Written answers
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
- Emergency Departments Services
142. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person with a learning disability that was admitted to the emergency department of Tallaght Hospital was lying on a trolley for three days... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
143. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to tackle the difficulty in recruitment in the public sector in view of his commitment to recruit 1,224 nurses in 2017 and his... - Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
144. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be allocated to occupational therapy services in counties Longford and Westmeath to ensure the current eight month waiting list is... - Disability Support Services Provision
145. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting on an assessment of needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48270/17] - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
146. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add the freestyle libre blood monitoring sensor to the long term illness scheme or reimbursement scheme; the position regarding plans to add this... - Home Care Packages Provision
147. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48273/17] - Medicinal Products
148. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to request a full assessment of generic versions of pre-exposure prophylaxis for availability through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Research Board
149. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding Ireland's future membership of the European Research Infrastructure Project on Biobanking (BBMRI-ERIC); if it is planned that Ireland... - Health Services Funding
150. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding to a facility (details supplied) for all courses; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is severely oversubscribed... - Hospital Appointments Administration
151. 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. [48325/17] - Hospital Admissions
152. To ask the Minister for Health the admission rate at the acute psychiatric unit at Galway University Hospital; the number of beds currently available; the waiting time for admission; the... - Hospital Facilities
153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funeral removals that took place from the mortuary facilities at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe in 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a... - Home Care Packages
155. To ask the Minister for Health if cover will be provided by carers on bank holidays and Christmas holidays for a person (details supplied). [48336/17] - Crisis Pregnancy Services
156. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of crisis pregnancy counselling services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48337/17] - Vaccination Programme
157. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand access to the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48338/17] - HIQA Issues
158. To ask the Minister for Health the status of HIQA's costing of care associated with PrEP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48339/17] - Hospital Charges
159. To ask the Minister for Health his views on waiving emergency department charges for persons in need of post-exposure prophylaxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48340/17] - Hospital Staff Data
160. To ask the Minister for Health the vacancies which exist at Letterkenny University Hospital as part of dementia care services; the date on which the vacancy occurred in respect of each; the... - Hospital Closures
161. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to halt the proposed closure of the six-bed high observation unit in Tallaght Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Rare Diseases
162. To ask the Minister for Health if the rare diseases medicinal products technology review committee has met since its formation; the membership of the committee; the findings it has come to;... - Medicinal Products
163. To ask the Minister for Health the composition of the HSE drugs group according to profession, by individual profession; the number of persons that sit on the group; the length of time each... - HSE Documents
164. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE's financial reporting systems do not provide for sub-speciality reporting and as a result the HSE... - HSE Reports
165. To ask the Minister for Health the date by which the HSE's mental health division will complete its allocation and costing model that will provide for detailed annual expenditure reporting.... - Ambulance Service Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken for the provision of a proper and adequate ambulance service for a region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
167. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have the medical device freestyle libre for treatment of persons with type 1 diabetes made available under the LTI scheme; and if he will make a... - Vaccination Programme
168. To ask the Minister for Health if a connection is being made between the HPV vaccine and the onset of symptoms experienced by 628 women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48368/17] - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
169. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE drugs committee group met on 14 September 2017 to discuss a drug (details supplied); if a decision was made to reimburse the drug; and if he will... - Medicinal Products
170. To ask the Minister for Health the witnesses outside of the Health Service Executive drugs group which presented evidence at hearings in respect of reimbursement of a drug (details... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
172. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commission an audit of Our Lady of Lourdes hospital, Drogheda by the national treatment purchase fund; when this will be undertaken; and if he will... - State Claims Agency
174. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 476 of 11 April 2017, if he will provide the actuarial models and estimates used to create projections of costs for the... - Hospital Appointments Administration
175. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [48414/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
176. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for child scoliosis surgery at Temple Street Children's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48432/17] - Health Services Funding
180. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which various increased budgetary provisions throughout the health service announced in budget 2018 are likely to positively impact on the... - Health Services Staff Data
181. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels throughout the public health sector at all levels in the hospitals and community care; the extent to which they have been augmented in... - Hospital Beds Data
182. To ask the Minister for Health the current bed shortfall throughout the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48441/17] - Health Services Provision
183. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has continued to identify issues affecting the delivery of services throughout the public hospital sector; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
184. To ask the Minister for Health the success to date in the reduction of hospital waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48443/17] - Medicinal Products Availability
186. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make available at reasonable cost various drugs now available on the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48445/17]
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