Written answers
Thursday, 1 December 2016
- Home Help Service Provision
8. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in home help hours the Sligo-Leitrim local health area can expect in 2017. [38029/16] - Palliative Care for Children
13. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide respite for families of children with life-limiting conditions in County Donegal as existing home care help does not facilitate the respite... - Hospital Waiting Lists
15. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the 137% increase in inpatient and day case waiting lists in Temple Street Children’s Hospital since April 2014, significantly ahead of... - Home Help Service Provision
16. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in home help hours planned for the Dublin south east and Dún Laoghaire local health areas in 2017. [38052/16] - Accident and Emergency Departments
17. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase in emergency department overcrowding in South Tipperary General Hospital over the past two years. [38047/16] - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
18. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the negotiations between the HSE, Health Service Executive, and NCPE, National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, and a pharmaceutical company (details... - Hospital Waiting Lists
19. To ask the Minister for Health the reason more than 6,000 children were waiting over a year for an outpatient consultation in the children’s hospital group in October 2016; and if he... - Accident and Emergency Departments
20. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase in emergency department overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick over the past two years. [38051/16] - Occupational Therapy
21. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the fact that latest figures indicate some 230 persons under 18 years of age are waiting more than a year for a first time... - Primary Care Strategy
22. To ask the Minister for Health if he has a target spend for primary care as a share of the health budget between now and 2021; the way in which Ireland’s expenditure on primary care... - Palliative Care Services Provision
23. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the HSE plans in place to support north Westmeath hospice and palliative care in the county generally; and if he will make a statement on the... - Accident and Emergency Departments
24. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase in emergency department overcrowding in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, over the past two years. [38037/16] - Home Help Service Provision
25. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in home help hours the Cavan-Monaghan local health area can expect in 2017. [38030/16] - HSE National Service Plan
27. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE service plan for 2017 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38012/16] - Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
28. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of international public funding models for fertility treatment; if he has received the Health Research Board review of international... - Occupational Therapy
29. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the fact that latest figures indicate some 1,049 persons under 18 years of age are waiting more than a year for a first time... - Services for People with Disabilities
30. To ask the Minister for Health the urgent respite that can be offered to such carers and the long-term remedy he is considering in view of the reply to parents of disabled adults that there... - Medicinal Products Prices
31. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drugs where, following the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, NCPE, assessment of the manufacturer's economic dossier on the cost... - Rare Diseases Strategy
32. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of genetic counsellors as outlined in the national rare disease plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37770/16] - Palliative Care Services
33. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the refusal to grant funding for the redevelopment of the palliative care unit in Our Lady's Hospice and Care Unit in... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
34. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the struggles faced by persons suffering from the rare metabolic condition phenylketonuria, PKU, in accessing suitable very... - Services for People with Disabilities
35. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the deficits in the legislative powers given to the HSE in the 2007 Health Act in protecting vulnerable adults in different... - Prescriptions Data
36. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the monitoring of trends in the prescription of psychoactive psychotropic drugs here, especially to children, over the past 20 years; if his... - Hospital Beds Data
37. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the number of available inpatient beds has reduced from 12,051 in 2006 to 10,473 in 2015 and 10,629 in 2016 to date; the number of psychiatry and... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
38. To ask the Minister for Health further to the budget announcement of additional funding being made to the NTPF, the evaluation mechanisms that are in place to ensure value for money in terms... - Health Care Policy
39. To ask the Minister for Health if data exist on the cost to the Exchequer of operating a private system of health care; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
40. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 3,635 persons were waiting more than a year for inpatient and day-case treatment in University Hospital Galway in October 2016; and the reason the... - National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
41. To ask the Minister for Health the private hospitals and health providers that are under contract with the NTPF, National Treatment Purchase Fund, and his Department and the HSE with respect... - Hospital Waiting Lists
42. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be put in place to assist the 6,989 persons waiting more than a year for an outpatient appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will... - National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
43. To ask the Minister for Health if data is being collected on the type of treatment, the cost of treatment and the patient outcome for services commissioned from the private sector by the... - Medicinal Products Prices
44. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an initiative he is reported to be taking with a European bloc of countries to negotiate collectively to lower prices of drugs; the status of... - Hospital Acquired Infections
45. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which hospitals have begun to cope with hospital bugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37970/16] - Accident and Emergency Departments
46. To ask the Minister for Health the action his Department will take to increase capacity in acute hospitals and their emergency departments in view of the fact that the full capacity protocol... - Hospital Waiting Lists
47. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to address the fact that 441 persons are waiting over 18 months for an outpatient appointment at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital,... - Home Help Service Provision
48. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 453 of 5 July 2016, if home help will be provided as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37963/16] - Nursing Home Services
49. To ask the Minister for Health his medium and long-term proposals to enhance services and secure the future of Abbeyleix and Shaen nursing hospitals in County Laois. [37778/16] - Home Care Packages Data
50. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive home care packages currently being provided to persons with dementia for each local health office in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Hospital Beds Data
51. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of bed capacity in the acute hospital sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38010/16] - National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
52. To ask the Minister for Health the number of treatments commissioned from the private sector by the NTPF, National Treatment Purchase Fund, in each year since its inception in tabular form;... - Medicinal Products Prices
53. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE negotiations with the pharmaceutical company responsible for the production of the cystic fibrosis drug Kalydeco in respect of the effort... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
54. To ask the Minister for Health if the Saolta group has developed a urology strategy for the north west in particular to ensure that there is a consultant urologist for Letterkenny University... - Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
55. To ask the Minister for Health when the neuro-rehabilitation policy will be implemented including the development of inpatient rehabilitation services, the establishment of community... - Nursing Staff Remuneration
56. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has studied the potential benefits to the public health care system that could arise if the demands of the INMO, Irish Nurses and Midwives... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
57. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that for eight years there was no consultant urologist at Temple Street Children's Hospital until the appointment of... - Services for People with Disabilities
58. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to address the shortage of full-time residential care placements in County Wexford and the issues arising from respite care beds being... - Hospital Waiting Lists
59. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the fact that 854 persons were waiting over 18 months for an outpatient appointment at Mayo University Hospital in October... - Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
60. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the findings of the surgical symphysiotomy ex gratia payment scheme report, with particular reference to the fact that the scheme refused... - Nursing Staff Remuneration
62. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his discussions with the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation regarding pay restoration and recruitment and retention of nurses and midwives;... - Traveller Community
63. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to end the high infant mortality rate among children in the Traveller community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33531/16] - Disabilities Assessments
64. To ask the Minister for Health the number and cost of assessments of needs under the Disability Act 2005, between 2011 and 2015, that were contracted out to therapists in private practice and... - Public Private Partnerships Data
66. To ask the Minister for Health the level of PFI, private finance initiative, or PPP, public private partnership, that currently exists in the health system; the details of any hospitals,... - Hospital Waiting Lists
67. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the 350% increase in inpatient and day case waiting lists in Roscommon hospital since April 2014, significantly ahead of the national average... - Primary Care Services Provision
68. To ask the Minister for Health the way it is proposed to address the growing demand for counselling in primary care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38016/16] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
69. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite special education assessments, in the view of the National Disability Authority and the Disability Act 2005, due to the failure to commence... - Hospital Appointments Delays
72. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to address the fact that 2,155 persons are waiting more than18 months for an outpatient appointment at University Hospital Galway;... - Mental Health Services Staff
73. To ask the Minister for Health the targets that will be in the 2017 HSE service plan for child and adolescent mental health service teams staff levels in CHO 5 next year to bring them closer... - Medicinal Products Prices
74. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE negotiations with the pharmaceutical company responsible for the production of the cystic fibrosis drug, Orkambi, in respect of the effort... - Mental Health Services Staff
75. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric psychiatrists employed in each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38019/16] - Medicinal Products Expenditure
76. To ask the Minister for Health the reason spending on prescribed drugs according to a recent survey here remains extremely high, second only to Germany in the EU, while lifesaving drugs, such... - HSE Reports
77. To ask the Minister for Health when the report on services for St. Christopher’s, Longford, completed in 2015, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38061/16] - Hospital Facilities
78. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to develop facilities at Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38020/16] - Accident and Emergency Departments
79. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects the accident and emergency services to cope with the overcrowding situation in view of the problem that have arisen in recent... - Disabilities Assessments
82. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that, according to the HSE, in cases of completed applications received for an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005, between 2011 and... - National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
83. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s estimated impact on waiting times of the additional €15 million in 2017 for the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will... - Hospital Waiting Lists
84. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 1,425 persons were waiting more than a year for inpatient and day case treatment in Waterford University Hospital in October 2014; and the reason the... - General Practitioner Services Provision
86. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s estimate of the number of additional general practitioners that will be required over the next decade; and if he will make a statement... - Accident and Emergency Departments
87. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alleviate the overcrowding crisis at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37993/16] - Occupational Therapy
89. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the fact that latest figures indicate some 698 persons under 18 years of age are waiting more than a year for a first time... - Health Services Data
90. To ask the Minister for Health the data that exists relating to the number of treatments commissioned from the private sector versus the number of treatments carried out; the number, type and... - Hospital Waiting Lists
91. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 1,102 persons were waiting more than a year for inpatient and day case treatment in Beaumont Hospital in October 2016; and the reason the numbers... - Vaccination Programme
92. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the fall in the take up of the human papilloma virus, HPV, vaccine; the estimated number of deaths annually from cervical... - Rare Diseases Strategy
93. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the 48 recommendations of the national steering group on rare diseases; the specific actions that are being taken on access... - Accident and Emergency Departments
94. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the substantial increase in emergency department overcrowding in St. Vincent’s hospital over the past two years. [38053/16] - Hospital Waiting Lists
95. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the 162% increase in inpatient and day case waiting lists in Sligo University Hospital since April 2014, significantly ahead of the national... - Hospital Services
97. To ask the Minister for Health the alternatives he will put in place in view of the fact that orthodontic surgery at St. James's hospital is no longer taking referrals from Loughlinstown... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
98. To ask the Minister for Health the reason and the basis on which the medicines management programme is ceasing the reimbursement for products (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Occupational Therapy
99. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the fact that latest figures indicate some 240 persons under 18 years of age waiting more than a year for a first time... - Hospital Waiting Lists
102. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be put in place to assist the 4,027 persons waiting more than a year for an outpatient appointment in the Mater Hospital; and if he will... - Congregated Settings Report
103. To ask the Minister for Health the status on the implementation of the congregated settings report; the measures being put in place to support persons when they leave residential... - Health Services Funding
104. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 61 of 18 October 2016, and in view of County Wexford's high suicide rate, if he will consider expediting the introduction of the...
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