Written answers
Thursday, 19 April 2018
- Services for People with Disabilities
216. To ask the Minister for Health if reports from parents of children attending a school (details supplied) will be examined; the contractual changes that have taken place since 2017 that may... - Assisted Human Reproduction
217. To ask the Minister for Health the action that has been taken on each of the recommendations from the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction; and his further plans in this regard. [17325/18] - Mental Health Services
218. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to improve CAMHS, for example, access, age-appropriate placements, waiting lists and standardised operating procedures. [16231/18] - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
220. To ask the Minister for Health if a third paediatric consultant rheumatologist has been approved for Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin as part of the 2018 service plan in view of the... - Medicinal Products
221. To ask the Minister for Health when the national biosimilars strategy will be published; the reason for the delay in publishing same; the measures the strategy will contain to increase... - Hospitals Building Programme
222. To ask the Minister for Health when works will commence on the new hospital in Cork city promised in the National Development Plan 2018-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Home Help Service
223. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Sligo, Leitrim and West Cavan LHO experienced a reduction of 26,713 home help hours in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17073/18] - Psychological Services
224. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to alleviate the waiting list for child psychologists, particularly amongst persons under 15 years of age who make up 80% of the... - Commencement of Legislation
225. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the distress that delaying Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 has had on families in view of... - Mental Health Services Staff
226. To ask the Minister for Health his views on consultant psychiatrist numbers of 8 per 100,000 and the fact that Ireland ranks behind all other northern European countries; and if he will make... - Mental Health Services Data
227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for an appointment with a psychiatry of old age community team; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
229. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a place in a care home for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17135/18] - Home Help Service Provision
230. 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. [17136/18] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
231. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for excluding persons over 21 years of age with type 1 diabetes from accessing the FreeStyle Libre device; and if he will make a statement on the... - Home Help Service Appeals
232. To ask the Minister for Health if reconsideration will be given to home help for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17146/18] - Paediatric Services
233. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the chronic shortage of paediatric rheumatologists in view of the fact that 900 children have been on waiting lists at Our... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
234. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a position (details supplied); the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17151/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
235. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17161/18] - Hospitals Funding
236. To ask the Minister for Health the capital funding provided for Connolly Hospital in 2017; and the capital funding allocated for projects (details supplied) during 2017, in tabular form.... - Health Services Provision
237. To ask the Minister for Health if concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in regard to juvenile arthritis will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17174/18] - Medical Card Applications
238. To ask the Minister for Health if a discretionary medical card will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17178/18] - Hospital Charges
239. To ask the Minister for Health if the €80 charge imposed by certain hospital groups on persons with haemochromatosis requiring venesection will be removed as recommended by an... - Ambulance Service
240. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to meet voluntary committees from Connemara that are concerned with the quality of the ambulance service in Connemara and that have requested a... - Health Services Provision
241. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the lodgment of a new planning application by a day care centre (details supplied) in County Kildare. [17190/18] - Primary Medical Certificates Applications
242. To ask the Minister for Health if a primary medical certificate will be issued to a person (details supplied). [17195/18] - Planning Issues
243. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE will assess and monitor the risks to human health in view of the fact that An Bord Pleanála has approved a company's (details... - Health Services Staff Data
244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults on health care staff in hospitals across the State in each of the years 2008 to 2017, by number of assaults and the hospital in which... - Hospital Staff Data
245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of security staff, associated with an agency or directly employed, working in hospitals across the State in each of the years 2008 to 2017 by... - Primary Care Centres Provision
246. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of primary care centres in Croom, Newcastle West, Kilmallock, Caherconlish and Castletroy, County Limerick; and if he will make a... - Medicinal Products Availability
247. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to a query made in correspondence (details supplied) regarding medicines for persons with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
248. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [17228/18] - Disabilities Assessments
249. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17239/18] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
250. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the application by a person (details supplied) for the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17262/18] - Medicinal Products Availability
251. To ask the Minister for Health the differences in the way in which persons with MS here access life changing medicines by comparison to other EU countries; the reason there is delay for new... - Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
252. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the regulation process relative to speech and language therapists trained abroad that now wish to have their qualifications registered... - Cancer Screening Programmes
253. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the BreastCheck western unit is to withdraw its mobile unit from Sligo town and relocate to the village of Collooney; his views on whether this will... - Hospital Appointments Administration
255. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled. [17337/18] - Medicinal Products Availability
256. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) and the pharmaceutical industry to ensure new medicines are available to persons with MS; and if he... - General Practitioner Contracts
257. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 29 March 2018, when discussions will commence with general practitioner representatives on contractual issues; and... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
258. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that in 2018 it was announced that Pembrolizumab would be licensed in April 2018 for NSCLC patients however his Department and the HSE... - Emergency Departments
259. To ask the Minister for Health the most effective and immediate action that can be taken to alleviate overcrowding in emergency departments nationally; if an analysis has been carried out... - Mental Health Services Data
260. 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... - Health Services Reform
261. 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... - Transport Support Scheme
262. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determining the appropriate scheme to replace the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Services Staff Data
263. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels throughout the public health sector at all levels in hospitals and community care; the extent to which they have been augmented in recent... - Hospital Waiting Lists
264. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund can be utilised to alleviate waiting lists at public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17356/18] - General Practitioner Data
266. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners practising here; the extent to which this number has fluctuated in the past ten years; the extent to which demographic... - Medicinal Products Prices
267. To ask the Minister for Health if particular medicines are to be included in the discussions to reduce the cost with particular reference to innovative medicines and or generic medicines; if... - Medical Card Applications
269. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of a medical card renewal in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointments Status
270. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17369/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists
271. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which provision is being made to identify persons on long waiting lists for various treatment, with particular reference to those with the most... - HSE Funding
272. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the health budget to meet the requirements in their entirety throughout 2018; and if he will... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
273. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of nurses, doctors and consultants becoming available in 2018 is sufficient to meet the demand; his views on whether it is... - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
274. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which waiting lists for orthodontic treatment have been reduced for children at primary and second level; and if he will make a statement on the...
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