Written answers
Wednesday, 2 November 2016
- Health Services
275. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who was self-employed is eligible for the hearing aid grant or any other supports; and if he will make a statement on the... - Respite Care Services Provision
276. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions for emergency respite care in Dublin south west; if there are services that will be supplied to a person (details supplied); and if he will make... - Hospital Appointments Status
277. 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. [32515/16] - Legislative Programme
278. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding physiotherapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32516/16] - Respite Care Services
279. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for respite care by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32543/16] - Services for People with Disabilities
280. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide extra IWA hours to a person (details supplied) taking into consideration the person's medical condition; and if he will make a statement on... - National Children's Hospital Location
281. To ask the Minister for Health the reason St. James's Hospital rather than Connolly Hospital was chosen for the site of the children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the... - European Health Insurance Card
282. To ask the Minister for Health the safeguards in place to avoid abuse of the European health card system in accessing medical care here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32580/16] - Hospital Appointments Administration
283. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical procedure will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement... - Legislative Programme
284. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the legislation required for a new transport support scheme as currently the financial supports for provision of adapted transport for... - Primary Medical Certificates Applications
285. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the provision of a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32529/16] - Hospital Appointments Administration
286. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed for a procedure. [32539/16] - Home Help Service Provision
287. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide extra home help hours for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32540/16] - Hospital Equipment
289. To ask the Minister for Health if the X-ray equipment at Merlin Park University Hospital that provided orthodontic diagnostics will be replaced; when it is planned to replace it; if his... - Hospital Appointments Administration
290. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for an operation will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32619/16] - Home Care Packages Provision
293. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected home care support as required will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
294. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hearing aid for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32636/16] - Services for People with Disabilities
295. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a laptop for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32605/16] - Mental Health Services Funding
296. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32613/16] - National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
297. To ask the Minister for Health the way a person can access the National Treatment Purchase Fund after they have been waiting an extended period of time for an appointment; and if he will... - Mental Health Services Provision
298. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with CAMHS; the steps that can be taken to receive an appointment; the reason an appointment was... - Mental Health Services Staff
299. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding mental health nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32581/16] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
300. To ask the Minister for Health the pricing controls in place for private nursing homes under the fair deal scheme; if all necessary services such as chiropody, and so on are included in... - HIQA Inspections
301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HIQA inspections carried out in private nursing homes in 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; the number of nursing homes which were required to... - Services for People with Disabilities
302. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation of funding and personnel made to a centre (details supplied) in respect of adult services in 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; the number of... - Medicinal Products Availability
305. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the drug Respreeza; his views on its use and availability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32652/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
306. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth who is waiting for an appointment; and the timeframe for this... - Hospital Staff Data
308. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 18 October 2016, the position regarding the shortage of anaesthetists in the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda... - Home Help Service Oversight
309. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to Parliamentary Question No. 1329 of 16 September 2016, in respect of recruitment plans for home help in counties Laois and Offaly;... - Nursing Home Services
310. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will be received from the HSE to Parliamentary Question No. 1139 of 16 September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32685/16] - Services for People with Disabilities
311. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the failure of senior officers of the HSE to respond to written communications from Members of Dáil Éireann... - National Lottery Funding Applications
312. To ask the Minister for Health the status of lottery funding for a group (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [32694/16] - Health Services Provision
313. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the ongoing need for medical services in south Meath and specifically in Enfield, County Meath, where a population of 4,000 persons have no... - Mental Health Services
314. To ask the Minister for Health if due to the transfer of psychiatric admission beds from Navan to Drogheda and the resultant burden put on service users and their carers, he will redraw the... - Hospitals Building Programme
315. To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed to provide capital funding for the replacement of St. Anne’s community nursing unit and the district hospital in Clifden, Connemara,... - Disease Management
316. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to commission an independent inquiry into Lyme disease to review the evidence of the epidemiology of Lyme disease here, particularly at the level of... - Orthodontic Services
317. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to replace dental X-ray facilities at the orthodontic department at Merlin Park hospital, in view of the fact that children throughout counties... - Orthodontic Services Provision
318. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to outsource X-ray facilities which are normally provided at the orthodontic department of Merlin Park University Hospital in order that children who... - Nursing Home Services
319. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the closing of nine beds in the Cottage Hospital in Drogheda, the threat of closure of the Cottage Hospital, and the closure... - Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
321. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the promised 100-bed unit at St. Mary's, Dublin Road, Drogheda; the stage at which this new unit is at; and when he expects the 100-bed unit to... - Medical Card Eligibility
322. To ask the Minister for Health the illnesses and disabilities that automatically qualify a person for a medical card; the details of the severity and stage of the illness when the automatic... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
323. To ask the Minister for Health the changes to the fair deal scheme in budget 2017, particularly in respect of asset value of farm land; if any further changes are proposed to the scheme; and... - Ambulance Service Accommodation
324. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been allocated under budget 2017 for the commencement of the new ambulance centre in Edenderry, County Offaly; the overall amount... - Air Ambulance Service
325. To ask the Minister for Health if the review it was agreed would be carried out during the negotiations for Government formation with regard to the expansion of air ambulance services... - Health Services Provision
326. To ask the Minister for Health when he will be issuing a physiotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the fact that this person has been waiting for... - Medicinal Products Licensing
327. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) can be legalised here. [32731/16] - Hospital Appointments Status
328. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be called for surgery. [32742/16] - Dental Services Provision
330. To ask the Minister for Health if dental work can be carried out for a person (details supplied) under their medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32744/16] - Orthodontic Services Provision
331. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the cancellation of orthodontic appointments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32747/16] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
333. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate that a person (details supplied) has been awaiting a monitor for sleep apnoea since August 2016; and if he will make a... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
334. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons treated by the national treatment purchase fund, NTPF, that are on a waiting list for treatment from a consultant who also works... - Services for People with Disabilities
335. To ask the Minister for Health if an assistant for ASD will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32760/16] - Vaccination Programme
339. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the instruction on a website (details supplied); the way in which the HSE has implemented this instruction; and the number of girls in each... - Hospital Appointments Status
340. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32817/16] - Health Services Staff Data
341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by the HSE, including section 38 agencies, in certain grades (details supplied) broken down by CHO area, hospital groupings and... - Hospital Appointments Administration
342. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Legislative Process RIA
343. To ask the Minister for Health if any regulatory impact analysis has been conducted with respect to the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015, particularly with respect to small and medium sized... - Cancer Services Provision
344. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 386 of 18 October 2016, if he will clarify that mammography services will only be provided at Sligo University Hospital... - Hospital Services
345. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the retirement of a staff member at a hospital has resulted in the freezing of funding for treatment for a... - National Lottery Funding Applications
346. To ask the Minister for Health when he will make a decision on an application for funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32842/16] - Home Help Service Provision
347. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not being provided with any home help hours in view of the fact that the person was in receipt of... - Orthodontic Services Provision
348. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for an orthodontic appointment; the reason for the delay in issuing this appointment in view of the... - Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
349. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a prosthetic leg for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32875/16] - General Practitioner Services
350. To ask the Minister for Health the status of appointing a general practitioner (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32876/16] - Home Care Packages Funding
351. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide sufficient funds to ensure that adequate home care package hours can be provided to persons in need of this package; if his attention has... - Nursing Education
352. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a final response to a query that was sent to his office in July 2016 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32883/16] - Medicinal Products Availability
353. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his work to provide new treatments for Dravet syndrome in view of meetings with families affected and their call for access to cannabidiol. [32896/16] - Hospital Waiting Lists
354. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist in arranging an admission date for surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) who urgently needs to be admitted to hospital. [32898/16] - Home Care Packages Data
355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of home help hours and home care packages in the Dublin Bay North constituency; the number on waiting lists, indicating the... - Departmental Legal Costs
356. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department spent on external legal advice in each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; the names of each of the legal firms that provided advice to... - Hospital Appointments Delays
357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32934/16] - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
358. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected that a person (details supplied) in County Donegal shall receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment; if consideration will be given... - Ambulance Service Accommodation
359. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update the ambulance base in Carlow town; and the changes he will make to the existing base or if he plans to relocate the base within the St.... - Hospital Waiting Lists
360. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if he will ensure that there will be no further delay and surgery will go ahead as... - Hospital Services
361. To ask the Minister for Health the situation at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, with regard to the transplant of kidneys and pancreas following the retirement of a surgeon and the impact it... - Medical Card Eligibility
362. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an application and appeal for a medical card was refused in the case of a person (details supplied); if the application will be reviewed as a matter... - Nursing Home Services
363. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the cost of care figures published by the HSE on 5 October 2016, for care in its nursing homes, reflects the true costs incurred... - Mental Health Services Provision
365. To ask the Minister for Health when a bed will be provided for a person (details supplied) in the Central Mental Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32980/16] - Ambulance Service Accommodation
366. To ask the Minister for Health the status in relation to the identification of a suitable short-term base for the ambulance service in Edenderry, County Offaly; and if he will make a... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
367. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that infants with hip dysplasia who require a hip spica chair, such as in the case of a person (details supplied), will receive one from... - Ambulance Service
369. To ask the Minister for Health the furthest distance, in terms of kilometres, that an ambulance can cover from its permanent station [32987/16] - Ambulance Service Response Times
370. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a process whereby an ambulance is called to a location and there is only one ambulance at a station, regardless of the distance from the location,... - Ambulance Service Data
371. To ask the Minister for Health the maintenance and fuel bills for the fleet of ambulances for the two years previous to the new system being implemented and the two years since its... - Mental Health Services Provision
372. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for public psychiatric and psychological services in Arklow; the staffing levels for same; the variety of services offered; and if he will...
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