Written answers
Tuesday, 26 September 2017
- Commissions of Investigation
257. To ask the Minister for Health the costs of inquiries into allegations of historical abuse of persons with intellectual disabilities in community healthcare organisation, CHO, 5 in 2015 and... - Service Level Agreements
258. To ask the Minister for Health the reason staff working in section 39 organisations are not provided for under the Haddington Road and Lansdowne Road Agreements (details supplied); and if he... - Hospital Appointments Status
259. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40136/17] - Medicinal Products Availability
260. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre system will be made available under the long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; if availability will not be restricted... - Health Services Provision
261. To ask the Minister for Health if a social worker will be assigned to a person (details supplied); the efforts being made to secure housing for this person; and if he will make a statement... - Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
262. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of Nivolumab on the reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40144/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
263. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40152/17] - Injecting Facilities
266. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons an injecting room at a centre (details supplied) is expected to serve. [40155/17] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
267. To ask the Minister for Health the amount recouped through the ancillary state support facility under the nursing home support scheme for each year of its operation; the amount owed by... - Health Services Reform
268. To ask the Minister for Health the obligation he or the HSE has to engage with the public or patients regarding health service planning, for example on the reconfiguration of acute hospital... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
270. To ask the Minister for Health if additional costs caused by decision of Government, local or government agencies will be directly funded by Government in such areas as the nursing home... - Respite Care Services
271. To ask the Minister for Health further to a public statement issued by the HSE on 27 April 2017 regarding respite services in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, the progress made on each project... - Services for People with Disabilities
272. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding a project (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the recent meeting in Kilkenny with the Minister of State for disability has brought a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
274. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the scoliosis waiting list targets were missed; the steps he will take to address the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40195/17] - Hospital Facilities
277. To ask the Minister for Health the difference in capacity between the old emergency department at the University of Limerick hospital and the new emergency department at the hospital [40198/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
278. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare who is waiting for cataract surgery will have this procedure carried out; and if he will make a statement on... - Respite Care Services Provision
279. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (detail supplied) regarding funding for a condition in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40203/17] - Medicinal Products Availability
280. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre system will be made available under the long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; if availability will not be restricted... - Services for People with Disabilities
281. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) is in receipt of Government funding; the financial support received by the organisation in 2015, 2016 and to date in... - Mental Health Services Data
282. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in Dublin 15 only have the resources to deal with... - Medicinal Products Availability
283. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to provide pre-exposure prophylaxis medication here, in particular, for groups that are at high risk of HIV infection; and if he will... - Disabilities Data
284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with intellectual and or physical disabilities in HSE CHO 5 who are being PEG fed on an ongoing basis; and the longest periods of PEG... - Counselling Services Provision
288. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is on a waiting list for counselling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40254/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
289. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40257/17] - Maternity Services Provision
290. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing access to foetal anomaly scans to all pregnant women in 2018; the estimated cost involved in ensuring that sufficient... - Nursing Staff Data
291. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurse graduates in 2016 and 2017; the number of these nurse graduates offered permanent contracts; and the location by hospital and speciality of... - Nursing Staff Recruitment
292. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has offered all 2016-2017 nurse graduates permanent contracts as per the memorandum of 26 April 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medicinal Products Availability
293. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE's negotiations on the drug Respreeza; if the HSE plans to return to negotiations on the availability of this drug; if he and the HSE will... - Maternity Services
294. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 699 of 26 July 2017, if part of the budget for maternity services was ring-fenced for 2016 or has been ring-fenced for... - Hospital Appointments Status
295. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40273/17] - Suicide Prevention
296. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE, through the National Office for Suicide Prevention, will continue to provide core funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will... - Services for People with Disabilities
297. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that exist in County Mayo for young persons with an intellectual disability who have just turned 18 years of age for their continuing education... - Hospital Appointments Status
298. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40295/17] - Mental Health Services Staff
306. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to prioritise employment opportunities for recent mental health nursing graduates in County Kerry; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
307. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40331/17] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
310. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for the nursing home support scheme in each year since its inception; and the revenue raised each year on the basis of the financial... - Hospital Appointments Status
311. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40342/17] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
312. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund has reviewed the price being charged for long-term residential care in private nursing homes (details supplied); if the... - Vaccination Programme
313. To ask the Minister for Health if a person under 65 years of age with a medical card can be charged for the flu vaccination. [40349/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
314. 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. [40360/17] - Autism Support Services
320. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment with a charity can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40390/17] - Home Help Service Provision
321. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for home help services in Dublin north CHO Area 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40391/17] - Primary Medical Certificates Data
322. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary health certificates that have been issued to persons suffering from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and POTS syndrome; and if he will make a... - Crisis Pregnancy Services
324. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of his review of the Regulation of Information (Services Outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995 in order that the law related... - Cross-Border Health Services Provision
325. To ask the Minister for Health if persons entitled to public patient healthcare here will receive correspondence from the HSE with information regarding the cross border healthcare directive... - Hospital Accommodation Provision
326. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop the capacity of Ramelton nursing unit, County Donegal, St Joseph's Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal and Lifford hospital, County... - Ambulance Service Provision
329. To ask the Minister for Health when a base for the ambulance service in Buncrana, County Donegal will be operational. [40401/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting cataract operations at the Mater hospital, Dublin 7; the waiting times for cataract patients that have not yet been given an... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
332. To ask the Minister for Health when a consultant endocrinologist specialising in diabetes for adults will be appointed to Letterkenny university hospital; the reason this has not happened to... - Prescriptions Data
333. To ask the Minister for Health the figures for spending on prescriptions of specific serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors over the past 15 years; the... - Health Products Regulatory Authority
334. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners and other professionals who have the authority to prescribe drugs are required to report their patients' experiences of adverse drug... - Hospital Appointments Status
335. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital bed will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40468/17] - Medicinal Products Supply
336. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to restrict the provision of adult nappies to persons; if so, the reason this measure is being undertaken; the amount that supplies are being... - Mental Health Services Provision
337. To ask the Minister for Health the status of CAMHS services in Sligo region CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40472/17] - Mental Health Services Staff
338. To ask the Minister for Health the job titles and details of contract for of all employees on the CAMHS team in Sligo area CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40473/17] - Mental Health Services Data
340. To ask the Minister for Health the CAMHS waiting list at the end of August 2017 for Sligo area CHO1 by periods (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
341. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40486/17] - Health Services Charges
342. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons are now required to pay for the haemochromatosis clinic in Louth County Council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Services for People with Disabilities
343. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding investment in supports for persons with disabilities and the ratification of the United Nations... - Primary Care Centres Provision
349. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre in an area (details supplied); the starting date of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Emergency Services
350. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-health care, community based organisations or enterprises, such as cafes or hotels, which have applied for authorisation by the Health... - Hospital Appointments Status
352. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40556/17] - General Practitioner Services Provision
353. To ask the Minister for Health if a replacement general practitioner for a doctor (details supplied) in Kildare has been advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40558/17] - Mental Health Services Staff
355. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the standard contracts offered to each of the members of the community teams in CAMHS services (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services Report
356. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the HSE CAMHS service reports for each of the years 2013 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40561/17] - Mental Health Services Expenditure
357. To ask the Minister for Health the agency spend by CAMHS for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017 by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40562/17] - Mental Health Services Staff
358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of professions (details supplied) employed in CAMHS services in 2016 and 2017 [40563/17] - Mental Health Services Data
359. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons awaiting longer than 12 months for a first appointment for CAMHS at the end of June for each of the years 2014 to 2017; and if he... - Mental Health Services Funding
360. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the overall mental health budget CAMHS services have received by year since 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40565/17] - Mental Health Services Data
361. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list times for a mental health service (details supplied) by site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40566/17] - Question Heading for question(s) 362
362. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees in each of the sites of a mental health service (details supplied) in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular... - Disability Services Provision
363. To ask the Minister for Health if he has read the recently published HIQA inspection report on an organisation (details supplied); if he has satisfied himself that the organisation can... - HSE Data
364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres for the elderly that have received capital funding from his Department or the HSE in 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form;... - Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure
366. To ask the Minister for Health if there are grants from his Department, the HSE or another Department for community groups to purchase defibrillators; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff
367. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland is implementing the Kampala Declaration and Agenda for Global Action of the World Health Organisation; his views on the fact that foreign doctors... - Respite Care Services Funding
369. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be funding for respite care services outside Dublin in 2018. [40595/17] - Respite Care Services Availability
370. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to close the Mullingar respite centre (details supplied). [40596/17] - Fire Safety
371. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to undertake a comprehensive fire safety audit of all high risk buildings, including temporary structures, that are used to house hospitals and... - Ministerial Meetings
372. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from a patient advocacy group (details supplied) in which a request to meet is formally communicated; if so, if he will... - Physiotherapy Provision
373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that have qualified for treatment with the children's physiotherapy services in County Mayo; the number of children on a waiting list to... - Health Services Staff Data
376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists that are employed by the Health Service Executive and or children's physiotherapy services for County Mayo; if there are... - Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that have qualified for treatment with the speech and language therapy department in County Mayo; the number of children on a waiting... - HSE Staff Data
381. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists that are employed by the Health Service Executive for County Mayo; if there are current vacancies for therapists... - Hospital Services
383. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open a new weight management clinic at Beaumont hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40630/17] - Mental Health Services
384. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, assessment system to ensure that general practitioner referrals cannot be refused... - Hospitals Capital Programme
386. To ask the Minister for Health if capital funding will be made available in the HSE capital plan for the provision of a dedicated obstetrics theatre at University Hospital Kerry as... - Hospital Admissions
387. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) which highlights the fact that persons over 80 years of age are forced to wait twice as long as... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
388. To ask the Minister for Health when required medical equipment will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40642/17] - Primary Care Centres Provision
389. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 3 May 2017, if the ecology assessment has been completed; if so, if a copy of the assessment can be provided; if a... - Hospital Services
391. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in place to deal with the situation at Merlin Park hospital, Galway; the expected repair time; the arrangements for surgery to be carried out at an... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting orthopaedic surgery at Merlin Park hospital, Galway; the length of time they have been on the waiting list; the nature of the... - Hospitals Building Programme
393. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 on 21 June 2017, the status of this project; if a design team has been appointed; the completion date for the new... - Nursing Staff Recruitment
394. To ask the Minister for Health the reason nurses and midwives returning from abroad who apply directly to the HSE for job vacancies are not entitled to a relocation grant, in view of the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
395. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons that are waiting on surgery and are on a hospital waiting list are questioned after a period of time if they still need said surgery and are... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
396. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1195 of 11 September 2017, the reason chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is not included on the long-term illness... - Medicinal Products Availability
397. To ask the Minister for Health when the access scheme for medicinal cannabis products will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40687/17] - Hospital Staff Recruitment
398. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the positions of two paediatric advanced nurse practitioners (details supplied) applied for by Letterkenny University Hospital as requested by an... - Hospital Staff
399. To ask the Minister for Health if only one of the 120 advanced nurse practitioner posts sanctioned by the HSE and his Department was allocated to Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he... - Services for People with Disabilities
400. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE failed to reply to correspondence (details supplied); the steps that were taken to have this correspondence replied to and the matters... - Mental Health Services Funding
401. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to the mental health budget in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the 2012 funding for mental health; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospitals Data
402. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1015 of 26 July 2017, the composition of the minimum dataset; the data which will be collected; the degree to which each...
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