Written answers
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
- Hospital Appointments Status
255. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a case (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment with a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in County Offaly. [18371/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
256. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the provision of a comprehensive nursing and home support package to enable a person (details supplied) in County Cork be... - Medicinal Products Availability
257. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in the provision of the Translarna drug for those persons diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medicinal Products Licensing
259. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the drug translarna for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy; the reason it is not approved here; the history of its applicatory process... - Civil Registration Documentation
260. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist in providing a document to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [18388/17] - Mental Health Services Provision
261. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment with the child and adolescent mental health services in Cork; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
262. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical assessment appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date; and if he will make a... - Occupational Therapy
264. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in accessing occupational therapy in County Meath. [18401/17] - HSE Staff Data
266. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists in County Meath recruited in the past 12 months. [18403/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
267. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no new referrals are being placed on the waiting lists for ear, nose and throat, ENT, appointments for persons at two hospitals (details supplied);... - National Children's Hospital
269. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18429/17] - Medical Card Applications
270. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card application was closed in view of the fact that contact was made with the primary care reimbursement service, PCRS, in March 2017... - Hospital Beds Data
271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in the public hospital system; and the number of beds reserved for private patients of consultants. [18440/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
272. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for waiting times incurred by a person (details supplied); if he will expedite this person's appointment; and if he will make a statement on the... - Ambulance Service Response Times
273. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance response times for each ambulance journey in County Wicklow between 2014 and 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Ambulance Service Data
274. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance journeys made by children in County Wicklow between 2014 and 2016 in tabular form; the point of departure; and if he will make a... - Hospital Beds Data
275. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of paediatric outpatients beds to be provided in Tallaght hospital urgent care facility following the transfer of the accident and... - Hospital Appointments Status
276. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [18455/17] - Health Services Provision
277. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18457/17] - Hospital Services
278. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the status of the development of adequate diabetes consultant and CNS staff for paediatric and adult diabetic care in a hospital (details supplied).... - Health Insurance Prices
279. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to adopt the proposal to phase out tax relief on health insurance; the measures he plans to adopt to offset the €600 increase that... - Nursing Staff
280. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his views on the incentives, tax breaks or pay increases necessary to slow the leak of Irish nurses to the USA, United Kingdom and Australia and to... - Dental Services Provision
281. To ask the Minister for Health when dental screening will be reintroduced in primary schools (details supplied) in County Laois. [18476/17] - National Drugs Strategy
282. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to publish the new national drugs strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18495/17] - Speech and Language Therapy Provision
283. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the estimated cost of recruiting 100 additional speech and language posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18518/17] - Hospital Charges
284. To ask the Minister for Health if the policy of charging family members of critically-injured patients car parking fees in a Dublin hospital (details supplied) will be reviewed; if there has... - Hospital Waiting Lists
285. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the number of persons waiting more than nine months to see a consultant ophthalmologist at a Dublin hospital (details supplied); the immediate... - Psychological Services
286. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will have a psychological assessment in view of the fact the person has spent two years on a waiting list;... - Hospital Appointments Status
287. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18592/17] - Health Services Staff
289. To ask the Minister for Health if experienced paramedics can be given permission to work over the age of 66 years of age, in view of the shortage of paramedics. [18597/17] - Disability Services Provision
290. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to requests in correspondence (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the concern of parents regarding long delays... - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
291. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 247 and 248 of 2 March 2017, the status of the referred response which has not been received to date. [18606/17] - Nursing Staff
292. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to retain Irish nursing graduates in view of recent reports that almost two thirds of accident and emergency nursing posts remain... - Health Insurance Data
293. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently availing of private health insurance in age groups (details supplied). [18617/17] - Nursing Staff Data
294. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new nursing staff recruited for each hospital (details supplied) in the year to the end of March 2017 in tabular form; the number of nursing... - Hospital Services
295. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the existing St Loman's campus which is currently in use; and the long-term plans for the entire campus. [18621/17] - Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold
296. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the maximum a family or persons cohabiting should pay per month for medicine regardless of financial means. [18622/17] - Occupational Therapy
297. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care paediatric occupational therapists in County Wicklow; the number of persons waiting for care; the waiting times for an appointment... - Mental Health Services
298. To ask the Minister for Health the frequency with which inspections are carried out by an organisation in respect of a psychiatric unit (details supplied); if these reports are published;... - Hospital Staff Recruitment
299. To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement oncologist for a person (details supplied) will be hired at Tullamore Regional Hospital; and the length of time the HSE has known of the... - Health Services Staff Data
300. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paramedics employed nationally in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form [18652/17] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
301. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for complying with the programme for Government commitment to end the discrimination against persons in relation to the fair deal nursing scheme;... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the... - Hospital Beds Data
303. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 7 April 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on... - Home Help Service Data
304. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours by local health area provided in each month in 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form. [18718/17] - Home Care Packages Data
305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages currently being provided by local health office area on a seven-day-week basis, on a five-day-week basis and less than five... - Ambulance Service Data
306. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in March 2017 in tabular form; the number of such ambulances that waited longer...
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