Written answers
Thursday, 3 May 2018
- Medicinal Products Availability
139. To ask the Minister for Health the approval status with respect to the provision of a drug in the treatment of cancer; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is being used in... - Medical Disclosure Code
140. To ask the Minister for Health when he will bring legislation forward to provide for mandatory open disclosure (details supplied). [19323/18] - Departmental Meetings
141. To ask the Minister for Health the correspondence, discussions or meetings he or his predecessors, Ministerial advisers or departmental officials had with clinical pathology laboratories or... - Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation
142. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the implementation of the recommendations of the report on rare diseases; the parts of the recommendations already implemented or pending; the... - Health Services Provision
143. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Alzheimer’s disease day unit in Castlebar, County Mayo, is reducing its service from five to three days; and if he will make a statement... - Patient Transport Provision
144. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the bus service that operates to bring patients to and from the Alzheimer’s disease day unit in Castlebar, County Mayo, is being cut and... - Hospital Appointments Status
146. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited in order to be sanctioned for works by the PCRS; and if he will make a statement on the... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
147. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a fair deal scheme application by a person (details supplied); if the application will be expedited in view of the situation; and if he will make... - Hospital Appointments Status
148. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19340/18] - Hospital Charges
149. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a levy (details supplied) on overnight hospital bed stays; if so, the reason the levy exists; the cost in this regard; the persons who are exempt... - Patient Safety
150. To ask the Minister for Health the patient and child safety measures in place for Temple Street Children's Hospital; if he is satisfied that there are no concerns regarding the matter; and... - HSE Data
151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE services that have been outsourced to private agencies; the services that have been outsourced; when the contracts for outsourcing were... - HSE Staff Data
152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of managers hired by the HSE since 2016; the salary scale of each; and the departments in which they operate. [19478/18] - Mental Health Services Staff
153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff hired in the area of mental health since 2016; the geographical location and remit of each; and the salary scales on which they were hired.... - Health Services Staff Data
154. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff hired in the area of early intervention since 2016; the location and ascribed role within the early intervention scheme of each; and the... - Medicinal Products Availability
155. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the delays for persons with multiple sclerosis to access life-changing medication; and if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied)... - Respite Care Services
156. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding to allow for the full utilisation of newly refurbished facilities at a location (details supplied) which are vital for the... - Medicinal Products Supply
157. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to add the FreeStyle Libre blood monitoring sensor to the long-term illness or drug reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a... - Psychological Assessments
158. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an assessment of needs under the child and adolescent mental health services; and if he will... - Hospital Appointments Status
160. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment for a cervical operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the hospital deemed the case in need... - Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Data
161. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in community neuro-rehabilitation teams in each community health care organisation in tabular form; the specific medical or health care... - Hospital Services
162. To ask the Minister for Health if dermatology services will be restored to Mullingar Regional Hospital; and if persons will be offered treatment in an alternative setting in the interim.... - Services for People with Disabilities
163. To ask the Minister for Health when the group home for persons with disabilities will open in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19369/18] - Cancer Screening Programmes
164. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath and nationally who had a cervical check through the national screening service in each year since... - Health Services Provision
165. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has to wait for two years for medical treatment in view of the fact that their condition is life threatening. [19374/18] - Autism Support Services
166. To ask the Minister for Health if resources for a service (details supplied) for the provision of extra psychiatrists for the assessment of children with autism and ADHD will be increased;... - Hospital Appointments Status
167. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) awaiting spinal surgery in Tallaght University Hospital; the length of time they are... - Cancer Screening Programmes
168. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which his attention was drawn to the cervical cancer scandal; when he was informed of the false negative tests; when he was informed of the fact... - Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
169. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the HSE has to support University Hospital Kerry to reduce the three-year wait time for a routine ENT outpatient appointment at the hospital; and if... - Departmental Staff Training
170. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on facilitating departmental members' attendance at social media training conferences or other external events. [19399/18] - Home Help Service Provision
171. To ask the Minister for Health when a home help service granted to a person (details supplied) will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19409/18] - Health Services Funding
172. To ask the Minister for Health if a multi-annual consideration was made on a recent cost study analysis of a facility (details supplied); if the full level of funding reinstated in 2017 has... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
173. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of amending the fees charged under the nursing homes support scheme, NHSS, to enable nursing home residents with an assessed... - Hospital Services
174. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost, current and capital, of providing a mobile catheterisation laboratory for Waterford University Hospital. [19433/18] - Health Services Data
175. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year running costs of opening all medical assessment units on a seven-day basis. [19434/18] - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
176. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting an extra 500 hospital consultants; and the average estimate for support staff required per consultant. [19435/18] - Nursing Staff Recruitment
177. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting an additional 4,000 nursing staff. [19436/18] - Prescriptions Charges
178. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of abolishing prescription charges. [19437/18] - General Practitioner Data
179. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of increasing the general practitioner rural practice allowance to €25,000. [19438/18] - National Maternity Strategy Implementation
180. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of implementing the national maternity strategy. [19439/18] - Home Care Packages Data
181. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing an additional 2.2 million home help hours. [19440/18] - Mental Health Services Provision
183. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of completing the recruitment required for the full implementation of A Vision for Change. [19442/18] - Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold
184. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of reducing the drug payment threshold to €100. [19443/18] - Health Services Staff Recruitment
185. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting an additional 200 speech and language therapists. [19444/18] - Services for People with Disabilities
190. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing an additional 1.5 million personal assistant hours for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Services Provision
192. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing an additional 100 critical care beds. [19451/18] - Health Services Staff Recruitment
195. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by his Department and/or the HSE to replace the dermatologist in the midlands area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Appointments Status
196. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for a procedure will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19457/18] - Cancer Screening Programmes
197. To ask the Minister for Health the amount set aside as contingent liabilities for failures in the cervical smear programme; the funds that have been expended within the past five years; the... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
198. To ask the Minister for Health the payment mechanism in place for families who have recently lost a relative under the care of the fair deal scheme; if the balance on an account can be paid... - National Maternity Hospital Administration
199. To ask the Minister for Health if medical and surgical procedures legal here will be available at the national maternity hospital after the St. Vincent's company is established; and if he... - Cancer Screening Programmes
203. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline surrounding the failure of the national cervical cancer screening programme to notify women of incorrect results; the date on which the attention... - Hospital Services
204. To ask the Minister for Health if dermatology services will be restored to Mullingar Regional Hospital; and if patients will be offered treatment in an alternative setting in the interim.... - Primary Care Centres Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given on the need for a primary care facility in the Meakstown and Charlestown areas of Dublin 11. [19485/18] - Meals-on-Wheels Services
206. To ask the Minister for Health if mainstream funding for meals-on-wheels rather than the situation whereby meals-on-wheels is carried out through community employment schemes will be... - Home Help Service Provision
207. To ask the Minister for Health if further home help hours requested by persons (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19539/18] - Constitutional Amendments
208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the referendum campaign on the eighth amendment of the Constitution. [18887/18]
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