Written answers
Tuesday, 11 April 2017
- Health Insurance Community Rating
474. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that employees of the State posted abroad as part of their duties are not disadvantaged by the health insurance lifetime community rating... - Health Services Provision
475. To ask the Minister for Health the person or agency that when an adult, male or female, is allegedly raped is responsible for carrying out a forensic sexual medical examination; and if he... - State Claims Agency
476. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 1 February 2017, the criteria used by the State Claims Agency in building the actuarial models which indicated that... - Home Help Service Provision
477. To ask the Minister for Health when it is envisaged that home help hours allocated to counties Kildare and west Wicklow will reach the level that was available in 2011; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
478. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in (details supplied) County Kerry will receive a date for a spinal operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17483/17] - Home Help Service Provision
479. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE spend on private agencies for hiring home help carers; if he will provide a breakdown of these payments for counties Louth and Meath. [17486/17] - Health Services Staff Remuneration
480. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a gender pay gap in the rates of pay made between male and female carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17499/17] - General Practitioner Services Provision
481. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE or ShannonDoc to respond to a data request (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17505/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
483. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided a hospital appointment. [17510/17] - Health Services Staff
484. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing situation regarding a children's eye clinic at a location (details supplied); if children from County Laois will be treated in nearby other... - Mental Health Services Staff
485. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the staff shortages in the CAMHS services in Cork; the efforts being made to resolve this; the interim measures he and HSE officials are putting... - Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure
487. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be released to ease the waiting list of more than 200 persons who are waiting on walking aids with a charity (details supplied); and... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
488. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with additional foot orthotics to assist with alignment resulting from cerebral palsy; and if he will make a... - Primary Care Centres Provision
489. To ask the Minister for Health if works will commence on an extension for a health centre in Clonroche, County Wexford in view of the fact planning was approved more than one year ago. [17554/17] - Health Services Provision
490. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are available to persons with polio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17563/17] - Infectious Disease Incidence
491. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have polio here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17564/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
492. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address waiting times for persons who potentially may be diagnosed with Parkinson's disease to see a neurologist regarding changes to medication and... - Disability Support Services Provision
493. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 12,000 persons are living with Parkinson's disease here; the reason there are only five specialist nurses to... - Voluntary Sector Funding
494. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an association (details supplied) does not receive State funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17577/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
495. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has not responded to the Dublin Dental Hospital regarding two applications for funding to cover the treatment for a... - Infectious Disease Screening Service
496. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the results of tests for Lyme disease carried out by a laboratory (details supplied) are not accepted by the Health Service Executive; if the same... - National Lottery Funding Applications
498. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17593/17] - Orthodontic Services Provision
499. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for orthodontic treatment under the HSE, Tullamore, County Offaly. [17605/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
500. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin. [17606/17] - Mental Health Services Provision
501. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal may change consultant with the Donegal mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Services Funding
502. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost for providing a mental health nurse in all accident and emergency departments 24 hours a day, in every custody suite, in every Garda... - Hospital Appointments Status
503. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive a hospital appointment; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Our Lady's... - Services for People with Disabilities
507. To ask the Minister for Health the consultation process with persons regarding the residents of a centre (details supplied) due to its upcoming closure; the care plan involved in putting... - Medicinal Products Data
508. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the monitoring of trends in the prescription of psychoactive psychotropic drugs here, especially to children, over the past 20 years; if his... - Ambulance Service
510. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 414 of 7 February 2017, if the decision to be made in quarter 1 of 2017 to go to tender to build the new permanent... - Registration of Nurses
511. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that nurses were removed from the active register within two weeks of receipt of a final reminder notice to pay... - Nursing Home Services
515. To ask the Minister for Health if the policy in relation to the provision of convalescent care for persons leaving hospital has changed from patient choice to a tendering system whereby only... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
516. To ask the Minister for Health when medical equipment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17680/17] - Care Services Provision
518. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a request for full-time residential care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17682/17] - Public Sector Staff Recruitment
519. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who applied for a position of student paramedic with the HSE was refused on educational grounds even though they were... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
520. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to hire a myalgic encephalomyelitis specialist consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17684/17] - Patient Data
521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of myalgic encephalomyelitis patients here; the source of this information; the way in which it is collated; and if he will make a statement on the... - Care Services Provision
522. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place to assist diagnosed myalgic encephalomyelitis patients in the community to assist them with their everyday lives; and if he will make a... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
523. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a 90% agricultural relief to farm business assets under the financial assessment of the nursing home support scheme in order that the... - Care Services Provision
526. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the cuts to a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17707/17] - Primary Care Services Provision
527. To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction counsellors working in primary care in each of the years 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the annual expense incurred by these... - Medical Card Applications
528. 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. [17726/17] - National Treatment Purchase Fund
529. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a query regarding a person and conditions of appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17750/17] - Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
530. To ask the Minister for Health if the condition known as bilateral recurrent serpiginous choroiditis may be added to the long term illness scheme due to its progressive nature and the need... - Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
531. To ask the Minister for Health the details of research undertaken by his Department to ensure the safety of the Gardasil vaccine; his plans to engage with the advocacy groups for those that... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
532. To ask the Minister for Health when the interdepartmental group which is currently reviewing the fair deal scheme is expected to conclude its review; when will the findings be brought before... - HSE Data
533. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17817/17] - Occupational Therapy
534. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists to see an occupational therapist in health centres in County Wicklow, including Baltinglass and Blessington; the average... - Health Insurance Prices
535. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to alleviate the spiralling costs of health insurance; the supports available to those under 35 years of age who are of the view that... - Respite Care Services Provision
536. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that respite beds offered by an organisation (details supplied) have been greatly reduced in the past ten years;... - National Cancer Strategy Implementation
539. To ask the Minister for Health when the publication of the national cancer strategy is expected; to his views on the delay in the publication of the strategy; if his attention has been drawn... - Medicinal Products Availability
540. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the national cancer control programme's opinion on the cancer treating drug nivolumab also known as Opdivo; his views on making this drug... - Suicide Incidence
541. To ask the Minister for Health the number of suicides that have been recorded on the grounds of public hospitals following a presentation to accident and emergency departments in the past... - HSE Data
542. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied). [17878/17] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
543. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention and the attention of the HSE has been drawn to the benefits of medical equipment (details supplied); and his plans to roll this out in... - Disability Services Funding
544. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17881/17] - Medical Card Eligibility
545. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include the process of blood removal for haemochromatosis patients, venesection, by general practitioners for medical card holders to be covered by... - Mental Health Services Funding
546. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided by the exchequer for patient advocacy in mental health for each respective body from 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [17890/17] - National Maternity Hospital
547. To ask the Minister for Health the precise nature of the ownership and governance structure of the new national maternity hospital. [17895/17] - Disability Support Services Funding
548. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of filling all vacancies in early intervention and school age disability teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17896/17] - Disability Services Data
549. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints that have been made to the disability complaints officer in relation to failure to provide an assessment within the timeframes... - Ambulance Service Data
550. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private ambulances being used to service public hospitals or to provide an inter hospital service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Ambulance Service Staff
553. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance staff over each of the past ten years; the arrangements in place to provide holiday cover for ambulance staff; the number of requests... - Ambulance Service
554. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent on private ambulances by the HSE over each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Properties
555. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant buildings in his department’s ownership or control; the locations of same; and the length of time they have been unoccupied in each... - Suicide Prevention
556. To ask the Minister for Health the number of suicide crisis intervention nurses positions filled here; the number currently being advertised for; his future plans for new positions; and his... - Mental Health Services Data
557. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing a crisis house for crisis intervention in mental health; the number currently in operation here; and the cost of these... - Primary Care Centres
558. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding persons in County Laois that attend the local health centre (details supplied) in a location in which blood tests are taken; the... - Hospital Services
559. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Herity report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17940/17] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
560. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used to determine the subvention allowed or granted under the fair deal scheme for private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the... - Nursing Home Services
563. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide extra bed capacity in nursing homes going forward in view of the fact the State has an ageing population (details supplied); and if he... - Maternity Services Provision
564. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the fact that the maternity and infant care scheme last had a full review in 1994 when the reported costs of the general practitioner element of... - General Practitioner Services Provision
566. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners that are receiving HSE payments for employing practice nurses to carry out antenatal care, including routine checks. [17968/17] - National Maternity Hospital
568. To ask the Minister for Health the exact location of the proposed site for the first new midwifery led unit to be built as part of the national maternity strategy; and when it is due to be... - Maternity Services Provision
569. To ask the Minister for Health when all 19 maternity units will have a whole time or whole time equivalent perinatal mental health midwife specialist in place in view of the fact that the... - HSE Data
571. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will publish as part of its monthly maternity safety statements a metric on the monthly use of admission CTGs, in view of the fact that the... - Maternity Services
572. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of an emergency caesarean and of an elective caesarean as paid for under the maternity and infant care scheme. [17974/17] - HSE Staff Remuneration
573. To ask the Minister for Health if there are top-up payments still being paid to senior management staff in the country’s four largest maternity units; and if so, the breakdown of... - HSE Staff Data
574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new contracts that have been issued to fill posts of CMM1, CMM2 and CMM3 since the removal of the existing embargo in May 2016. [17976/17] - HSE Staff
576. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the existence of and explain the purpose of so-called confidentiality, non-disclosure or gagging clauses in HSE contracts issued to... - Hospital Accommodation Provision
577. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of recent refurbishments to private patient accommodation in the Coombe Women’s and Children University Hospital. [17979/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
579. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a hospital appointment. [17981/17] - Nursing Home Services
580. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a nursing home charging a person (details supplied) for a mattress. [17998/17] - Medical Card Applications
581. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made in respect of a medical card application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Card Expenditure
582. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a medical card to all persons that require long-term treatment for mental health problems. [18018/17] - Primary Care Centres Provision
583. To ask the Minister for Health the process, decisions and submissions in respect of the proposed primary care centre for Baltinglass, County Wicklow since 2011, including sites identified,... - Health Services Provision
584. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not been given help from the HSE. [18029/17] - HSE Funding
585. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the shortfall in funding from the HSE to a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18053/17] - Hospital Groups
586. To ask the Minister for Health if he will facilitate and attend a follow-up meeting with members of a group (details supplied) to discuss the issues facing diabetes services in Saolta Group;... - HSE Properties
587. To ask the Minister for Health the addresses of properties acquired in County Louth by the HSE or the local authority for the purposes of decongregation; and the purchase price of each... - Respite Care Services Availability
589. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the availability of services at a respite centre (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Staff
590. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures available to health service staff for debriefing following a critical or traumatic incident; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
593. To ask the Minister for Health when it is planned to publish the interdepartmental working group report on the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18100/17] - Medical Card Applications
594. To ask the Minister for Health the outstanding documentation required in respect of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); if the application can be... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
595. To ask the Minister for Health if a replacement has been selected to fill a soon to be vacated paediatric endocrinologist consultant post based in Sligo University Hospital; if so, the date... - Organ Donation
596. To ask the Minister for Health his views on an issue (details supplied); if there is anything being done at present by his Department to encourage more persons to carry organ donation cards;... - Patient Data
597. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in acute hospital beds awaiting transfer to a nursing home facility as a percentage of the total acute hospital beds in the system; and... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
598. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the evidence relied upon by the HSE to change the criteria for reimbursement of test strips for type 2 diabetics, if general practitioners... - Ambulance Service Response Times
599. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time and the maximum waiting time in each quarter of 2016, for an emergency ambulance in Connacht, Leinster, Munster, Ulster and Dublin, in... - Legislative Measures
600. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider amending the Health Act 2007 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18141/17] - Home Help Service
601. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide details of the pilot home help scheme which is currently being undertaken in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; when it... - Accident and Emergency Departments
602. To ask the Minister for Health when the new accident and emergency department in University Hospital Limerick will be opened. [18144/17] - Hospital Accommodation Provision
603. To ask the Minister for Health when the new ward in Nenagh Hospital will be completed and operational. [18145/17] - Departmental Expenditure
604. To ask the Minister for Health the use to which the contingency of €36 million in his Department is being applied. [18146/17] - Maternity Services
605. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the national maternity strategy will be implemented in time and on budget. [18147/17] - Hospital Services
606. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change services that are provided in Portlaoise General Hospital [18148/17] - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
607. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a person's (details supplied) application for a nursing pin [18163/17] - Hospital Procedures
608. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic operations carried out in the Regional Hospital Tullamore in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017 in respect of hip replacement... - Vaccination Programme Data
609. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent on the pandemrix vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18167/17] - Vaccination Programme
612. To ask the Minister for Health when the meningitis B vaccine catch-up programme will be rolled out to older children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18170/17] - Health Insurance Data
613. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with private health insurance; the number of persons covered by policies in which there is a 10% group discount available through their... - Air Navigation Orders
614. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE emergency co-ordinators were informed of an agreement which was entered into allowing the RAF permission to shoot down hijacked planes over Ireland; and... - General Practitioner Data
615. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a sufficient number of doctors in Dublin 7 for persons on medical cards. [18184/17] - Cancer Services Provision
616. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make proton beam therapy available here. [18185/17] - Respite Care Services
619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available for persons with intellectual disabilities under 18 years of age and over 18 years of age, respectively, by location,... - Services for People with Disabilities
622. To ask the Minister for Health if funding at present is allocated to services (details supplied) in counties Cavan and Monaghan; his plans for investment in either county; and if he will... - Organ Donation
623. To ask the Minister for Health the process which would be implemented for the families of the deceased to veto organ donation in view of the fact that organ harvesting takes place as quickly... - Psychological Services
626. To ask the Minister for Health if approval has been given to counselling or psychological services (details supplied) at primary care level for 2017; if so, the number that have been signed... - Hospital Appointments Status
628. 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. [18256/17] - Medicinal Products Availability
629. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the availability of Orkambi for persons with cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18258/17] - Health Services Funding
631. To ask the Minister for Health if extra funding will be made available for cataract operations in 2017 and, if so, when. [18264/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
632. 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. [18271/17] - Hospitals Funding
633. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding for hospitals (details supplied) in County Donegal; his plans to maintain long-term bed capacity at all three community hospitals... - Hospital Services
634. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date since his meeting with a group at a hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal on 12 December 2016; his plans to meet that group;... - Respite Care Services Availability
635. To ask the Minister for Health the current nursing respite available for children with life-limiting and terminal conditions; the palliative care in the home available for such children on a... - Hospital Appointments Status
638. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to have a person (details supplied) seen by the vascular clinic surgeon at a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Services for People with Disabilities
639. To ask the Minister for Health if he will liaise with the HSE to provide services for persons with additional needs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18315/17] - Home Help Service Eligibility
640. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18316/17] - Workplace Relations Commission
642. To ask the Minister for Health the adjudications and the findings of the Workplace Relations Commission in respect of public bodies in each of the years 2015 to 2016 and to date in 2017 that...
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