Written answers
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
- Mental Health Services
300. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the governance structures underpinning the operation of the CAMHS throughout the State is satisfactory and fully transparent. [2775/18] - Health Insurance
301. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to further review health insurance policies in circumstances in which certain policies carry a Government levy of almost 50% of the overall cost of... - Services for People with Disabilities
302. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the completion of building improvement works at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3046/18] - Emergency Departments Data
303. To ask the Minister for Health further to the Taoiseach's reply to Leader’s Questions on 16 January 2018, if the two thirds of persons who attend an emergency department and exit... - Ambulance Service Staff
304. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to put ambulance service staff on the same footing as other uniformed services from the point of view of pay, conditions and pensions; and if he will... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
305. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to add the medication freestyle libre to the long term illness reimbursement scheme; the timeframe of this application; and if he will make a... - Home Care Packages
306. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that no representatives from organisations (details supplied) or a parent representative will be present at an upcoming meeting of the... - Long-Term Illness Scheme
307. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the HSE’s primary care reimbursement service will make a decision on the inclusion of the freestyle libre glucose monitor on the... - Services for People with Disabilities
308. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can avail of care services. [2782/18] - Respite Care Services Provision
309. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care for a person (details supplied) will proceed. [2789/18] - Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
310. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to allow IVF treatment be made available to persons with a medical card that are unable to afford it; when this treatment will be... - Medical Card Eligibility
311. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is eligible for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2796/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
312. To ask the Minister for Health the inpatient and outpatient waiting times across all specialities at Louth County Hospital. [2797/18] - Hospitals Data
313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in Louth County Hospital in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [2798/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
316. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for persons seeking consultation with geriatric consultants at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth. [2801/18] - Services for People with Disabilities
318. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an intake assessment to the north Dublin early intervention team; the number of children waiting more than a year; and if he... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
320. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for persons seeking access to the COPD clinic at Louth hospital, Dundalk, County Louth. [2815/18] - Hospitals Data
321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented at the minor injuries unit, Louth hospital, Dundalk, County Louth in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018,... - Mental Health Services Provision
323. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place for access to acute mental health support services and acute psychiatry services while patients are in a hospital on an inpatient basis... - Mental Health Services Data
325. To ask the Minister for Health the number of admissions of children to adult psychiatric units here; the number of days children spent in adult psychiatric units in each of the years 2015,... - Mental Health Services Provision
328. To ask the Minister for Health if mental health services will be administered at the new Wexford town primary care centre; if so, the type of mental health services that will be administered... - Health Services
329. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the existing new extension to the north east of the old health centre at Grogan’s Road, Wexford, County Wexford cost to construct; and if he... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
335. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre will be available under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2845/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists
336. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some persons are experiencing delays in the outpatient appointment system at Tallaght hospital (details... - Hospital Appointments Status
337. To ask the Minister for Health when a hip operation will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this procedure; if the person can undergo... - Medical Card Drugs Availability
338. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug menotonian will be covered under the medical card. [2857/18] - Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
339. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting from zero to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52... - Hospital Appointments Status
340. 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. [2863/18] - Hospital Services
341. To ask the Minister for Health the reason consultant radiologists in University Hospital Kerry are carrying out radiographers' work at night; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Treatment Abroad Scheme
342. To ask the Minister for Health his views on updating the travel policy regarding the treatment abroad scheme implemented in 2009; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
343. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person whose fair deal contribution plus their prescription charges exceed their weekly pension sum received; and if he will make a... - Home Care Packages Provision
345. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the fair deal scheme to home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2886/18] - Medicinal Products Availability
346. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) was used here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2889/18] - Nursing Staff Recruitment
347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited in 2017 across all sectors of the health service; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this recruitment.... - Speech and Language Therapy Staff
348. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists recruited in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care... - Occupational Therapy Staff
349. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists recruited in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care and... - Health Services Staff Data
350. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists newly recruited in 2017; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care and acute... - Physiotherapy Provision
351. To ask the Minister for Health if a physiotherapist assessment will be carried out for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2894/18] - Hospitals Data
352. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nights persons have slept on the floor of or in a chair at hospitals in each of the years 2015 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services Provision
353. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to build purpose-built assisted or independent living villages for persons with mental illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2896/18] - Hospital Procedures
354. To ask the Minister for Health if a routine procedure will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2898/18] - Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
355. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe agreed to publish the implementation plan for the national neuro-rehabilitation strategy in view of the fact that the plan was not published by... - Home Help Service Provision
356. To ask the Minister for Health the provision that can be made to ensure that the extra two hours home help awarded to a person (details supplied) can be provided in line with the ongoing... - Hospital Appointments Status
357. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be offered an appointment at the ophthalmology clinic in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin; and if he will... - Hospital Transfers
358. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be transferred from Monaghan General Hospital to either Drogheda or NRH, Dún Laoghaire, to continue their treatment.... - Primary Care Centres Staff
359. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 28 September 2017, the status of each of the primary care centres, in tabular form; if building has commenced; the... - Hospital Beds Data
360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional beds in each hospital that have now opened or are due to open, further to his recent press statement that additional beds in a number... - Medical Card Applications
361. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision in respect of a medical card application by a person (details supplied) will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2925/18] - Vaccination Programme Data
362. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's expenditure on 'flu vaccines for each of the past five years, in tabular form. [2927/18] - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
363. To ask the Minister for Health his views on subsidising the cost of implanted contraceptives, such as the IUD, which at present can cost up to €300 for insertion a price which is out... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
364. To ask the Minister for Health if a device can be made available on discretionary terms to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2932/18] - HSE Reports
365. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide or publish a 2006 report by a person (details supplied) on behalf of the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the... - Services for People with Disabilities
366. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing impact the closure of the swimming pool at a facility (details supplied) is having on persons with disabilities... - Hospital Facilities
367. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to requests to re-open mortuary services at Carndonagh Community Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Appointments Status
369. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a consultant in the department of respiratory medicine, University Hospital Limerick; and if... - Emergency Departments
370. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which each of the recommendations of the emergency department task force report has been implemented, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Disability Services Data
371. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with physical and sensory disabilities that are on waiting lists for a personal assistance service; the number of hours it will take to... - Medical Card Drugs Availability
372. To ask the Minister for Health if provisions will be made to include a glucodrate drink on the medical card scheme; if this treatment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
373. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of the drug Ocrevus to the reimbursement scheme; if a date for introduction has been established; and if he will make a... - Hospital Staff Recruitment
375. To ask the Minister for Health the policy and process for recruitment of hospital CEOs. [2959/18] - Protected Disclosures
376. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to complaints from whistleblowers regarding being penalised after making a complaint under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014;... - Hospitals Capital Programme
377. To ask the Minister for Health when capital funding will be allocated for the new endoscopy unit, oncology unit, physical medicine unit, physical therapy unit and day procedure department at... - Hospital Admissions
380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of involuntary admissions of persons to hospitals in which members of An Garda Síochána have been involved in each of the years 2015 to... - Hospital Appointments Status
381. To ask the Minister for Health if a procedure for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2997/18] - Dental Services Data
382. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding dental operations for each individual acute hospital or dental facility for each of the past two years, by hospital and facility; the... - Hospital Appointments Status
383. To ask the Minister for Health when an MRI in University Hospital Limerick will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in order for their surgery to proceed. [3022/18] - Services for People with Disabilities
384. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to provide supports for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3025/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
385. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [3029/18] - Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
386. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list position of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a long-term bed at a residential facility in County Donegal; and if he will make a... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
387. To ask the Minister for Health if treatment for haemochromatosis will be considered for inclusion in the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3042/18] - Treatment Abroad Scheme
388. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations of the Ombudsman in relation to the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3045/18] - Medical Card Applications
389. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a decision in respect of a medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Contracts Data
390. To ask the Minister for Health the contracts his Department or agencies under his remit has with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; the contingency plans that may... - HSE Donations
391. To ask the Minister for Health the amount in donations received by the HSE by hospital or service for each of the past five years through the HSE donation fund form process; and if he will... - Hospital Staff Data
393. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dietitian posts in a hospital (details supplied) in tabular form; if this is the full complement available to the hospital; if not, the reason... - Disability Services Provision
394. To ask the Minister for Health if a business case (details supplied) has been sanctioned; when the post will be advertised; the expected commencement date of the post; and if he will make a... - Speech and Language Therapy Data
395. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists for adults, children, children with an intellectual disability or ASD and adults with and intellectual disability... - Hospice Services Provision
396. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to further develop the relationship between Altnagelvin hospital and Letterkenny University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Suicide Incidence
397. To ask the Minister for Health if research or investigations have been undertaken or commissioned into the occurrence of murder suicide or familicide here; his views on whether it is... - Speech and Language Therapy Staff
399. To ask the Minister for Health when a speech and language therapist will be appointed in St Patrick's hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3216/18] - Hospital Appointments Delays
400. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this procedure; if the person can undergo... - Medical Card Eligibility
401. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) was assessed on a discretionary basis for a medical card; the reason this person was only issued with a general practitioner... - Hospital Appointments Administration
402. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence regarding a person (details supplied); if an appointment will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting appointments at the urology outpatient department of University Hospital Waterford from 2015 to 2017 in excess of six, 12, 18... - HSE Funding
404. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided in 2018 for home help, home support and home care packages; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties caused... - Hospitals Funding
405. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding proposal for a new endoscopy unit at Naas General Hospital has been considered under the capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Charges
406. 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 in respect of those car parks nationally,... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
407. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for scoliosis surgery at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin in January 2018; and if he will make a statement on... - HSE Funding
408. To ask the Minister for Health if as part of the 2018 capital plan the HSE has made funding available for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3278/18] - Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
409. To ask the Minister for Health the funding which was allocated to each drugs task force in 2017; the level of funding to be provided to each drugs task force in 2018 in tabular form; and if... - Hospital Appointments Status
410. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3291/18] - Vaccination Programme
411. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the shortage of the BCG vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3299/18] - Hospitals Data
412. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendees and return attendees in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin and St. James's Hospital, in 2017, in tabular... - Hospitals Funding
415. To ask the Minister for Health the operational budget and actual spend for Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin and St. James's Hospital, in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Services for People with Disabilities
418. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time to access the early intervention team covering Dublin 11; if he will put plans in place to increase the capacity of the early intervention... - Health Services
419. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the waiting time for treatment by the school-age team for a person (details supplied) will not be adjusted to take into account their successful... - Patient Transport Provision
420. To ask the Minister for Health the process for transporting persons in wheelchairs, particularly specially modified and designed wheelchairs, to and from hospitals; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Eligibility
421. To ask the Minister for Health if travel reimbursement for home support workers is deducted when calculating income for the purpose of medical card assessments; and if he will make a... - Medical Records
422. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can obtain their medical records from a Dublin hospital. [3367/18] - Combatting Cyberbullying
423. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 38 of 28 November 2017, if the issue of loot boxes and other in-app purchases in video games with a PEGI rating of under 18 years of... - Departmental Bodies Data
424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose functions were subsumed back... - Personal Injury Claims
425. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid out and the number of claims related to those payouts by each agency under the aegis of his Department in respect of personal injury claims in... - Ambulance Service Data
426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances serving Dublin; the average call-out time for ambulances to reach the location of the emergency; his plans to increase the... - Health Care Infrastructure Provision
427. To ask the Minister for Health the number of capital projects in the health area that have undergone design stage or nearly undergone design stage and are awaiting further funding to be... - Community Care Provision
428. To ask the Minister for Health the policy regarding accessing community health-care facilities for a person who has had an operation in a private hospital and also has a medical card; and if... - Hospital Appointments Status
429. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have an appointment for gallstone surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3479/18] - Maternity Services Provision
430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to account for the quality of care they provided to a person (details supplied). [3483/18]
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