
364. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [28093/16] - Health Services
365. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); his plans to resolve the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28095/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
366. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of a physiotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28098/16] - Hospital Services
367. To ask the Minister for Health when University Hospital Waterford was designated as a percutaneous coronary intervention centre, providing partial 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. emergency PCCI care;... - Medical Card Eligibility
374. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason a medical card was refused in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28113/16] - Youth Services Provision
375. To ask the Minister for Health to set out details relating to a youth centre (details supplied) for each of the past five years, the number of counsellors involved in this service and the... - Hospital Appointments Delays
376. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason for the delay in arranging a cataract operation for a person (details supplied). [28119/16] - Hospital Appointments Administration
377. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for a cataract operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [28120/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
378. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [28121/16] - Health Services Provision
379. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to address the national lack of paediatric pathology services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Card Eligibility
380. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to introduce a full medical card to children who are in receipt of a domiciliary care allowance; and if they will automatically be issued or must... - Cancer Services Provision
381. To ask the Minister for Health the level of social worker care available for oncology patients at eight designated cancer centres and one satellite hospital (details supplied); the number of... - Medical Card Eligibility
382. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28147/16] - HIQA Remit
383. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all care homes are monitored by HIQA regardless of who runs them, in particular homes run by religious orders; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
384. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28185/16] - Home Care Packages Provision
385. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional funding for community and home based care to support and enable persons with dementia to remain living at home for as long as... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
386. To ask the Minister for Health the policy implemented under the fair deal scheme by which residents in nursing homes are allocated a daily allowance of €6.34 per day; and if he will... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
387. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a special chair for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28198/16] - Health Services Staff Recruitment
388. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to remedy the lack of paediatric orthopaedic consultants; when Tallaght Hospital will have its cancelled fracture clinic reinstated;... - Health Services Provision
389. To ask the Minister for Health the reason parents of children with fractures who attend Tallaght Hospital accident and emergency department need to go through another accident and... - Health Services Data
390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients receiving renal dialysis treatment here on 31 December 2015 or on a single specific date in 2016; the numbers of these dialysis patients... - Health Services Expenditure
391. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost to the State of a unit of blood administered in a public hospital here; the cost to the State of all blood administered in hospitals in 2015,... - Health Services Provision
393. To ask the Minister for Health the delay in the opening and commencement of operations at the new pancreas transplant unit at St Vincent's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
395. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [28214/16] - Health Services Provision
396. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a person (details supplied) on the kidney transplant list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28217/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
397. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called to University Hospital Kerry for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28219/16] - Hepatitis C Compensation Payments
399. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a person (details supplied) in relation to the contamination of anti-D; if his attention has been drawn to a commitment made in May 2012... - Disability Services Provision
400. To ask the Minister for Health if the €28 million committed to the disability sector for change of needs and emergency services has been allocated; the amount of funding allocated to... - Health Services Provision
401. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ask the HSE to introduce the butterfly scheme in all Irish hospitals in view of the growing prevalence of dementia here and the findings of the... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
402. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the HSE's policy in respect of the provision of mobility scooters and motorised wheelchairs in each of the nine CHOs; the reason for the... - Care of the Elderly
403. To ask the Minister for Health if a person caring full time on a live-in basis in the carer's home for one or two infirm clients needs to register as a nursing home. [28280/16] - Hospital Waiting Lists
404. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be granted an urgent date to have hip surgery performed in Crumlin Children’s Hospital. [28284/16] - Medical Card Administration
405. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28292/16] - Departmental Strategy Statements
407. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way in... - Medical Card Administration
408. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) had their medical card removed recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28310/16] - Hospital Appointments Administration
409. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28321/16] - Primary Care Centres Data
413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fully staffed primary care teams operating here and their catchment areas; and the definition of a full complement of staff. [28326/16] - Medicinal Products Availability
414. To ask the Minister for Health if certain medical products for the treatment of macular degeneration are no longer being provided by the HSE under the hardship scheme for medical card... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
415. To ask the Minister for Health the reason women with gestational diabetes can now only get test strips if their medical practitioner specifically applies for them, whereas other diabetic... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
416. To ask the Minister for Health the reason person (details supplied) is waiting 13 months for an application to be processed for the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting to see a consultant geneticist at the Department of Clinical Genetics, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,... - Departmental Funding
419. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to a service (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2015 and to date in 2016; the number of young persons that accessed... - Health Services Data
421. To ask the Minister for Health the number of services nationwide, in addition to the details of these services, providing a residential detox treatment service for adolescents aged 15 to 21... - Home Help Service Provision
422. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide home help hours for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28360/16] - Orthodontic Services Data
423. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 23 September 2009, the treatment made available to a person (details suppplied) over a period of time. [28370/16] - HSE Funding
424. To ask the Minister for Health the process relative to approximately 16 applications submitted to the HSE for change of needs and emergency services funding from an organisation (details... - Departmental Funding
425. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the €3.8 million funding requirement for a centre (details supplied); his Department's strategy for funding such... - Departmental Schemes
426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reintroduce the motorised transportation grant scheme or create another scheme to act in its place in view of the fact persons suffering from... - Vaccination Programme
427. To ask the Minister for Health the additional cost of extending the meningitis B vaccination programme to children born before October 2016. [28398/16] - Services for People with Disabilities
429. To ask the Minister for Health the position of the Health Service Executive with regard to the closure of a home (details supplied); the reason this closure has taken place; if it is due to... - Health Services Provision
430. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28415/16] - Health Services Staff Data
431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical directors and executive clinical directors appointed in the public health system on foot of the consultant contract of 2008; and the... - Hospital Appointments Status
433. 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. [28418/16] - Medical Card Eligibility
434. To ask the Minister for Health when medical card cover will be extended to recipients of the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28436/16] - Hospital Services
441. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is right and just that the risk rating regarding the second catheterisation laboratory in University Hospital Waterford could have been... - Hospital Appointments Status
449. 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. [28461/16] - Dispensing Fees
450. To ask the Minister for Health the reason patients have to pick up a long-term prescription on a weekly basis from a pharmacist, which ultimately increases the number of charges; and if he... - Hospital Waiting Lists
451. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [28467/16] - Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
452. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the legislation dealing with the long-term illness scheme to ensure that the mitochondrial disorder known as CPEO is classified as a long-term... - HSE Staff
453. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department has taken to retain nursing staff and reduce the annual spend on agency staff within the health sector; if he has specifically... - Home Care Packages Expenditure
455. To ask the Minister for Health the funding made available for home help and home care packages for the CHO area 2 comprising Galway, Mayo and Roscommon in each of the past five years; if his... - Home Care Packages Provision
456. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to increase home care and home help for a person (details supplied) to allow for discharge from the hospital. [28518/16] - Home Help Service
457. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has a policy of outsourcing the home help service to private contractors; the total number of home help hours expected to be provided in 2016; the... - Care of the Elderly Provision
458. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 28 April 2015, the current status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28521/16] - Services for People with Disabilities
459. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the personal assistance hours for wheelchair users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28532/16] - National Drugs Strategy Budget
460. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allocate additional funding to support the national drugs strategy in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28533/16] - Legislative Programme
461. To ask the Minister for Health when he will advance all Stages of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad] through the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the... - Motorised Transport Grant Closure
462. To ask the Minister for Health when he envisages an alternative to the motorised transport grant, which was discontinued in 2013, will commence and begin accepting applications; and if he... - Occupational Therapy
463. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for occupational therapy for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28574/16] - Home Help Service Data
464. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for home help hours in County Cork in the 12 months up to the end of August 2016; the total amount of home help hours... - Prescriptions Charges
465. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in a full year if the prescription charges were abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28584/16] - Home Care Packages Funding
466. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fund home care packages on a demand-led basis to reduce the unnecessary suffering and financial costs of the delayed discharges from hospital... - Medical Card Applications
467. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28593/16] - Motorised Transport Grant Applications
468. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a request by a person (details supplied) for a new motorised scooter from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28595/16] - Services for People with Disabilities
470. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of a home (details supplied); if there are plans to close this facility; in the event of closure, his plans for residents and... - Primary Care Centres Provision
471. To ask the Minister for Health the progress regarding the construction of the Celbridge primary care centre in Celbridge, County Kildare, which commenced construction in September 2015; and... - Obesity Strategy
472. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government has a national nutrition and healthy food strategy; if not, his plans to produce one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28613/16] - Hospital Services
473. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide assistance to a person (details supplied) who requires a number of scans and cannot afford to pay for them; and if he will make a statement... - Services for People with Disabilities
474. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether personal assistance hours for persons with disabilities need to be increased by at least an additional 500,000 hours; and if he will make... - Cross-Border Health Initiatives
479. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is no longer eligible to have treatment carried out in Belfast children's hospital under the... - Home Care Packages Data
480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care hours and packages allocated by the State to independent and private home care providers, setting out the names of the companies or... - Public Sector Pensions Data
481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension who have been... - Departmental Staff Data
482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by his Department or seconded to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28994/16]
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