Written answers
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
- Tobacco Control Measures
186. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland plans to sign up to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products; if so, the status of the progress of Ireland's accession to the... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
187. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a refund in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12205/17] - Hospital Services
188. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12206/17] - Health Insurance Prices
189. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce measures to reduce the costs of health insurance in view of the further planned price increases; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
190. 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. [12211/17] - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
191. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to reduce the waiting time for orthodontic treatment in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12212/17] - Dental Services Provision
192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expand the level of dental services available to medical card holders and PRSI patients in view of the concerns of the dental care professionals... - Hospital Appointments Status
193. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12231/17] - Health Services Staff
194. To ask the Minister for Health when he envisages the medical lead on dual diagnosis to commence work, having been appointed six months ago. [12235/17] - National Treatment Purchase Fund
195. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider giving persons on waiting lists for more than one year an optional financial contribution towards the cost of a private consultation;... - Drugs Payment Scheme
196. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to pursue criminal proceedings against a pharmacy chain (details supplied) following systemic overcharging of prescription fees by same. [12251/17] - Medicinal Products Availability
197. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for pharmaceutical standard products to be given priority over non-standardised, non-pharmaceutical products (details supplied); and if he will make... - Services for People with Disabilities
198. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application by a person (details supplied) for a wheelchair. [12262/17] - Respite Care Services
199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with intellectual disabilities awaiting respite beds in County Wexford; the plans that will be put in place to accommodate the waiting... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
200. To ask the Minister for Health if CMU units are obliged to accept maximum dependency patients when a bed is available; the recourse a family has that is refused a bed due to the level of... - Hospital Beds Data
201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times that the full capacity protocol has been deployed at Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in 2016. [12267/17] - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
202. To ask the Minister for Health his and the HSE's plans to revisit the issue of reimbursement of Sativex in view of the recent Health Products Regulatory Authority's report on medicinal... - Health Insurance Cover
203. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a matter (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the facility has to turn persons away that are members of... - Medical Card Applications
204. To ask the Minister for Health the process for parents of children in receipt of domiciliary care allowance to receive medical cards; and if this introduction will extend to waivers for... - Mental Health Services Data
205. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE compiles figures on misdiagnosed cases in regard to mental health; if so, the procedures in place to carry out reviews of these misdiagnosed cases;... - Hospital Beds Data
206. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the number of hospital beds per 1,000 of the population from the current level of less than 4 to 4.6; and if he will make a statement on... - Accident and Emergency Departments
208. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of running the emergency department task force; the cost that would be associated with establishing this on a permanent basis; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
209. To ask the Minister for Health the costs that would be associated with carrying out a feasibility study on a new and single integrated hospital waiting list management system; and if he will... - HSE Expenditure
210. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the HSE information technology budget to bring it to the EU and OECD averages, respectively; the cost of increasing the HSE information... - Home Help Service Expenditure
213. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing home help hours by 10% and increasing home care packages by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12295/17] - Maternity Services
214. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of ensuring that maternity hospitals have access to foetal anomaly screening with the requisite staff and equipment; the cost of employing additional... - Ambulance Service Staff
216. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of employing an advanced paramedic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12298/17] - Ambulance Service
217. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of purchasing, equipping and staffing 12 new ambulances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12299/17] - Ambulance Service Provision
218. To ask the Minister for Health the costs associated with the implementation of the National Ambulance Service capacity review in terms of personnel, vehicles and equipment, respectively; and... - General Practitioner Services Provision
219. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of rolling out free general practitioner care at a rate of almost a quarter of a million more persons each year; and if he will make a statement on... - Prescriptions Charges
220. To ask the Minister for Health the total estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges; the total estimated cost of the phased abolition of charges by 50 cent; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Data
221. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of granting an automatic medical card to all those in receipt of domiciliary care allowance; the annual cost of the provision of this to new... - Accident and Emergency Departments
222. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing the €100 charge for the use of emergency departments; the cost of abolishing the €75 per day charge for inpatient care;... - Disability Support Services Provision
223. To ask the Minister for Health if plans for the provision of a school age team for children with disabilities in Roscommon town have now been stalled due to budgetary issues in securing a... - Capital Expenditure Programme
224. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all priority capital projects that have had their funding reduced in the 2017 HSE capital plan; the amount of the reductions that have occurred;... - Hospital Accommodation Provision
225. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all revised allocations for the National Maternity Hospital project in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12308/17] - Mental Health Services Provision
226. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated for the construction of the new national forensic mental health service hospital in Portrane and all revised allocations that have... - Hospital Accommodation Provision
227. To ask the Minister for Health if the capital spending allocated for the National Rehabilitation Hospital was reduced by €8 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - National Children's Hospital Status
228. To ask the Minister for Health when the construction contract for the National Children's Hospital project will be signed and to whom it is to be awarded; if provisions in this contract... - Disability Support Services Provision
229. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to children that have applied to the HSE for an assessment of need and that have not received their assessment within the three month... - Health Services Provision
230. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider installing a juvenile arthritis clinic in Munster and putting in place a consultant in this discipline in the CUH. [12316/17] - Dental Services
231. To ask the Minister for Health the entitlements of a person (details supplied) to dental treatment. [12324/17] - Psychological Services
232. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the absence of a HSE psychology service in the catchment area of Oranmore, County Galway, whereby a child (details supplied)... - Defence Forces Medicinal Products
233. To ask the Minister for Health the number of serious adverse drug reactions, ADRs, which were reported in which the name or the address gave a clear indication that they were Defence Forces... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
237. To ask the Minister for Health the way the National Treatment Purchase Fund will be fully accessible; the way it will be applied for; the criteria for persons to access; the hospitals, both... - Hospital Budgets
238. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether hospitals having to submit zero figure budgets is realistic; if not, his further views on whether it is a futile exercise as these figures... - Hospitals Funding
240. To ask the Minister for Health the consequences and risks attached to a shortfall in funding for Kerry University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
241. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place via the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, in regard to providing orthodontic treatment for children waiting more than 18 months... - Hospital Waiting Lists
242. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow persons accessing ophthalmology services, specifically cataract treatment, via Kerry University Hospital currently facing lengthy waiting... - HSE Funding
243. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the intention of the HSE to immediately cut funding to section 39 organisations providing vital social care services, due to their being unable to... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
244. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which assessments are readily available for children with special needs with particular reference to conditions requiring early diagnosis; and if... - Speech and Language Therapy
245. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which speech and language therapy is available to all children with such a requirement here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12407/17] - Mental Health Services
246. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the mental health needs of children and adults continue to be monitored and met here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12408/17] - Long Stay Residential Units
247. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which adequate long-term care continues to be provided for in the public sector having particular regard to the need to retain adequate... - Medicinal Products Prices
248. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects to be in a position to utilise the benefit of the single EU market to facilitate the negotiation of an affordable price for... - Orthodontic Services Data
249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children listed for orthodontic treatment in categories A, B and C; the number of children currently in the course of receiving such treatment;... - Medical Card Administration
250. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it might be possible to streamline and expedite the process of medical card applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Accommodation Provision
252. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he can provide or avail of step-down bed accommodation in all areas throughout the country as a means of alleviating overcrowding in public... - Hospital Staff Data
254. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which medical, nursing or consultant posts remain to be filled throughout the public health services; and if he will make a statement on the... - Primary Care Centres Provision
255. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of primary care centres in County Kildare; the details of those already constructed and operational; the details of those... - Maternity Services
256. To ask the Minister for Health when a service will be provided at a hospital (details supplied); if the recruitment of the necessary personnel has commenced; the date for the introduction of... - Hospital Waiting Lists
257. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who had planned surgery cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12422/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
258. 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. [12425/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
259. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for an operation at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the... - Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
260. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive full-time residential care suitable for their needs; and his plans to build a new residential... - Disability Services Provision
261. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a transfer by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12431/17]
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