Written answers
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
- Commencement of Legislation
389. To ask the Minister for Health when sections 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2575/17] - Blind Welfare Allowance Data
390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of the blind welfare allowance; if all current recipients of the blind welfare allowance had their eligibility assessed using... - Hospital Appointments Status
391. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3103/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
393. To ask the Minister for Health if suitable long-term accommodation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [2535/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
394. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the fact that the urology outpatient waiting list at Waterford University Hospital is now 48-plus months, the proposals he has to rectify the... - Hospital Appointments Status
395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment with the orthodontic service for a person (details supplied). [2561/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
396. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be granted a date for an assessment of needs to be carried out. [2564/17] - Health Services Expenditure
397. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred by the Health Service Executive, HSE, in hiring consultants in each of the years 2011 to 2016, in tabular form; the specific projects... - Taxi Licences
399. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend tendering arrangements for taxis to ensure that greater weighting is given to the availability of wheelchair-accessible taxis; and if he will... - Health Services
400. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of international public funding models for fertility treatment; when the general scheme of legislative provisions dealing with... - Disease Management
401. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a date to meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2586/17] - Medicinal Products Licensing
402. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Products Regulatory Authority plans to have cannabidiol made available by prescription for treatment of epilepsy. [2587/17] - Medical Card Eligibility
403. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to issue a generic medical card that may be used by vulnerable persons to allow them to attend a doctor's surgery not in his or her locality (details... - Hospital Appointments Status
404. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2607/17] - Hospital Appointments Delays
405. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [2608/17] - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
406. To ask the Minister for Health if the freestyle libre device (details supplied) will be made available through Health Service Executive, HSE, funding; and if he will make a statement on the... - Respite Care Services Provision
407. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry are being charged for long-term respite care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services
408. To ask the Minister for Health if the mobile catheterisation lab which has been announced by the Minister of State for Training, Skills and Innovation will be for the use of University... - Hospital Services
409. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information (details supplied) regarding University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2618/17] - Psychological Services
410. To ask the Minister for Health if he will secure an urgent assessment appointment with a child psychologist for a person (details supplied) who has been waiting for over nine months for an... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
411. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to find an interim replacement for the position of child psychologist in the Roscommon area to replace the current child psychologist who... - Services for People with Disabilities
412. To ask the Minister for Health his views on recent reports in the media that service users from a Health Service Executive, HSE, funded centre (details supplied) in Ballina have been... - Medical Goods Regulation
413. To ask the Minister for Health if the range of low-protein products available through the long-term illness scheme has been kept up to date; if the low-protein products required for persons... - Services for People with Disabilities
414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will comment on reports of hare coursing being an activity supported as part of a therapeutic service (details supplied) in County Mayo; his views on... - Disease Management
415. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the steps that have been taken to put in place a successor to the national rare disease plan 2014-18; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Home Care Packages Provision
416. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package will be facilitated in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2637/17] - Medical Card Drugs Availability
417. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason MacuShield is no longer available under the general medical services scheme or the hardship scheme; and if he will make a statement on... - Primary Care Services Provision
419. To ask the Minister for Health to set down in tabular form the total number of referrals from Caredoc Clonmel to the accident and emergency departments of South Tipperary General Hospital... - Vaccination Programme
420. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to extend the meningitis B vaccine scheme to children born before 1 October 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2648/17] - Nursing Home Services
421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to close a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2649/17] - Mental Health Services Provision
422. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to open a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2650/17] - Medical Card Applications
423. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the application for a medical card for a person (details supplied). [2655/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
424. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for an outpatient appointment; the reason for the delay in issuing a date for an appointment in... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
425. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the fair deal scheme to include home care packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2657/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
427. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for a physiotherapy appointment; if he will ensure that the person's case will be prioritised in... - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
428. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason a person (details supplied) who secured fulltime employment at University Hospital Waterford in early December 2016 is still waiting for... - Hospital Groups
429. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans regarding representation by management or clinicians at Mallow General Hospital on the South/South West Hospital Group. [2666/17] - Patient Data
430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the activity levels at Mallow General Hospital and the number of patients that are considered inpatients at the hospital but... - Hospital Beds Data
431. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of beds used at Mallow General Hospital. [2668/17] - Hospital Services
432. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the definition of acute medical care as it relates to Mallow General Hospital; and whether bypass protocols for Mallow General Hospital are... - Hospital Appointments Delays
433. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients of the neurology department in Beaumont Hospital have had appointments cancelled without advance... - Ambulance Service Data
434. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which an ambulance has been called to the acute mental health unit on the grounds of Cork University Hospital to transfer a patient... - Medicinal Products Availability
435. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department and the HSE have taken to ensure the continued supply of Respreeza for those persons who were part of the original clinical trial... - Hospital Appointments Status
436. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2682/17] - Medicinal Products Availability
437. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration that has been given to providing the drug nusinersen to those persons suffering from type 1 spinal muscular atrophy; if his attention has... - Ombudsman's Remit
438. To ask the Minister for Health if the Office of the Ombudsman, in investigating a complaint against a doctor in a hospital, has access to clinical investigations; if not, the reason; and if... - Medicinal Products Availability
439. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his negotiations with the supplier of the Orkambi drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2694/17] - Hospital Facilities
440. To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected funding might be provided for the endoscopy unit at Naas General Hospital having particular regard to the urgent needs of the hospital at... - Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
441. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a new wheelchair in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2703/17] - Health Services Provision
442. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of the case of a person (details supplied) will take place to regularise treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2706/17] - Health Insurance Levy
443. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact risk equalisation charges on health insurance policies are being categorised as Government levies by health insurers; and if he will make... - Speech and Language Therapy Provision
444. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no publicly funded speech therapist in Cootehill town (details supplied); the date for the refilling of this post; the options for families... - National Children's Hospital Status
445. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the tendering process for the construction of the new national children's hospital at the St. James's Hospital site; and if he will make a... - Maternity Services
446. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the relocation of the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital to St. James's Hospital; the status of the tender process associated with this... - Medicinal Products Prices
447. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of Orkambi in each EU member state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2721/17] - Home Help Service Provision
448. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1342 of 16 September 2016 and media reports (details supplied), his plans to reorient the funding model for home care... - Hospital Appointments Status
449. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for a cataract operation will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2792/17] - Community Intervention Teams
450. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the services of the community intervention teams in south and north Tipperary have been advertised to hospitals, general practitioners... - Hospital Staff Data
451. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff posts in each public and voluntary hospital that are funded by pharmaceutical companies or other medical supplies companies, in tabular... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 16 years of age with a long-term illness card for the medical condition mental illness per CHO in 2016 and to date in 2017; if... - Medicinal Products Licensing
455. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the publicity in recent days surrounding the possible exemption on the usage of cannabis-based medicines, he will provide clarification on this... - Proposed Legislation
456. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made concerning the drafting of legislation to establish a new transport support scheme, which will replace the now closed... - Health Services Data
457. To ask the Minister for Health the information available to him on the incidence of foetal alcohol syndrome over the past ten years; and if he will consider introducing a comprehensive... - Health Services
458. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have a person (details supplied) assessed by the HSE for extended assistance under a scheme. [2829/17] - Departmental Bodies
460. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe within which CORU is expected to validate and register persons who qualified as radiographers outside of Ireland and are seeking the validation... - Hospice Services Provision
461. To ask the Minister for Health when the funding will be provided for the promised level three hospice unit for the midlands; the timeframe for same to become available for use by patients;... - Hospital Waiting Lists
462. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this procedure; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Delays
463. 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. [2848/17] - Hospitals Data
464. To ask the Minister for Health the total capital funding that has been spent at Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary between 2008 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the... - Cancer Services Provision
465. To ask the Minister for Health if patient referrals to the oncology department at a hospital (details supplied) for chemotherapy treatment are currently being made; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
468. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for an orthopaedic operation; the reason for the delay in issuing a date for surgery in view of the... - Health Services
469. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an essential facility for the care of vulnerable persons with dementia (details supplied) run with the support of the Alzheimers' Society of... - School Meals Programme
470. To ask the Minister for Health the levels of oversight he has regarding the setting out of menus in school canteens; the number of healthy eating and-or food education initiatives his... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
472. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated for two additional full-time consultant respiratory physicians for Beaumont Hospital. [2878/17] - Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation
475. To ask the Minister for Health the cost in 2017 and on a 12-month basis to the HSE of bringing forward the increases due under the Lansdowne Road agreement from September to April; the way... - Departmental Staff Data
476. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within his Department at 1 January 2017; the expected change in... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
478. To ask the Minister for Health further to commitments made in the programme for Government, when he will provide additional funding for the nursing home support scheme and introduce changes... - National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
479. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the implementation of the national positive ageing strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2953/17] - Medical Card Eligibility
480. To ask the Minister for Health when medical card cover will be extended to recipients of the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2967/17] - Hospital Admissions
481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions as a result of consumption of illegal drugs in each of the years 2014 to 2016, in tabular form; the type of drug taken in... - Hospital Groups
482. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the management structure of the South South-West Hospital Group; the members of that group; the specific clinical speciality of each member of... - Prescriptions Charges
483. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to abolish prescription charges for persons who are medical card holders and are inpatients and residents of nursing homes, in view of the fact that... - Mental Health Services Data
484. To ask the Minister for Health the number waiting for a child and adolescent mental health service appointment per CHO; the number waiting between three and six months, six and 12 months and... - Autism Support Services
485. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand autism services in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3102/17] - National Dementia Strategy Implementation
487. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a level of funding of €67million as identified by an organisation (details supplied) in its pre-budget submission to provide... - Ambulance Service
488. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of additional funding he is making available to the Dublin Fire Brigade to provide ambulance services in 2017; and if he will make a statement on... - National Drugs Strategy
489. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made regarding the development of a new national drugs and alcohol strategy; the timeframe for its publication; and if he will make a... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
490. To ask the Minister for Health the result of the review in respect of an application for the fair deal scheme in the case of a person (details supplied); if a reduction in fees is warranted... - Hospital Waiting Lists
491. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hip replacement operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3140/17] - Medical Card Applications
492. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been requested to fill out a new application due to a simple clerical error on a declaration form; if the person... - Diabetes Strategy
493. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3145/17] - HSE Correspondence
494. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1147 of 17 January 2017, when the newly appointed director of the HSE national women and infants health programme will... - Services for People with Disabilities
495. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a final response to an issue (details supplied) that was forwarded to his office in October 2016; and if he will make a statement on the... - Accident and Emergency Departments Data
496. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of referrals to accident and emergency departments from Shannon Doc, Thurles and Nenagh respectively, in each of the years 2010 to 2016, in... - Respite Care Services Availability
497. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care services for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3156/17] - Medicinal Products Availability
498. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be permitted to access a cannabis based medicine to potentially assist the reduction in the amount and severity of seizures... - National Drugs Strategy
499. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the membership of the HSE National Drugs Committee. [3183/17] - Health Services Funding
500. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for funding for an organisation (details supplied) will be approved as a matter of urgency. [3184/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
501. To ask the Minister for Health if a transport solution has been put in place and agreed with the parents of a person. (details supplied). [3185/17] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
502. To ask the Minister for Health if an appeal for review and reduction of costs under the nursing homes support scheme will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied). [3186/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
503. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation which was deemed necessary and urgent in 2014 will be arranged for a person (details supplied); if the chief operations officer of the Dublin... - Health Research Board Funding
505. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist the funding of clinical trials for multiple sulfatase deficiency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3191/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
506. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment can be scheduled with the autism section for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3193/17] - Primary Care Services Provision
507. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be no change in the delivery of primary care services in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3196/17] - Diabetes Strategy
508. To ask the Minister for Health if information (details supplied) will be provided regarding diabetes mellitus sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3198/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
510. 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. [3212/17] - Hospitals Data
511. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced at Beaumont Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3215/17] - Hospitals Funding
516. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget for Beaumont Hospital, for each of the years 2009 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3220/17] - Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
517. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide assistance in securing suitable care accommodation for a person (details supplied) who has been a patient in an acute hospital for the past...
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