Written answers
Tuesday, 21 November 2017
- Island Communities
305. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate the island allowance for nurses to encourage suitably qualified persons to take such positions on the islands in view of the extra cost... - Hospital Services
306. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who requested admission to acute hospital care but returned home due to the fact that the Community Hospital of the Assumption, Thurles,... - Home Help Service Provision
307. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help services for a person (details supplied) will be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48699/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
308. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for the pain clinic at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Reviews
310. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a decision regarding a review of their medical card application; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
311. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be called for an orthopaedic procedure in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a... - Services for People with Disabilities
312. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) to improve and streamline the process for persons with a disability to access certain supports and services; and... - Psychological Services
313. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding child psychology services in south Tipperary; the number of approved psychology posts; the number of posts filled; the number of posts... - Public Sector Pensions
314. To ask the Minister for Health if a former HSE employee in receipt of a public service pension is entitled to return to work for the HSE through an agency without affecting their pension;... - Hospital Appointments Status
315. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [48725/17] - Mental Health Services
316. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has failed to secure an independent living placement for a person (details supplied) who has been detained in a mental health facility for... - Hospital Waiting Lists
317. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) at the Mater hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48727/17] - Vaccination Programme
318. To ask the Minister for Health the details of research undertaken to date by his Department to ensure the safety of the Gardasil vaccine; his plans to engage with the advocacy groups and... - Mental Health Services Provision
319. To ask the Minister for Health the services that can be made available by the HSE to a person (details supplied) in view of the mental health concerns expressed by their general... - Home Care Packages Funding
320. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive funding for their home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48737/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
321. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on spending in respect of the service reform fund; the amount that has been drawn down from this fund to date; the specific services that... - General Practitioner Services
322. To ask the Minister for Health if it is permissible for general practitioners to charge small fees to persons with medical cards for certain services or weekend visits; if not, the way in... - Mental Health Services
323. To ask the Minister for Health when the 24-7 crisis mental health service will be launched as announced in February 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48757/17] - Brexit Issues
324. To ask the Minister for Health the preparations made in his Department in the event of no agreement being reached between the United Kingdom and the European Union on the terms of the UK's... - Health Insurance Data
325. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance by age groups (details supplied). [48788/17] - Vaccination Programme
326. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the alleged inclusion of thiomersal in the influenza vaccine being administered by the HSE; if his Department and the HSE are studying... - Hospital Procedures
328. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times primary percutaneous coronary intervention emergency procedures were carried out at University Hospital Waterford outside the normal hours... - Hospital Accommodation Provision
329. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the 96 bed extension to University Hospital Limerick and the transfer of the university maternity hospital to the Dooradoyle campus; and... - Departmental Staff Training
330. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of providing external coaching and-or training services for staff development in his Department over the past five years and to date in 2017, by cost... - Medical Card Eligibility
331. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce the necessary primary legislation to increase the gross income per week to €1,000 in order for persons over 70 years of age to... - Primary Care Centres
332. To ask the Minister for Health the range of services provided at primary care centres (details supplied) in County Mayo; if physiotherapy services will be provided; and if he will make a... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
333. To ask the Minister for Health if kuvan,the only medical treatment available for phenylketonuria, will be made available to persons with this rare genetic disorder; and if he will make a... - Services for People with Disabilities
334. To ask the Minister for Health if there are grants available to assist a group (details supplied) in its work. [48829/17] - HSE Properties
335. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to make urgent repairs to a health centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48854/17] - Ambulance Service Provision
336. To ask the Minister for Health if all ambulance shifts in the north-east region have been covered for the months of September, October and November 2017; and if he will make a statement on... - Mental Health Services Funding
340. To ask the Minister for Health the amount and percentage of the mental health budget spent on staffing and non-staffing expenditure, respectively, in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to... - Mental Health Services Provision
341. To ask the Minister for Health his views on mental health patients who have to receive treatment at locations outside of their community health care organisation some distance from their... - Mental Health Services Data
342. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an initial assessment as part of child and adolescent mental health services for three months, six months, nine months, 12... - Hospital Appointments Status
347. 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. [48918/17] - Health Services Provision
348. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the care provided to a person (details supplied). [48921/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
349. 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. [48927/17] - Hospital Accommodation Provision
351. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48953/17] - Mental Health Services Data
352. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents waiting for an appointment for child and adolescent mental health services in CHO1 at the end of October 2017; and if he... - Outreach Clinics
353. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of outreach clinics in circumstances in which persons living in regional areas who suffer from juvenile idiopathic... - Health Services Provision
354. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the shortage of health care professionals including registrars, physiotherapists, psychologists and ophthalmologists in paediatric rheumatology... - Respite Care Services Funding
357. To ask the Minister for Health if a dedicated funding allocation can be made available to the HSE locally for increased levels of respite care in counties Sligo and Leitrim CHO1 region in... - Hospital Appointments Status
358. To ask the Minister for Health if an outpatient appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be expedited. [48965/17] - Severe Weather Events Response
360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vulnerable persons who are reliant on HSE funded home care services left without all or partial care hours on 18 October 2017 due to Storm... - Hospital Waiting Lists
361. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for an operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [48988/17] - Emergency Departments Data
362. To ask the Minister for Health the number of attendances at each accident and emergency department in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48996/17] - HSE Regional Service Plans
363. To ask the Minister for Health if the chief medical officer or a body in the HSE has recommended the implementation of the Portlaoise action plan; and if he will make a statement on the... - Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
364. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that will be provided in 2018 for the drugs task forces; the details of the allocation of that funding between the different task forces; and if he... - Patient Data
365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons remaining in institutional settings, that is, hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, care homes, nursing homes and so on, longer than their... - Departmental Communications
366. To ask the Minister for Health the domain names registered to or owned by his Department or through a third-party company. [49067/17] - Parliamentary Questions Costs
367. To ask the Minister for Health the average costs associated with processing and answering written and oral parliamentary questions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49126/17] - Health Services Provision
368. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the continued lack of a rehabilitation unit for persons with a neurological disability in the south of the country despite the recommendations... - Legislative Process
369. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the contact between his Department and the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment in respect of the Public Health... - Hospital Waiting Lists
370. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund a surgical procedure carried out in a private setting for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Services Funding
371. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which personalised budgets or individualised funding is administered through the HSE in circumstances in which a person has a disability (details... - Health Services Provision
372. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve dementia services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49159/17] - Mental Health Services
373. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE has addressed local clinical governance issues within Roscommon’s mental health services; and if he will make a statement on... - Electronic Health Records
374. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE plans to develop a patient-based information technology system on a national basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Mental Health Services Provision
375. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the national forensic mental health capital project’s second phase will decide on the location of new regional intensive care... - Mental Health Services Staff
376. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 556 of 13 July 2017, the number of new whole-time equivalent positions the €15 million in funding for mental... - Mental Health Services Funding
377. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the €15 million in new funding for mental health in 2017 that has been expended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49164/17] - Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
378. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 395 of 17 October 2017, when it is expected that the draft regulations to designate the professions to establish the... - Health Services Provision
379. To ask the Minister for Health if suitable services will be put in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49180/17] - Hospital Waiting Lists
380. To ask the Minister for Health if an incident (details supplied) will be investigated; the efforts to ensure this will not occur again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49181/17] - Commencement of Legislation
381. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to facilitate the commencement of sections 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; the timeframe for full enactment; if his... - National Children's Hospital
382. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to proposals to name the new national children's hospital in honour of Dr. Kathleen Lynn (details supplied); and his views on... - Home Care Packages Provision
383. 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. [49209/17] - Home Care Packages Data
384. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an extra 100 intensive home care packages in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49212/17] - Home Help Service Expenditure
385. To ask the Minister for Health the expected budget increase for home help services nationally for the year 2018; if an increase in this budget will result in more positions available for... - Speech and Language Therapy Staff
386. To ask the Minister for Health the number of both in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists in the Dublin south city LHO; and the number of these accessible by... - Health Services Staff Data
387. To ask the Minister for Health the number of both in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent social workers in the Dublin south city LHO; and the number of these accessible by persons in the... - General Practitioner Data
389. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in the Dublin south city LHO who have signed up to the free general practitioner service for the under sixes scheme; and... - Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
390. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for children aged under 18 years of age for speech and language assessment in the Dublin south city LHO; and the number of these within the... - Speech and Language Therapy Staff
392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of both in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent speech and language therapists in the Cork south Lee LHO; and the number of these accessible by... - Health Services Staff Data
393. To ask the Minister for Health the number of both in-post and vacant whole-time equivalent social workers in the Cork south Lee LHO; and the number of these accessible by persons in the... - General Practitioner Data
395. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners the Cork south Lee LHO who have signed up to the free general practitioner service for the under sixes scheme; and the... - Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
396. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for children under 18 years of age for speech and language assessment in the Cork south Lee LHO; and the number of these within the catchment... - Medicinal Products Availability
398. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include the flash glucose monitoring system for diabetics in the general medical services scheme through the HSE; and if he will make a statement... - Disability Services Provision
399. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the school leaver's process and respite services for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49260/17] - HSE Reports
400. To ask the Minister for Health given the recent publication in the media (details supplied) of the action plan for Portlaoise hospital report, the reason it has not yet been made public by... - Mental Health Services Provision
401. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the management of child mental health and child protection emergencies in the Portlaoise hospital catchment area; the level of consultation there... - Hospital Staff Recruitment
403. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the recruitment and appointment of a consultant (details supplied) to Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the... - Home Care Packages
404. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package can be facilitated prior to Christmas 2017 in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Dental Services
405. To ask the Minister for Health if the Dentist Act 1985 will be amended to allow dental hygienists direct access to persons in view of recent changes to the dental treatment benefit scheme... - Services for People with Disabilities
406. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to HSE managed and run disability and respite services in each of the community health organisation, CHO, areas in 2016; the... - Respite Care Services
407. To ask the Minister for Health the reason access to respite care in County Monaghan has been refused to persons who availed of this option previously; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Funding
409. To ask the Minister for Health the budgetary allocation for the gay men's health service, GMHS, for each of the past five years; the regional allocation of the funding for same; and if he... - Health Services
410. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1309 of 20 June 2017, the proposed relocation of the gay men's health service located at the clinic; and his plans to... - Hospital Appointments Status
411. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled. [49307/17] - Health Services
412. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the loco parentis rule that restricts the nature of the HSE home care provided to sick children by agency nurses who are forbidden to allow... - Health Services Funding
413. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an additional funding application under section 39 for a facility (details supplied) which provides a comprehensive service; and if he will make... - National Treatment Purchase Fund
414. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to use the National Treatment Purchase Fund for certain urology procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49312/17] - Primary Care Centres Provision
415. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49314/17] - Home Care Packages
417. To ask the Minister for Health if home care packages as provided for in budget 2018 will be prioritised for persons with dementia, in view of the absence of community supports; and if he... - Health Services Staff Data
418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of locums compared with the number of HSE staff by professional medical discipline at each hospital under the aegis of the HSE each month from... - Palliative Care for Children
419. To ask the Minister for Health if, following the recent launch of the palliative care services three year development framework 2017 to 2019 document, he plans to publish a framework... - Services for People with Disabilities
420. To ask the Minister for Health if emergency funding will be provided to find a permanent care facility for the four adults with profound intellectual and physical disabilities currently... - Health Services Funding
422. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide extra funding under the section 39 grants heading to the community health care organisation, CHO, area 2 in view of the need to fund an... - Hospital Beds Data
423. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1004 to 1006, inclusive, of 26 July 2017 and 94 of 15 November 2017, if he will clarify which of the statements is... - Hospitals Discharges
424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective discharges in each public and-or voluntary hospital in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of which were... - Hospital Waiting Lists
426. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a common outpatient waiting list as per the consultants contract 2008. [49403/17] - Hospital Charges
427. To ask the Minister for Health the revenue raised from charges for private patients in public beds; the number of procedures in each hospital which has treated private patients in public...
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