Written answers
Thursday, 14 December 2017
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
315. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application under the nursing home support scheme by a person (details supplied). [53534/17] - Hospitals Funding
316. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding proposal for a long awaited new endoscopy unit at Naas General Hospital has been considered under the national capital plan due shortly; and if... - Home Help Service Provision
317. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided in 2018 home help, home support and home care packages; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties caused to... - Medical Card Applications
318. To ask the Minister for Health if a discretionary medical card will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53513/17] - Health Services
319. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53521/17] - Outreach Clinics
320. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to a request from a group (details supplied) in relation to outreach services; the funds available to the group in relation to the... - Disability Services Provision
321. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); if a commitment will be made to secure funds for the Louth Meath branch of an... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
322. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reforms of the fair deal scheme relating to small businesses and farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53528/17] - Primary Care Centres Staff
323. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for the public health nurse to call to reassess a person (details supplied) in County Cork who requires additional home help hours [53535/17] - Hospital Appointments Status
324. 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. [53539/17] - Respite Care Services
326. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding for respite care across the country in an attempt to eliminate the pressures families are under particularly in view of the post... - General Medical Services Scheme
327. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the decision to remove lidocaine patches from the approved GMS list for chronic pain sufferers; if he will review the case of a person (details... - Commencement of Legislation
328. To ask the Minister for Health the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within his area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay in the commencement of each; and if he... - Disability Services Provision
329. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources which are being provided in 2018 for homecare and respite services in view of deficiencies revealed by a recent RTÉ... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
330. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has discretion inthe application of a certain rule (details supplied) under the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
331. To ask the Minister for Health the calculation of the contribution to cost of care assessment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the nursing home support scheme [53579/17] - Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
332. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the approval of a drug (details supplied) for inclusion in the HSE's reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53580/17] - HSE Staff Data
333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons, including nurses, home help assistants and so on paid by the HSE that have received correspondence in recent months informing them that... - Disability Support Services Provision
334. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 933 of 11 September 2017, the progress in securing a residential placement for a person (details supplied) in County Cork... - Commencement of Legislation
335. To ask the Minister for Health when the provisions of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 will be made fully applicable to all counsellors including abortion counsellors; and... - Hospital Appointments Administration
337. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be considered for a MRI scan as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53603/17] - Hospital Charges
339. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to end charges for venesections for those with haemochromatosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53612/17] - Hospital Beds Data
340. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional critical care beds that have been provided at Cork university hospital in 2017. [53615/17] - Emergency Departments Waiting Times
341. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE target of eliminating emergency department waiting times of greater than 24 hours for persons over 75 years of age will be met in 2017; and the... - National Maternity Strategy Implementation
342. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of national standards to improve access to antenatal anomaly screening in all maternity units as set out in the national... - Bereavement Care
343. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of a range of improvement actions based on the national standards for bereavement care following pregnancy loss and perinatal... - Hospitals Building Programme
344. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the relocation of the Rotunda Hospital, the National Maternity Hospital and University of Limerick Maternity Hospital. [53619/17] - Patient Safety
345. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of monthly hospital safety statements; and the hospitals that provide them, in tabular form. [53620/17] - Primary Care Services Provision
346. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the model of care of hereditary haemochromatosis and the model of care for therapeutic phlebotomy in association with primary... - Primary Care Centres Provision
347. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of new health facilities (details supplied); when these projects will proceed to the next stage; if specific funding will be... - Hospitals Car Park Charges
348. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's policy in relation to the operation of car parks within hospital grounds; the amount of revenue collected by hospital in respect of those car parks... - Health Strategies
349. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital groups and CHOs that have completed Healthy Ireland implementation plans. [53796/17] - Health Promotion
350. To ask the Minister for Health if an implementation plan for the Healthy Ireland framework for brief intervention and health behaviour change has been developed; and if it has been... - Diabetes Strategy
351. To ask the Minister for Health if each newly diagnosed person with diabetes is now being offered a place on the next available structured patient education course. [53799/17] - Health Strategies
352. To ask the Minister for Health if a self-management support framework for diabetes, asthma, COPD and cardiovascular disease has been developed; and when the implementation plan will... - Health Reports
353. To ask the Minister for Health if a needs assessment for cardiac rehabilitation has been undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53801/17] - Disease Management
354. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of the standardised chronic disease pathway. [53802/17] - Chronic Disease Management Programme
354. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of the standardised chronic disease pathway. [53802/17] - Tobacco Control Measures
355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of tobacco sales to minors test purchase inspections carried out in 2017. [53803/17] - Hospital Food
358. To ask the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that have and have not calorie posting in place, respectively, in tabular form. [53807/17] - Nursing Education
361. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses that have received training on the nutrition reference pack for infants aged zero to 12 months. [53810/17] - Alcohol Treatment Programmes
362. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional area alcohol action plans developed in 2017. [53811/17] - Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
363. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the national implementation plan to promote positive ageing. [53812/17] - Cancer Screening Programmes
364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of eligible women aged 50 to 64 years of age screened under BreastCheck to date in 2017. [53813/17] - Health Services Data
366. To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies breastfed exclusively and not exclusively, respectively, at the first public health nurse visit and the three month public health nurse... - Cancer Screening Programmes
368. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women that have had one or more cervical check smear tests in a primary care setting to date in 2017. [53819/17] - Health Services Staff
370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of self-management support co-ordinators appointed at CHO level. [53821/17] - Mental Health Services Data
371. To ask the Minister for Health the number of local and national partnership plans developed and agreed under the dementia understand together campaign. [53822/17] - Hospital Appointments Delays
372. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of urgent cases in 2017 offered a colonoscopy appointment within two weeks of receipt of a letter in the clinic. [53823/17] - Cancer Screening Programmes
373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons checked under the BowelScreen programme in 2017. [53824/17] - Infectious Disease Incidence
375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of infectious disease outbreaks notified under the national infectious disease reporting schedule in 2017. [53826/17] - Vaccination Programme Data
377. To ask the Minister for Health the national primary childhood immunisation uptake rates for conditions (details supplied) in 2017 for each CHO in tabular form. [53828/17] - Food Safety Authority of Ireland Inspections
381. To ask the Minister for Health the number of official food control planned and planned surveillance inspections of food businesses in 2017. [53832/17] - Water Quality
382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drinking water samples taken to assess fluoride parameter compliance in 2017. [53833/17] - HSE Complaints Procedures
383. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage to date in 2017 of environmental health complaints from the public risk-assessed within one working day. [53834/17] - Chronic Disease Management Programme
384. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the evaluation of the 2016 asthma and COPD advice line service in collaboration with organisations (details supplied). [53835/17] - Hospitals Data
385. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ultrasounds provided to date in 2017 across care sites (details supplied). [53836/17] - Health Services Data
386. To ask the Minister for Health the care support packages for children discharged from hospital with complex medical conditions to date in 2017. [53837/17] - Speech and Language Therapy Data
387. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional primary care speech and language assessment and therapy appointments provided to date in 2017. [53838/17] - Health Services Staff Data
388. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assistant psychology posts recruited in 2017 to deliver rapid access low-intensity psychological interventions for young persons. [53839/17] - Health Services Provision
390. To ask the Minister for Health if a computerised cognitive behavioural therapy programme for young persons has been provided. [53841/17] - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
391. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting more than three years for orthodontic services. [53842/17] - Substance Misuse
392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff who have received training in 2017 on SAOR screening and brief intervention for problem alcohol and substance use. [53843/17] - Human Trafficking
394. To ask the Minister for Health if a HSE plan has been developed to provided supports and appropriate health services for victims of human trafficking. [53845/17] - Palliative Care Services
395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of each of the ten recommendations from the palliative care support beds review, in tabular form. [53846/17] - Minor Ailments Scheme
396. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the evaluation of the 2016 pharmacy based minor ailment scheme pilot project; and if the project will be extended further. [53847/17] - Medical Card Data
397. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons covered by medical cards on 1 December 2017. [53848/17] - Mental Health Services Data
399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that have attended a CAMHS service in 2017. [53850/17] - Health Services Expenditure
400. To ask the Minister for Health when multi-annual plans and budgets for health expenditure both current and capital will be brought forward. [53851/17] - HSE National Service Plan
401. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will publish a five-year service plan. [53852/17] - National Treatment Purchase Fund
402. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the allocation of the €15 million in 2017 to fund the National Treatment Purchase Fund to urgently address waiting lists for those... - Mental Health Services
403. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department is honouring the commitment to fully implement A Vision for Change. [53854/17] - Ambulance Service Data
404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in November 2017; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than of 20... - Medicinal Products Prices
405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medicines that have had their price reduced as of 1 December 2017 further to the framework agreement on the supply and pricing of medicines; the... - Primary Care Reimbursement Service
406. To ask the Minister for Health if online primary care reimbursement service, PCRS, processing has now been extended to dentists and clinical dental technicians. [53857/17] - Medical Card Applications
407. To ask the Minister for Health when the web based paperless medical card application process to reduce the number of paper based applications will be introduced. [53858/17] - Health Services
408. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on considering the further recommendations of the clinical advisory group including conclusions on the assessment of the burden... - Medicinal Products
410. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources that have been provided to ensure that the assessment process for new medicines is implemented effectively. [53861/17] - General Practitioner Training
411. To ask the Minister for Health if new arrangements for management of general practitioners training involving the Irish College of General Practitioners have been finalised and implemented;... - Medicinal Products Availability
415. To ask the Minister for Health if regulations to allow for the introduction of buprenorphine naloxone and buprenorphine products have been agreed and introduced. [53866/17] - Drug Treatment Programmes Data
422. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of opioid substitution treatment outside prisons. [53873/17] - Home Help Service Data
424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area monthly in 2017 to date; and the way in which this compares against target in tabular... - Primary Care Centres Provision
426. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the delivery of the primary care education pathways and research in dementia education programme to primary care teams in collaboration with the... - Home Help Service Data
427. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages being provided in each LHO area in tabular form. [53878/17] - Hospital Beds Data
430. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 8 December 2017 or the latest date on which data for validated bed... - Hospitals Discharges
431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in all public and voluntary acute hospitals at the end of November 2017 or the latest date available; and the number of which... - Organ Donation Data
433. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for organ donation and transplant rates; if they have been achieved in 2017; and if not, the progress made towards achieving the targets... - Health Services Reports
434. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the planning of a national genetic and genomic medicine network service which will operate on a hub and spoke basis; the location of the... - Hospitals Discharges
435. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective inpatient discharges in each public and voluntary hospital in 2017. [53886/17] - Patient Data
436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with haemodialysis treated in acute hospitals in 2017. [53887/17] - Hospitals Discharges
439. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost through delayed discharges in 2017. [53890/17] - Stroke Care
440. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of persons with acute stroke who have spent all or some of their hospital stay in an acute or combined stroke unit in 2017. [53891/17] - Patient Data
441. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of persons with confirmed acute ischaemic stroke that received thrombolysis in 2017. [53892/17] - Hospital Services
442. To ask the Minister for Health the acute hospitals which have a COPD outreach programme. [53893/17] - Patient Data
443. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending the rapid access lung clinic in designated cancer centres in 2017. [53894/17] - Health Services Staff Data
445. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spent on agency staff each month in 2017; the equivalent figures for each month in 2016; the proportion of the... - Voluntary Sector Remuneration
446. To ask the Minister for Health when a full restoration of salaries to health workers in section 39 organisations will take place in view of a recent Labour Court ruling on the issue; and if... - EU Directives
447. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve access to the HSE cross-border directive under which patients accepted onto the scheme who cannot afford the cost of surgery up-front are... - Disability Services Data
448. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new residential emergency places provided by disability services in 2017. [53948/17] - Community Care Provision
450. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons transferred to community living to date in 2017 under time to move on from congregated settings [53950/17] - Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
452. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the finalisation and implementation of the framework for neuro-rehabilitation strategy. [53955/17] - Respite Care Services Data
456. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day-only respite sessions accessed by persons with a disability to date in 2017. [53959/17] - Disability Services Data
459. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests for assessments under the Disability Act 2005 received to date in 2017 in each LHO area; the number assessed within the statutory... - Primary Care Centres
463. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a new primary care centre in Dunfanaghy, County Donegal; his plans to carry out repairs to the existing centre in the intervening period; and if... - Generic Drugs Substitution
464. To ask the Minister for Health the options that are available to persons to appeal a generic prescription when they are instructed that they have no choice but to take a generic medication... - Mental Health Services Data
465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS referrals seen by mental health services in 2017. [54020/17] - Primary Care Services Provision
470. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults seen by counselling services in primary care services in 2017. [54025/17] - Mental Health Services Data
472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals seen by community forensic teams in 2017. [54027/17] - Prisoner Health
473. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patient mental health reviews by prison in-reach services in 2017. [54028/17] - Mental Health Services Staff
474. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of the posts from the 2015 €35 million funding for mental health; the number of posts this allocation supports; the number... - Mental Health Services Data
477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a child and adolescent mental health service appointment in each LHO area; and the number waiting zero to three months, three... - Mental Health Services Funding
478. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of the €15 million in new funding for mental health in 2017; the additional or new services being provided in 2017; the... - Mental Health Services Staff
479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new whole-time equivalent positions the €15 million in new funding for mental health in 2017 will provide; and the number of positions in... - Disability Services Data
480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional posts recruited and appointed in 2017 for the development of the DeafHear national service. [54035/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
481. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the completion of the model of care for ADHD. [54036/17] - Mental Health Services
482. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the completion of the model of care for dual diagnosis. [54037/17] - Mental Health Services Provision
483. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the embedding of the existing ten Jigsaw sites to full capacity and the development of new sites in counties Cork, Dublin and Limerick.... - Counselling Services Provision
484. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the cross-divisional governance arrangements in place for the development of counselling services for those under 18 years of age in... - Hospital Facilities
485. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the capacity expansion that has taken place in high observation units in Galway, Limerick and Drogheda in 2017. [54040/17] - Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
487. To ask the Minister for Health if a model of care for a specialist rehab unit has been agreed; if a cohort of population for a specialist rehab unit has been identified; and if so, the... - Mental Health Services Data
488. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new Central Mental Hospital beds for those admitted under section 21(2) of the Mental Health Act 2001 that have opened in 2017. [54043/17] - Mental Health Services Staff
489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new staff appointed in 2017 to support the National Forensic Service. [54044/17] - Mental Health Services Provision
491. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the provision of mental health services for persons experiencing homelessness has been expanded in 2017. [54046/17] - Mental Health Services
492. To ask the Minister for Health if an agreed ARI contract with each CHO on delivery of programme of education and capacity building to support development of recovery oriented services is now... - Home Help Service Provision
495. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours for a person (details supplied) will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54059/17] - Commencement of Legislation
496. To ask the Minister for Health when parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced; the transition arrangements which were put in place in 2015; the... - Hospital Services
497. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54106/17] - Home Care Packages Data
499. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for home care packages in each LHO area in tabular form; and the number waiting zero to three months, three to six... - Hospitals Data
500. To ask the Minister for Health the number of transitional care beds being provided to all acute hospitals to support older persons moving to long stay care or requiring convalescence. [54109/17] - National Carers' Strategy Status
501. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the multi-divisional group to progress the implementation of the national carers’ strategy. [54110/17] - Care Services Provision
502. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the carers' need assessment tool tested for implementation in 2017 through the SAT project. [54111/17] - Respite Care Services
503. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the work of the HSE multi-divisional review group to review respite services to determine the requirements for respite care and identify... - Home Care Packages
504. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE multi-divisional group review of the progress of the recommendations of the home solutions report on Telecare services; and the... - Public Health Policy
505. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE policy and guidelines for the early identification of carers. [54114/17] - HSE Data
507. To ask the Minister for Health the CHOs that have established residents' councils, family forums, service user panels or equivalent in social care, in tabular form. [54116/17] - Hospitals Policy
510. To ask the Minister for Health the policy changes undertaken by St Columcille's Hospital with regard to the number of inquiries to private and voluntary nursing homes (details supplied); and... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
511. To ask the Minister for Health the details for both Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital of the number of spinal... - EU Investigations
512. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the results of the state of health in the EU report; his views on its criticism of the two-tier model of care and the high... - Ministerial Travel
513. To ask the Minister for Health the use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54198/17] - Departmental Expenditure
515. To ask the Minister for Health the photography costs for his department in each year since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the list of occasions... - Public Relations Contracts Data
516. To ask the Minister for Health the use of external public relations firms employed by his department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the external public relations firm;... - Consultancy Contracts Data
517. To ask the Minister for Health the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report; and the... - Departmental Expenditure
518. To ask the Minister for Health the level of expenditure by his Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information campaigns published specifically in... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
520. To ask the Minister for Health if he will permit the funding of dental implants in the cases of reconstructive surgery post-oncological treatment; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
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