Written answers
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
- Social and Affordable Housing
274. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend legislation to ensure there is a provision under social and affordable housing to allow for the provision of respite housing should there be... - Mobility Allowance Eligibility
275. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the mobility allowance was stopped for new applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41549/17] - Mobility Allowance
276. To ask the Minister for Health when a payment similar to the mobility allowance will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41550/17] - Departmental Contracts
277. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is unfair that employees of section 39 organisations had their pay cut in line with the financial emergency measures in the public... - Medical Card Applications
278. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41758/17] - Gender Proofing of Policies
279. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the gender proofing of all health policies and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41819/17] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
280. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for the fair deal scheme will be increased to remove discrimination against farming and other small business assets; and if he will make a statement... - Food Labelling
281. To ask the Minister for Health the number of breaches of labelling that have been identified throughout the food sector in the past 12 months in respect of imports and home produced product;... - Health Services Funding
282. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is considering a proposal from a private provider (details supplied) in respect of the provision of respite services for persons with... - Hospital Consultant Contracts
285. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of both spinal consultants who are employed in Tallaght hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41239/17] - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
287. To ask the Minister for Health if a replacement consultant has been found to replace a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41241/17] - Medical Card Eligibility
288. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been informed that the person's general practitioner card has been withdrawn for a period; and if he will make a... - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
289. To ask the Minister for Health if the medicinal cannabis compassionate access programme to be launched soon will allow consultants to prescribe cannabis oil with THC content; and if the... - Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
290. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting lists for occupational therapy and psychology appointments for children aged 0 to 18 years of age, by county, in tabular form.... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
291. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a person (details supplied) on the waiting list for the National Rehabilitation Hospital; the estimated timeframe for admission; and if he will... - Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
292. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the long waiting times for the psychology assessments needed by children to access speech and language and other early intervention... - Hospital Waiting Lists
293. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41271/17] - Medicinal Products Availability
296. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow women to access long-acting reversible contraception under the medical card scheme. [41276/17] - Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
297. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied); if he will reconsider this decision not to fund Translarna; if he will address the points made by the persons... - Home Help Service Data
298. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been placed on a panel in respect of the recent application for the post of home help for CHO Area 8; the expected number to be... - Maternity Services Provision
299. To ask the Minister for Health when sonographers will be in place to provide anomaly scans at Cavan General Hospital; if he has set out a timeline for the provision of this scan on site at... - Respite Care Services
300. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering a proposal from a private provider (details supplied) in respect of the provision of respite services for persons with disabilities in... - Hospital Services
301. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for rehab care in the Scared Heart hospital, Carlow. [41296/17] - Counselling Services Provision
303. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1077 of 11 September 2017, the anticipated role and function of the existing professional bodies for counselling and... - Medicinal Products Availability
304. To ask the Minister for Health if versatis medicated plasters will remain as a reimbursable item under the medical card or drugs payment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the... - Home Care Packages Provision
305. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is cost effective to place a person (details supplied) in a nursing home when a home care package would suffice in meeting their care... - Medicinal Products Availability
306. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications that have been received in the past year by the HSE from persons seeking a licence to use medicinal cannabis products here; the... - Hospital Appointments Status
307. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment can be expedited for a person (details supplied); if so, the date for this appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41307/17] - Medicinal Products Availability
308. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug prembrolizumab will be licensed for use in the treatment of fine cell neuroendocrine rectal cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medical Card Administration
310. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); if the application has been registered; if further documentation is outstanding; and... - Medicinal Products Licensing
311. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1202 of 11 September 2017, if the onus is on the manufacturer of the drug to initiate the process of having it added to... - Stroke Care
312. To ask the Minister for Health the services in place to support persons that suffer strokes; if his attention has been drawn to the recommendations by an organisation (details supplied) for... - Respite Care Services Availability
313. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care can be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [41333/17] - Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
314. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports or transport schemes available for a person (details supplied) that has severe spinal injuries and requires access to a car to maintain... - Hospital Appointments Status
316. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare that urgently needs an operation will receive an appointment for same; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services Provision
319. To ask the Minister for Health when the post of director of nursing in child and adolescence in a mental health service in Cork city will be filled in view of the fact that it has been... - Hospital Charges
320. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the decision on the reintroduction of day case charges for haemochromatosis patients attending the Louth county venesection clinic; his... - Mental Health Services Funding
322. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding for mental health services and facilities that has been returned unspent from each CHO in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in... - Mental Health Services Data
323. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres that provide mental health services; the number of centres in each CHO; the number of staff providing services at each... - Mental Health Services Staff
324. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health nurses graduating in 2016 and 2017 respectively; the number of these graduates offered permanent contracts, in tabular form; and if... - Mental Health Services Funding
326. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage CAMHS received in funding from the mental health budget for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement... - Physiotherapy Provision
327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children qualified for children’s physiotherapy services in County Wexford; the number of children on a waiting list to receive the... - Hospital Services
331. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the restoration of a clinic (details supplied) at a hospital; the business case being prepared to develop a service at this hospital; and if... - Hospital Charges
332. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with haemochromatosis (details supplied) who have to attend hospital on a regular basis will continue to have their attendance at hospitals regarded... - Hospital Services
333. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for a further podiatrist in County Meath will be made available in budget 2018; and the reason for the sudden increase in the number of persons with... - Mobility Allowance
334. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate the mobility allowance payable to persons who have a disability; the reason for the delay in making a decision in relation to this... - Health Services Funding
335. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide funding for a treatment centre (details supplied). [41426/17] - Speech and Language Therapy Data
336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists in CHO area 7 and in the Dublin south west LHO; the number of these that... - Social Workers Register
337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent social workers in CHO area 7 and Dublin south west LHO; the number of these that persons in the... - Nursing Staff Data
338. To ask the Minister for Health the number of in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent public health nurses in CHO area 7 and Dublin south west LHO; the number of these that persons in the... - General Practitioner Data
339. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners, both in-post and vacant, in CHO area 7 that have signed up to the free general practitioner service for the under sixes... - Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
340. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged 0 to 18 years of age for a speech and language assessment in CHO area 7 and Dublin south west LHO; the number of these... - General Practitioner Data
345. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners both in post and vacant in community health care organisation, CHO, area 8 who have signed up to the free general... - General Practitioner Co-operatives
357. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in community health care organisation, CHO, area 3 who have signed up to the free general practitioner service for the... - Medicinal Products Availability
360. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the drug ocrelizumab for the treatment of multiple sclerosis; if the drug is being assessed by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, NCPE;... - Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
361. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed new 100-bed unit at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41462/17] - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
362. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre system will be made available under the long-term illness, LTI, scheme for persons with diabetes; if availability will not be... - Services for People with Disabilities
363. To ask the Minister for Health if a permanent residential place can be provided for a person (details supplied). [41470/17] - Mental Health Services Provision
364. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) trying to access child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Services Staff
365. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available in the upcoming budget for a further podiatrist in County Donegal; if his attention has been drawn to the sudden increase in... - Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards
366. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lengthy delays for allied health professionals returning from abroad registering with the Health and Social Care... - Health Services Staff Data
368. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts while allied health professionals are awaiting registration with the Health and Social Care Professional Council, CORU; and if he... - Health Services Staff
369. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for a further podiatrist to provide diabetes podiatry services to persons living in County Donegal will be made available; if so, when it is likely... - Medical Card Applications
370. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a decision from the medical card department regarding an application for a discretionary... - Services for People with Disabilities
371. To ask the Minister for Health the number of centre-based respite nights provided to persons with disabilities to date in 2017; the way in which this compares against target; and if he will... - Health and Safety
372. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the new HSE policy on manual handling (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41490/17] - Health Services Staff
373. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for a further podiatrist in County Meath will be made available in view of the fact that County Meath has had the largest year-on-year increase in... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
374. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect the delivery of a special cushion which was ordered in July 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
375. To ask the Minister for Health if a bed for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath can be expedited. [41503/17] - Health Services Staff
376. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of podiatrists in County Limerick due to the increasing number of persons needing treatment for diabetic foot ulceration in... - Tobacco Control Measures
377. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's position regarding the promotion of vaping as a means to achieve the State's goal of becoming smoke free (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Services for People with Disabilities
378. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding in budget 2018 for a facility (details supplied) to ensure it can open on a full-time basis from spring 2018; and if he will make... - Hospital Appointments Status
380. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41529/17] - Counselling Services Provision
381. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for persons that have been approved for counselling under the counselling in primary care, CIPC, in County Meath; and the number of persons... - Hospital Appointments Status
382. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [41537/17] - Health Services Staff Recruitment
383. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided in budget 2018 for an additional podiatrist for Galway, in view of the fact that Galway has one of the largest year-on-year... - Health Services Provision
384. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41551/17] - Motorised Transport Grant Eligibility
386. To ask the Minister for Health if a motorised scooter can be provided to a person (details supplied); the correct procedure to be followed to obtain such required equipment; and if he will... - Services for People with Disabilities
387. To ask the Minister for Health if the outcomes and recommendations of a quality assurance review of in-home care packages and respite care for children with complex needs and life-limiting... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
391. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for a further podiatrist in County Louth will be made available in the upcoming budget; and the reason for the sudden increase in County Louth in... - Primary Medical Certificates Data
392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons from County Donegal who applied for the primary medical certificate, who were awarded the primary medical certificate and who were... - Services for People with Disabilities
393. To ask the Minister for Health if home tuition funding will be provided for early intervention for a person (details supplied) to assist their parents in making this person's life easier; if... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
394. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has examined the need for a specialist clinician in the Dublin region to treat Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the... - Rare Diseases Strategy
395. To ask the Minister for Health if Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is provided for within the National Rare Disease Plan for Ireland 2014-2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41576/17] - Hospitals Capital Programme
396. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the promised refurbishment of Millstreet hospital. [41578/17] - Home Care Packages Funding
398. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide extra funding for home care and home help packages in 2018 in view of the fact that the demand for these services far outstrips supply;... - Hospital Groups
399. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that have been put in place for the possible removal of South Tipperary General Hospital from the South/South West Hospital Group with a possible... - Departmental Reviews
400. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date to expedite a national review of cardiology services; the preparatory works that have taken place during the summer by... - Ambulance Service
401. To ask the Minister for Health if the recent arrangement in County Cavan whereby the National Ambulance Service can deploy the fire and rescue service in the county to act as first... - Nursing Staff Recruitment
402. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 398 of 26 September 2017, the reason his Department rejected the application from Letterkenny University Hospital for two advanced... - Respite Care Services Data
404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an initial assessment for respite services in CHO area 9; the number of those persons who have been waiting for three months,... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
406. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system available to persons with type 1 diabetes in view of the fact it is now available to UK... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
407. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries, by type, on the elective waiting lists that have been cancelled in 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the reason the... - Emergency Services
409. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet persons (details supplied) to discuss their recent experience with the emergency services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41715/17] - Health Services Provision
410. To ask the Minister for Health if an application will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [41716/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
411. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, cardiac care waiting list; the average waiting time; and the longest time that a person must wait.... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
412. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to place the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system for the treatment of diabetes on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a... - Nursing Education
413. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to introducing a postgraduate programme that would allow nurses from other fields to study and train to become general nurses... - Dental Services Provision
414. To ask the Minister for Health if dental treatment will be carried out for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41740/17] - Hospital Appointments Administration
415. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration that has been given to the use of email, text and so on to notify persons of appointments in circumstances in which it is possible in an... - Respite Care Services Funding
416. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate in budget 2018 the required moneys for the provision of the pilot project for Prader-Willi syndrome providing respite; and if he will make... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
417. 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 to... - Drug Treatment Programmes
418. To ask the Minister for Health if necessary supports will be allocated to a drug rehabilitation and drugs prevention programme (details supplied) in Dublin. [41756/17] - Hospitals Data
419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who required in-hospital treatment for diabetes-related foot complications and lower limb loss attending University Hospital Waterford... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
421. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the FreeStyle Libre blood monitor is not available through the medical card or long-term illness card in view of the fact that the NHS has recently... - Services for People with Disabilities
422. To ask the Minister for Health the long term policy and funding strategy for the care of adults with intellectual disabilities particularly in scenarios in which close relatives are no... - Mental Health Services
423. To ask the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself with the quality of record keeping, archiving and recording of case histories at a facility (details supplied); if he has further... - Treatment Abroad Scheme
424. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) will not be considered under the HSE treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41784/17] - Health Services Reports
425. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date and future changes envisaged in the context of three monthly reports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
426. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hip replacement operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41787/17] - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
427. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) who is in need of urgent orthodontic treatment and who does not qualify for such treatment under... - Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
428. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 15 June 2016, the reason the person concerned was not seen by an occupational therapist in February 2017 as... - Diabetes Strategy
429. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that County Galway had one of the largest yearly increases in the number of persons with diabetes requiring in... - Medical Qualifications
430. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the number of Irish doctors taking up permanent positions abroad following qualification; the reason for this; the steps he will take to deal with... - Health Products Regulatory Authority
431. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of counterfeit medication that has been confiscated annually since 2011; the types of counterfeit medication involved; and if he will make a... - Assisted Human Reproduction
432. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of legislation dealing with assisted human reproduction; the areas which will be covered under such legislation; and if he will... - Emergency Departments Services
433. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the dangerous levels of overcrowding at the emergency department of Tallaght hospital in the week of 25 September 2017; if... - Tobacco Control Measures
434. To ask the Minister for Health if he has the authority to prohibit the sale of so-called combi boxes which contain rolling tobacco, papers and filters under the Public Health Tobacco Acts,... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
435. To ask the Minister for Health if persons currently using respreeza will not be denied access to this medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41869/17] - General Practitioner Services
436. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he plans to implement to ensure the retention of newly qualified doctors in the health system in view of shortages at general practitioner level;... - Hospital Waiting Lists
437. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the next lidocaine infusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41873/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
439. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a knee operation in Limerick following numerous cancellations of same; and if he will make a statement on... - HSE National Service Plan
440. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's business priorities for each of the past five years; the way in which scoliosis surgeries have been a part of these plans for each of the past... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
442. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review and reverse the decision of the HSE not to approve the use of the drug Kuvan for persons with phenylketonuria, PKU, and accept the request by... - Mental Health Services Provision
444. To ask the Minister for Health if the inpatient unit at Linn Dara, Cherry Orchard, Dublin 10, which was partially closed in May 2017, has been fully reopened. [41914/17] - Medicinal Products Supply
446. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which savings from the State’s agreement with an organisation (details supplied) in 2016 have been applied towards the funding of new... - Hospital Appointments Status
447. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [41920/17] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
448. To ask the Minister for Health if he will bring forward legislation making it mandatory to make a defibrillator available in each public building; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Funding
449. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for a further podiatrist in County Wexford will be included in budget 2018. [41929/17] - Health Services Data
450. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the increase in the number of persons from County Wexford with diabetes requiring a lower limb amputation which is preventable; and if he will... - Medicinal Products Supply
451. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the drugs group meeting on 14 September 2017 following its review of Vimizim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41932/17] - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
452. To ask the Minister for Health when the freestyle libre system will be made available to persons with diabetes type 1 and 2 on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement... - General Practitioner Contracts
453. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be given to a new general practitioner contract in order to increase general practitioner capacity to cater for chronic diseases such as... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
454. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he will ensure that the high cost of preventive medication will not be a barrier in effectively controlling asthma under the long-term illness... - Hospital Services
455. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the masterplan for South Tipperary General Hospital; if he will provide a copy of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
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