Written answers
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
- Brexit Issues
446. To ask the Minister for Health if he has raised the future status of the UK as a member of the European Food Safety Authority with his UK and EU counterparts; and if he will make a statement... - Hospitals Building Programme
447. To ask the Minister for Health the details of any analysis of the national paediatric hospital project that has been carried out by his Department as per its guidelines for the appraisal and... - Mental Health Services Provision
448. To ask the Minister for Health the resources that continue to be made available to children or their families at risk through self-harm or symptoms of suicidality; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services Data
449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children availing of beds in adult residential settings; the number in receipt of CAMHS-related services; and if he will make a statement on the... - Food Safety Authority of Ireland Reports
450. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the report published by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland that showed an increase in the number of food alerts for 2016 which was the highest... - General Practitioner Services Provision
451. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the lack of out-of-hours general practitioner cover for an area (details supplied) in County Cork. [11179/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
452. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting full-time residential care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11180/17] - General Medical Services Scheme
453. To ask the Minister for Health the commitment required of a GMS doctor to fulfil a full GMS contract in regard to surgery hours and availability; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medicinal Products Prices
454. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has removed the subsidy for blood test strips; if so, the reason; the way it is expected that diabetics will be able to afford the strips without... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
455. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for a final decision on the reimbursement of translarna in view of the fact that it was originally submitted for health technology assessment in... - Hospital Appointments Status
458. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule a person (details supplied) for a procedure without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11198/17] - Hospital Appointments Delays
459. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in receiving treatment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11200/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
460. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment appointment in CUH in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11201/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
461. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of focus on diagnostic waiting lists, such as those for MRI, resulting in the huge deficit in MRI capacity across... - Home Help Service
462. To ask the Minister for Health the status in law and practice of an EU directive that recognises travel time as payable work time for those engaged in the provision of home help and caring... - Health Services Provision
463. To ask the Minister for Health the additional supports in place for persons not in possession of, and who do not qualify for, a medical card while in receipt of illness benefit and who have... - Hospital Appointments Status
464. 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 Provision
465. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an emergency treatment place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11219/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
466. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery. [11220/17] - Hospital Appointments Delays
468. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a hip operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11225/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
469. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a diagnosis for their condition. [11226/17] - Mental Health Services Provision
470. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been seen only once in two and a half years by CAMHS in Sligo. [11227/17] - Ambulance Service Provision
472. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of ambulance cover in the town of Millstreet, County Cork, at night; the action he will take to ensure that there... - Autism Support Services
473. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) had to privately seek a diagnosis of autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and sensory processing disorder.... - Vaccination Programme
475. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the shortage of the BCG vaccine here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11240/17] - Medical Card Administration
476. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of medical cards being issued to children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11241/17] - Medicinal Products Availability
477. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a company (details supplied) for the FreeStyle Libre to be considered by the HSE for inclusion on the long-term illness scheme;... - Medical Products
478. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding the removal of the subsidy for blood test strips; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11246/17] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
479. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by persons applying to the nursing home support scheme who have transferred assets within the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
480. 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. [11255/17] - Disabilities Assessments
482. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the care plans, including the weekly hours allocated, which have been identified as being required by each child that was formally assessed as... - Hospital Services
484. To ask the Minister for Health when a response will issue to an interim reply (details supplied) regarding urology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11284/17] - Medicinal Products Availability
485. To ask the Minister for Health if he will order a review of the decision made by the NCPE not to fund a licensed drug which targets a genetic disorder (details supplied); and if he will make... - General Practitioner Services Provision
487. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend free general practitioner care, especially to children over six years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11296/17] - Autism Support Services
488. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving autism services. [11308/17] - Pension Provisions
489. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address an issue regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11312/17] - Medical Card Data
490. To ask the Minister for Health the expected number of additional persons who are currently in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance who will receive a medical card once the necessary... - Home Help Service Data
491. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of home help hours provided during 2016, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11328/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
492. 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. [11332/17] - Hospital Facilities
493. To ask the Minister for Health if any renovations or upgrading works were carried out at the acute psychiatric department at UHW; if so, the nature and cost of such works; the unit bed size;... - Mental Health Services Provision
494. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to re-open psychiatric services at Wexford General Hospital, in view of capacity issues at UHW as identified by the Mental Health Commission; and if... - Hospital Facilities
499. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which UHW and the South/Southwest Hospital Group will provide both planned and emergency PPCI work at the cardiac unit at UHW with one laboratory;... - HIQA Reports
502. To ask the Minister for Health if he has examined a report from HIQA into medication safety arrangements in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11342/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
508. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied). [11376/17] - Hospital Beds Data
509. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the necessary resources are provided to have the full complement of beds utilised in Monaghan General Hospital; the number of beds in... - Occupational Therapy
510. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for children who have been queried by their schools as potentially having dyspraxia to be assessed by the HSE's occupational therapy... - Hospital Procedures
515. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the HSE action plan for scoliosis that was to be prepared by the end of February 2017 (details supplied); the number of... - Hospital Appointments Status
516. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive a date for an appointment at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a... - HSE Data
517. To ask the Minister for Health the number of official complaints lodged to the HSE about access delays or unsatisfactory services from early intervention teams across the country; the number... - Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
518. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department spent on public relations consultants and all matters relating to public relations in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the... - Respite Care Services Availability
519. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide respite services in Mullingar, in view of the fact Mullingar currently has no respite services available. [11448/17] - Hospital Accommodation Provision
520. To ask the Minister for Health of the number of portacabins planned to be used at hospitals; the location of each one; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
521. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the subsidy for blood testing strips remains in place; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons suffering from... - Home Care Packages Funding
522. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the distribution of funding for home care packages, which will be divided between hospital and community sectors under the supervision of the... - Blood Donations
523. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence that was recently submitted to his office by a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the Irish Blood Transfusion... - National Children's Hospital
524. To ask the Minister for Health if plans for the new National Children's Hospital will be reviewed in view of the fact that the hospital will be the most expensive children's hospital in the... - Health Insurance Community Rating
525. To ask the Minister for Health the reason previous health insurance cover taken out in other countries, for example the UK, is not taken into consideration with respect to the lifetime... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
526. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the ten Irish sufferers of MPS IVA morquio disease cannot receive the medication Vimizin for treatment through local hospital based care or home... - Commissions of Investigation
527. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes to hospitals in which infant deaths occurred and in which the circumstances of the... - Nursing Staff
528. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to encourage more nurses to work for the HSE as opposed to working for private care companies or emigrating. [11497/17] - Food Safety Authority of Ireland
529. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to recent studies both in France and the United States that cast doubt over the safety of the food additive titanium dioxide,... - Medical Card Administration
530. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) had a medical card revoked subsequent to having gained employment following the requisite period of unemployment and... - Hospital Beds Data
531. To ask the Minister for Health the number and proportion of public ward beds occupied by persons with private health insurance in each of the years 2014 to 2016; the number or the proportion... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
532. To ask the Minister for Health if SuperCheck test strips, as used with the SuperCheck two glucometer, are available free of charge under the long-term illness scheme; if not, his plans to... - Services for People with Disabilities
533. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for access to early intervention services in County Tipperary; the average waiting times for assessment of needs; the reason the... - Health Services Data
534. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a paediatrician or a geriatrician in counties Meath and Louth both publicly and privately; and the... - Hospital Facilities
535. To ask the Minister for Health if the five new operating theatres and emergency departments will be fully equipped and commissioned to function as per planning permission when the phase two... - Hospital Appointments Status
536. 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. [11520/17] - Pharmaceutical Sector
537. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the consultation process regarding temporary absence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11525/17] - Health Care Infrastructure Provision
538. To ask the Minister for Health the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in each of the past six years and to date in 2017 in respect of construction... - Hardship Grant Scheme Applications
539. To ask the Minister for Health if required support will issue under the hardship scheme for shoes in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Card Applications
540. To ask the Minister for Health when a full medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11583/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
541. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment can be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [11601/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
542. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 1.5 million personal assistant hours for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on... - Home Care Packages
543. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 200 intensive home-care packages for persons with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Card Expenditure
544. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of increasing the weekly income limits for the GP-visit card by 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% respectively. [11622/17] - General Medical Services Scheme Expenditure
545. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s current estimated full-year cost of providing free general practitioner care to all the population. [11623/17] - Hospital Beds Data
546. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of increasing the number of critical care beds to 579, as recommended by a 2009 report; and the number of additional beds this would entail.... - Occupational Therapy
548. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question number 427 of 14 February 2017, if he will provide additional resources to occupational therapy services in counties Longford... - Nursing Staff Data
549. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited in 2016 in public and voluntary hospitals; the number of nurses newly recruited to date in 2017; the full-year cost of... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
550. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists recruited in 2016; the number recruited to date in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have... - Health Services Staff Data
553. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists currently employed in each CHO, in tabular form; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016.... - Hospital Staff Data
556. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant posts currently in each public and voluntary hospital; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016. [11644/17] - Health Services Staff Data
560. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of approved clinical dental surgeon posts currently employed by the HSE; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2015 and 2016.... - Nursing Staff Data
563. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of approved registered intellectual disability nurse posts currently employed by the HSE; and the equivalent figures for the same date in... - Hospital Beds Data
564. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year running costs of providing an additional 500 extra acute hospital beds, 1,000 extra acute hospital beds and 2,000 extra acute hospital... - Health Services Data
565. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year running costs of opening all medical assessment units on a seven day basis. [11653/17] - Health Services Staff Data
566. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting an extra 500 hospital consultants, including an average estimate for any support staff required per consultant.... - Prescriptions Charges
568. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of abolishing prescription charges. [11656/17] - General Practitioner Data
569. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of increasing the general practitioner rural practice allowance to €25,000. [11657/17] - Health Services Data
570. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of implementing the national maternity strategy. [11658/17] - Mental Health Services Data
573. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of completing the recruitment required for the full implementation of A Vision for Change. [11661/17] - Drugs Payment Scheme Data
574. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of reducing the drug payment threshold from €144 to €100. [11662/17] - Health Services Data
578. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting an additional 50 dental surgeons. [11666/17] - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
585. To ask the Minister for Health if the diabetes flash monitoring device, the Freestyle Libre, will be added to the long-term illness scheme. [11725/17] - Medical Card Eligibility
586. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given in cases of persons with mental health conditions who are taking up employment for rehabilitative purposes to letters from a... - Hospital Appointments Status
587. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) can expect to wait for an appointment with a consultant at Tullamore Hospital. [11728/17] - Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
588. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his negotiations regarding the provision of the drug Orkambi; if there is a timeframe for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on... - National Maternity Hospital
589. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the ownership of the National Maternity Hospital building and site; the plans for the use of the existing building once the hospital moves to... - Vaccination Programme Data
590. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the uptake rates for the infant vaccination and screening programmes by health office. [11732/17] - Orthodontic Services Provision
591. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an appointment to have braces fitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11734/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
592. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) can expect to wait to have an MRI scan carried out. [11738/17] - Health Services
593. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that on 15 February 2017 an incident (details supplied) took place. [11739/17] - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
594. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medication (details supplied) is not available to medical card holders when it is necessary on medical need; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services Staff
595. To ask the Minister for Health when a consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry will be appointed to the north Lee area in Cork; the reason there has been such a delay; the additional... - Maternity Services
596. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed move of the Rotunda Hospital to a site at Connolly Hospital, Dublin 15; the amount this will cost; if there is a timeline for the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
597. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical assessment appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this appointment; and if... - Hospital Beds Data
598. To ask the Minister for Health when the bed capacity review is starting or if it has started; the detail of its terms of reference; the stakeholders that have been consulted; if they will be... - Audiology Services Provision
599. To ask the Minister for Health the audiology cover currently available to patients in areas (details supplied); if there is to be increased cover provided to reduce waiting times; and if he... - Injecting Facilities
600. To ask the Minister for Health if Merchants Quay in Dublin 8 has been selected as the location for an injecting facility pilot scheme; and if not, the procedures for selection and timeframe... - Services for People with Disabilities
601. To ask the Minister for Health the number of service users who are currently on the waiting list to access full-time adult residential care places in County Wexford; and if he will make a... - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
602. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be issued with a date for an orthodontic appointment; the reason for the delay in issuing this... - Medicinal Products Licensing
603. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 24 January 2017, the number of exemptions sought to date in 2017 from the law on the usage of cannabis for... - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
604. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the provision of a nursing pin for a person (details supplied) from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; and if he will make... - Hospital Appointments Status
606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for an angiogram for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11863/17] - Medical Card Applications
607. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse a decision to cancel a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that... - Dental Services Provision
608. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the HSE's plans for the transfer of dental patients to Dundalk, Navan and Ardee for treatment due to the lack of dental services for primary... - Medical Card Administration
609. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the application and appeal forms for medical cards for elderly persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11880/17] - Cross-Border Health Services Provision
610. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding eye cataract surgery for a person (details supplied) in Dublin; if this person would be entitled to the cross border health care scheme;... - Hospitals Expenditure
611. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred to construct the purpose built maternity theatre at Letterkenny University Hospital's obstetrics unit; the number of occasions, per year,... - Hospitals Data
612. To ask the Minister for Health the number of births which have taken place at the maternity unit at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years 2011 to date, in tabular form; and... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
613. To ask the Minister for Health if will ensure access to cysteamine bitartrate, otherwise known as procysbi, to all patients here; the stage at which the process is at and the efforts he and... - Disability Support Services Provision
614. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will make funds available for a nursing package for a school (details supplied), in view of the admission of two children with life limiting... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
615. To ask the Minister for Health if the new medication freestyle libre system from a company (details supplied) has been approved for persons with type 1 diabetes; if this will be included on... - Ambulance Service Data
616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of phone calls to the ambulance service that were made from the Killarney district, in 2014, 2015 and 2016, by month, in tabular form; the number of... - Home Help Service Expenditure
617. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided in 2016 for the provision of home help hours in County Kildare; the amount of funding allocated to County Kildare in 2017, in... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
618. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be made available to County Kildare for 2017 in view of the fact that funding is being exhausted in catering for existing clients... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons placed in nursing homes through the fair deal scheme in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11938/17] - Organ Donation
620. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding and timeframe for the proposed organ transplant opt-out scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11939/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
621. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to have a cataract operation at Cork University Hospital. [11956/17] - Treatment Abroad Scheme
622. To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction funding through the treatment abroad scheme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11958/17] - Disability Support Services
623. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a nursing package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11967/17] - Hospitals Funding
624. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of funding to a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork. [11974/17] - HSE Reports
625. To ask the Minister for Health the information the HSE has in respect of a foster care home (details supplied); if any follow-up interviews were conducted; if there are any matters of... - Medical Card Eligibility
626. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a discretionary medical card despite the fact that they have provided extensive medical documentation... - Hospital Appointments Status
627. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the medical case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11993/17] - Vaccination Programme
628. To ask the Minister for Health his views on Gardasil; if treatment plans have been worked out for the cohort of girls affected by adverse reactions; and if he will make a statement on the... - Dental Services
629. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims under the dental treatment service scheme in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the... - Chronic Disease Management Programme
630. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the intense struggle endured by many persons suffering from chronic Lyme disease; his plans to adequately support the... - Disease Management
631. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties encountered by persons living with Ménière's disease; if his attention has been further drawn to... - Vaccination Programme
632. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a vaccination programme for children born before 1 October 2016 to receive meningitis B and rotavirus immunisation; and if he will make... - Patient Transport
633. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) who must be transported by ambulance for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12156/17] - Hospital Staff Recruitment
634. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 6 May 2015, if he will provide an update on the appointment of an orthopaedic surgeon, anaesthetist and support... - Maternity Services Provision
635. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the maternity theatre at Letterkenny University Hospital has gone unused and uncommissioned since its construction over a decade ago; the measures... - Hospital Appointments Delays
636. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for corrective spinal surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12162/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been on the waiting lists for scoliosis surgery in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, for six, 12, 18 and 24 months. [12167/17] - Medicinal Products Regulation
638. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for paediatric neurologists here to have access to training and prescribing medicinal cannabis products; and if he will make a statement on the... - Disabilities Assessments
639. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have an assessment of need carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12181/17] - Mental Health Services Provision
640. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty many parents are having in accessing child and adolescent mental health services for their children even when... - Industrial Disputes
641. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will support a settlement with nurses and other health care workers who are due to take industrial action on 7 March 2017; and if he will... - Disabilities Assessments
642. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays in assessments for children attending school who have developmental issues and may require specialised support;... - Home Care Packages Funding
643. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding for home care packages; the additional funding that is required which would help alleviate pressures on hospitals by allowing patients to... - Hospital Appointments Administration
644. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a situation whereby a person (details supplied) was subject to a set of circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11794/17] - Hospitals Discharges
645. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure that beds are not being taken up at weekends by persons who are physically fit to go home on a Friday but due to the lack... - Electronic Cigarettes
646. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's position on vaping; if there are any measures to introduce regulation of vaping in public places; if so, the details of these measures; and if... - HSE Reports
647. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been such a significant delay in the publication of the external review into mental health services in County Roscommon, in view of the... - Cancer Services Funding
648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will source some level of State funding towards the remuneration of a centre manager and full-time office administrator for a vital cancer support centre... - Legislative Process
651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will treat with urgency the outstanding issues preventing the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Act, relating to tablets, from being implemented and thus... - Hospital Waiting Lists
652. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied that the various initiatives taken to address overcrowding at accident and emergency departments throughout the... - Mental Health Services
653. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has carried or will consider carrying out a review of mental health services and supports for children and young persons in view of the fact... - Medicinal Products
654. To ask the Minister for Health the advice he has received from the Chief Medical Officer, as referred to in Dáil Éireann on 28 February 2017, with regard to compassionate access to... - Mental Health Services Provision
655. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the deadline regarding action 1.15 of Rebuilding Ireland, which commits to providing mental health services to those in homeless services... - Hospital Waiting Lists
656. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the commitments he made in respect of reducing surgery waiting times for children suffering from scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on... - Home Care Packages Data
660. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive home care packages provided for persons with dementia in 2015, 2016 and the number currently in place in 2017; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
661. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to address the delays in ophthalmology appointments in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Beds Data
663. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the acute bed capacity of Sligo University Hospital. [12087/17] - Nursing Home Services
664. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place for transporting private and non-private nursing home residents by ambulance for emergency and non-emergency treatment; and if he will... - Mental Health Services Provision
665. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional acute psychiatric beds in Roscommon County Hospital, in view of the fact it is operating at maximum capacity; and if he will make...
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