Written answers
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
- Mental Health Policy
445. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to introduce greater awareness and prevention of mental health problems for children and young persons; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Eligibility
446. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in calculation of income for the family income supplement, superannuation and the pension levy are deducted... - Hospital Services
447. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time in County Kerry for results of a post mortem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3953/17] - Health Services Staff
448. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns regarding the allocation of staff at a day care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4474/17] - Commencement of Legislation
449. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the commencement of Part 8 of an Act (details supplied) and when a director will be appointed. [3940/17] - Primary Care Centres Provision
450. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a primary health care centre in Togher, Cork; when he plans to develop it; if a site has been identified; and if he will make a statement... - Respite Care Services Provision
451. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding respite care in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3748/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
452. 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. [3763/17] - Departmental Reviews
453. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Research Board review has completed its work regarding the need to regulate the home care services sector, that is, the way in which home care... - Services for People with Disabilities
454. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for assessments with the early intervention team in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if all children were assessed within the target timeframe... - Hospital Waiting Lists
458. 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. [3790/17] - Mental Health Awareness
459. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide mental health classes to secondary school children; the implementation plan for this proposal; the development of the curriculum; if there... - Medical Card Administration
460. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the granting of full medical cards to children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance as announced in budget 2017; and if he will... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
461. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to have the freestyle libre device, a life-changing device for diabetics, made available through the long-term illness scheme. [3800/17] - Care of the Elderly
462. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the fair deal nursing home scheme to include home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3814/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
463. To ask the Minister for Health if, further to an assessment and diagnosis by the HSE, he will provide the number of children currently awaiting the services of an occupational therapist, by... - Dental Services
464. To ask the Minister for Health if the four dental vacancies in a clinic (details supplied) have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3820/17] - Hospital Admissions
465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric social admissions being admitted to hospital for non-medical reasons, for example, while awaiting a place at a unit appropriate to the... - Medicinal Products Availability
466. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide for persons who suffer from macular degeneration and who would previously have used the product, MacuShield, under the discretionary... - Maternity Services
467. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide statistics in relation to maternity units (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3832/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
468. To ask the Minister for Health when a hip operation will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3833/17] - Health Services
470. 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. [3838/17] - Hospital Staff Recruitment
471. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the provision of a child adolescent psychiatrist in St. Luke's hospital for emergency admissions at night in view of the... - Hospital Staff Data
473. To ask the Minister for Health the periods of leave and or time off work taken by staff at the oncology department at Letterkenny University Hospital during 2016 and in 2017 to date, in... - Home Help Service Eligibility
474. To ask the Minister for Health the status of further home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3854/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
475. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which a person (details supplied) with complex special needs will be unable to access their placement in a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
476. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3868/17] - Hospitals Data
477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons outsourced at Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Accident and Emergency Departments Data
479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he... - Hospital Waiting Lists
481. To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times at Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by specialty and in the wait time bands of up... - Hospitals Data
483. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on trolleys at Mercy University Hospital for each of the months of 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospitals Funding
487. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget for Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospitals Capital Programme
489. To ask the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will... - Hospitals Expenditure
491. To ask the Minister for Health the total agency spend at Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Staff Data
493. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent nursing positions in place at Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular... - Hospital Beds Data
495. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at Mercy 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 Data
497. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he... - Hospital Services
503. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatres operational at Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Hospitals Capital Programme
505. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects agreed and funded at Mercy University Hospital; the details and an overview of each project; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospitals Data
509. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was initiated at Mercy University Hospital for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he... - Medical Card Administration
511. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3908/17] - Brexit Issues
512. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his visit to the European Medicines Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3941/17] - Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
513. To ask the Minister for Health when a co-ordinator will be recruited for the South Inner City Drugs & Alcohol Task Force to carry out the vital work of direct provision of services and... - Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
514. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 319 of 16 December 2016, the status of the freestyle libre glucose monitoring system under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will... - Home Help Service
515. To ask the Minister for Health when approved home help hours will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3956/17] - Medical Card Drugs Availability
516. To ask the Minister for Health if the cost of the drug MacuShield was previously covered by the medical card scheme; if there has been any recent change to the status of MacuShield in... - Medical Card Reviews
517. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of a medical card review in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - HSE Investigations
518. To ask the Minister for Health when there will be an outcome to the full system analysis review into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
520. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter with regard to the drug Respreeza (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3978/17] - Home Care Packages Data
521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages granted and the number of fair deal scheme applications granted for each of the years 2011 to 2016; and if he will make a... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
522. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the condition juvenile idiopathic arthritis, or more specifically polyarthritis, is not included on the list of conditions covered by the long term... - Services for People with Disabilities
523. To ask the Minister for Health if a care plan and an appropriate level of funding will be put in place immediately to cope with the ongoing difficulties in the case of a person (details... - Hospital Waiting Lists
524. To ask the Minister for Health if a cataract operation will be arranged as a matter of urgency at WRH for a person (details supplied). [3990/17] - Hospital Appointments Administration
525. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a commitment given by the HSE to a person (details supplied) that they would be given an appointment at WRH by the end of 2016 has not been honoured... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
526. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which authorities were first formally notified that the vacant consultant medical oncologist post at Letterkenny University Hospital was to become... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
527. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which authorities were first formally notified that a locum (details supplied) was to vacate the post; the date on which the locum vacated the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
528. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3996/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
529. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have an assessment of needs done under the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Staff Recruitment
530. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a psychiatrist who had been dealing with inpatient care at St. Vincent's Psychiatric Hospital, Fairview,... - Dental Services
531. To ask the Minister for Health the number of schoolchildren in south Leitrim that have received a routine dental check between 1 September 2016 and 31 December 2016; the number of... - Ambulance Service
532. To ask the Minister for Health the consultation process undertaken by the HSE to ensure that the public were informed regarding the changes to the operating hours of Arklow and Baltinglass... - Services for People with Disabilities
533. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Waterford can expect to receive services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4043/17] - Hospital Services
534. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who was advised that of the entitlement to an external review of treatment received at Portiuncula Hospital has now been... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
535. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the National Treatment Purchase Fund will resume arranging the provision of hospital treatment to persons on waiting lists; and the procedure... - Medical Card Eligibility
536. To ask the Minister for Health the entitlement of medical card holders to receive certain pieces of medical equipment (details supplied) for a lifelong condition free of charge or if this... - Hospitals Car Park Charges
537. To ask the Minister for Health the revenue generated from car parking services in each public hospital in 2016; the purposes for which this money is used; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Services
538. To ask the Minister for Health if visiting times at Cavan General Hospital can be extended (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4064/17] - Hospital Appointments Administration
539. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for shoulder and wrist surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4142/17] - Hospital Services
540. To ask the Minister for Health the list of services on offer at a hospital (details supplied); if there is room to utilise more of this building; and if he will make a statement on the... - Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) and outline the provisions and services available to that person; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Insurance Community Rating
543. To ask the Minister for Health the reason members of the Defence Forces whose conditions of service provide for a range of medical health care provisions equivalent to that of a private... - Autism Support Services
544. To ask the Minister for Health the reason and status for a young person (details supplied) who has yet to receive a date for an ASD assessment despite HSE officials admitting that another... - Hospital Appointments Status
545. 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. [4187/17] - Autism Support Services
549. 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. [4191/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
550. 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. [4192/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
554. 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. [4196/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
555. 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. [4197/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
562. 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. [4204/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
563. 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. [4205/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
566. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation in Kerry University Hospital will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4208/17] - Hospital Charges
567. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of a hospital bed per night in a public hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4224/17] - Health Care Policy
568. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the effect of the Health (Amendment) Act 2013 is double taxation for persons who have health insurance; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Procedures
569. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries performed per month, per hospital, for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospitals Capital Programme
570. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive Capital Plan for 2017 will provide funding for completion of phase two of the current developments at St. Luke's Hospital,... - General Practitioner Services
571. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to reduce the cost of medical examinations for persons over 70 years of age who require a medical assessment for renewal of a driving... - Prescriptions Charges
572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will abolish prescription charges for pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4283/17] - Mental Health Services
573. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Letterkenny Hospital mental health unit has on at least two occasions turned away a suicidal person, one of... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
575. To ask the Minister for Health if any decision has been made in relation to the reimbursement of Respreeza; if he or his Department or HSE officials have plans to meet the patients impacted;... - Medical Card Eligibility
576. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision by the HSE Dublin north east appeals officer dated 4 January 2017 which states that persons (details supplied) do not qualify... - Hospital Waiting Lists
577. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an appointment for surgery. [4352/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
578. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the establishment of a database for children born with complex needs and rare conditions; if he has considered the merit of such information... - Hospital Appointments Status
581. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4377/17] - Patient Safety
582. To ask the Minister for Health the form he envisages the mandatory licensing will take for public and private health care facilities with reference to the Patients Safety (Licensing of... - Primary Care Centres Provision
583. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre in Tullow, County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4395/17] - Speech and Language Therapy Provision
584. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for primary speech and language services for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4396/17] - Hospitals Data
586. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient hospital cancellations at University Hospital Waterford for each of the years 2012 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Hospital Services
590. To ask the Minister for Health if a service level agreement exists between University Hospital Waterford, UHW, and or private and public hospitals in Cork to treat cardiac patients; if so,... - Hospitals Expenditure
591. To ask the Minister for Health the total agency spend at University Hospital Waterford for each of the years 2011 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4433/17] - Hospital Staff Data
592. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of vacant posts in the radiology department at University Hospital Waterford, broken down by grade and title; and if he will make a statement... - Mental Health Services Data
593. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the €5 million allocated to develop mental health services in primary care which was spent in 2016; the number of additional staff who... - Hospital Appointments Status
594. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4470/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
595. To ask the Minister for Health further to his view that the waiting list for gynaecological appointments in Cork University Maternity Hospital is appalling and unacceptable, if his attention... - General Practitioner Services
596. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has evaluated the impact the introduction of free general practitioner care for under sixes has had on practices around the country; and if... - Hospitals Funding
597. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of extra funding that will be required to open the new emergency department in University Hospital Limerick in May 2017 as intended and to fund the... - National Drugs Strategy
598. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to publish the completed national drugs strategy in view of the fact that the previous one ceased in 2016; and if prevention and recovery will... - General Practitioner Contracts
599. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the FEMPI cuts as applied to general practitioners were discriminatory in that they were applied to the total allowances rather than just... - Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
601. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to exclude medical card holders and families with coeliac disease from availing of gluten-free products under the scheme. [4532/17] - Hospital Services
603. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the initiatives undertaken by the HSE and his Department following his visit to Letterkenny University Hospital; the success of these... - Hospital Staff
604. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the oncology department staffing at University Hospital Letterkenny; the impact the staffing will have on patient care in the future months both... - Disability Services Provision
605. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding is available for a person (details supplied) to have a full residential placement when they turn 18 years of age in June 2017 as... - Addiction Treatment Services
606. To ask the Minister for Health the funding which is available for a service (details supplied) especially in view of the increasing demands for its services; and if he will make a statement... - Health Products Regulatory Authority
607. To ask the Minister for Health when the HPRA report on the regulation of cannabis for medicinal use will be made available to Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a... - Health Services Funding
608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate emergency funding of €1.2 billion to urgently address the deficits in hospital beds, medical staffing and primary care services in... - Mental Health Services Provision
609. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that persons suffering from mental health problems are given full access to emergency services on a 24-7 basis in all areas and that children... - Primary Care Services Provision
610. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open up more minor-injury units in order to alleviate the overcrowding in accident and emergency departments. [4411/17] - Disability Services Provision
611. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that in any forthcoming review by his Department, a school (details supplied) will not see any reduction in the vital services available to... - Mental Health Services Staff
612. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for the staff levels in child and adolescent mental health service teams in CHO 5 in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A... - Hare Coursing
613. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE endorses hare coursing, which has been banned in many jurisdictions (details supplied); and his views on whether public moneys should be withdrawn... - Departmental Staff Data
614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff under the aegis of his Department in the clerical officer, staff officer or equivalent grade; and if he will make a statement on the...
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