Written answers
Thursday, 8 February 2018
- Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
180. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the Sláintecare report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6589/18] - Disability Services Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for one-to-one support for a person (details supplied) with a disability in attending a day service in County Cork; and if he will... - Hospital Appointments Delays
184. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by a person (details supplied) who has been awaiting a rheumatologist appointment for... - Mental Health Services Provision
185. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the situation in which an immediate family member can have access and discuss the case of a mentally ill relative with their medical... - Medicinal Products Prices
187. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reimbursement of Vimizim by the HSE after the recent drugs group meeting on 18 January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Card Reviews
188. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the anomaly whereby a homeless person cannot apply for a medical card in view of the fact they do not have a permanent address; the way in... - Hospital Appointments Status
189. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a MRI appointment for a person (details supplied); and the position of the person on the waiting list at the dental hospital. [6498/18] - Hospital Services
190. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to request a machine (details supplied) for Cavan general hospital. [6499/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
192. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6501/18] - Medical Card Administration
193. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure that persons that are medical card holders are having their medical needs met without charge (details supplied); and if he will... - Hospital Consultant Contracts
194. To ask the Minister for Health the studies and processes that are ongoing within his Department to remove private patients from public hospitals; the way in which the financial gap will be... - Electronic Cigarettes
195. To ask the Minister for Health his views on e-cigarettes; his plans to place a ban on e-cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6518/18] - Eating Disorders
196. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of beds available to young persons that have anorexia nervosa; the number of persons with anorexia nervosa that had to travel abroad to... - Strategic Communications Unit
197. To ask the Minister for Health if he, his officials or advisers have had meetings with the strategic communication unit since it was set up; the issues that were discussed; and if he will... - Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
198. To ask the Minister for Health the approximate waiting time for the diabetic retinol screening clinic in the eye and ear hospital, Adelaide Road, Dublin 2. [6537/18] - Primary Care Centres Administration
199. To ask the Minister for Health the full range of supports and services that will be put in place for persons attending a centre (details supplied) in County Kildare once the new primary care... - Home Care Packages Funding
200. To ask the Minister for Health if funding provision for intensive home care packages, IHCPs, will be increased; if the funding structure for IHCPs will be amended in order that they are... - Health Services Provision
201. To ask the Minister for Health the status of treatment for a person (details supplied). [6540/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
202. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) at University Hospital Waterford will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6542/18] - Transport Support Scheme
203. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the approval of a new motorised transport scheme and mobility allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6549/18] - Medical Card Administration
204. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing information technology problems affecting the recently introduced online medical card application service; the... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
205. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of an invalidity pension is not eligible for Versatis patches under the reimbursement support through... - Hospital Appointments Administration
206. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied). [6557/18] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
207. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide an electric profile bed for a person (details supplied) in view of their age and health. [6560/18] - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regrading the blocking of a Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6566/18] - Hospital Appointments Administration
209. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) must wait to have their hospital appointment for cataracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6567/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
210. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); if this appointment will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6568/18] - Ministerial Correspondence
211. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6570/18] - Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure
212. To ask the Minister for Health if the electricity subsidy available in some CHO areas will be extended nationally to persons with COPD living at home that use oxygen for more than 16 hours... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for removal of tonsils at university hospital Galway; the average wait time for the procedure; the status of an... - Hospital Appointments Administration
214. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) that is deemed a priority case will be seen by an orthopaedic consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6581/18] - Medical Card Applications
216. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6601/18] - HSE Expenditure
217. To ask the Minister for Health when the attention of the HSE was drawn to the fact that the budget for 2018 was short of that required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6611/18] - Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
219. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects to be in a position to proceed with his Department’s capital programme in the near future; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Data
220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full medical card holders in each of the years 2011 to 2017, and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6614/18] - Health Services Expenditure
222. To ask the Minister for Health the areas in respect of which health expenditure, when compared with other OECD countries, is deemed insufficient here; if other countries have utilised a... - Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
224. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which waiting lists have been addressed in respect of various procedures, including hip and or heart operations and other surgical procedures;... - National Children's Hospital Status
225. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in respect of the construction of the new children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6619/18] - Health Services Reform
226. To ask the Minister for Health when a restructuring of the HSE will take place with a view to greater accountability and influence at regional level, including representational status for... - HSE Expenditure
227. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he continues to monitor development at a nursing home (details supplied) with a view to ensuring the retention of existing bed spaces in... - Hospitals Capital Programme
228. To ask the Minister for Health when approval will be given to an endoscopy unit at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare having particular regard to the acute need thereat; and if he will... - Health Services Staff
229. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which efforts continue to be made to retain doctors and nurses here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6623/18] - Medicinal Products Prices
230. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which Ireland can receive the full benefit of the Single Market in respect of the cost and sourcing of all drugs, including those recently... - Mental Health Services Provision
231. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which speech and language therapy and mental health support exists for children in all areas throughout the country; if particular shortfalls... - Orthodontic Services Data
234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children listed for orthodontic treatment in categories A, B and C; the number of children currently in the course of receiving such treatment;... - Electronic Health Records
235. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an initiative in Sweden that would allow persons to access their health records electronically by 2020 (details supplied);... - General Practitioner Services Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has had their general practitioner changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6633/18] - Hospitals Capital Programme
237. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary resources will be provided to allow for the commissioning of the purpose built maternity theatre at Letterkenny University Hospital; when the... - Cancer Screening Programmes
238. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for breast check; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6642/18] - Mental Health Services Administration
240. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in relation to a person being discharged from a psychiatric unit in a hospital against their will and that of the person's family; and his views... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Expenditure
241. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the cost effectiveness of only making the Freestyle Libre device available to those under 21 years of age (details supplied); and if he will make... - Sexually Transmitted Infections
242. To ask the Minister for Health if services provided by the STD clinic at Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar will be reinstated. [6648/18] - Freedom of Information Data
244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the average time taken in these years to complete...
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