Written answers
Tuesday, 4 April 2017
- Brexit Issues
437. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with modest UK pensions, which entitle the recipients of the pension to a medical card here under EU law, will be affected with the onset of Brexit;... - Ambulance Service
438. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there was no ambulance available for dispatch on the night of 18 March 2017 from Sligo University Hospital; the availability of ambulance services... - Hospital Appointments Delays
439. 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. [16006/17] - Medicinal Products Availability
442. To ask the Minister for Health the reason lutein omega 3 was taken off the medical card list in view of the fact that medical card holders now have to pay €21.50; and if he will make... - General Medical Services Scheme Administration
443. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place overseeing the removal of medical card holders from patient lists upon death; the scrutiny that is undertaken to ensure that doctors... - General Medical Services Scheme
444. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money refunded in each year since 2011 by general practitioners that were paid under the medical card scheme for persons that had died; if he has... - Dental Services Waiting Lists
445. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the excessive waiting times for primary school children accessing dental treatment; the detail of waiting lists in counties Cavan and... - Hospital Waiting Lists
446. 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. [16013/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
451. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16029/17] - HSE Complaints Procedures
452. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 170 and 171 of 26 January 2017, and correspondence (details supplied), the reason no contact has yet been made with the... - Hospital Records
453. To ask the Minister for Health if the medical records from Waterford University Hospital and St. Patrick's Hospital relative to the case of a person (details supplied) will be made available... - Ambulance Service Data
454. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in January 2017, in tabular form; the number of such ambulances that waited longer... - Medical Card Eligibility
455. To ask the Minister for Health when children in receipt of domiciliary care allowance will be issued with a full medical card as announced in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
457. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the fair deal scheme will be published and implemented as outlined in the partnership programme for Government; the timeframe for this... - Hospital Waiting Lists
458. 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. [16071/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
459. To ask the Minister for Health the individual funding that was allocated to a training centre for adults with disabilities in County Donegal for the provision of services, training and... - Hospital Waiting Lists
464. 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. [16083/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
482. 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. [16102/17] - Hospital Staff Recruitment
484. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who applied for the position of sarcoma specialist at St. Vincent's University Hospital; the number of persons who made up the interview... - Hospital Appointments Status
485. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be scheduled for a procedure at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medicinal Products Prices
486. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision in 2012 to remove gluten-free products from the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16125/17] - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
487. To ask the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre diabetes device will be added to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16126/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
488. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to provide home support for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16137/17] - Health Services
490. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) can be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16142/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
491. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make additional resources available to the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital to prevent waiting times for ophthalmology in view of the... - HSE Documents
492. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure and policy in place within the HSE for obtaining signatures on forms from patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16148/17] - Hospital Admissions
493. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a policy for staff who oversee the completion and signatures on forms from patients in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
496. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the request to expedite an ophthalmology appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16153/17] - HSE Correspondence
497. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the inconsistency in the evidence of the chief executive of the HSE to the Committee of Public Accounts on 23 March 2017 regarding the... - Parking Charges
498. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the hospitals in which reduced-rate parking rates for long-term patients and visitors apply (details supplied); if this scheme is available to... - General Practitioner Services
499. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have contacted the HSE client registration unit to have a GP in County Louth assigned to them over the past two years; and if he will... - Health Services Provision
500. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for ensuring Parkinson's disease services are available throughout all regions, specifically the midlands region. [16181/17] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Appeals
501. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the request by a person (details supplied) to the authorities of the fair deal scheme for a review of their monthly contribution to the scheme;... - Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
502. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in the provision of the Orkambi drug for those persons diagnosed with cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16193/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
503. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the current waiting lists for children with scoliosis; the number of children on the waiting list for treatment; the steps he is taking to... - Services for People with Disabilities
504. To ask the Minister for Health when the new legislation will be introduced to provide for the replacement scheme for the motorised transport and mobility allowance; the reason for the delay... - Hospital Services
505. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16223/17] - Hospital Staff
506. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that St. Anne’s Day Hospital in Limerick has been without one of its clinical psychologists since August... - Services for People with Disabilities
507. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of persons (details supplied) who have been approved for ten hours of home support since November 2016 but have yet... - Audiology Services Provision
508. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the waiting list for audiology tests in Ennis, County Clare, is now only dealing with referrals from 2014; the... - Medical Card Applications
510. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for the processing of medical card applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16260/17] - Medical Card Reviews
511. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is subject to a full review of a medical card application due to the fact they mistakenly ticked the wrong box on a... - Health Services
512. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) with regard to the future direction of health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16272/17] - Child Care Services Provision
515. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the quoted CAMHS standard operating procedure. SOP, in terms of the proportion of CAMHS staff, including consultant child psychiatrists, that... - Drugs Payment Scheme
516. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) will be covered under the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16279/17] - Health Services
518. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a physiotherapy appointment through the HSE in respect of a person (details supplied). [16281/17] - Hospital Appointments Administration
519. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) and schedule an urgent appointment for this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Suicide Prevention
520. To ask the Minister for Health if 95% of general practitioners with whom suicidal persons are registered will receive a completed emergency care plan within 24 hours as recommended by the... - Accident and Emergency Departments Data
521. To ask the Minister for Health if, based on current individual emergency department data, a target has been set for each emergency departments to reduce the proportion of persons leaving... - Accident and Emergency Departments
522. To ask the Minister for Health if all persons that arrive in the emergency department are triaged for mental health difficulties in view of the evidence that mental health triage scales... - Suicide Prevention
527. To ask the Minister for Health the number of suicide crisis assessment nurses that are in place for the Dublin south west area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16301/17] - Mental Health Services Expenditure
529. To ask the Minister for Health if there is now an information system in place to account for public expenditure on mental health care in view of the fact that it is ten years from the... - Hospital Appointments Delays
530. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [16306/17] - Food Safety Standards
531. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the capacity of the HSE to conduct medicated food testing in order to benefit persons such as those that suffer from PKU; and if he will... - Drug Treatment Programmes
532. To ask the Minister for Health the drug treatment services available in the midlands area generally and specifically in counties Westmeath and Longford; the services that have ceased in the... - Mental Health Services
533. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health services available to young persons in the midlands area generally and specifically in counties Westmeath and Longford; and if he will make a... - Organ Transplant Services
534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expand the availability of organ transplant services for children here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16347/17] - Organ Donation
535. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to increase the level of organ donation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16348/17] - Translation Services Provision
537. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests his Department received for material to be made available in braille format in each of the years 2014 to 2016; the number of these... - Vaccination Programme
538. To ask the Minister for Health the way he has ensured the availability of the meningitis B vaccine from the HSE in order to prevent the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in the UK and... - Hospital Appointments Status
539. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16536/17] - Registration of Nurses
541. To ask the Minister for Health the status of and the reason for the delay in processing a nursing registration application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointments Status
542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an appointment for a person (details supplied) [16579/17] - Health Services
543. 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. [16587/17] - Hospital Services
544. To ask the Minister for Health the process and services that are available to persons living with intestinal failure transitioning from the national paediatric unit at Our Lady’s... - Home Help Service
545. To ask the Minister for Health the way home help care workers' pensions are assessed; when these pensions wereintroduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16608/17] - Hospital Staff Data
546. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgeons currently based at University College Hospital Galway; if there are current vacancies, when the orthopaedic surgery posts... - Hospital Appointments Status
547. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for pain management injections at University Hospital Galway's orthopaedic department.... - Hospital Services
548. To ask the Minister for Health if the administration of pain management injections is currently available at University College Hospital Galway; if not, the expected timeframe for this... - Hospital Appointments Status
549. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [16623/17] - Medicinal Products Regulation
550. To ask the Minister for Health if the HPRA has a report of roaccutane being used for its intended purpose, which is cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16624/17] - Hospital Accommodation Provision
551. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in locating modular patient accommodation on the South Tipperary General Hospital campus to alleviate the overcrowding situation at the hospital;... - National Children's Hospital
552. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 28 March 2017, the basis for his view that the final construction elements of the project compare favourably to... - Hospital Facilities
553. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the Exchequer of carers supporting family members living with severe intestinal failure due to the lack of a dedicated national adult... - Voluntary Sector Remuneration
554. To ask the Minister for Health the provision which has been made for section 39 organisations providing social care services to meet the various pay restoration requirements now falling due... - Medical Card Eligibility
555. To ask the Minister for Health when medical cards will be provided to all children in receipt of domiciliary care allowance; if these children will automatically receive the medical card... - National Lottery Funding Data
557. To ask the Minister for Health if national lottery funding is available at present through his Department to support the work of community groups; if so, if there are specific programmes... - Departmental Correspondence
559. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a final reply to a query that was sent to his office in January 2017 by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
560. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each region who are currently on a waiting list to have cataract removal procedure, in tabular form; when he expects these lists to be... - Hospital Appointments Administration
561. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review and organise an appointment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16681/17] - Alcohol Sales
564. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has undertaken to date in tackling underage alcohol consumption; the results to date; his views on figures which showed an increase of the... - Commencement of Legislation
565. To ask the Minister for Health when he will make commencement orders in respect of the remaining sections that fall under his remit of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015; and... - Hospital Appointments Status
566. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16754/17] - Legislative Measures
567. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to legislate for the regulation of surrogacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16755/17] - Cross-Border Health Services Provision
568. To ask the Minister for Health if funding under the EU INTERREG IVA programme is secure for the work of CAWT in view of the importance of this programme for the delivery of some health... - Ambulance Service Data
573. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances and staffing levels for County Donegal in the years 2008, 2012 and 2016; the distribution of ambulances within the county throughout...
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