Written answers
Thursday, 19 April 2018
- Mental Health Services Staff
12. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the CHO's recruitment initiatives; and the steps being taken to improve recruitment, for example, acute units, community mental health adult... - Psychological Services
15. To ask the Minister for Health the number of counselling and educational psychologists required to complete extensive in-service training in order to maintain eligibility for their own jobs;... - Services for People with Disabilities
16. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE fell short of its target for the establishment of children’s disability network teams in 2017. [17105/18] - Health Services Staff Remuneration
17. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the restoration of pay to section 39 workers cannot be costed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13518/18] - Hospital Groups
18. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need for investment in regional hospitals and in particular in the emergency department at Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services Administration
19. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a national co-ordinated helpline and clearly publicised nationwide professional supports for persons with mental health issues; and if he... - Mental Health Services Provision
20. To ask the Minister for Health when the new 50 bed psychiatric unit at UHG will open; the number of beds that will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17113/18] - Hospital Services
21. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of an endoscopy unit for Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17108/18] - Medicinal Products
22. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make information available on the safety of Misoprostol and Mifepristone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17120/18] - Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Recruitment
23. To ask the Minister for Health the measures taken to tackle the appointment of non-specialist doctors as consultants; the steps he has taken to address this issue since it was first raised;... - Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
24. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting lists for ophthalmology treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17006/18] - General Practitioner Services
25. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE undertook no public consultation on the closure of MIDOC services in Birr and Edenderry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17054/18] - Primary Care Centres Data
26. To ask the Minister for Health the range of health services that are available in the Kilcock primary health care facility; the number of general practitioners that are due to or that have... - Hospital Groups
27. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the options appraisal in respect of the future acute hospital needs in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17114/18] - Medicinal Products Availability
28. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made in the negotiations between the HSE and a company (details supplied) to ensure that the 19 patients currently involved in the... - General Practitioner Data
29. To ask the Minister for Health his views on falling general practitioner numbers; the steps he is taking to address to address the fall in numbers through the negotiation of a new general... - Hospitals Building Programme
30. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the further delays in relation to the extension and refurbishment works at Kanturk and Millstreet community hospitals; and if he will make a... - Psychological Services
31. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Cork city and county accounts for 40% of overdue HSE assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Services
32. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the provision of additional capacity in acute hospitals to alleviate high levels of bed occupancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Groups
33. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the financial challenges facing the Saolta hospital group in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17077/18] - Hospital Services
34. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the radiology unit for the Regional Hospital Mullingar as outlined in the Capital Plan 2016-2021 which will host the MRI scanner which was... - Primary Care Centres Provision
35. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the delivery of a primary care centre (details supplied); the staffing and range of services to be provided at the centre; and if he will make... - Hospital Overcrowding
37. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate for endoscopy day beds in Connolly Hospital to be used to cope with emergency department overcrowding. [17096/18] - Ambulance Service Provision
38. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of ambulance services for the Connemara region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17112/18] - Home Help Service
39. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Wicklow LHO experienced a reduction of 33,722 home help hours in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17040/18] - Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
40. To ask the Minister for Health if the recommendations of the recent Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health's report on evaluating orphan drugs will be implemented; and if he will make a... - Health Services
41. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied an association's (details supplied) guidelines are implemented in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17117/18] - General Practitioner Services Provision
42. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to ensure that rural Ireland has sufficient general practitioner cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17092/18] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
43. 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 glucose monitor available to all persons with... - Emergency Departments Waiting Times
44. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 291 persons over 75 years of age waited more than 24 hours in the emergency department of University Hospital Limerick during the first two months of... - Mental Health Services
45. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for clinical staffing levels for the community psychiatry of old age mental health services to reach the level recommended in A Vision for Change;... - Hospital Staff Recruitment
46. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a full-time cardiologist, respiratory consultant and an associate professor from UCC that agreed to be assigned to University Hospital Kerry have not... - Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
47. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he is satisfied that issues affecting long waiting lists in public hospitals, overcrowding at accident and emergency services and other... - Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
48. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address long waiting times for both CAMHS and primary care psychology services for children in County Cork; and if he will make a... - Disease Management
49. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement a similar practice to that in Germany for the detection and treatment of Lyme disease; his plans to improve follow-up care for persons... - Hospitals Building Programme
50. To ask the Minister for Health if new hospitals built in Dublin under the National Development Plan 2018-2027 will be located in areas of easy access for persons from the wider Leinster area;... - Health Services Reports
52. To ask the Minister for Health when a Sláintecare implementation plan will be brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17090/18] - Mental Health Services
53. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the deficiencies in child and adolescent mental health services at primary, community and acute levels; and if he will make a statement on... - Medicinal Products Availability
54. To ask the Minister for Health if pre-exposure prophylaxis will be available at an affordable level through the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17121/18] - Psychological Services
55. To ask the Minister for Health when the national psychology placement office will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17032/18] - Primary Care Centres
56. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the move towards primary care; if additional staff will be provided for new primary care centres; if not, the centres that will not receive... - Addiction Treatment Services
57. To ask the Minister for Health if a request from a group (details supplied) that a separate sub-group for addiction be established to address the issue beyond a criminal and legal approach... - Primary Care Centres Administration
58. To ask the Minister for Health the services that will be provided in the primary care centre, Summerhill, Dublin 1; and his plans for the health centres that will be made vacant by this new... - Hospitals Building Programme
59. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to build a neurorehabilitation unit in County Longford; the progress that has been made in relation to this matter in the past number of... - Health Services
60. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); his views in relation to their treatment; and if he will make a statement on the... - HSE Staff Data
61. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional appointments at national director, assistant national director, general manager or grade VIII level the HSE expects to make during the... - Primary Care Services Provision
62. To ask the Minister for Health when parent representatives will be included in the primary care steering group in view of a motion agreed by Seanad Éireann; his views on whether parents... - Home Help Service
63. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Galway LHO experienced a reduction of 44,145 home help hours in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17044/18] - Hospital Services
64. To ask the Minister for Health if a fixed cath lab will be provided at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17075/18] - Health Services Reports
65. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the finding of the health service capacity review that some 13,000 extra residential care beds are needed; the action being taken to address this;... - Organ Donation
66. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce the opt-out process for organ donation; the process involved in the implementation of same; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
67. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the appointment of a full time consultant for the sleep clinic in St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8; when this appointment can be expected; and if he... - Hospitals Building Programme
68. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for capital investment in the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [17110/18] - Mental Health Services Data
69. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units in CHO5 to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17099/18] - Hospital Services
70. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to examine a number of proposals to improve cardiac care in the south east including the deployment of a modular laboratory that will allow for... - Hospital Groups
71. To ask the Minister for Health the groups and organisations he will meet on the consultation on Portlaoise General Hospital; and if he will meet a group (details supplied). [16239/18] - Medicinal Products Availability
73. To ask the Minister for Health if the Procysbi drug will be available for persons with cystinosis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17118/18] - Primary Care Services Provision
74. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce waiting times for primary care ophthalmology appointments in the north Lee local health area in which 2,382 children and young... - Hospital Staff Recruitment
75. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to recruit a new cardiologist at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17094/18] - Paediatric Services
76. To ask the Minister for Health his views on waiting lists for children with scoliosis needing surgery; if new targets will be forthcoming for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the... - Home Help Service
77. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Dublin south west and Dublin west LHO areas experienced a reduction of 70,567 home help hours in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Strategies
78. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources allocated to community based programmes aimed at healthy food and healthy living as contained in the Obesity Policy and Action Plan... - National Drugs Strategy
79. To ask the Minister for Health if the new programme to promote community awareness of alcohol related harm from the last quarter of 2017 to the summer of 2018 will be fast tracked; if the... - General Practitioner Services
80. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department monitors the number of general practitioner practices that are unable to take on new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Services
81. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the provision of a modular cath laboratory which would allow for the performance of PCI in addition to or to replace the mobile diagnostic unit at... - Ambulance Service Response Times
83. To ask the Minister for Health if delayed ambulance response times will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16831/18] - Pharmacy Services
84. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a scheme put forward by a union (details supplied) by which women could access contraception directly from their community pharmacist... - Emergency Departments
85. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 393 of 26 September 2017, the position regarding the new emergency department in UHG; the timeframe for delivery; if the... - Hospital Services
86. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed new cystic fibrosis unit in Beaumont Hospital will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17107/18] - Primary Care Centres Provision
87. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction programme for primary care centres through the National Development Plan 2018-2027, with specific reference to the Fingal area of... - Home Help Service
88. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Dublin south east, south city and Dún Laoghaire LHO areas experienced a reduction of 36,236 home help hours in 2017; and if he will make a... - Hospitals Building Programme
89. To ask the Minister for Health when work will commence on the two new Dublin hospitals promised in the National Development Plan 2018-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
91. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to use a drug approval and reimbursement system for MS drugs similar to that in Germany (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services Staff
92. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the clinical staffing levels for the community psychiatry of old age mental health services in CHO7 compare to that recommended under A Vision... - Emergency Departments Waiting Times
93. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 519 persons over 75 years of age waited more than 24 hours in the emergency departments of Beaumont and the Mater Hospitals during the first two... - Hospitals Funding
94. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be forthcoming for a request for additional funding of €1.8 million from Letterkenny University Hospital to enable it to open an... - Respite Care Services Provision
95. To ask the Minister for Health the status of respite care service provision by HSE disability services in County Wexford; if he is satisfied that the needs of vulnerable families are being... - Primary Care Centres
96. To ask the Minister for Health if the new primary care centre in Mullingar is now fully occupied; his plans for further primary care centres in counties Westmeath and Longford; and if he will... - General Practitioner Services
97. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the general practitioner workforce can be increased by 1,000 as recommended by the Health Service Capacity Review; and if he will make a... - Hospitals Building Programme
98. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of elective only hospitals as outlined in the National Development Plan 2018-2027; if the possibility of locating the elective... - Hospitals Funding
99. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with the HSE and Saolta in relation to a request to make additional funding of €1.8 million available to Letterkenny University... - Disability Support Services Funding
100. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no provision was made in the 2018 HSE Service Plan for an increase in personal assistant hours for adults with a physical and or sensory disability;... - Medicinal Products
101. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the discussions regarding Kuvan; the timeframe for a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16243/18] - Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
102. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for occupational therapy in the Dublin 7 and Dublin 15 areas. [17119/18] - Health Services
103. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the Connecting for Life local plans are progressing; and the number which have been and will be launched [16232/18] - Respite Care Services
104. To ask the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) plans to close a number of respite centres on bank holiday weekends in County Galway during 2018 due to a lack of funding and... - Nursing Staff Remuneration
105. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address problems regarding pay and pay equality for nurses in view of the recruitment and retention crisis for nursing and... - Home Care Packages
107. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which home care packages are being made available to persons that may otherwise need hospitalisation; the number approved in each of the regions...
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