Written answers
Tuesday, 24 April 2018
- General Practitioner Services
330. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend general practitioner cards to all carers in receipt of the respite care support grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17871/18] - Commencement of Legislation
331. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 18 April 2018, the nature of the technical drafting issue that has come to light in relation to Parts 2 and 3 of... - Medicinal Products Availability
332. To ask the Minister for Health if Versatis patches will be reinstated and made available to persons with medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17394/18] - Hospital Procedures
335. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17398/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
336. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) [17419/18] - National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
337. To ask the Minister for Health the number and cost of operations and procedures carried out under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the past three years by specialty; the... - Cross-Border Health Services Provision
339. To ask the Minister for Health the number and cost of operations and procedures carried out under the cross border directive in each of the past three years by specialty; the estimated cost... - Hospital Waiting Lists
341. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will secure an appointment for knee surgery at Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital. [17431/18] - Health Services
342. To ask the Minister for Health if services will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17433/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
343. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an ophthalmology appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17434/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists
344. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be scheduled for back surgery. [17436/18] - Mental Health Services
345. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had no follow-up appointment with CAMHS on a matter. [17438/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists
346. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person's (details supplied) knee replacement surgeries were cancelled with short notice on two separate occasions in April 2018; and if he will... - Health Promotion
347. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ban the sale of energy drinks to those under 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17446/18] - Hospitals Data
348. To ask the Minister for Health the number of births that took place in 2017 or the most recent year for which figures can be obtained in each of the three Dublin maternity hospitals; the... - Hospitals Capital Programme
349. To ask the Minister for Health if funding was approved for a new replacement dialysis unit in Tallaght Hospital in June 2017; if the funding was cancelled on 5 January 2018; the reason... - Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
350. 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; and if he will make a statement... - Hospitals Expenditure
351. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding being spent by Tallaght Hospital on dialysis services provided by a private hospital (details supplied). [17466/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
352. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17472/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists
353. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of persons on colonoscopy waiting lists in each month of 2017 who are waiting for a colonoscopy as part of surveillance after screening,... - Dental Services Waiting Lists
355. To ask the Minister for Health if dental treatment for a person (details supplied) was listed when the person was attending primary school. [17475/18] - Hospitals Capital Programme
356. To ask the Minister for Health when a design team will be put in place to carry out the tender process for the new endoscopy unit, physical medicine unit, physical therapy unit, oncology... - Home Care Packages Provision
357. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be made available to the HSE to reduce the waiting list and waiting time for home support in view of the fact that at the end of... - Hospital Appointments Delays
358. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17502/18] - Voluntary Sector Funding
359. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to a charity (details supplied) for each of the past seven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17515/18] - HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
360. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency staff in the health service in each of the years 1997 to 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17525/18] - Medicinal Products
364. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) and the pharmaceutical industry to ensure faster access to new medicines for persons diagnosed with... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
365. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reimbursement scheme and the fact that it can take over four years for new medication to be covered by same. [17530/18] - Home Care Packages Provision
366. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17535/18] - Home Care Packages Funding
367. To ask the Minister for Health the funding in place for home care packages in south-west areas of County Dublin; if there is a freeze on home care packages in these areas; if so, when it... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
368. To ask the Minister for Health when the fair deal scheme will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17537/18] - Health Services Staff Data
370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults that have been recorded against front line staff, including nurses, doctors, social workers, ambulance staff and other health... - Drug Treatment Programmes
372. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to the mother of a drug addict who is in receipt of a methadone treatment in terms of sheltered structured accommodation for the person;... - Hospital Services
373. To ask the Minister for Health the status of services for venesection for persons with haemochromatosis; if the issue of the €80 fee that these persons must pay when they attend... - Disability Services Provision
374. To ask the Minister for Health if waiting lists, lack of services and funding for persons with a disability will be addressed; the rationale for not including the optional protocol in the... - Hospital Appointments Status
375. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17581/18] - General Medical Services Scheme Administration
376. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is allowing medical card holders to be charged for the taking of bloods; if the cost of such a procedure is covered under the medical card scheme;... - Hospital Appointments Status
377. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [17583/18] - Medical Card Applications
378. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application will be reopened for persons (details supplied) to facilitate the provision of a letter in the format requested; and if he will... - Minor Ailments Scheme
379. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the minor ailments scheme piloted in Kells, Roscommon, Macroom and Edenderry will not be extended and rolled out to other areas; when the report on... - Hospital Waiting Lists
380. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for orthopaedic surgery at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
381. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot qualify under the HSE criteria for the provision of Pembrolizumab to be covered by private health insurance; his... - Hospital Equipment
382. To ask the Minister for Health if University Hospital Limerick is running out of trolleys to cater for waiting patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17623/18] - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
383. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) to ensure new medicines are available to persons with MS as soon as possible; his views on the fact... - Disability Services Provision
384. To ask the Minister for Health if the situation of a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17635/18] - Hospital Services
386. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a modular laboratory at UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17649/18] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
387. To ask the Minister for Health if an item of equipment will be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [17651/18] - Hospitals Data
388. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatients and outpatients who did not attend at Beaumont Hospital in 2016, 2017, and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Medicinal Products Regulation
389. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will consider replicating the FDA black box warning regarding cautionary use by persons under 18 years of age on antidepressants such as... - Mental Health Services Provision
390. To ask the Minister for Health if funding and resources will be allocated to child psychological services to reduce the waiting lists for access to these services; and his views on the fact... - Hospital Appointments Administration
391. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17672/18] - Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
392. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to a group (details supplied) for producing the health service capacity review report. [17699/18] - Patient Transport Data
393. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patient transport taskings being provided to private operators and the HSE's intermediate care service to and from each of the Saolta hospital... - Disability Services Provision
394. To ask the Minister for Health if the process for children with intellectual disabilities transitioning out of second level education will be reassessed; his views on new measures to... - Medicinal Products Licensing
395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in respect of a person (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17729/18] - National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
396. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who received treatment in the first quarter of 2018 under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the... - Infectious Diseases
398. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for improvements in the diagnostic testing and treatment for Lyme disease here; and his further plans to meet with representatives of the... - Health Service Capacity Review
399. To ask the Minister for Health the reason workforce planning and assessment was excluded from the health service capacity review 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17794/18] - Health Services Staff
400. To ask the Minister for Health the workforce planning reports being undertaken for the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17795/18] - Health Service Capacity Review
401. To ask the Minister for Health the data which were provided to a company (details supplied) in carrying out the health service capacity review 2018. [17796/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
403. 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. [17805/18] - Civil Registration Service
404. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the closure of the Dundalk civil registration office; the length of time the office has been closed; the steps he is taking to reopen the... - Psychological Assessments
405. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for a psychologist assessment; the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this appointment; and... - Civil Defence
406. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the exclusion of the Civil Defence from the joint voluntary control centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Services for People with Disabilities
407. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to review its new policy of in loco parentis and the need for a competent adult to be in the home at all times in cases in which a... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for outpatient rheumatology appointments; the number of adults and children waiting, respectively; and if he will... - Health Services Staff
410. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant paediatric rheumatology posts in the health service; his views on whether this is an adequate number of such posts to... - Hospital Staff Recruitment
412. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of a dermatologist to Mullingar general hospital; when the appointment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
413. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 259 of 8 March 2018 and 246 of 21 March 2018, the reason a response has yet to issue from the HSE; and if he will make... - Health Services Provision
414. To ask the Minister for Health if physiotherapy services will continue at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17857/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
415. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17884/18] - Drugs Payment Scheme
416. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will make a decision on the reimbursement for a second line lung cancer drug (details supplied); his views on the delays in the drug reimbursement... - Departmental Expenditure
417. To ask the Minister for Health the form, date and amount of all invoices issued to his Department by a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2007 to 2017, in tabular form. [17908/18] - Cross-Border Health Initiatives
418. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the cross border initiative will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17915/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
419. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17916/18] - Vaccination Programme
420. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters (details supplied) regarding vaccine safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17920/18] - Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
421. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter raised in correspondence relating to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17926/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists
422. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) at UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17927/18] - Medical Card Eligibility
423. To ask the Minister for Health his views on increasing the means allowance for a single person and a couple over 70 years of age for medical cards; his plans to increase the limits to the... - Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
424. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be allocated electronic braces for lower limbs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17929/18] - Health Services Funding
425. To ask the Minister for Health if adequate funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17980/18] - Disability Services Provision
426. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a child (details supplied) will be expedited with an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17982/18] - Regulation of Lobbying
427. To ask the Minister for Health if under the lobbyist register it is expected that calls from lobbyists are recorded; if this is the practice in his Department; and if he will make a... - Symphysiotomy Reports
428. To ask the Minister for Health if the sum of €6,600 paid to a person (details supplied) in respect of the Symphysiotomy and Pubiotomy Review - An Imaging Perspective, which was...
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