Written answers

Thursday, 21 September 2017

  • Dental Services Provision
    129. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be assessed by an orthodontist in HSE Cork south Lee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39918/17]
  • Medical Card Applications
    130. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    131. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has received an application for funding for a case (details supplied) in County Mayo; if his attention has been drawn to the urgency of this...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    132. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an operation carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39925/17]
  • Stroke Care
    133. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase capacity of the health service's treatment of strokes in view of the projected increase in incidents of strokes; and if he...
  • Motorised Transport Grant
    135. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the review of the mobility grant and motorised transport grant; when he expects details of an updated scheme to be available; and if he...
  • Health Services Provision
    136. To ask the Minister for Health the funding which is potentially available to a centre (details supplied) to replace the bus it uses to transport 90 persons that use the service in view of...
  • Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation
    137. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the implementation of the National Rare Disease Plan for Ireland 2014-2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39936/17]
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
    138. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the PKU products from a company (details supplied) available on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Hospital Services
    139. To ask the Minister for Health if the venesection and phlebotomy therapy is a free treatment in St James's Hospital, Dublin, for haemochromatosis patients that do not qualify for a medical...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    140. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) and ensure that the HSE supply sufficient funding in this case; and if he will make a...
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    144. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to using the old accident and emergency department at University Hospital Limerick in order to alleviate the overcrowding...
  • Hospital Services
    145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was initiated at University Hospital Limerick to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
    146. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Pregabalin is prescribed under the GMS; if so, his views on its misuse; and if his attention has been drawn to adverse outcomes for persons who use...
  • Hospital Charges
    147. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable or fair that persons suffering from haemochromatosis are being charged €80 per visit for treatment when these...
  • Health Services Provision
    148. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be extra positions allocated in areas (details supplied); if so, the timeframe for same; the number of positions; and if he will make a statement...
  • Medicinal Products Licensing
    149. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make medicinal cannabis available without first passing legislation to do so; if medicinal cannabis can, under current legislation, be prescribed...
  • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
    150. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of the drug Respreeza/Zemaira; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39975/17]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    151. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39977/17]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    154. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39995/17]
  • Ambulance Service Provision
    155. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the ambulance services in a region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39996/17]
  • Occupational Therapy Expenditure
    156. To ask the Minister for Health when additional funding will be made available to occupational therapy services in counties Westmeath and Longford in order to reduce the current eight month...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    157. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40016/17]
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    158. To ask the Minister for Health if persons in County Louth can access versatis lidocaine 5% medicated plaster under GMS services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40027/17]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
    160. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for joint replacement operations in the Royal College of Surgeons hospital group, by individual hospital, for each of the past three years;...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    161. To ask the Minister for Health when a full-time nurse will be available in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40041/17]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    162. 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. [40042/17]
  • Cancer Screening Programmes
    164. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for general practitioner referrals to each of the breast health clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40096/17]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    165. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40097/17]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    166. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to reduce the waiting lists for eye procedures; and if he will implement reforms that would see community and hospital based services...
  • Home Help Service Provision
    167. To ask the Minister for Health the status of home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40102/17]
  • Nursing Home Fees
    168. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to survey individual nursing homes on the amount they are charging in additional fees to residents under the nursing home support scheme and the...
  • Ambulance Service Data
    170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in July 2017; the number of such ambulances that waited more than 20, 40, 60, 90,...
  • Health Services Funding
    171. To ask the Minister for Health the savings made by cutting payments to section 39 organisations since 2007; the date on which the cuts were imposed; the cost of restoring payments to section...
  • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
    172. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of a new motorised scooter can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40116/17]

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