Written answers
Tuesday, 29 May 2018
- Prisoner Data
310. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prisoners awaiting admittances to the Central Mental Hospital from various prisons by prison as of 23 May 2018, in tabular form; and if he will... - Hospital Appointments Status
314. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23101/18] - Disability Services Funding
315. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be available to a group (details supplied); if so, when the funding will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Facilities
316. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a 25 bed mental health unit at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23110/18] - General Practitioner Services Provision
317. To ask the Minister for Health when the free general practitioner card for persons in receipt of carer's allowance will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23111/18] - National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
318. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be refunded for a cataract operation. [23121/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
319. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will have an assessment of need carried out; the position of the child on the waiting list; and if he will make... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23128/18] - Hospital Beds Data
321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in the National Rehabilitation Hospital; the number occupied, empty and closed, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospitals Funding
322. To ask the Minister for Health if funding issues are causing beds at the National Rehabilitation Hospital to remain empty and not staffed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointments Delays
323. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who is waiting a significant amount of time for an appointment at Croom Hospital;... - Hospital Waiting Lists
324. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23136/18] - Health Services Staff Training
326. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent on GDPR training to date by HSE area; and the cost by HSE area in tabular form. [23142/18] - Addiction Treatment Services
327. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a person (details supplied) who needs further residential treatment for substance addiction; and if he will make a statement on... - General Practitioner Services
328. To ask the Minister for Health the number of areas in County Wexford without a general practitioner; the position regarding these vacancies; when it is planned that such posts will be... - Mental Health Services Expenditure
329. To ask the Minister for Health the underspend on mental health services within CHO1 when compared with the CHO’s 2017 budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23152/18] - Commemorative Events
338. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to initiate a national day for the front-line emergency and security services in view of a request by a forum set up to advance the project (details... - Mental Health Commission Reports
339. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons detained here under the Mental Health Act 2001 in each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Primary Care Centres
340. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to issue a status update with regard to the Finglas primary care centre in view of the fact that the same response has been received... - Hospital Appointments Status
341. 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. [23181/18] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
342. To ask the Minister for Health the payment mechanism in place for families that have recently lost a relative under the care of the fair deal scheme; if the balance on an account can be paid... - Health Care Professionals
343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent psychological consultants in perinatal services in each hospital here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23187/18] - Substance Misuse
345. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the issue of steroid abuse here; if punishing gym owners will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23189/18] - Psychological Services
346. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting appointments for psychology services by county and age; and the length of time they have been waiting in tabular form. [23190/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
347. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery in St. Vincent's University Hospital. [23191/18] - Services for People with Disabilities
348. To ask the Minister for Health the cost for the provision of an additional education officer for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23194/18] - Medical Card Data
349. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost to provide a full medical card to a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23195/18] - Primary Care Centres
350. To ask the Minister for Health if concerns raised by a school (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23201/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
351. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23203/18] - Medical Qualifications
352. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure to have qualifications recognised here in order that a person may work as a doctor such as in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
353. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times under the reimbursement scheme for FreeStyle Libre for type 1 diabetic children in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Beds Data
354. To ask the Minister for Health the bed capacity of University Hospital Sligo in 2008; the bed capacity of the hospital at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23235/18] - Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
355. To ask the Minister for Health the resource capacity being allocated to implement the alcohol action plan strategy in drugs task forces, for example, in the canal communities local drug... - Medical Card Eligibility
356. To ask the Minister for Health if medical card eligibility will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23238/18] - Hospital Staff Recruitment
357. To ask the Minister for Health if a CNS post for multiple sclerosis has been filled at University Hospital Limerick, UHL, in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23248/18] - Cancer Screening Programmes
358. To ask the Minister for Health if an audit facility is in place under the BowelScreen programme; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23253/18] - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
359. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in each CHO area that were awaiting a child and adolescence mental health services, CAMHS, appointment for over one year in June 2017;... - Hospital Appointments Delays
360. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23264/18] - Mental Health Services Data
361. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons using mental health services that are malnourished or identified to be at risk of malnutrition; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services Provision
362. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to mitigate against malnutrition in mental health patients; if his attention has been drawn to the impact that malnutrition has on the... - Health Screening Programmes
363. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the roll-out of a mandatory nutritional screening programme in the community setting; his views on the benefits of nutritional screening in the... - Mental Health Services Data
364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients availing of mental health services in the community setting who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services
366. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which malnutrition is identified and managed in patients of mental health institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23271/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
368. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Wexford awaiting access to the community ophthalmic physician; the numbers waiting more than three, six, nine, 12, 15, 18 and... - Hospital Appointments Status
370. 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. [23284/18] - Transport Support Scheme
371. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new transport support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23285/18] - Health Services Provision
372. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can avail of rehabilitation services; the position of the person on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
373. To ask the Minister for Health if the need to allow advanced nurse practitioners to provide initial assessment for access to CAMHS will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
374. To ask the Minister for Health if the need to open day hospitals to provide an alternative to acute hospital admission for those seeking access to CAMHS will be examined; and if he will make... - Departmental Contracts
375. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all contracts a company (details supplied) holds with his Department and State agencies under his aegis have been tendered for; if his... - Home Help Service
376. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated extra home help hours in view of their exceptional medical conditions; if the HSE will provide an extensive... - Paediatric Services
377. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the use of equipment (details supplied) in the treatment of children with scoliosis; the steps he has taken to satisfy himself that... - Hospital Waiting Lists
378. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to correct the inequity in waiting times, which can differ in children's hospitals by up to two years in some cases, for outpatient... - Paediatric Services
379. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of vests for bracing therapy for children being treated for scoliosis; the steps he has taken to ensure that vests for... - Hospital Waiting Lists
381. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the four-month waiting list target for surgeries for children suffering with scoliosis not being met as committed to previously; the... - Hospital Appointments Status
382. To ask the Minister for Health when an outpatient appointment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that this person has been waiting for an... - Health Products Regulatory Authority
383. To ask the Minister for Health if he and the HPRA plan to limit or ban the use of transvaginal mesh in view of bans and restrictions imposed in other jurisdictions; if not, the reason for... - Health Services Data
386. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who have had a transvaginal mesh implanted; the number who have suffered complications in connection with this mesh; the number who have... - Treatment Abroad Scheme
388. To ask the Minister for Health the role and responsibilities of Irish health services and the HSE in providing care to a person that qualifies for the treatment abroad scheme in connection... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
389. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in the CHO4 area waiting for ophthalmology surgery following initial assessment; the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and... - Medical Card Administration
390. To ask the Minister for Health if blood pressure monitoring equipment and services are covered by the medical card scheme in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Hospital Transfers
391. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred from Galway to Dublin due to the exceptional medical circumstances in this case; the reason for the delay... - Medical Card Delays
392. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in issuing a medical card for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23314/18] - Medical Card Reviews
393. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of a medical card review in the case of a person (details supplied); when the review will be concluded; and if he... - Primary Care Services Provision
394. To ask the Minister for Health if a full-time nursing care service will be reinstated at Easkey health care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23326/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists
395. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Services for People with Disabilities
396. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposed standard operating procedures on the assessment on needs process; when it is planned that the new procedures will be implemented; and... - Health Services Staff Data
398. To ask the Minister for Health the number of audiologists working in CHO area 9 in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; if this number will be increased; and if he will make a... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
399. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a third consultant ophthalmic surgeon for Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23331/18] - Disability Services Provision
400. To ask the Minister for Health the options open to a family (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the overwhelming evidence that their child needs help. [23336/18] - Health Insurance
401. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the practice of health insurance companies preventing policy holders from switching to another plan within that insurance company except upon... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the scoliosis list; the length of time each has been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23343/18] - National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that were treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23344/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the inpatient and outpatient list for gynaecological procedures in CUMH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23345/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists
405. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time women have to wait for surgical procedures in CUMH after they have been diagnosed with breast cancer and prescribed mastectomies or... - Hospital Acquired Infections
406. To ask the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy to ensure that the presence of hospital acquired infection is recorded on the death certificates of persons that die as a consequence of... - International Programmes
408. To ask the Minister for Health the amount contributed to the World Health Organisation in each of the past six years; the programmes that benefitted; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
409. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting cataract treatment in each of the past four years by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointments Status
411. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23364/18] - Health Services
412. To ask the Minister for Health when a final response will issue to an interim reply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23365/18] - Home Help Service Provision
413. To ask the Minister for Health if extra home help hours will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23367/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists
414. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was advised that the waiting list for CT was 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23369/18] - Home Help Service Eligibility
415. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of home help or home care packages when a person is below 65 years of age but suffers from various diseases including... - National Cervical Screening Programme
416. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 15 May 2018, if there is tagging or priority identification in relation to smear tests for women that have been... - Hospital Appointments Status
417. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) waiting for a procedure at the Mater Hospital will receive an appointment for the operation; and if he will make a statement... - Disabilities Assessments
418. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the HSE's waiting times for assessment of need for children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23476/18] - HSE Staff
419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees that have not been released from their contracts within the time limit set out for post-recruitment release arrangements under the HSE... - Services for People with Disabilities
420. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the attention of the parents and members of a group (details supplied) was not drawn to the new standard operating procedures put in place as part... - Hospital Waiting Lists
421. To ask the Minister for Health the reason more than 16,000 persons had been waiting over a year for an outpatient appointment in County Cork hospitals in April 2018. [23513/18] - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
422. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which children or teenagers liable to self-harm continue to have ready access to support services such as counselling and follow-up visits; the... - Speech and Language Therapy Provision
424. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to provide 92 children that attend a school (details supplied) speech and language therapy and occupational therapy; and if the... - Home Help Service Provision
425. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care hours available from Old County Road public health centre, Dublin 12 on 1 January 2018 and 1 April 2018 (details supplied). [23227/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists
427. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the long waiting times for ophthalmology services in both primary care and acute hospitals. [23545/18] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
428. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the use of a prosthetic is unavailable and not provided for by the HSE in County Donegal but is available in other parts of the country free of... - Medicinal Products Availability
429. To ask the Minister for Health the plans being made by the Health Products Regulatory Authority and or the Health Service Executive to licence and make available for reimbursement the drug... - Home Care Packages
430. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the in loco parentis clause in homecare nursing contracts for sick children in view of the difficulties it is creating for parents (details... - Home Help Service Data
431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours granted and the number of home help hours that are actually provided by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Services for People with Disabilities
432. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment of need for a child (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23627/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
433. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23628/18] - Services for People with Disabilities
434. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the change in the HSE procedure for the statutory assessment of need; if he has approved the new assessment of need standard... - HSE Complaints Procedures
435. To ask the Minister for Health the actions which were taken by the HSE on foot of complaints received from the family of a person (details supplied) relevant to their care while a patient of... - Health Services Staff Data
436. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency and locum staff in hospitals in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by nurses, doctors and so on and by hospital and CHO in... - Nursing Staff Provision
437. To ask the Minister for Health when the appropriate number of MS specialist nurses for the mid-west region will be filled in view of the recommendations of the 2016 national clinical... - Hospital Appointments Status
438. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be brought forward. [23675/18] - Departmental Correspondence
439. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to matters raised by persons (details supplied) in correspondence; if the open disclosure policy will be applied in the case; and if he... - Hospital Waiting Lists
440. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation. [23681/18] - Home Care Packages Funding
441. To ask the Minister for Health the initial financial allocation in 2017 for home support, home help and home care packages in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the expenditure incurred to year... - Home Care Packages Expenditure
442. To ask the Minister for Health the level of expenditure allocated for home support, home help and home care packages in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2018; the number of hours of support... - Hospital Waiting Lists
443. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for the procedure in view of the fact that it... - Addiction Treatment Services
444. To ask the Minister for Health if funding streams are available for a counselling service for persons in County Louth with drug and alcohol addictions; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Appointments Status
445. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be assisted in ascertaining the proposed medical treatment for their son. [23692/18] - Hospital Charges
447. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding payment for venesection and phlebotomy therapy treatment for haemochromatosis patients who do not qualify for a medical card; when... - Home Care Packages Provision
448. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23701/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
449. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting lists for children waiting for an outpatient appointment in the three Dublin children's hospitals especially the 10,000... - Vaccination Programme
450. To ask the Minister for Health the clinical research which has been conducted by his Department and or the HSE into claims of links between the swine flu vaccine and conditions such as... - Budget Submissions
451. To ask the Minister for Health if the possibility of reducing the household charge for family carers in advance of budget 2019 will be examined; if the possibility of extending the provision... - Cancer Screening Programmes
452. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 22 May 2018, the reason the case of the woman concerned (details supplied) was not referred to in the reply; and... - Health Services Staff Data
453. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health care assistants in each location in a region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23734/18] - Mental Health Services Provision
454. To ask the Minister for Health if the 2017 United Nations Committee against Torture made a recommendation to the State on mental health provision to hire additional medical personnel and... - Prison Medical Service
455. To ask the Minister for Health when the last audit was carried out in all prison services specifically examining prisoners mental health, addiction and health needs for each prison; and if... - Prisoner Health
456. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria that determine an inmate getting access to mental health supports while in prison; the make-up of each mental health team by prison in tabular... - HSE Staff Recruitment
457. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the issues raised in correspondence regarding HSE recruitment (details supplied). [23759/18] - Nursing Staff Data
458. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community registered general nurses in each location in a region (details supplied); the number of these nurses dealing with children; the number... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
459. To ask the Minister for Health the most serious waiting list situations in respect of various procedures at various public hospitals as recorded over the past three years; the degree to... - Hospital Waiting Lists
460. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the national treatment purchase scheme can be utilised to alleviate waiting lists at various public hospitals throughout the country; and... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on waiting lists for hip replacements at various hospitals throughout the country; the longest period of time that a person has been on... - Nursing Staff Recruitment
462. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which adequate numbers of nurses are likely to become available throughout the public health sector over the next three years; and if he will... - Hospital Procedures
463. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which provision is being made to ensure that patients awaiting access to surgical procedures can have their waiting period minimised, thereby... - Primary Care Centres Data
464. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres already provided for and in operation throughout the country on a county basis; the number proposed for the future; and if... - General Practitioner Data
465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners practising throughout County Kildare; the extent to which each practice is sufficiently supported to meet growing demands;... - Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
466. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department has identified the quantum of deficiencies within the health services which has resulted in delays to waiting lists at... - HSE Staff
467. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which plans are afoot to ensure the retention of adequate health personnel at all levels to meet eventualities and eliminate overcrowding at... - Pharmaceutical Sector
468. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the use of the single European market can be identified as a means of alleviating the impact of persons currently faced with the high cost... - Hospital Waiting Lists
469. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which lack of theatre space of a particular category has been identified as a contributory factor in the ongoing delays experienced by persons on... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
470. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for all orthopaedic and cardiac procedures; the extent to which contributory factors in the context of waiting lists... - Hospital Appointments Status
471. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect a hospital appointment. [23801/18] - Ministerial Transport
472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ministerial cars or vehicles in operation in each of the past six years; and the costs associated with same. [24032/18]
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