Written answers
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
- Commencement of Legislation
293. To ask the Minister for Health when sections 20 to 23 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27489/18] - Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
295. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce standards for employment in the care sector; his further plans to require all care workers in the State to register for same; and if he... - Seirbhísí do Dhaoine faoi Mhíchumas
296. To ask the Minister for Health cén soláthar an bhfuil sé i gceist a chur ar fáil maidir le cúnamh speisialta urlabhra agus teanga a chur ar fáil do ghasúr... - Services for People with Disabilities
297. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a full residential package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27377/18] - Mental Health Services Staff
298. To ask the Minister for Health if a replacement consultant psychiatrist has been appointed to fill a vacancy (details supplied) owing to a retirement in the CAMHS service in County Donegal;... - Disabilities Assessments
299. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will have an ASD assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27384/18] - Health Services Reports
300. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the report due to be published by the HSE working group established to examine lymphoedema services here; the publication date for the report;... - Hospital Appointments Status
301. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the appointment will be expedited. [27388/18] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Appeals
303. To ask the Minister for Health if a nursing home support payment for a person (details supplied) will be reassessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27395/18] - Departmental Funding
304. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that can be put in place to ease the funding burden on a group (details supplied), particularly in circumstances in which it provides a positive... - Home Care Packages Provision
305. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated a home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27399/18] - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
306. To ask the Minister for Health the status of orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27408/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
307. 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. [27409/18] - Health Services
310. To ask the Minister for Health the future of a centre (details supplied) in County Meath; and if the centre will be properly funded. [27419/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
311. 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. [27450/18] - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
312. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans to make the drug Raxone available on the general medical services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Provision
313. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider setting up a specialist centre for a condition (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27463/18] - Hospital Staff
314. To ask the Minister for Health if appropriate staff will be allocated to alleviate pressure on beds which is the main cause of the trolley crisis in University Hospital Limerick in view of... - Autism Incidence
315. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of completed assessments of need in Cork city and county that resulted in a confirmed ASD diagnosis in each of the years 2014 to... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
316. To ask the Minister for Health when a medication (details supplied) will be made available under the general medical scheme in order that persons can have the cost of this included in the... - Cancer Screening Programmes
317. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be compensated for the cost of a cervical smear test to be carried out in a laboratory here. [27481/18] - Services for People with Disabilities
320. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the inclusion in the demonstration project of persons under 18 years of age as eligible for receipt of a personalised budget with regard... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
321. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of lidocaine patches for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27539/18] - Mental Health Services Provision
322. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the roll-out of 24-7 cover in view of the fact that the HSE has committed to roll out fully 7-7 mental health service cover for the areas that... - Hospital Appointments Status
323. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied). [27542/18] - Hospital Staff Recruitment
324. To ask the Minister for Health if the position of general manager of University Hospital Waterford has been advertised; when the manager will be appointed; his plans to appoint a substitute... - Medical Card Applications
325. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a decision in respect of a medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the... - Data Protection
326. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had discussions with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding lacunae in data protection legislation that may be preventing mental health... - HSE Properties
328. To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant permission for a feasibility study to be carried out at a property (details supplied). [27562/18] - Home Care Packages Data
330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons waiting for home care packages; the waiting lists for home care packages in each CHO area; and the way in which this compares with... - Hospital Appointments Status
332. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [27577/18] - Disease Management
334. To ask the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy that all patients found to be colonised with CPE are informed of this fact; and if their having been informed is documented. [27587/18] - Health Services Staff Remuneration
340. To ask the Minister for Health the rate of remuneration paid to general practitioners for attending patients at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a... - Services for People with Disabilities
341. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to address the inadequate speech and language, occupational therapy, psychology and physiotherapy being provided at a school... - Dental Services Provision
342. To ask the Minister for Health if the reason dental care is not provided to pupils at a school (details supplied) will be investigated; if funding for the service will be restored; and if he... - Hospital Appointments Status
343. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27605/18] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
345. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a wheelchair and orthotic shoes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27607/18] - Disability Services Provision
346. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 25 April 2018, the reason for the delay in the commencement of a day placement for a person (details supplied).... - Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
347. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for orthotics and lumbar support by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27613/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
348. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for knee replacement surgery for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27614/18] - Disability Support Services
350. To ask the Minister for Health the work and cost of a unit (details supplied) in County Kildare. [27621/18] - Disability Services Provision
352. To ask the Minister for Health if a situation with regard to a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27624/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
353. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied). [27625/18] - Drug Treatment Programmes
354. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time persons are waiting for a methadone programme in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27626/18] - Addiction Treatment Services
356. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to cut funding for addiction services in counties Kildare and Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27628/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists
357. To ask the Minister for Health the duration on a waiting list for a child to see a urologist at Children's University Hospital, Temple Street; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospitals Data
358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that were cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Dental Services
359. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding dental care under the medical card system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27633/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
360. 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. [27634/18] - Vaccination Programme Data
361. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doses of the HPV vaccine administered here to date; and the number of cases of anaphylactic or anaphylactoid reactions reported to the HPRA... - HIV-AIDS Programmes
362. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE review of the medication PrEP; when he expects this review to be concluded; the action he plans to take to introduce a PrEP programme... - Hospital Services
363. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 320 of 22 May 2018, if he has received the report requested from the HSE regarding access to scans at University Hospital... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
364. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for psychology services in County Donegal children and youth services, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Payments
365. To ask the Minister for Health the correct and appropriate level of nursing home contributions in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27666/18] - Transport Support Scheme
366. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health (transport support) Bill; if there are supports in the interim for those who would benefit from the legislation but were not in... - Respite Care Services Provision
367. To ask the Minister for Health if improved respite care will be granted at the weekend for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27713/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
368. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital procedure for a person (details supplied); when the procedure will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27716/18] - Services for People with Disabilities
369. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the family of a service user (details supplied) of a facility which provides accommodation for adults with intellectual disabilities in County... - Emergency Aeromedical Service
372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of taskings the emergency aeromedical service has carried out since it was established; the types of taskings by county in tabular form; and if he... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
373. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to fill the post of consultant orthodontist in CHO area 8; the length of time the post has been vacant; the increased efforts... - Hospital Appointments Status
374. 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. [27797/18] - Health Services Reports
375. To ask the Minister for Health if the review of paediatric audiology services will be extended to other areas in which the audiologist at the centre of the review in counties Mayo and... - Foireann Roinne
376. To ask the Minister for Health an bhfuil oifigeach Gaeilge ceaptha dá Roinn; an post lánaimseartha atá ann nó an bhfuil dualgais bhreise ar an oifigeach Gaeilge; cén... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
377. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether resignations (details supplied) were at least partly as a result of the lack of resources at primary care level and the resulting over... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
378. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of primary care resources for child and adolescents with mental health issues and that it is leading to a higher... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
380. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels of CAMHS across the country by discipline and since 2008; if these figures can be compared to the recommendations in A Vision for Change;... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration
381. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether CAMHS psychiatrists that triage a referred patient to be seen by primary care in the first instance would be correct to reject the... - Disabilities Assessments
382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of initial assessments of need of children with disabilities that are carried out by community healthcare organisation annually. [27826/18] - Disabilities Data
383. To ask the Minister for Health the qualifications that must be held by assessment of need officers; the number of officer positions nationally; his views on whether this number is adequate... - Legislative Programme
385. To ask the Minister for Health the planned timeline for the introduction of legislation in relation to the duty of candour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27831/18] - Home Care Packages Provision
386. To ask the Minister for Health if a 24-7 home care package will be put in place for a person (details supplied); the care plan in place for another person; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospitals Data
387. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was implemented at hospitals across the State by hospital in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018,... - Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
388. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address the waiting lists for neurology treatments in CHO 6 and 7; the waiting list times for CHO 6 and 7; and if he will make a... - Hospitals Building Programme
389. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 27 February 2018, when a comprehensive schedule of additional bed locations will be determined throughout the... - Medical Card Applications
390. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) was assessed on a discretionary basis for a medical card; the reason the person was not considered for a medical card or general... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
391. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his engagement with the pharmaceutical industry and organisations involved with multiple sclerosis here with a view to ensuring that new... - Mental Health Services Funding
392. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding mental health funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27880/18] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
393. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27881/18] - Paediatric Services
394. To ask the Minister for Health the wait times for children for a first consultation with an orthopaedic specialist in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Temple Street... - Hospital Services
396. To ask the Minister for Health the international best practice wait times for scoliosis first assessments; if they are being adhered to; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
397. To ask the Minister for Health the reason scoliosis four month surgery wait targets are not being met; the barriers for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27886/18] - Paediatric Services
398. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which offers of outsourcing for scoliosis corrective surgery are made; his views on whether the method of offering outsourcing is allowing parents... - Hospital Services
399. To ask the Minister for Health the cohort of scoliosis patients that will have access to a facility (details supplied) under outsourcing initiatives; the way in which this initiative will... - Hospital Procedures
400. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the use of MAGEC rods in the Children’s Hospital Group; the reason these rods are not available to all children across the group;... - General Practitioner Services
403. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he plans to implement to deal with the imminent shortage of general practitioners, particularly in rural practices; and if he will make a... - Ministerial Meetings
405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, has met officially with a person (details supplied) since their appointment; the date and location... - Infectious Diseases
406. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to avoid outbreaks of measles here; the further steps he is taking to avoid vaccine complacency and to increase the uptake of the... - Home Help Service
407. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the increases in the number of older persons waiting for home supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27927/18] - HSE Data
408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support carers recruited by the Health Service Executive, HSE in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a... - Health Services Provision
409. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the outcome of a review into the additional care needs of a person (details supplied); the reason since receiving a reply from his Department on... - Parking Charges
410. To ask the Minister for Health if there are car park subsidies for persons in receipt of social welfare payments and attending hospitals to visit a sick relative. [27930/18] - Mental Health Services Provision
413. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level of mental health supports that are in place for persons with eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Services for People with Disabilities
416. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the lack of a dedicated community neurorehabilitation team in counties Laois and Offaly. [27936/18] - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
417. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the practice of admitting children and young persons to adult mental health units to cease. [27937/18] - Vaccination Programme
418. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the differing public health standards here, in contrast to Northern Ireland, in which a procurement model will purchase quadrivalent... - Departmental Staff Data
423. To ask the Minister for Health if personnel in his Department have been removed from their position, have been transferred to another role or had their employment terminated in the past four... - Hospital Appointments Status
424. 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. [27980/18] - Home Care Packages Expenditure
426. To ask the Minister for Health the rates of payment made to each home care provider for home care and nursing care respectively through section 39 funding and the 2016 home care tender; and... - Hospital Appointments Status
427. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have a consultation with a view to having a knee replacement; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Funding
428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the funding issue facing a centre (details supplied) in order that it may carry on with its work; and if he will make a statement on the... - Laboratory Facilities
429. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 23 May 2018, the number of biochemistry and haematology blood tests taken in general practices in County Louth and... - Health Screening Programmes
434. To ask the Minister for Health the details of waiting lists for developmental checks for babies in Ballymun and Finglas. [28061/18] - Home Help Service Provision
435. To ask the Minister for Health the details in relation to a service (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28078/18]
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