Written answers
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
- Home Help Service Provision
692. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) with regard to part-time home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12876/17] - Commissions of Investigation
693. To ask the Minister for Health the person or bodies at all levels that will be held accountable for the Grace case and the findings of the subsequent Devine and Resilience reports; and if he... - Abortion Legislation
695. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the actions of an organisation (details supplied) that has been openly advertising and distributing abortion pills at various locations here... - Water Fluoridation
697. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on fluoride in water and the research the Government relies upon that justifies the use of fluoride in water. [13504/17] - Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Remuneration
699. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of the deal reached between the Health Service Executive and the Irish Medical Organisation for the restoration of the living out allowance for... - Hospitals Data
700. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting for ophthalmology assessment in the Mater hospital. [12796/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
702. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork can expect to have an assessment of need carried out. [12810/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
703. 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. [12813/17] - Health Reports
704. To ask the Minister for Health his plans on publishing the primary eye care services report; if he will be publishing a national strategy to deal with the unacceptable levels of... - Services for People with Disabilities
705. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have an assessment of need; the number of persons currently ahead of them on the list; and if he will make... - Medical Card Eligibility
706. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to grant automatic qualification to a medical card for children in receipt of domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services Provision
707. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a service which had been available to a person (details supplied) for a number of years is no longer available; and if he will arrange to have this... - Hospital Appointments Status
708. 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. [12837/17] - Home Help Service Provision
709. To ask the Minister for Health if home help will be provided to a person (details supplied) who is urgently in need of same. [12841/17] - HSE Legal Cases
710. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent by the Health Service Executive in settling legal claims, that is, the total amount of combined settlements; the total amount spent... - Health Services Provision
711. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is not being provided with a nurse on call service; his views on whether it is acceptable that the person has remained... - Hospital Appointments Status
712. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12854/17] - Mental Health Policy
713. To ask the Minister for Health if the practice of face down restraint is permitted in HSE-run mental health inpatient units; and if records are kept and collated as to each instance in which... - Medical Card Eligibility
714. To ask the Minister for Health if a person that is ordinarily resident here but is currently a student in Hungary can qualify for a medical card; the reason a person studying in Hungary may... - National Lottery Funding Applications
715. To ask the Minister for Health the lotto funding available through his Department that a centre (details supplied) can make an application for; the way this application can be made; and if... - Health Services Funding
716. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the funding made available from his Department and the HSE to a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Provision
717. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to revisit the decision to cease the public health nurse based in Tipperary town, County Tipperary, from calling weekly to a centre... - Occupational Therapy
718. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has to wait 15 months to see an occupational therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12873/17] - Medicinal Products Supply
719. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the negotiations his Department is conducting with the relevant stakeholders for the provision of the respreeza therapy for persons... - Accident and Emergency Services Provision
720. To ask the Minister for Health when the new emergency department will open with regard to University Hospital Limerick; his plans for the recruitment of staff for this unit; the number of... - Medicinal Products Availability
721. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on whether to add the free style libre flash glucose monitoring system to the reimbursement list; and if he will make a statement... - Medical Card Eligibility
722. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card ceased in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12885/17] - Health Services
723. 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. [12886/17] - Hospital Transfers
724. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is eligible to receive a transfer to Mallow General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12892/17] - Cancer Services Provision
726. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Donegal who have been referred to the northwest radiotherapy unit at the Altnagelvin Area Hospital in Derry to undergo... - European Health Insurance Card
727. To ask the Minister for Health if an Irish citizen currently studying in an EU-EEA state can use their European Health Insurance Card, EHIC, for medical treatment here; if in Hungary dental... - Medicinal Products
745. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to grant an importation licence for medical cannabis containing THC for a person (details supplied) [12922/17] - Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
746. To ask the Minister for Health the number of social workers who have been investigated and prosecuted to date for operating with the title of social worker but without being registered with... - Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards
747. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE managers that have been disciplined or sanctioned since 2013 as a consequence of a discovery that a social worker or social workers operating... - Hospital Appointments Status
748. To ask the Minister for Health when surgery will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12934/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
749. To ask the Minister for Health the further measures he is taking to ensure the safety of vulnerable children and adults in the care of the State in day care settings and residential; and if... - Hospital Appointments Status
750. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite surgery for a person (details supplied) at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12938/17] - Home Help Service Data
753. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been approved home help or a home support package but who are currently on a waiting list to receive either due to a lack of... - Hospital Appointments Status
754. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12949/17] - Hospital Services
755. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not had their x-rays read and was informed that they would not be looked at any time soon. [12953/17] - Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
756. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the change in the type two diabetic test strips reimbursement. [12954/17] - Ambulance Service Provision
757. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the absence of certain equipment and training to the national ambulance service in County Cork which is critical to the... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
758. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include Crohn's disease and epi pens under the long- term illness scheme. [12962/17] - Maternity Services Provision
759. To ask the Minister for Health if a clinical director for maternity services has been appointed for the South-South West Hospital Group; the name of that person; if the role is clearly... - Hospital Appointments Status
761. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12971/17] - Maternity Services Provision
762. To ask the Minister for Health the capital investment allocated into specialised equipment for diagnostics for pregnant women in CUMH over the past five years; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services Provision
764. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for improvement of mental health services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12979/17] - Medical Card Applications
765. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12984/17] - Freedom of Information Requests
766. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department has not provided correspondence between him and a person (details supplied) and any other person regarding plans for, discussion of,... - Medical Card Applications
770. 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. [12995/17] - Hospital Equipment
771. To ask the Minister for Health the annual running costs of the mobile MRI scanner unit at South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12996/17] - Orthodontic Services
773. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment. [13000/17] - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
774. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the orthodontic treatment waiting lists with the Health Service Executive Offaly division. [13005/17] - Accident and Emergency Departments
775. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to liaise with the Ministers for Finance and Social Protection regarding penalties or programmes for otherwise healthy persons that cost the State... - Hospital Appointments Administration
776. To ask the Minister for Health the dates and the criteria that will be followed for a person (details supplied) waiting for two hip operations. [13061/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
777. To ask the Minister for Health if there are data available on patient waiting list numbers and waiting times for a number of procedures (details supplied). [13062/17] - Health Screening Programmes
778. To ask the Minister for Health if there are data available to support a matter (details supplied) in terms of the number of persons that receive a negative diagnosis from a biopsy, having... - Health Services
779. To ask the Minister for Health if there are data available on the number of diagnoses of coeliac disease that are confirmed in the absence of such a biopsy, in view of the need to... - Health Screening Programmes
780. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, NICE, guidelines are still the agreed protocols in place for medical management of coeliac disease... - Health Services
783. To ask the Minister for Health if there are tools and resources in place to collect, analyse and evaluate data in terms of both patient compliance post-diagnosis, for example, diet, annual... - Health Services Expenditure
784. To ask the Minister for Health if there are figures available that can quantify the cost to the health service of patient care for those living with coeliac disease, in terms of direct... - School Curriculum
786. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a plan in place to develop educational supports within junior and senior schools possibly under the CSPE curriculum to support needs (details... - Health Services Funding
787. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review funding or the appropriateness of managing funding for persons with coeliac disease within the disability section of a service rather than... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
788. To ask the Minister for Health the total saving achieved per annum by removing the cost of gluten free products from medical cards since the cut was introduced in 2012; and his plans to... - Health Services Funding
789. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for funding voluntary day-care centres; if it is per number of service users or percentage of running costs; if there is a national standard for... - Hospital Staff Data
790. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant neurologists currently employed and serving the north west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13082/17] - Medical Card Applications
791. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made in respect of a medical card application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13084/17] - Orthodontic Services
792. To ask the Minister for Health the status of orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13086/17] - HSE Governance
793. To ask the Minister for Health the number of monthly meetings of the HSE's national performance oversight group which have taken place to date and the dates of such meetings. [13088/17] - Hospital Staff
794. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which any senior manager or CEO of any hospital or hospital group has been brought before the HSE's national performance oversight... - Occupational Therapy
795. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults who have been waiting less than three months, between three and six months, between six and nine months, between nine and 18 months, and... - Medical Card Data
796. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 March 2017; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a... - Respite Care Services
797. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds and their location in County Kildare for persons with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Services for People with Disabilities
798. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy in County Kildare; the length of time the... - Care of the Elderly Provision
799. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of the Alzheimer's day care centre for south Kildare which is currently being housed in Moore Abbey; if there are plans to move... - Hospital Waiting Lists
800. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for a three-year delay in patients being seen by the weight-management multi-disciplinary team in St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown; and if... - Medicinal Products Prices
801. To ask the Minister for Health the status of negotiations between his Department and pharmaceutical companies to secure an agreed price for the drug Savitex (details supplied). [13166/17] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
802. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of regulation for the sale and supply of hearing instruments and hearing assessments; his plans to address the... - HSE Waiting Lists
803. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children currently on HSE waiting lists, by region and county, for hearing assessments and or the fitting of a hearing aid; and if he... - Medicinal Products Availability
805. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the addition of the drug Questran light to the GMS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13172/17] - Maternity Services Provision
806. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the introduction of the anomaly scan at Cavan General Hospital; if it will be available full time at the hospital; the number of days per week it... - Hospital Appointments Status
807. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [13193/17] - EU Directives
809. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2016 the EU cross-border health-care directive, which allows Irish citizens obtain treatment in other... - Hospital Appointments Status
810. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment and treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13207/17] - National Children's Hospital Expenditure
811. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 524 of 7 March 2017, the details of the mechanism by which inflation in construction costs from 3% to 9% accounts for a... - Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
813. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided with a wheelchair which they applied for in January 2017. [13218/17] - Medical Card Applications
814. 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. [13222/17] - Psychological Services
815. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only one child psychologist is employed by the HSE in Cork south to deal with over 200 referrals per year... - Departmental Properties
816. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the public health centre in Knockanana, County Wicklow which has been unused for a number of years; the prospects of it being used for community... - Health Reports
817. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that 73% of respondents to a research study by an organisation (details supplied) are of the view that drinking to excess is part of... - General Practitioner Data
818. To ask the Minister for Health the details of general practitioners in the Ballybrack and Shankill area that have a GMS list and are still accepting new patients; and if he will make a... - Hospital Beds Data
819. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds per 1,000 of the population; if there is data relating to these figures in a comparable context in respect of other OECD countries;... - Disability Services Provision
820. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of needs assessments by assessment of needs officers in areas (details supplied) in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Reports
821. To ask the Minister for Health when the national review of cardiac services will be undertaken; when the terms of reference will be published; the person or body that will be carrying out... - Hospital Services
830. To ask the Minister for Health if the option of having two distinct PPCI centres here namely a 24-7 service or a 9 to 5 service as per the model of ACS services will remain in place; and if... - Public Sector Staff Remuneration
840. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that in line with the one person one salary principle, no public servant that is a member of a State board or agency under the control of... - Hospital Appointments Status
841. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a MRI scan for a person (details supplied). [13332/17] - Accident and Emergency Departments
843. To ask the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself that the various initiatives taken addressing overcrowding at accident and emergency departments throughout the country and... - Regional Health Forums
844. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the standing orders of the regional health forums across the State; the frequency of their meetings; and if he will prioritise a national... - HSE Staff Data
845. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff that have been removed from employment following reviews of services or assessment of practices since 2010. [13370/17] - Primary Care Centres
847. To ask the Minister for Health the designated number of health and social care professionals allocated to the East City Primary Health Centre, Doughiska, Galway; and if he will make a... - Primary Care Services Provision
848. To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient services that are available for older persons at the East City Primary Health Centre, Doughiska, Galway; and if he will make a statement on the... - Primary Care Centres
849. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff positions that have been approved for the East City Primary Health Centre, Doughiska, Galway; the number that are... - Hospital Services
852. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to have a person (details supplied) admitted to the rehabilitation unit in Mullingar, County Westmeath, for necessary rehabilitation... - Speech and Language Therapy
853. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists employed by the HSE that are providing services in Dublin north west and Dublin north central; his views on... - HSE Staff Data
854. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of vacancies in the HSE that are based in Dublin north west and Dublin north central. [13390/17] - Maternity Services Provision
856. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting on gynaecological referrals in the Rotunda Hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medicinal Products Availability
858. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include, by statutory instrument, persons with severe chronic pain and persons that suffer spasticity from cerebral palsy in accessing medicinal... - Medicinal Products
859. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department can employ to prevent the dissemination of illegal abortion pills here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an... - Hospital Waiting Lists
860. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for reducing outpatient waiting times in Naas General Hospital in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13404/17] - General Practitioner Services
861. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that have been refused access to their first choice of general practitioner service for children under six years of age; and if he will... - Parking Charges
862. To ask the Minister for Health if the policy of charging cancer patients car parking fees in Naas Hospital will be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13409/17] - Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
863. 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. [13410/17] - Medical Card Applications
864. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application by a person (details supplied); if he will take into consideration the urgency in processing this... - Speech and Language Therapy Provision
865. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will receive an appointment for speech and language therapy. [13422/17] - Drug Treatment Programmes Availability
866. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a new pilot scheme for an MS drug; the procedure to get on such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13426/17] - Health Services Staff Data
867. To ask the Minister for Health the current registered nurse-to-patient ratios and doctor-to-patient ratios, respectively; the safe levels required; and if he will make a statement on the... - National Maternity Strategy
868. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing the national maternity strategy; the current funding allocated for same; the funding earmarked to implement it across the next couple... - Midwifery Services
869. To ask the Minister for Health the current standard (details supplied) for midwifery staffing; the cost of bringing the current Irish levels in line with this; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff
870. To ask the Minister for Health the current international and best practice standards for consultant obstetricians and gynaecologists; the cost of bringing the current Irish levels in line... - Medicinal Products Regulation
871. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the orphan medicinal products regulation; if his attention has been drawn to the monopoly that pharmaceutical companies can hold for orphan... - Prescriptions Charges
872. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges; the estimated cost of lowering the drug payment scheme threshold in €20 intervals; and if he will... - Medical Card Data
873. To ask the Minister for Health the current average cost of a GP visit card; the current average cost of a GP visit card for under six years of age; the current average cost of a GP visit... - Hospital Transfers
874. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person (details supplied) will be transported to Galway university hospital for an emergency procedure if not by the HSE national ambulance... - Ambulance Service
875. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a concluded review on the HSE's ambulance service handling a 999 call on 28 October 2010 (details supplied) will not be published by the HSE; and if... - General Practitioner Services
876. To ask the Minister for Health if he will encourage the HSE to support the innovative plan put together by the general practitioners in Thurles, County Tipperary to maintain the patient list... - General Practitioner Services Provision
877. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in the sourcing of a replacement general practitioner for the retiring general practitioner in Cappawhite, County Tipperary; and if he will make a... - General Practitioner Services
878. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in negotiations with general practitioners that will see the problem of replacing retiring rural general practitioners resolved; and if... - Services for People with Disabilities
879. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a single property to accommodate a children's health facility, at which a school age team would deliver services, at the HSE's... - Health Services Data
880. To ask the Minister for Health the current cost of accommodating children's health services in Roscommon town at the multiple sites in which services are currently being delivered by school... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
881. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add pain amplification syndrome and chronic fatigue to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13466/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
882. To ask the Minister for Health the resources he is providing to assist persons with Prader-Willi syndrome and their carers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Services Provision
883. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of mental health teams to assist persons with Prader-Willi syndrome (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Card Eligibility
885. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the provision of medical cards for persons with Prader-Willi syndrome (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointments Status
888. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [13481/17] - Primary Care Centres Provision
889. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary health care centre (details supplied) in Dublin; the timeline for its construction and completion; and if he will make... - Long Stay Residential Units
890. To ask the Minister for Health if he will have a long-term stay bed made available to a person (detail supplied) in County Cork. [13486/17] - General Practitioner Services
891. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposal from general practitioners in Thurles, County Tipperary to replace a general practitioner that is due to retire very soon; and if he... - Services for People with Disabilities
892. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no physiotherapist in a school (details supplied) since September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13490/17] - Ministerial Meetings
893. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry, including representatives of individual companies, in the past year; if the Cannabis for... - Hospital Services
894. To ask the Minister for Health the consultations he has had on the development of MRH Portlaoise emergency department; the consultations he has had regarding 24-7 mental health cover,... - Respite Care Services Provision
895. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken (details supplied) to resolve the respite issues of disabled children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13495/17] - Health Services Staff Recruitment
896. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) in order to allow it to recruit a person, who was appointed pending funding, for the... - Medical Card Applications
897. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is now requesting weekly travel receipts from students that are attending third level overseas (details supplied) in the assessment of their... - National Children's Hospital Location
898. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the logic to developing the new children's hospital, without ensuring the co-location of the new maternity hospital, in view of the... - Occupational Therapy
899. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can access an appointment with an occupational therapist to assess accommodation needs; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
900. 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. [13530/17] - Ministerial Meetings
901. To ask the Minister for Health further to the meeting that took place on 6 December 2016 with a person (details supplied), if he will contact the person directly and outline any steps that... - Disabled Drivers Grant
902. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) with regard to grant funding for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13532/17] - Child Abuse Reports
903. To ask the Minister for Health the number of allegations of sexual abuse made to the HSE or the previous health boards by persons that were fostered or by their families in respect of time... - Hospital Procedures
904. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have an urgent date provided for a medical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Data
905. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time persons have to wait from general practitioner referral for an appointment for initial examination and breast screening check at the Mater... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
906. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a grant available to help persons with sight issues to purchase equipment (details supplied). [13574/17] - Health Services Funding
907. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding that has been provided by his Department or agencies under its remit to individual local authorities for the provision of life-saving... - Medical Card Applications
909. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card by a 21 year old full-time student living at home with their parents is assessed on household income or only on the income... - Health Insurance Cover
910. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take regarding insurance companies refusing to provide cover for neurological paediatricians prescribing medicinal cannabis; the way he will... - Medicinal Products Licensing
911. To ask the Minister for Health if any person that has applied to his Department regarding the new cannabis legislation succeeded in getting the required drug to treat epilepsy or Dravet... - Health Services Staff Training
912. To ask the Minister for Health if the sponsorship of nursing and midwives third level education initiatives is still available within the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a... - National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
913. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request that South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital refer a person (details supplied) for treatment in a private hospital via the National... - Hospital Procedures
914. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the next appointment for surgery will take place in respect of a person (details supplied); and the way the person can receive priority... - National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
915. To ask the Minister for Health when the next initiative of National Treatment Purchase Fund funding will be made available to South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork, for persons... - National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
916. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the National Treatment Purchase Fund €5 million funding that has been provided to the South-South West Hospitals Group for the day case... - Hospital Appointments Status
917. 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. [13636/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
918. 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. [13640/17] - Mental Health Services Provision
919. To ask the Minister for Health when a comprehensive Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services service will be provided to a person (details supplied); the provision made to ensure that all... - Hospitals Data
920. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of public money spent in each of the past five years in respect of treatment in hospitals by the Health Service Executive (details supplied); if... - Departmental Funding
921. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all State funding allocation in relation to AIDS/HIV prevention to LGBT and non-LGBT organisations over the past ten years, in... - Hospital Waiting Lists
922. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the growing waiting times in Naas hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13655/17] - Hospital Records
923. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide medical assessment records in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of the fact person has experienced difficulty... - Medical Card Applications
924. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to have a decision made in respect of a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Procedures
925. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied ) will have surgery. [13666/17] - Vaccination Programme
926. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 446 of 13 December 2016, if he will ensure that a final reply is issued as soon as possible in view of the fact no... - Hospital Staff Recruitment
927. To ask the Minister for Health when the position of the sarcoma specialist at St. Vincent's Hospital will be filled; the current status of the recruitment process; and if he will make a... - Hospital Procedures
928. 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. [13709/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
929. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding was refused by the Health Service Executive to supply a nurse to a person (details supplied) who has been out of school since February 2017.... - Home Help Service Data
930. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided by the Health Service Executive for each of the years 2011 to 2016, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
931. To ask the Minister for Health the reason long term illness benefit is cut off at 16 years of age for mental illness but not for other illnesses; the reason the medical card is withdrawn for... - Hospital Procedures
932. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have surgery arranged. [13741/17] - Health Services Expenditure
933. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alter the living donor reimbursement scheme in order that stay at home parents would be compensated for child care costs which will ensue as a... - Health Services Provision
934. 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. [13749/17] - Hospital Appointments Delays
935. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent hospital appointment in the neurology department will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Services for People with Disabilities
936. To ask the Minister for Health the 33 residential centres run by St. John of God for persons with disabilities that are currently deemed by HIQA to be non compliant with regulations, in... - Mental Health Services
939. To ask the Minister for Health the dementia services available for the under 65s nationally and specifically in the Dublin South West constituency; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Procedures
940. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be admitted to hospital for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13757/17] - Health Services Provision
941. To ask the Minister for Health if any adult cystic fibrosis, CF, patients were accommodated in wards within University Hospital Limerick other than in the CF unit since the unit opened; if... - Primary Care Centres
942. To ask the Minister for Health if the works to be carried out at a health centre (details supplied) are significant; if it will affect the services provided; and if he will make a statement... - General Medical Services Scheme Administration
943. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding making translarna available through the general medical scheme scheme following additional data which has been given to the Health... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
944. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in implementing the recommendations contained in chapter five of the review of the nursing home support scheme and, specifically, work... - Medical Card Data
945. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which a person (details supplied) in County Sligo has access to a medical card to cover costs associated with treatments prior to March 2017; and... - Cancer Screening Programmes
946. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women that have availed of the screening for cervical cancer in each the years 2010 to 2016. [13803/17] - Vaccination Programme
947. To ask the Minister for Health the age groups that receive the free meningococcal B vaccine; his plans to extend the free meningococcal B vaccine to all children; if his attention has been... - Health Services Provision
948. To ask the Minister for Health when a €75 public charge was introduced for an appointment for necessary chemotherapy treatment; and if this is a policy of any hospital that provides... - National Treatment Purchase Fund Payments
949. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question numbers 499 and 500 of 14 February 2017 the reason Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, do... - Hospitals Data
950. To ask the Minister for Health the number and which hospitals do not collect inpatient and outpatient cancellation data; the reason this data is not being collected; if there are plans to... - Hospital Waiting Lists
951. To ask the Minister for Health the information relating to waiting lists which exists for Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in view of problems with... - Nursing Home Services
953. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all meetings between his Department and Nursing Homes Ireland from 2011 to date, in tabular form. [13821/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
956. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allocate funding to service providers that accommodate children with disabilities moving into adult services; if so, when this funding will be in... - Hospitals Capital Programme
957. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Susie Long project planned for St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; if the HSE plans to provide funding for the project; the section within the HSE... - Hospital Services
958. To ask the Minister for Health if angiogram services will be provided at St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, in view of the number of persons from the area who must travel to Dublin for the... - Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
960. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding made available to each local and regional drug task force for each year from 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he... - Hospital Services
961. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism's recommendation that an eight-bed national centre for patients suffering and... - Hospital Waiting Lists
962. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an operation, having had it cancelled twice already; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13873/17] - Home Care Packages Funding
965. To ask the Minister for Health the reason legislation has not been put in place with regard to HIQA (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13908/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
966. To ask the Minister for Health the position with regard to a closed respite house in Listowel County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13909/17] - Home Help Service
967. To ask the Minister for Health when the gratuity payment due to certain home help workers will be made in lieu of pensions payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13915/17] - Departmental Bodies
968. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national steering group established to develop policy on a major trauma system for Ireland; if any of the proposals include closing emergency... - Services for People with Disabilities
969. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with disabilities in receipt of home support services in each LHO for each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the number... - Departmental Funding
971. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the business case of the Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, IrSPEN, with the HSE; when same is likely to be progressed; and if... - Hospital Waiting Lists
972. 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. [13965/17] - General Medical Services Scheme
973. To ask the Minister for Health if he will permit two children (details supplied) to attend their choice of general practitioner under the GMS scheme; and if his attention has been drawn... - Medicinal Products Availability
974. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the benefit of the single market applies throughout all European countries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Respite Care Services Provision
977. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding that was allocated to respite services for persons with disabilities in County Louth in budget 2017, as per commitments made by the... - Services for People with Disabilities
979. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding allocated to the Mo Shaol initiative in County Louth in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14018/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
982. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for a CT angiogram at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a... - Housing Policy
983. To ask the Minister for Health if, in a case (details supplied) whereby there is a lien on a home in lieu of medical bills and the person dies but there are still relatives in the house, it... - HSE Properties
984. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the disused health centre in Shillelagh, County Wicklow; the avenue for submitting a proposal for its future use as a community facility; and if... - Medical Card Applications
986. 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. [14030/17] - HSE Expenditure
987. To ask the Minister for Health the exact annual cost of leasing a new premises for the HSE (details supplied). [14031/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
988. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to find a residential placement for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14051/17] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
989. To ask the Minister for Health the supports, financial or otherwise, that are in place for a family to take a person (details supplied) home to Ireland from England; and if he will make a... - Departmental Staff Data
990. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees across his Department and each agency or organisation under the aegis of his Department who are suspended from work without prejudice... - Health Products Regulatory Authority
991. To ask the Minister for Health the way the HPRA is funded; the proportion of that funding which is from pharmaceutical companies; the measures taken by his Department to prevent undue... - Proposed Legislation
992. To ask the Minister for Health if the HPRA has met representatives of the pharmaceutical industry or other interested parties to discuss the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016;... - Services for People with Disabilities
993. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for HSE and other voluntary agencies which is provided for residential care for persons with disabilities; the way the level of service is agreed... - Health Services Expenditure
994. To ask the Minister for Health the indirect State funding, through tax deductible medical expenses, including health insurance or other tax breaks, on building or developing health... - Accident and Emergency Departments
995. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons persons with private health insurance are now charged for using emergency departments in public hospitals; the reason for this practice; and if he... - Hospital Services
996. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the minor injuries unit at Louth County Hospital can only treat persons over the age of 14; his plans to enable the unit to treat persons below age... - Hospitals Data
997. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgical beds located in Louth County Hospital; the number of surgical procedures which have been undertaken in Louth County Hospital in 2016 and... - Hospital Services
998. To ask the Minister for Health if oncology outpatient treatment is available at Louth County Hospital; if not, if he will consider introducing oncology outpatient clinics at the hospital for... - Hospital Waiting Lists
999. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for each relevant hospital for MRI scans under the public system. [14090/17] - National Maternity Hospital
1000. To ask the Minister for Health if governance issues have been resolved regarding the proposed new national maternity hospital at a site owned by a religious group (details supplied); his... - Hospital Services
1001. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the paediatric and maternity services at Portlaoise Hospital; if they are to be downgraded, the locations these services will move to; and if... - Vaccination Programme
1003. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the efforts undertaken to date to raise awareness concerning the dangers of meningitis with particular reference to ongoing or planned... - Hospital Services
1004. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the electro encephalogen service has been reduced from a four day to a two day service in Sligo University... - Departmental Legal Costs
1005. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount spent externally by his Department on legal advice for each year since 2015; the solicitors firms involved; the barristers, junior and... - Professional Qualifications
1006. To ask the Minister for Health when an application with the NMBI will be finalised for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14155/17] - Home Help Service
1007. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for home help in counties Laois and Kildare; and the length of time they are on those lists. [14157/17] - Ambulance Service
1008. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any policy or procedural item which prevents a first response responder paramedic working with the ambulance service in Northern Ireland from... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
1009. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the costs of the fair deal scheme in 2017 or 2018; if the scheme can be expanded to include care being provided in the home; and if he...
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