Written answers

Wednesday, 3 May 2017

  • Maternity Services
    223. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost per child of introducing a baby box scheme similar to that operating in Scotland. [20998/17]
  • Hospital Staff Data
    225. To ask the Minister for Health the number and grades of all vacancies at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20889/17]
  • Voluntary Sector Data
    226. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of the HSE regarding zero-hour contracts and if-and-when contracts of employment for section 39 Health Act 2004 organisations; and if he will make a...
  • Disability Services Funding
    228. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to an organisation (details supplied) the annual amount of funding given to the organisation for each of the past five years to 2016 and to date in...
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
    229. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish the recommendations of the interdepartmental working group on the fair deal scheme; if he will introduce changes to the scheme to provide...
  • Hospital Services
    231. To ask the Minister for Health if full five day nursing led care is available at a hospital (details supplied); if not, his plans to reinstate this service; and if he will make a statement...
  • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
    232. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for a multi million euro development proposed for a hospital (details supplied) in Roscommon town; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Equipment
    233. To ask the Minister for Health the operational status of the DXA scanner at University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20921/17]
  • Health Services Provision
    234. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not responded to a query raised in Parliamentary Question No. 584 of 11 April 2017. [20936/17]
  • Dental Services Provision
    235. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule an emergency dental appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20959/17]
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    237. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned €16 million new build at St. Patrick’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon; when work on the planned public private...
  • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
    238. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to locate a stabilisation type unit at Roscommon County Hospital in the absence of a 24-hour accident and emergency department; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services Staff Remuneration
    239. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding that will be made available to the HSE for section 39 organisations' pay restoration in view of the fact that pay cuts were imposed...
  • Health Services Data
    240. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of negotiations between the State and an organisation (details supplied) during the transfer of St. Vincent’s Hospital from St....
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    241. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [20993/17]
  • Health Services
    242. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied). [20999/17]
  • Drugs Payment Scheme
    243. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the NCPE to review its decision to reject, for the purpose of reimbursement, the combined drugs (details supplied) in view of the data...
  • Legal Proceedings
    244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of legal actions alleging misdiagnosis currently being taken against the HSE western division; the way in which cases are recorded in data; if such...
  • Hospitals Data
    245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with cardiac conditions in the south east region that were treated in hospitals in counties Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Wexford, Kilkenny...
  • Health Screening Programmes
    248. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21026/17]
  • National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure
    249. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 245 to 250, inclusive, of 6 April 2017, the details of the resources that would be needed for service roll out of the...
  • Misuse of Drugs
    254. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question number 55 of 1 February 2017, if his Department has invoked the urgency procedure to shorten the notification period in...
  • Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
    255. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the work of a centre (details supplied) in providing aftercare treatment for persons with addiction; his plans to assist the centre in view of the...
  • Vaccination Programme
    256. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the severe symptoms suffered by more than 100 girls that received the HPV vaccine; if he will meet the group representing these girls; and the...
  • Hospital Appointments Administration
    258. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule a second appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [21059/17]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    259. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an assessment of needs for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21074/17]
  • Health Services Provision
    260. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which deficiencies in the delivery of the health service have been identified in specific areas; if specific deficiencies have been identified as...
  • Medicinal Products Prices
    261. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department has access to information regarding the cost to persons of drugs across the European Union with a view to ensuring equal...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    263. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on waiting lists for all orthopaedic and cardiac procedures; if the factors contributing to the waiting lists have been...
  • Nursing Home Beds Data
    264. To ask the Minister for Health the number of step-down or nursing home standard beds currently available throughout the public and private sectors; the degree to which augmentation is...
  • General Practitioner Contracts
    265. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the new general practitioner contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21087/17]
  • Health Services
    266. To ask the Minister for Health his preferred options for the respective roles of the public and private sectors in the delivery of health services throughout the country in the future; and...
  • Health Services Provision
    267. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure early access to assessment for persons with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21089/17]
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    268. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve access to quality services for persons with mental health problems comparable to best international practice; and if he will make a...
  • Medical Card Administration
    269. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards currently in circulation; the extent to which numbers have fluctuated in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    271. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to alleviate the problem of overcrowding at general hospitals throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Services
    272. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be provided to the maxillofacial department in St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8 in order to allow persons (details supplied) to be...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    273. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in the maxillofacial department in St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8. [21099/17]
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    274. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether income from the rent-a-room scheme should be included in the calculation of means for medical cards in view of the fact that this scheme...
  • National Maternity Hospital
    275. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify comments made in respect of the Government retaining a golden share in the new national maternity hospital in view of the 2010 European...
  • Hospital Facilities
    276. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider issuing guidelines to Naas Hospital to provide free parking for persons undergoing cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    277. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate with the relevant HSE officials and a hospital (details supplied) if a drug can be made available publicly to a person (details...

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