Written answers

Tuesday, 15 November 2016

  • Homeless Persons Supports
    433. To ask the Minister for Health following the publication of the action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 1.15; the specific...
  • EU Directives
    435. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 25 October 2016, the status of his Department's examination into the fact that the Health Products Regulatory...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    436. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34418/16]
  • National Children's Hospital
    437. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information in relation to the design and infrastructure for the new children's hospital and, in particular, whether it will provide for...
  • HSE Properties
    438. To ask the Minister for Health the reason St. Brendan's Community Care Unit Mortuary was closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34429/16]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    439. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason this scheduled operation was cancelled suddenly; if he will ensure this...
  • Hospice Services Provision
    440. To ask the Minister for Health the factors that led to the need for an additional €1 million in funding for Wicklow Hospice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34431/16]
  • Public Health Policy
    441. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the national men's health policy expired in 2013, his plans on presenting a new policy and, if so, when; and if he will make a...
  • Nursing Staff Recruitment
    444. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new nursing staff recruited in each hospital (details supplied) this year to the end of October 2016, in tabular form; the number of nursing...
  • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
    445. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers waiting for orthodontic treatment at the end of September 2016, based on local health office and area and indicating the numbers of those aged 16...
  • Health Services Provision
    446. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will cover the costs of an MRI scan for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is unable to afford the private fee; and if he will make a...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    447. To ask the Minister for Health the start date in 2017 that he plans for the provision of medical cards to all children in receipt of domiciliary care allowance; his views on the lack of...
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    450. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre for Finglas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34469/16]
  • Home Help Service Data
    451. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional home help hours additional to those provided in the previous month that have been provided on a county by county basis in each month...
  • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
    452. To ask the Minister for Health when outstanding moneys will be paid to persons with contractual agreements to a charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Drug Treatment Programmes Availability
    453. To ask the Minister for Health the facilities here that deliver rehabilitation to recovering addicts on prescriptive medicine who have schizophrenia or other mental health issues (details...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    454. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided an appointment at Waterford Regional Hospital and if the matter will be expedited. [34477/16]
  • Health Services Provision
    455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the way a person (details supplied) was treated at Waterford Regional Hospital in June 2016; if the tests which were to be carried out...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    456. To ask the Minister for Health if a new wheelchair will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in providing the wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on...
  • General Practitioner Services Provision
    457. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the west Clare community request that all the recently cut Shannondoc primary care medical services be restored to Kilrush, Ennistymon and...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    458. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a residential centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34485/16]
  • Cancer Services Provision
    459. To ask the Minister for Health the action that can be taken to facilitate a person (details supplied); if the person can access the required services at another hospital in view of the...
  • General Practitioner Services Provision
    460. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a petition (details supplied); if he will maintain this vital service at its current level; and if he will make a statement...
  • Health Services Provision
    461. To ask the Minister for Health if attention has been drawn to the fact there is no chiropody or podiatry service in health centres in County Kildare despite the building of a primary care...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    462. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34516/16]
  • Disability Support Services Provision
    463. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is currently assessing an application for a residential placement for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; the timeframe for the conclusion...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    464. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for an EEG scan in Temple Street Children's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
    465. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the criteria in which certain persons (details supplied) awaiting cataract procedures with an ophthalmologist can avail of the National...
  • Home Care Packages Provision
    466. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive hours for the home care package in view of the fact that it has been sanctioned; and if he will make a statement...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    467. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive required medical items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34530/16]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    469. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a transfer within Kerry Intervention and Disability Services, KIDS, in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    470. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider issuing medical cards to persons who have been diagnosed with cancer for the period they have cancer until they receive the all clear; and...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    471. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for inpatient and outpatient neurology appointments at each hospital across the seven hospital groups, in tabular form; if he will provide...
  • Hospital Staff Data
    472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of neurologists employed at each hospital across the seven hospital groups, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34541/16]
  • Primary Care Centres
    473. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 405 of 25 October 2016, the discussions that are taking place to extend antenatal services to the new primary care centre...
  • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
    474. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of a second permanent consultant neurologist for the north west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34545/16]
  • Medicinal Products Prices
    475. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with representatives of the medical nutrition industry to secure a cost saving framework for medical nutrition products; and if he will make a...
  • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
    476. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to ensure HSE draft guidelines for clinical nutritional products, as proposed by the primary care reimbursement service, do not negatively...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    477. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment at University Hospital Kerry for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34549/16]
  • Hospital Appointments Administration
    478. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address an issue (details supplied) regarding the MRI scanner in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34552/16]
  • Blood Donations
    479. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to defer the lifetime MSM blood donation ban to the one year deferral period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34553/16]
  • Health Services Provision
    480. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the serious issues facing a health centre (details supplied) due to understaffing; his plans to deal with the chronic...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
    481. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider changing the financial assessment method for the nursing home support scheme in relation to the assessment of family farms as assets; if he...
  • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
    482. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide new additional funding to drugs and alcohol task forces to allow these groups to deal with alcohol within their remit; his views on the...
  • Hospital Services
    483. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34585/16]
  • Vaccination Programme
    487. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider that parents and guardians should be given the option of providing consent for each HPV vaccination and not as it is at present, that is,...
  • Home Help Service Provision
    492. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide home help hours for a person (details supplied) in order for the person to be able to remain at home; if he will take into consideration...
  • Medical Card Applications
    493. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34609/16]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    494. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, County Cork in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Services
    495. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has fully assessed the safety implications of the south east region, University Hospital Waterford (UHW) and adjacent hospitals having full...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    496. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34615/16]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    497. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34617/16]
  • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
    499. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that there is a 53-month waiting list for orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    500. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34620/16]
  • Medicinal Products Supply
    505. To ask the Minister for Health when the last contact between the HSE corporate pharmaceutical unit and a company (details supplied) took place; if he has read a report from the All Wales...
  • Medical Card Administration
    506. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to receive the final report from the clinical advisory group on medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34626/16]
  • Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
    507. To ask the Minister for Health the expected date for the publication of the implementation plan for the neuro-rehabilitation strategy which was published in 2011; the level of investment...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    508. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to be seen by a genetic counsellor in the department of clinical genetics, Crumlin, and the National Centre for Medical Genetics,...
  • Suicide Prevention
    510. To ask the Minister for Health the counties which have local implementation structures in place across the country further to the plans outlined in Connecting for Life; the counties that...
  • Hospitals Data
    511. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons accessing key primary care services at Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary, specifically in a number of disciplines (details...
  • Hospital Appointments Administration
    514. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34663/16]
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    515. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 383 of 11 October 2016, if the detail of a location (details supplied) will be forwarded to the HSE; and if he will make...
  • Hospital Staff
    518. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the transfer of a person (details supplied) from the ambulance services to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, as per a...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    519. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an assessment from Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34694/16]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    520. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34699/16]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    525. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34706/16]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    526. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34707/16]
  • Home Care Packages Provision
    538. To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore a home care package for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34759/16]
  • Vaccination Programme
    539. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the significant issues and subsequent delays in providing the BCG vaccine; when the last round of the BCG vaccinations were given to children;...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    541. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase funding to an organisation (details supplied) in order to allow it to continue to provide services for persons with disabilities; and if he...
  • Autism Support Services
    542. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the actions undertaken by his Department after a recent meeting with Laois Offaly Families for Autism, LOFFA, in order to address current issues...
  • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
    543. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted an impact assessment of the decision to remove accident and emergency provision in Nenagh hospital; if his Department plans to...
  • Health Services Staff Data
    544. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency staff at Nenagh hospital over each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34810/16]
  • Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
    545. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for assessments and appointments with child psychologists in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34811/16]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    547. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times across all departments in Nenagh hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34813/16]
  • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
    548. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are currently waiting more than six months for speech and language therapy in counties Laois, Offaly and Tipperary respectively;...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    549. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to current plans to construct a facility in the Tullamore area that will be used to treat persons with forensic mental health...
  • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
    552. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the general waiting list for orthodontic diagnostics at Merlin Park, University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Home Help Service Data
    554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons receiving home help hours in each community healthcare organisation, CHO; the number on waiting lists in each CHO for home help hours as...
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    555. To ask the Minister for Health the process for suitable sites for a primary care centre or other health facility to be submitted to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • General Practitioner Services Provision
    556. To ask the Minister for Health when an additional general practitioner will be appointed to the areas of Cloughjordan and Borrisokane following retirement of a previous general practitioner....
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    557. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of needs assessments by assessment of needs officers, AONs, in areas (details supplied) in Dublin; the reason for the delay in...
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    558. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the bed capacity review; when this will conclude; the terms of reference for the review; the definition of a bed in this regard; and if he will...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    559. To ask the Minister for Health the areas the additional €31 million he announced in summer 2016 will be allocated to; if this allocation is being made; if it is a once-off increase in...
  • Disability Services Provision
    560. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make additional resources available to St. Christopher's services, County Longford to ensure that they can reverse a decision of a number of years...
  • Ambulance Service Data
    563. To ask the Minister for Health the volume of calls received by the ambulance service in respect of each division (details supplied) in County Donegal for each month in 2016 to date, in...
  • Ambulance Service Staff
    564. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed as ambulance crew by the ambulance service by county, in tabular form; the rate of turnover of personnel across the service, and...
  • Ambulance Service
    565. To ask the Minister for Health the number of instances whereby intermediate care vehicles have been dispatched in response to emergency calls received by the ambulance service in County...
  • Mental Health Services
    566. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will provide details of the HSE procurement process that was undertaken prior to selecting and employing the review team that...
  • Mental Health Commission
    571. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will clarify the review that is being undertaken to deal with matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34950/16]
  • Disability Services Provision
    572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time adult residential care places that were provided in County Wexford in each of the years from 2008 to date in 2016. [34952/16]
  • Ambulance Service Accommodation
    576. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred obtaining planning permission for the ambulance station in Edenderry. [34968/16]
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    577. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the construction of a crisis house for the mental health service at Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Disability Services Provision
    578. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment by the HSE to relax and repeal a previously enforced time rule restricting the period of leave from the home for parents and guardians of...
  • Palliative Care for Children
    579. To ask the Minister for Health if all nursing staff recruited as part of the most recent recruitment campaign to appoint personnel to provide in-home palliative care to children with complex...
  • Home Care Packages Funding
    580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will award funding for a home care package for a person (details supplied) to allow them to return home. [34974/16]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    581. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34978/16]
  • Nursing Staff Provision
    584. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding permanent nursing positions within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34987/16]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    585. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34988/16]
  • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
    588. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove a tablet (details supplied), which is prescribed for macular degeneration of the eyes, from the hardship scheme. [34991/16]
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    589. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove any item now accessible under the hardship scheme from the hardship scheme. [34992/16]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    590. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34993/16]
  • Hospital Equipment
    596. To ask the Minister for Health the reason despite the two new reconstructions at a total cost of €10.15 million and €12.6 million on Our Lady’s Hospital, Cashel, County...
  • Hospital Facilities
    597. To ask the Minister for Health if Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary has any designated space for worship or spiritual care since the removal of the oratory that was previously in...
  • Cancer Screening Programmes
    598. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the programme for BreastCheck at Sligo University Hospital in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35008/16]
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    599. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements he has made to enable compassionate access to cannabis based medicines for a person (details supplied) and other persons with medical...
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    600. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the targeting methods being utilised and the timeframe envisaged in order to meet the required staffing levels to ensure the new emergency...
  • Hospital Services
    604. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in order that transcatheter aortic valve implant, TAVI, can be provided for public...
  • Hospital Appointments Delays
    605. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare who has had two appointments for a biopsy cancelled, will have the procedure; and if he will make a statement...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    606. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35121/16]
  • Hospital Services
    608. To ask the Minister for Health if the appropriate resources have been made available by his Department to University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, to ensure the new emergency department...
  • Medical Card Administration
    609. To ask the Minister for Health the situation regarding persons with a medical card who have to pay €25 per month; if this covers a 28 day period or a full calendar month in view of...
  • Nursing Home Beds Data
    610. To ask the Minister for Health the current bed capacity of Lifford residential care unit; and its current bed occupancy rate. [35130/16]
  • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
    613. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated total cost of the proposed new Letterkenny community nursing unit; and the amount of this which will be provided from exchequer funding. [35133/16]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    615. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a needs assessment by a multidisciplinary team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35138/16]
  • Hospital Appointments Delays
    616. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite hospital appointments in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35153/16]
  • Pharmacy Services
    617. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has a structure in place to provide weekend pharmacy cover in rural areas where the only pharmacy stores are often closed from Saturday...
  • HSE Documents
    618. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the circumstances which led to the production of a reported memo issued to nurses regarding the removal of public patients from hospital...
  • Pharmaceutical Sector
    619. To ask the Minister for Health further to a media report (details supplied) if he will report on all moneys paid by the pharmaceutical industry to the HSE, the Department of Health or any...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
    621. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the changes to the nursing home support scheme in budget 2017, particularly in respect of farm assets; when the new measures are to be...

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