Written answers

Tuesday, 17 January 2017

  • Hospital Records
    793. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41546/16]
  • Drug Treatment Programmes
    794. To ask the Minister for Health his views in relation to the fact that the legal framework provided for under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 allowing custodial drugs treatment placements as an...
  • National Lottery Funding Data
    795. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1091/17]
  • Health Services Provision
    796. To ask the Minister for Health if the scheme providing free wigs to people suffering from medical conditions leading to hair loss allow for those availing of the scheme to shop around and...
  • Medical Card Applications
    797. To ask the Minister for Health when a primary medical certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1258/17]
  • Food Labelling
    798. To ask the Minister for Health the inspection regime in place to establish the veracity of nutritional information on food labelling; if he will provide statistics on enforcement activity,...
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    799. To ask the Minister for Health when children in receipt of domiciliary care will be issued a full medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1468/17]
  • Medical Card Applications
    800. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41019/16]
  • Medical Card Drugs Availability
    801. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied), who is on long-term disability, is no longer receiving nabilone on their medical card. [41029/16]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    802. 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. [41030/16]
  • Home Care Packages Provision
    804. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home care hours in an area (details supplied) are being allocated when there are not sufficient carers available to cover this allocation; and if he...
  • General Practitioner Services Provision
    805. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures regarding general practitioners (GPs) charging patients for routine blood tests in view of the fact some GPs are now reporting to be charging...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    806. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41036/16]
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    807. To ask the Minister for Health the hiring process for support jobs such as porters, administrative staff and service staff for a care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Disability Services Provision
    808. To ask the Minister for Health if a disability service (details supplied) is still closed; if so, when it will reopen; his plans for the facility in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Patient Data
    809. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a file of a deceased person (details supplied); and if not, the options available. [41039/16]
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    810. To ask the Minister for Health when the recruitment process will begin for staff in a primary care centre in Mullingar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41041/16]
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    811. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure costs on refurbishment to a hospital (details supplied) since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41051/16]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    812. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for an occupational therapist for a person (details supplied). [41053/16]
  • Health Services Provision
    814. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that a centre of excellence is established in Saint James' Hospital in 2017 for sufferers of unique narcolepsy disorder; if funds will be...
  • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
    816. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the treatment of a person (details supplied) on the list for orthodontic surgery at St. James's Hospital, Dublin; and if he will...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    818. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41067/16]
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund
    821. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the engagement between the HSE and the NTPF on the remaining €10 million of the €15 million allocation for 2017; when decisions...
  • Vaccination Programme
    822. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address correspondence (details supplied) which was forwarded to him for response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41096/16]
  • Sex Offenders Treatment Programme
    823. To ask the Minister for Health if a residential care home or any of its community-based facilities (details supplied) are being used as rehabilitation centres or long-term accommodation for...
  • Disability Services Provision
    824. 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. [41100/16]
  • Hospital Services
    825. To ask the Minister for Health the restrictions at Nenagh accident and emergency department, County Tipperary in the diagnosis and treatment of a five year old child with a fractured arm;...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    826. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for speech therapy for a person (details supplied). [41106/16]
  • Home Help Service Provision
    827. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which waiting lists for home support hours in County Kerry are compiled; the way hours are apportioned once a person is added to the waiting list;...
  • Health Services Provision
    828. To ask the Minister for Health if the Alzheimer's day care unit has been included in the new plans for the HSE owned property at Drogheda Street, Monasterevin; and if he will make a...
  • Patient Data
    829. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced at Mercy University Hospital, Cork, for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement...
  • Hospitals Data
    830. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Mercy University Hospital, Cork, for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make...
  • Hospitals Expenditure
    833. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget for Mercy University Hospital, Cork, for each of the years 2009 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41116/16]
  • Health Services Staff Data
    836. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nursing positions in place at Mercy University Hospital, Cork, for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
  • Hospitals Data
    837. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at Mercy University Hospital, Cork, for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Patient Data
    838. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at Mercy University Hospital, Cork, for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make...
  • Hospitals Data
    841. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatres operational at Mercy University Hospital, Cork for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement...
  • Hospitals Capital Programme
    842. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects agreed and funded at Mercy University Hospital, Cork; the details and an overview of each project; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospitals Data
    844. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was initiated at Mercy University Hospital, Cork for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    845. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 579 of 29 November 2016, the products which were added to the illness card for patients of PKU four years ago; his plans...
  • Patient Data
    846. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced at Cork University Maternity Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement...
  • Hospitals Expenditure
    851. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget for Cork University Maternity Hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41142/16]
  • Hospital Staff Data
    854. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent nursing positions in place at Cork University Maternity Hospital in each of the years from 2009 to 2016 and to date in...
  • Hospital Beds Data
    855. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at Cork University Maternity Hospital in each of the years from 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Services
    856. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at Cork University Maternity Hospital in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he...
  • Hospitals Capital Programme
    860. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects agreed and funded at Cork University Maternity Hospital; the details and overview of each project; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Services
    862. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was initiated at Cork University Maternity Hospital in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017;...
  • Accident and Emergency Departments Data
    864. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Cork University Hospital in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    865. To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times at Cork University Hospital in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, broken down by year, by specialty and the...
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    866. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on trolleys at Cork University Hospital in each of the months of 2015, broken down by month; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospitals Data
    868. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget for Cork University Hospital in each of the years from 2009 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41160/16]
  • Hospitals Capital Programme
    869. To ask the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at Cork University Hospital in each of the years from 2009 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Staff Data
    870. To ask the Minister for Health the total agency spend at Cork University Hospital in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Beds Data
    872. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at Cork University Hospital in each of the years from 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Services
    873. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at Cork University Hospital in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    880. To ask the Minister for Health the psychological and medical interventions and supports which have been provided to a person (details supplied) who is on remand in Cloverhill Prison; if he...
  • Ambulance Service
    882. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding an ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41177/16]
  • Obesity Strategy
    883. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 413 of October 2016, the funding streams which will be made available to community groups and businesses to deliver the...
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
    884. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered the inclusion of devices such as (details supplied) in the monitoring of patients with diabetes on the long-term illness...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    885. 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. [41187/16]
  • Autism Support Services
    886. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will provide a person (details supplied) with the appropriate autism specific residential service; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospitals Capital Programme
    887. To ask the Minister for Health the position on capital funding for a new gastroenterology centre at Mercy University Hospital, Cork; if the HSE is supportive of this project; and if he will...
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
    890. To ask the Minister for Health if wearable flash sensor monitoring technology for the purpose of blood glucose monitoring and glucose testing is available through the long-term illness...
  • Home Help Service Eligibility
    891. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal received a review letter in respect of home help provisions; if he will take into account the age and...
  • Hospital Services
    892. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals designated as Ireland's major trauma centres and when these will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41252/16]
  • National Children's Hospital
    893. To ask the Minister for Health if the children's research and innovation centre, CRIC, (details supplied) is being built by the national paediatric hospital development board; when it is...
  • Hospital Groups
    894. To ask the Minister for Health the medical school which is the academic partner of the Children's hospital group; the detail of the relationship between the Dublin Midlands hospital group...
  • National Children's Hospital
    895. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the exact delineation of the site for the national children's hospital and the arrangement for the overlapping underground services; and if he...
  • Hospital Groups
    896. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Dublin Midlands hospital group and the Children's hospital group do not exist in legislation (details...
  • National Children's Hospital
    897. To ask the Minister for Health if the Coast Guard's large Sikorsky helicopters will be able to land on the site of the proposed national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement...
  • General Practitioner Training
    898. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new and additional general practitioner training places which will come onstream in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41260/16]
  • Hospital Appointments Administration
    899. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a surgery for a person (details supplied). [41261/16]
  • Hospital Services
    905. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced and the location at University Hospital Kerry in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make...
  • Accident and Emergency Departments Data
    906. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at University Hospital Kerry in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    907. To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times at University Hospital Kerry in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, broken down by year, by specialty and the...
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    908. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry in each of the months of 2015, broken down by month; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospitals Data
    909. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget for University Hospital Kerry in each of the years from 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospitals Capital Programme
    910. To ask the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at University Hospital Kerry in each of the years from 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Beds Data
    912. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at University Hospital Kerry in each of the years from 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Services
    913. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at University Hospital Kerry in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Appointments
    914. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient hospital cancellations at University Hospital Kerry for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Services
    916. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatres operational at University Hospital Kerry for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Staff Data
    920. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatrics consultants contracted to be in place at University Hospital Kerry as of January 2017. [41298/16]
  • General Practitioner Contracts
    923. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include the process of blood removal for haemochromatosis patients, venesection, by general practitioners for medical card holders to be covered by...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    924. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at Beaumont Hospital. [41309/16]
  • Medical Card Administration
    925. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons with a medical card are charged an individual charge for differing strengths of warfarin (details supplied). [41311/16]
  • Home Help Service Provision
    926. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours that will be allocated to the Dublin 13 and Dublin 5 areas under the 2017 HSE work programme; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    927. To ask the Minister for Health when replacement staff will be put in place to deal with staff losses in the dental clinic in Roscommon county clinic; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Services
    928. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who was to be seen in a clinic cannot be seen in another clinic when they are in urgent need of treatment. [41319/16]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    929. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [41320/16]
  • Psychological Services
    930. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) had been recommended for psychology assistance in a completed Health Service Executive assessment report in August 2015 in view...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    931. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has received an autism spectrum disorder assessment in view of the importance of early diagnosis in childhood development; the...
  • Hospitals Data
    933. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons outsourced at Tallaght hospital in Dublin for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Hospitals Capital Programme
    939. To ask the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at Tallaght Hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    950. 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. [41351/16]
  • Respite Care Services
    951. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to remove respite care services from a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal; if so, when it is anticipated that these services...
  • Vaccination Programme
    952. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the HPV vaccine programme in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [41362/16]
  • Health Services Provision
    954. To ask the Minister for Health if challenges have been taken into account in planning health care in an area (details supplied) particularly the impact on beds in the local hospital and...
  • Respite Care Services
    955. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced in the Dublin south west area due to inadequate availability of respite care spaces for...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    957. To ask the Minister for Health when a cataract operation will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41380/16]
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    958. To ask the Minister for Health when construction on the new national forensic mental health facility at Portrane, County Dublin, will commence; the timeline for completion of the project;...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    959. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene on behalf of very young children awaiting assessment under the Disability Act 2005 such as a person (details supplied); if his attention...
  • Proposed Legislation
    960. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015; his views on whether the separated sale of alcohol in mixed retail outlets should be maintained in the...
  • Home Help Service
    961. To ask the Minister for Health when home support hours will be reinstated to families in County Meath following industrial action by a care service (details supplied). [41396/16]
  • Primary Medical Certificates
    962. To ask the Minister for Health if a primary medical certificate will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41401/16]
  • Medicinal Products
    963. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the drug Kalydeco; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41403/16]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    964. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for a consultation in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan will take place for a person (details supplied). [41409/16]
  • Medical Card Appeals
    965. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of appeal for medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) [41411/16]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    966. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has been called for BreastCheck up to 65 years of age because of their medical history but has...
  • Health Services Provision
    967. To ask the Minister for Health the implied previous work on developing a clinical programme that has taken place for children when the HSE states in its service plan for 2017 that it will...
  • Hospital Services
    968. To ask the Minister for Health the change that was recorded in trolley numbers at St. Vincent's Hospital before and since the downgrading of the accident and emergency department at St...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    970. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41421/16]
  • Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme
    972. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases that have been fully and satisfactorily resolved in respect of victims of symphysiotomy; the number of cases still outstanding; and if he...
  • Hospital Services
    973. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will...
  • Accident and Emergency Departments Data
    974. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    975. To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times at Letterkenny University Hospital for the years 2011 to 2016 and in 2017 to date, broken down by year and by specialty and in the...
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    976. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital for each month in 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Services
    977. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on trolleys at Letterkenny University Hospital for each month in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospitals Data
    978. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget for Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Hospitals Capital Programme
    979. To ask the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he...
  • Hospital Staff Data
    980. To ask the Minister for Health the total agency spend at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Beds Data
    982. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make...
  • Hospital Services
    983. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form....
  • Hospitals Capital Programme
    987. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects agreed and funded at Letterkenny University Hospital; if he will provide details and an overview of each project; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Services
    989. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was initiated at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if...
  • Hospitals Funding
    990. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to continue to fund the sleep clinic in St. James's Hospital; and if his Department is committed to recruitment of specialist staff in the unit when...
  • Drug Trials
    991. To ask the Minister for Health the channels available to raise concerns or make complaints in the area of medical research and the trial use of certain drugs on both human and animal...
  • Clinical Nutritional Expert Group
    992. To ask the Minister for Health if the Clinical Nutritional Expert Group convened in November 2016; if new applications for additions to the reimbursement list are being accepted before the...
  • Medical Card Applications
    993. To ask the Minister for Health if he will award a medical card to a person (details supplied) on discretionary grounds due to the number of serious illnesses the person suffers from [41464/16]
  • Medical Card Drugs Availability
    994. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the eye medication macushield has been withdrawn from medical card patients; and if a substitute medication will be made available to medical card...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    995. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for hip surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41466/16]
  • Hospital Procedures
    998. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who requires a medical procedure [41478/16]
  • Health Services Provision
    999. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for speech and language therapy and occupational therapy, both in terms of initial appointment and treatment, for County Donegal for both...
  • HSE Staff
    1001. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the HSE's policy to ensure that vacancies are filled in HSE sections as they arise; the steps the HSE take in ensuring that alternative...
  • Hospital Equipment
    1003. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a dialysis machine for Bantry hospital in view of the fact that a large number of persons from west Cork are currently travelling to Cork...
  • Autism Support Services
    1004. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the autism strategy as required under the Autism Bill 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41507/16]
  • Hospital Appointments Delays
    1005. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the delay in the list for the allergy clinic (details supplied) in Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin for which the current waiting...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    1006. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding making the drug Respreeza available for persons suffering from alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    1008. To ask the Minister for Health when the position of registrar for births, deaths and marriages, at the civil registration department Thurles, County Tipperary, will be filled by the HSE...
  • Medical Records
    1009. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a person (details supplied) with their entire medical records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41537/16]
  • Dental Services
    1010. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for dental items in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41540/16]
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    1011. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical cards of persons (details supplied) were withdrawn; the status of their eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41562/16]
  • Mental Health Policy
    1013. To ask the Minister for Health when the independent monitoring group overseeing A Vision for Change last met; if it was disbanded, when this occurred; if any other alternative was put in...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1014. 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. [41576/16]
  • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
    1015. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a speech therapy appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41589/16]
  • Occupational Therapy
    1016. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the lack of resources in St. Mary’s medical clinic, Thurles, County Tipperary, namely, the lack of an occupational therapist, which...
  • Medical Card Reviews
    1017. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons (details supplied) were not informed of a medical card review; and the way in which their application was calculated incorrectly [41598/16]
  • State Claims Agency
    1018. To ask the Minister for Health the specific number of maternity cases involved in the State Claims Agency damages payout in each of the years 2007 to 2014 of €282,883,052 [41604/16]
  • National Drugs Strategy
    1020. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the community pillar to have a direct input into the national drugs strategy; and his plans for it to have an integral role in the process of...
  • Hospital Services
    1021. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a mobile cath laboratory for University Hospital Waterford as confirmed by the Minister for State in an interview (details...
  • Hospital Records
    1022. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding hospital records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41618/16]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1023. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41621/16]
  • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
    1026. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of employing agency staff, locums and other non-HSE staff in Portlaoise hospital in each of the past three years. [41656/16]
  • Hospital Staff Data
    1027. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the total wage bill, including HSE and non-HSE staff, in Portlaoise hospital in each of the past three years. [41657/16]
  • Occupational Therapy
    1028. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that elderly persons living on the State pension applying to Dublin city council for housing adaptation grants are...
  • Addiction Treatment Services
    1029. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential detox beds available in the public health system in Dublin for each of the years 2011 to 2016; the current waiting list for...
  • Medicinal Products Expenditure
    1030. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of public expenditure on medicines for each of the years 2013 to 2016, in tabular form; the expenditure incurred for each year on branded and...
  • Hospital Services
    1031. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children from County Donegal under consultative care in metabolic, neurology and genetics departments in each of the children's hospitals; and...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1032. To ask the Minister for Health for the average waiting times for early intervention teams for each of the past five years, in tabular form; his plans to reduce average waiting times; and if...
  • Hospital Staff Data
    1033. To ask the Minister for Health the current staff vacancy rates for Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin and St. James's Hospital; that staffing for both anaesthesia and radiology...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    1034. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the workforce planning strategy for the proposed new national children's hospital at St James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1035. 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. [41738/16]
  • Hospital Equipment
    1036. To ask the Minister for Health if the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly has received funding for an MRI scanner; and if so, when it will be installed [41740/16]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1038. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an appointment with a consultant at Crumlin Hospital or received confirmation...
  • Medicinal Products Regulation
    1040. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow hemp oil to be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41746/16]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1041. 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. [41750/16]
  • Hospital Facilities
    1044. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to provide additional funding to the University Hospital Kerry dialysis unit, in view of the fact it is currently operating over...
  • Hospital Appointments Delays
    1045. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay arranging a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41755/16]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1046. 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. [41757/16]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
    1050. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hearing aid application for a person (details supplied) [41761/16]
  • Occupational Therapy
    1051. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an occupational therapy appointment for a person (details supplied) [41762/16]
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    1052. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are currently no contracts in the midlands for pressure relieving mattresses; and his plans to rectify this issue. [41764/16]
  • General Practitioner Data
    1054. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner doctors available to take medical card patients in the north Dublin region; and the amount of medical card holders in this...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1055. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment [41771/16]
  • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
    1056. To ask the Minister for Health the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department, for County Wexford; and if he will make a statement...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1057. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list for operations in relation to scoliosis in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; the number of these...
  • Commencement of Legislation
    1058. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Part 2 and Part 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act, enacted on 6 April 2015, has not yet been ratified; when they will be ratified; and...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1059. 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. [41781/16]
  • Hospital Services
    1061. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons outsourced at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2013 to date in 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Accident and Emergency Departments Data
    1062. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2013 to date in 2017 in tabular form; and if he...
  • Hospital Services
    1063. To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2011 to date in 2017, broken down by year, by speciality and in...
  • Hospitals Funding
    1066. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2009 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospitals Expenditure
    1068. To ask the Minister for Health the total spend at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2013 to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Staff Data
    1069. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent nursing positions in place at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2009 to date in 2017, in...
  • Hospital Beds Data
    1070. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2009 to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Appointments Administration
    1072. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient hospital cancellations at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2013 to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if...
  • Hospital Facilities
    1074. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatres operational at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2011 to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Hospital Services
    1077. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was initiated at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for each of the years 2011 to date in 2017; and if he...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    1078. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to expand a training centre (details supplied), if so, the proposed plans; if it will remain on site; the amount it will cost; the...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1079. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) [41805/16]
  • National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
    1080. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that responsibility for delivering objective 2.1.1 of the national positive ageing strategy, relating to health...
  • Emergency Services
    1100. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to a first responders group (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41846/16]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1101. 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. [41847/16]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1103. 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. [41856/16]
  • Hospital Services
    1115. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that outpatient appointments for the paediatrics urology surgeon at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin,...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    1117. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times and dates he has met with the CEO or chairperson of every organisation under his remit, in tabular form [1002/17]
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme
    1120. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add new low protein products to the long-term illness card list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1017/17]
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
    1121. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change the way in which farm assets are assessed for the nursing home subvention scheme; when this is likely to be announced and come into force;...
  • Hospital Services
    1122. To ask the Minister for Health when the acute hospitals division and HSE west estates will complete their evaluation of the University Hospital Galway MRI business case; the number of...
  • Departmental Funding
    1123. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline all funding announcements made by him or by his Department for projects in County Mayo since January 2015, in tabular form; the details of...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    1124. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for a person (details supplied) to be assessed in regard to the supply of a special chair. [1074/17]
  • Respite Care Grant Applications
    1126. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a respite care grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1082/17]
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme
    1127. To ask the Minister for Health the position of the HSE review regarding the addition of new and improved products being added to the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he...
  • Health Services
    1128. To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate a review of health services in the mid-west region to consider the possible extension of opening hours and services available at Ennis,...
  • Autism Support Services
    1129. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding autism services in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1105/17]
  • Addiction Treatment Services
    1130. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a specialised treatment centre for addiction services in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1106/17]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1131. 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. [1112/17]
  • Departmental Records
    1132. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of his Department's files and records at off-site locations by third party companies...
  • Community Development Projects
    1133. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding awarded to a cycling club (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2016, inclusive, broken down by year and the amount awarded;...
  • Health Services Provision
    1134. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a clinical review of scoliosis services here; if he will consider appointing one of the following persons (details supplied) to conduct the...
  • HSE Expenditure
    1135. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of production of the HSE magazine Health Matters; the cost to date from the first publication; the circulation details and cost involved; and if he...
  • Respite Care Grant Applications
    1136. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for respite care in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1137/17]
  • Respite Care Grant
    1137. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have respite care made available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork [1138/17]
  • Health Services Provision
    1138. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a business proposal from the HSE in regard to the designation of part of St. Joseph's campus in County Longford as an acquired brain injury...
  • Hospital Beds Data
    1139. To ask the Minister for Health the number of wards and beds which are closed in hospitals in counties Cork and Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1142/17]
  • Health Services Provision
    1140. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be given a date to undergo surgery in St James's Hospital; if, in the event of a delay in providing a date for their...
  • Home Care Packages
    1141. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the way in which the measures contained in the home care packages funding initiative will impact South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he...
  • Health Services Provision
    1142. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 482 of 13 December 2016, if he will provide the location and lease details of the premises providing this service; and if he will make...
  • Respite Care Grant
    1143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE respite facilities for families with children with disabilities in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Cavan; the number of beds available...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    1144. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a drug awaiting approval by the NCPE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1167/17]
  • Medicinal Products Prices
    1145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drugs which, following the NCPE assessment of the manufacturer's economic dossier on the cost effectiveness of a drug the NCPE found not to be...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1146. To ask the Minister for Health when orthopaedic treatment and surgery will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1169/17]
  • HSE Expenditure
    1147. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent by the HSE on electronic devices (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2016 for HSE staff; and if he will make a statement...
  • HSE Staff
    1148. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff employed nationwide; the number of these that do not have an official HSE email address; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Groups
    1149. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the necessary funding available to the UL Hospitals Group to enable the new 96 bed unit at University Hospital Limerick to come into use; and...
  • Ambulance Service Staff
    1151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paramedic personnel fully trained to work in the neonatal ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1184/17]
  • Ambulance Service Data
    1152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of neonatal ambulances currently in service; his plans to increase the number of available neonatal transport vehicles; and if he will make a...
  • Departmental Records
    1153. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of HSE files and records at off-site locations by third party companies and at State...
  • Hospital Staff Data
    1154. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency staff employed by position and by hospital for each month in each of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make...
  • HSE Expenditure
    1158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the budget allocated to a HSE service (details supplied) for each of the years 2014 to 2016, in tabular form; the number of...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1160. 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. [1212/17]
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    1161. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of a locum doctor in Rathmore, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1215/17]
  • Primary Medical Certificates Provision
    1162. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the difficulty and delay in obtaining a medical certificate for a person (details supplied); if his office will expedite the process; and...
  • Departmental Staff Data
    1163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in his Department for each of the years 2007 to 2015. [1227/17]
  • Medicinal Products Licensing
    1164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the use of the drug, roaccutane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1237/17]
  • Hospital Beds Data
    1165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of long-stay residential beds in Killybegs Community Hospital, County Donegal, for each of the years from 2014 to 2016 and in 2017 to date, in...
  • Mental Health Services
    1169. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding persons working within the mental health service here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Ministerial Meetings
    1170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet a person (details supplied) following a request issued to his office for a meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1256/17]
  • Mental Health Services Expenditure
    1171. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of overtime in 2016 for nurses in mental health services in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1257/17]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    1172. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment can be arranged for a person (details supplied). [1260/17]
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    1173. To ask the Minister for Health if a medication (details supplied) will be added to the list of medications available under the GMS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1174. 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. [1263/17]
  • Hospital Admissions
    1175. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a bed in the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Services
    1176. To ask the Minister for Health the out-of-hours emergency support that is in place for neurological patients at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Orthodontic Services Provision
    1177. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who requires braces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1272/17]
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    1193. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a care plan and the provision of services by the child and adolescent mental health services for a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Mental Health Services Staff
    1194. To ask the Minister for Health when the most recent consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist team lead departed from the child and adolescent mental health services in Cork; the steps...
  • Health Services Provision
    1195. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting nearly two years for a hands-free voicebox; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1291/17]
  • Hospital Procedures
    1196. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure in Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1292/17]
  • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
    1197. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a waiting list for orthodontic treatment in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1301/17]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1198. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1303/17]
  • Hospital Appointments Delays
    1199. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the reason for the delay for a person (details supplied) not receiving an appointment with regard to a cochlear implant; and if he will...
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    1200. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medication ocuvite lutein forte has been removed from the list of medications allowable for medical card holders; and if he will make a...
  • Home Help Service Provision
    1201. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for home help in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1316/17]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1202. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1318/17]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1233. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for hip replacement surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1351/17]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1234. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1353/17]
  • Mental Health Services
    1236. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that must be undertaken in a psychiatric hospital to admit a person long-term in cases in which the person expresses a desire to leave and the...
  • Health Services
    1237. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who is on the waiting list for a prosthetic leg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1376/17]
  • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
    1238. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received registration to start working as a midwife in Cavan General Hospital. [1377/17]
  • Departmental Reviews
    1239. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the bed capacity review; the terms of reference; the membership of those undertaking the review; the timeline for the review; when and the...
  • Departmental Meetings
    1240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he, or his Department, have met with the health unions in the past three months; the unions which were met and the number of times each...
  • Accident and Emergency Departments
    1241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the emergency department task force has met in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1387/17]
  • National Lottery Funding Applications
    1242. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a National Lottery funding application (details supplied); when a decision can be expected on same; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1243. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [1399/17]
  • Hospital Services
    1244. To ask the Minister for Health further to his letter received and dated 11 July 2016 concerning gynaecology and antenatal services at Dungloe Community Hospital, when it is expected that...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1245. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment from Beaumont Hospital for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospice Services Provision
    1246. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a level three hospice unit in the midlands region as outlined in his Department's Statement of Strategy 2016-2019 document; and the...
  • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
    1247. To ask the Minister for Health the National Lottery allocations made in 2014, 2015, and 2016 with details of the amounts, the name and address of the beneficiary and the purpose of the...
  • Hospital Appointments Administration
    1249. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case whereby a person (details supplied) waiting on an outpatient appointment, who has moved from children's services to adult...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1250. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [1429/17]
  • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
    1251. To ask the Minister for Health the current average waiting time in weeks for processing overseas registration applications by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland from the date...
  • Medical Card Applications
    1252. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card can issue in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1434/17]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1254. To ask the Minister for Health when a cataract operation will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1439/17]
  • Meals-on-Wheels Services
    1256. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the meals on wheels service, which is indispensable to many elderly persons, is to be discontinued in the...
  • Health Services
    1257. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the position concerning a scenario (details supplied) in Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1445/17]
  • Mental Health Services
    1258. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a map indicating the individual geographical areas of each CAMHS team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1448/17]
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    1259. To ask the Minister for Health the expected additional number of nurses and midwives the HSE expects to hire in Cavan and Monaghan Hospital Group following the Christmas recruitment drive;...
  • General Practitioner Services Provision
    1261. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to replace general practitioners in rural Ireland that are coming close to retirement age; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Home Help Service Data
    1262. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE is designating home help hours to its external and agency carers in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Treatment Abroad Scheme
    1264. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to intervene to ensure that treatment is received in Northern Ireland in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1265. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment for an operation at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will...
  • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
    1268. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received in 2016 by An Bord Altranais for registration as general, paediatric, intellectual disability and psychiatric nurses; the...
  • Primary Care Centres Data
    1271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff, by grade, that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Balbriggan; the services they will provide; and if he will make a...
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    1272. To ask the Minister for Health the exact opening date for the primary care centre in Balbriggan; the services that will be available when this service opens; and if he will make a statement...
  • Primary Care Services Provision
    1273. To ask the Minister for Health if the new primary care centre in Balbriggan will offer scans; if so, the precise type of scans that will be available, for example, MRI, ultrasound and so...
  • Parking Provision
    1274. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be free parking made available for the users of the new primary care centre in Balbriggan. [1511/17]
  • Primary Care Services Provision
    1275. To ask the Minister for Health if the new primary care centre in Balbriggan will offer maternity care; the specific type of care available; the discussions that are taking place to extend...
  • HSE Waiting Lists
    1276. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for physiotherapy, occupational therapy and psychology services in north County Dublin; if he will break this down further in terms...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    1279. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the social care disability service plan for 2017 and indicate the levels of proposed residential and day places in 2017 compared to 2015...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1280. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who is waiting to be called for an appointment at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will...
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    1284. To ask the Minister for Health when the vacant position of home support provider to the County Meath disability home support service will be filled following a company (details supplied)...
  • Ambulance Service
    1285. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on any proposed improvements in the national ambulance service in County Tipperary for 2017; the current level of ambulance care...
  • Hospital Services
    1286. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a unit (details supplied) in Cavan General Hospital; if a date for opening this unit has been set; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    1287. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide access to an out-of-hours child and adolescent mental health service team in counties Cavan and Monaghan as a matter of urgency; and if he...
  • Health Services Reports
    1289. To ask the Minister for Health when the report of the review of the maternity services at Portiuncula Hospital and adverse perinatal incidents between 2007 and 2014, which was set up in...
  • Hospital Staff Data
    1290. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels of midwives for the maternity units in hospitals (details supplied); and the amount by which these staff numbers fall short of the...
  • Respite Care Services Provision
    1291. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide respite care beds for families of persons with intellectual disabilities in Tralee and its environs in view of the fact that no...
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    1294. To ask the Minister for Health if a consultant and registrar have been appointed in the back pain screening clinic in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    1295. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a company will no longer supply a person (details supplied) with microspore plasters, Dansac lotion and incontinence sheets on their medical card;...
  • Registration of Nurses
    1296. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for a PIN from An Bord Altranais. [1585/17]
  • Health Services Funding
    1297. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the delivery of funding for the new day care centre on the grounds of the community hospital at Cork Hill, Youghal; and if this funding has been...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    1301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of early intervention teams in each local health office; the waiting time for assessment in each team; and the numbers on the waiting lists in each...
  • Mental Health Services Data
    1302. To ask the Minister for Health the latest waiting list figures for child and adolescent mental health services with a breakdown of the number waiting by duration and location. [1597/17]
  • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
    1303. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on an orthodontic waiting list, with a breakdown by geographical area. [1598/17]
  • Speech and Language Therapy
    1304. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and therapist services in primary care, with a breakdown by age category, geographical area and length of...
  • Occupational Therapy
    1305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy, with a breakdown by age category, geographical area and length of time waiting. [1600/17]
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    1306. To ask the Minister for Health when the full-time permanent nursing post (details supplied) attached to the Tipperary substance misuse centre, which has been vacant since August 2016, will...
  • Registration of Nurses
    1307. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appeal before the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (details supplied). [1627/17]
  • Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
    1308. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of a drug (details supplied) at local pharmacies has changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1628/17]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1310. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment with the ophthalmic department, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Adelaide Road, Dublin 2. [1685/17]
  • Hospital Appointments Delays
    1311. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries which have been cancelled or rescheduled since December 2016 in each hospital group in tabular form. [1688/17]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1313. To ask the Minister for Health the inpatient and outpatient waiting times across all specialties at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, from 2011 to 2016 in tabular form. [1690/17]
  • Hospital Services
    1316. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a cardiac catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1699/17]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1317. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for an operation will be arranged at St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, for a person (details supplied). [1703/17]
  • Mental Health Commission
    1321. To ask the Minister for Health when the decision support service within the Mental Health Commission will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1787/17]
  • Commencement of Legislation
    1322. To ask the Minister for Health when the outstanding substantive sections of Part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
    1323. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) will be included for use on the health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1791/17]
  • Departmental Schemes
    1324. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative scheme which has been devised to replace the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant; when it will be available to applicants; and if...
  • Medicinal Products
    1325. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1793/17]
  • Dental Services
    1326. To ask the Minister for Health if assessments (details supplied) are being carried out; the total number of children across the State in the category who received an assessment during the...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    1327. To ask the Minister for Health if the required reports from the north Kildare network disability team can be furnished in respect of a person (details supplied) who urgently requires...
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    1328. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 383 on 6 December 2016, subsequently referred to the HSE for direct reply, the reason the post to which the question referred is still...
  • Industrial Disputes
    1329. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dispute (details supplied); if there is any indication of a resolution; the number of beds affected in this matter; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    1330. To ask the Minister for Health when replacement staff will be put in place to deal with the staff losses in the dental clinic in Roscommon county clinic; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Dental Services Provision
    1331. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who was to be seen in a clinic cannot be seen in another clinic when they are in urgent need of treatment in the...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    1332. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1822/17]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    1333. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the ongoing delay in arranging a new appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork whose previous appointment was cancelled by the...
  • Health Services Provision
    1335. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are no physiotherapy services available through the HSE for persons under the age of 18 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    1336. To ask the Minister for Health the plans under way to assist those with hearing difficulties; the regulations that currently govern catering for those with hearing difficulties by...
  • Nursing Home Inspections
    1337. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1839/17]
  • Counselling Services Provision
    1338. To ask the Minister for Health the number of counsellors providing bereavement counselling, inclusive of post-abortion counselling, here; the waiting times for this counselling per...
  • Medical Card Applications
    1339. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Ambulance Service Provision
    1340. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the retention of the integrated fire-based emergency medical service within the Dublin fire brigade; if his attention has been drawn to any plans...
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    1343. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in providing a primary care centre in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1865/17]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    1346. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with management and medical staff at Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if his attention has been drawn to the governance and...
  • Hospital Appointments Delays
    1347. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who was referred for epidural injections 18 months ago in University Hospital Waterford will receive them [1916/17]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    1348. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding St. Mary of the Angels, Beaufort, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1917/17]
  • Health Services Funding
    1350. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the €9 million funding outlined in the 2017 HSE service plan to expand existing or develop new services in acute hospitals that will go...

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