Written answers
Thursday, 2 February 2017
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have applied for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concession, in tabular form in 2016; the number of successful... - Health Services Staff Remuneration
228. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has factored the potential €700 million liability into its expenditure forecasts which is due to hospital consultants regarding... - Food Safety Standards Inspections
229. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which continuous monitoring of food and food imports exists with a view to ensuring compliance with Irish and EU standards; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
230. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) is immediately admitted for assessment to the orthopaedic unit in the Midland Regional... - Medicinal Products Data
231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 25 biosimilar medicines approved for use by the European Medicines Agency that are currently marketed and in use here; if he is satisfied... - Medicinal Products Supply
232. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the uptake and usage of biosimilar medicines in health care relative to European usage rates; the specific measures he has taken to... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
233. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional staff that will be recruited or are planned to be recruited in the State's primary care centres in 2017; the additional staff that... - Respite Care Services Provision
234. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of increasing the number of day respite sessions from 41,000 to 51,000 and from 182,000 to 205,000 respectively; and if he will make a... - Health Services Provision
235. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement schemes to support persons with Parkinson's disease. [4960/17] - Maternity Services Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 25 January 2017, the reason the anomaly scan cannot be introduced as a matter of urgency at Cavan General Hospital... - Ministerial Meetings
237. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to meet a person (details supplied) to discuss various issues pertaining to their case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4963/17] - Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
238. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a board to deal with the registration of podiatry and chiropody professionals under the umbrella of CORU; his views on the fact that... - Primary Care Centres Data
239. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres opened in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and the centres he expects to open in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement... - Home Care Packages Data
240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages that his Department and the HSE provided in each of the years 2012 to 2016; the number it is intended to provide in 2017, in... - Respite Care Services Provision
241. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the current lack of respite beds for adults in north Kerry in view of the fact all places are being used for residential care; when the four-bed... - Hospital Appointments Status
242. 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. [4982/17] - Respite Care Services
243. To ask the Minister for Health the status of respite care funding in north Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4983/17] - Medicinal Products Availability
244. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will put in place to reduce waiting times for multiple sclerosis sufferers who require assessment as responders to fampridine, based on a... - Hospital Appointments Status
246. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in University Hospital Kerry in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
247. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to adjust the eligibility criteria for the long-term illness scheme to include conditions such as osteoporosis, in view of the high costs associated... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
248. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which a person (details supplied) was assessed in the course of the determination of means in respect of their spouse's application under the fair... - Health Services Provision
249. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the national epilepsy service; his views on whether a seven-day service would be more appropriate than the current service; the supports and... - Hospital Procedures
250. To ask the Minister for Health the reason hip operations have been cancelled at Tullamore Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5027/17] - Disability Services Provision
251. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to remedy the fact that south Tipperary is in breach of the statutory entitlement regarding assessment of needs for children under the... - Maternity Services Provision
252. To ask the Minister for Health when the group clinical director for women and child health will be appointed for the South-South West Hospitals Group, SSWHG; if that person will have a... - Disability Services Funding
253. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will outline their needs in respect of their budgetary requirements. [5054/17] - Maternity Services Provision
254. To ask the Minister for Health if all pregnant women here have access to a foetal anomaly scan; and the number of foetal anomaly scans relative to actual births for every individual... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
255. To ask the Minister for Health if a spinal bed or a wide bed can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5061/17] - Hospitals Funding
256. To ask the Minister for Health the annual budget allocated to Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2007 to 2016, in tabular form; and the amounts of money returned and... - Hospital Staff Recruitment
257. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide an additional full endocrinologist team at Letterkenny University Hospital to support patients with type 1 diabetes and to complement the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
258. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times at Letterkenny University Hospital for recall and review appointments for type 1 diabetes patients in a number of categories (details... - Hospital Staff Recruitment
259. To ask the Minister for Health the additional clinical nurse specialist posts in diabetes care for adults approved for recruitment at Letterkenny University Hospital; if the posts have yet... - Hospitals Funding
261. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that will be provided in the 2017 HSE capital programme in respect of a project (details supplied) which requires additional facilities due to... - Medical Card Applications
262. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied) [5084/17] - Motorised Transport Grant Closure
263. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of a new motorised transport grant; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5097/17] - Medicinal Products Licensing
264. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland can now reassess its position with regard to supplying Ampligen for patients suffering from myalgic encephalomyelitis, ME, due to the distribution... - Medical Card Applications
265. 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. [5141/17] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
266. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has reviewed the asset calculation methodology for the fair deal scheme relating to property by allowing applicants to use the local property tax... - EU Bodies
267. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his meetings and discussions with the European Medicines Agency and his EU colleagues with regard to its possible relocation to Dublin; and if he... - Misuse of Drugs
268. To ask the Minister for Health whether all sections of the Misuse of Drugs Act 2016 have been commenced; if so, the date on which they commenced; and the impact to date of this legislation... - Hospital Services
269. To ask the Minister for Health if the mobile catheterisation laboratory announced for Waterford University Hospital is currently under ownership of the Health Service Executive or if it is... - Maternity Services Provision
270. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, as per the national maternity strategy and safe motherhood, every mother should have a dating scan and a full... - Departmental Communications
271. To ask the Minister for Health if he and any Minister of State in his Department use a personal e-mail account for work purposes; the security controls in place relating to the use of... - Commencement of Legislation
272. To ask the Minister for Health to identify the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts, coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or for the commencement of which... - Hospital Waiting Lists
273. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request Cork University Hospital to provide an alternative outpatient ophthalmology clinic appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he... - Assisted Human Reproduction
274. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to streamline surrogacy laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5296/17]
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