Written answers
Thursday, 18 May 2017
- Psychological Services
189. To ask the Minister for Health if a psychologist has been appointed to an organisation (details supplied) for children requiring such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medicinal Products Availability
190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the drug Respreeza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23630/17] - Disease Awareness (1 comment)
192. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to increase awareness of Lyme disease in view of recent protests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23638/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
193. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for a spinal consultation at Tallaght hospital; the number awaiting triage to go on the waiting list; and the steps he will take to reduce... - Medicinal Products Licensing
194. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently holding licences granted by his Department for the cultivation of hemp here in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No.... - Medical Card Appeals
195. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23658/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
196. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an orthopaedic appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23659/17] - Home Care Packages Provision
197. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a case (details supplied) regarding home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23662/17] - Accident and Emergency Departments Data
198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have presented at Mayo University Hospital emergency department from 1 January 2017 to 30 April 2017; and if the numbers presenting... - Hospitals Funding
199. To ask the Minister for Health the capital funds which will be allocated to Belmullet community hospital for rebuilding and refurbishment; and his plans to extend or reduce services at the... - Hospitals Data
200. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding rheumatology services at Mayo University Hospital; the number of days and hours per week a consultant is on site seeing patients; the... - Hospital Staff Recruitment
201. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to employ a rheumatology clinical nurse specialist at Mayo University Hospital; and if not, the reason therefore. [23669/17] - Patient Transfers
202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of rheumatology patients from County Mayo who have been referred for services in counties Galway, Leitrim, Sligo and Donegal to date in 2017, in... - Mental Health Services Data
203. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE funding allocated to each of the 11 Jigsaw projects across the State in each of the years 2012 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and his... - Health Screening Programmes
204. To ask the Minister for Health if sufficient funding will be maintained by his Department to ensure that the bowel screen service remains in place. [23676/17] - Ambulance Service Staff
205. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a policy prohibiting first response paramedics deployed from Northern Ireland from providing treatment according to their qualified skillset, such... - Addiction Treatment Services
206. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to tackle gambling addiction; the amount of funding which has been provided by the HSE to gambling addiction support services in each of... - Hospital Services
207. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the comment from the representative of Cork university hospital in correspondence (details supplied) justifying a three day delay to the treatment... - Health Services Provision
208. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for winter 2017 and 2018; his further plans to incorporate private hospitals to the winter task force in order that all possible facilities are used... - Hospital Procedures
209. To ask the Minister for Health the cost for procedures (details supplied) in each public hospital. [23702/17] - Health Insurance Prices
210. To ask the Minister for Health his views on an organisation's (details supplied) statement that the public hospital charges for private patients is adding in a significant way to health... - Health Insurance Levy
211. To ask the Minister for Health if the State takes a profit from the Revenue Commissioners’ collection of health insurance levies from health insurance companies; and if he will make a... - Disease Management
212. To ask the Minister for Health if will consider the establishment of a myalgic encephalomyelitis working group with immediate effect, as suggested by a group (details supplied); and if he... - Hospital Admissions
214. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) is immediately admitted to the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore to have a procedure... - National Children's Hospital Expenditure
215. To ask the Minister for Health the costs regarding the increased quotation from €600,000 to the latest quote for the building of the new children's hospital; the reason for the... - Hospital Investigations
216. To ask the Minister for Health if an internal investigation was carried out on the complications arising from the delivery of a person (details supplied) at Portiuncula Hospital 25 years... - Hospital Waiting Lists
217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of multiple sclerosis patients waiting for three months, six months and a year or more for an appointment to see a neurologist in tabular form.... - Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
219. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding the HSE has provided for neuro-rehabilitation services and home care for multiple sclerosis patients in each of the years 2014 to 2016... - HSE Expenditure
220. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE budget for information technology in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [23735/17] - Cyber Security Policy
223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of computers provided by the HSE to staff; and the number which have had software upgrades in each of the past five years with a view to... - Hospital Consultant Contracts
226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants currently employed on a full-time permanent basis; the number employed on a temporary basis; the number on the specialist... - Cancer Incidence
228. To ask the Minister for Health if survival rates for ovarian cancer are less here than in other EU and OECD countries; if so, the action being taken to address this; and if he will make a... - Hospital Services
229. To ask the Minister for Health when the promised mobile cath lab for County Waterford will be deployed; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23758/17] - Health Services Staff Data
231. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) had a contract to work as a psychologist for the south eastern health board in 1995 and 1996; and if they continued to work in... - Cyber Security Policy
232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE personnel assigned to cyber security in each of the years 2012 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [23785/17] - Property Transfers
234. To ask the Minister for Health the buildings, including each publicly funded hospital, clinic, nursing home or health related building and equipment worth in excess of €10,000 that... - National Maternity Hospital
235. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence (details supplied) from campaigners in County Donegal regarding the national maternity hospital; if a response has been... - Misuse of Drugs
236. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a nationwide growth in the supply and usage of the drug fentanyl, an opioid believed to be 100 times more... - Home Help Service Provision
237. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home help hours in the HSE's Dublin west area have remained unchanged in the past 12 months in view of the Government's commitment to increasing... - Local Drugs Task Forces Funding
238. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the funding allocation for drug task forces has remained at the same reduced level for the past four years in view of an ever increasing demand for... - Nursing Staff Recruitment
239. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding psychiatric nursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23898/17]
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