Written answers

Thursday, 10 May 2018

  • Public Sector Staff
    159. To ask the Minister for Health the regulation in place in terms of public service employees, in particular in terms of external applicants for senior roles such as the CEO of the Health...
  • HSE Staff
    160. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations in respect of public servants, in particular the HSE, including the CEO and senior officials, taking up paid work in addition to their public...
  • State Claims Agency
    161. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the number of cases which have come under the remit of the State Claims Agency arising from the failure to inform women who had a...
  • Health Services
    162. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) had to pay for a medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20512/18]
  • Nursing Home Beds Data
    163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public nursing home beds available in County Louth prior to the establishment of HIQA in 2007. [20513/18]
  • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
    166. To ask the Minister for Health the projected completion dates of planned projects for the provision of public nursing home beds; and the resulting numbers of new build nursing homes, new...
  • Hospital Services
    167. To ask the Minister for Health if funding has been allocated for the transfer of services from the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda to St. Mary's, Drogheda; and the funding allocated in this...
  • Cancer Screening Programmes
    168. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Cancer Screening Service awarded a contract to a company (details supplied) in 2010 that obliged or enabled the company to establish a...
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    171. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment for surgery at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Medical Card Applications
    172. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene with the HSE regarding a medical card renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if his attention has...
  • Vaccination Programme
    173. To ask the Minister for Health if the urgent introduction of a no-fault vaccine payment scheme for persons debilitated by narcolepsy as a result of being vaccinated with the drug Pandemrix...
  • Health Services
    174. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to implement the recommendation by the national stroke programme as part of the phased introduction of early supported discharge for a...
  • Hospital Accommodation Provision
    175. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the number of stroke unit beds to meet the predicted increase in stroke numbers; the further cost of bringing stroke units to...
  • HIQA Reports
    176. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to advance the recommendations of the HIQA health technology assessment of mechanical thrombectomy; if the costs contained in the HTA...
  • Hospital Services
    177. To ask the Minister for Health the costs associated with the need to address infrastructural and equipment issues in relation to the provision of thrombectomy services in Beaumont Hospital;...
  • Health Services
    178. To ask the Minister for Health the costs associated with the need to address the geographical gap in heart failure services in the South/South West hospital group area; and if he will make a...
  • Hospitals Data
    179. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing and configuration deficits in each of the early supported discharge teams; the additional funding that is needed to address same; and if he will...
  • HSE Data
    182. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide updated figures on the prevalence rate of heart failure here; the mortality rate for same; the annual diagnosis for heart failure; and if he...
  • Health Services
    183. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the availability of cardiac rehabilitation services here; the number of hospitals that do not have cardiac rehabilitation services; and if he...
  • Departmental Funding
    185. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the spending and funding allocated to and by the Healthy Ireland Fund since its inception; the way in which the fund was spent; and if he will...
  • Obesity Strategy
    186. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources allocated to community based programmes aimed at healthy food and healthy living in each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
  • Departmental Expenditure (1 comment)
    195. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department and the HSE on campaigns and educating persons to change lifestyle as a preventive measure against chronic disease relating...
  • HSE Staff
    201. To ask the Minister for Health when his attention was first drawn to the request by the CEO of the Health Service Executive to seek permission to serve on the board of a company (details...
  • Cancer Screening Programmes
    202. To ask the Minister for Health if Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry tendered for the CervicalCheck contract; the year or years the tender was submitted; and the reason the tender was unsuccessful....
  • Mental Health Services
    203. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the Youth Mental Health Pathfinder initiative; and the roadmap and timeline to full implementation. [20598/18]
  • Mental Health Services Data
    205. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons treated in the mental health services in each of the years 2007 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20604/18]
  • Hospital Car Parks
    207. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the national review of hospital cark park charges; if free parking for those suffering from other long-term life threatening illnesses...
  • Cancer Screening Programmes
    208. To ask the Minister for Health the dates and formats by which each of the HSE’s hospital group managers were told of the 2014 audit of cervical cancer cases; if he will publish the...
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    210. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to provide a comprehensive status report of plans for refurbishment, renovation and new building works at a...
  • Departmental Staff Data
    211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees within his Department in receipt of a salary below the living wage of €11.70 per hour. [20617/18]
  • Departmental Agencies Staff Data
    212. To ask the Minister for Health the disaggregation of salary scales or levels among agency workers within or through his Department. [20623/18]
  • General Practitioner Services
    214. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place to ensure that a general practitioner service remains in Carnew, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20633/18]
  • Hospitals Building Programme
    215. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the new national children's hospital; when it will become fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20635/18]
  • Hospital Staff Data
    216. To ask the Minister for Health the anticipated number of medical personnel that will staff the new national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20636/18]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
    217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are waiting more than six months for scoliosis treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20637/18]
  • Assisted Human Reproduction
    218. To ask the Minister for Health if twin to singleton reductions will be permitted under the provisions of the assisted human reproduction Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • HSE Data
    220. To ask the Minister for Health the latest figures on breastfeeding rates here; the level of funding provided to support programmes; the details of such support programmes; and if he will...
  • Hospital Staff
    221. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no funding has been allocated for the appointment of an MS specialist nurse at University Hospital Limerick; if the Health Service Executive will...
  • Narcolepsy Issues
    222. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20694/18]
  • Health Service Capacity Review
    223. To ask the Minister for Health when funding submissions (details supplied) made to the HSE will be answered; the position of the HSE regarding same; the reason for the delay in responding to...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    224. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been given independent housing despite several assurances from the HSE; the location in which and when they will...
  • Departmental Strategies
    225. To ask the Minister for Health the projected increase or demand for workers and employees due to demographic changes for the years 2018 to 2028. [20701/18]
  • Hospital Services
    227. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20708/18]
  • Mental Health Services Staff
    228. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the appointment of an additional 15 clinical midwife specialists in mental health; the number recruited to date; and the location of the...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    229. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a facility (details supplied) has had to suspend operations for a number of days due to lack of staffing; the reason the HSE has not filled the...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    230. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the Versatis patch to be made available on the medical card and long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20716/18]
  • Hospital Services
    231. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be admitted to the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement...
  • Medical Negligence Claims
    233. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on solicitors' fees, barristers' fees, guardians ad litem and settlements in cases related to personal injury and medical...
  • Home Help Service Provision
    234. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) receives home help hours; if funding will be provided to the HSE to ensure same is funded...
  • Ambulance Service Provision
    235. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing an additional emergency ambulance; and the full year cost of additional personnel required for its staffing. [20790/18]

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