Written answers
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
- Female Genital Mutilation
153. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the delivery of awareness programmes for female genital mutilation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7757/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
154. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [7554/18] - Mental Health Services
155. To ask the Minister for Health if the review of the mental health peer support worker has been published; his plans to extend the programme to County Wexford; and the timeframe for same.... - Disease Management
156. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in regard to the inadequacies of the diagnosis, testing and treatment of Lyme disease here since the public rallies on the... - Emergency Departments
157. To ask the Minister for Health the plans, timeframe and financing of the new accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Gender Recognition
158. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has prepared written guidelines for staff and the public on dealing with transgender matters; if they are published; if staff have received... - Occupational Therapy Provision
159. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been provided with occupational therapy in view of the fact that the person's parents receive the domiciliary... - Cancer Services Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Health if proposals by a person (details supplied) to develop a radiation oncology department at Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore, will be considered; and if he... - Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
161. To ask the Minister for Health the status of regulations to designate counsellors and psychotherapists as professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7602/18] - Primary Care Centres Provision
162. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary medical centre (details supplied) in County Limerick; the number of expressions of interest that have been received by... - Commencement of Legislation
163. To ask the Minister for Health when Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced; the reason for the delay in enactment; and if he will make a statement... - Disabilities Assessments
164. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been changes to the assessment of needs process with regard to the provision of specific diagnosis (details supplied). [7611/18] - Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
165. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of medical equipment to a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [7613/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists
166. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce the waiting times for cardiac rehabilitation care at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
167. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding glucose monitoring systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7619/18] - Hospitals Capital Programme
168. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the plan for the new diabetes centre at Sligo University Hospital is not included in the capital development fund for 2018; if the HSE applied for... - Hospital Appointments Status
169. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7622/18] - Hospitals Discharges
170. To ask the Minister for Health if accommodation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in a specific facility on discharge from hospital. [7637/18] - Data Protection
171. To ask the Minister for Health the preparedness of his Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; if staff in his Department have... - Hospitals Policy
172. To ask the Minister for Health the definition of an unapproved ward in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7658/18] - Hospitals Data
173. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the hospital in-patient enquiry, HIPE, code for patients who are overnight boarders; if those persons are recorded as part of the HIPE data; and... - Patient Data
174. To ask the Minister for Health the most up-to-date figures for the age, illness and disease profile for persons who have been admitted to hospital but for whom no bed is available and who... - Hospitals Data
175. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who have been admitted to hospital but for whom there is no bed are recorded for the full duration of their stay; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Functions
176. To ask the Minister for Health the legislative steps required to change the competent authority for patient radiation safety from his Department to HIQA; and if he will make a statement on... - Legislative Process
177. To ask the Minister for Health if SI 125/2000 and SI 478/2002 will remain in place until new legislation is introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7668/18] - Respite Care Services
178. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the service provider for the day respite service in counties Carlow and Kilkenny is deciding on priority in view of the fact that some... - Respite Care Services Provision
179. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the discrepancy in respite services offered to two children in the same family in which there are three children, two of whom have disabilities... - Respite Care Services
182. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no transparency and little communication with persons since an organisation (details supplied) assumed responsibility for overnight respite... - Respite Care Services Provision
183. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a committee put in place with regard to overnight respite to which a parent representative would be appointed. [7674/18] - Medical Card Reviews
186. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that when cases (details supplied) are being reviewed, a repeat financial assessment is carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - EU Directives
187. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include qualified chiropractors within the regulatory framework under the proposed European Union (Basic Safety Standards for Protection against... - Medicinal Products Availability
191. To ask the Minister for Health when an oncology medicine (details supplied) will be made available to persons awaiting treatment for lung cancer; the reason for the delay in making the... - HSE Staff
192. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has been hired or contracted by the HSE; and if so, the title, role and length of contract. [7751/18] - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
196. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that two permanent specialist consultant posts remain unfilled for diabetes services at Sligo University Hospital;... - Hospital Consultant Contracts
197. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the establishment of more robust measures to be put in place in 2018 to ensure consultants comply with all their contractual... - Hospital Services
198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours that were involved by his Department's staff and staff in the HSE in the course of drawing up the Dublin midlands hospital group plan for a... - Hospitals Building Programme
200. To ask the Minister for Health when patients and staff will move into the planned development at South Tipperary General Hospital, that is, to offer extra wards separate from but attached to... - Hospitals Capital Programme
201. To ask the Minister for Health the future capital investment planned for South Tipperary General Hospital that will complement the short-term plans for the hospital in order that the... - Medical Card Drugs Availability
203. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an appeals process in place for medical card holders who were previously receiving lidocaine patches but are now being refused these patches; if... - Ambulance Service Staff
204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paramedics that will be hired by the National Ambulance Service in 2018; the number of paramedics due to retire in the same period; and if he... - Orthodontic Services
205. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made and that have been made recently to recruit a suitably qualified orthodontist in order to reduce the waiting list for dental treatment... - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
206. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the waiting lists for orthodontic treatment in CHO 8. [7786/18]
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