Written answers

Thursday, 12 July 2018

  • Hospital Appointments Status
    328. To ask the Minister for Health the status of treatment being proposed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31635/18]
  • Domiciliary Care Allowance
    329. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the extension of a general practitioner card to persons in receipt of domiciliary care allowance but that do not receive a carer's...
  • Proposed Legislation
    330. To ask the Minister for Health when new legislation dealing with the fair deal scheme will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31636/18]
  • Hospital Beds Data
    331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds available in St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin for persons with eating disorders; the numbers of beds that are vacant; and...
  • Disability Services Provision
    333. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 648 of 17 April 2018 to outline the reason a person (details supplied) has no transport provided while capacity on the...
  • Health Services Provision
    334. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding the closure of a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31644/18]
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    335. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the way in which he plans to address the fact that a person (details supplied) who has moved county cannot access general practitioner care in the...
  • Diabetes Strategy
    338. To ask the Minister for Health if pre-pregnancy care for type 1 diabetes patients will be provided at the diabetes clinic at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Services
    340. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive confirmation of a transfer date for dialysis treatment from Merlin Park University Hospital,...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    341. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his views regarding the crisis in mental health services in the south east; the way in which he plans to remedy the dangerous situation in the...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    342. 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. [31672/18]
  • HSE Investigations
    343. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the changes that were initiated and carried out by the HSE in a hospital (details supplied) following an inquiry into the death of a person; and if...
  • Mental Health Services Staff
    344. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the levels of staffing in the young adult mental health services in County Laois; his plans to reduce or increase numbers; the planned numbers...
  • Hospital Services
    345. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 28 September 2017 to outline the findings of the options appraisal paper due mid-2018 on Merlin Park University...
  • Departmental Staff Data
    346. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the ratio of men and women at each Civil Service grade within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31695/18]
  • Hospital Staff Recruitment
    347. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 839 of 12 June 2018 to set out the number of candidates approached by the HSE's external contractor prior to the decision...
  • Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
    351. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of medical detoxification beds for adults and adolescents, respectively; the location of each; the cost per annum of a medical...
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
    353. To ask the Minister for Health when a procedure for a person (details supplied) will be provided; the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this procedure; if the person can undergo the...
  • Palliative Care Services Provision
    354. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the status of the roll-out of a training scheme in palliative care for carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31736/18]
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    355. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of licences granted under the compassionate access programme for medical cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31737/18]
  • Primary Care Centres Provision
    356. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the status of the delivery of a primary health care centre in Rowlagh, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31769/18]
  • Home Help Service Data
    359. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the number of persons in receipt of home support services at 30 April 2018; the number that were approved and waiting for home support services for...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
    360. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the new initiatives and proposals taken to reduce the number of children waiting over a year for an outpatient appointment; and if he will make a...
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
    361. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of children who have had a surgical procedure carried out under the NTPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31774/18]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    362. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the progress being made by the HSE and the NTPF against the targets that were set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31775/18]
  • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
    363. To ask the Minister for Health if core annual funding to local and regional drug and alcohol task forces will be reviewed and reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31776/18]
  • Drug Treatment Programmes Data
    364. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of persons on methadone treatment; the number on treatment for periods (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Vaccination Programme
    365. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for winter 2018 to increase the up-take of the 'flu vaccine across all categories of persons; and his further plans to promote awareness campaigns...
  • Defibrillators in Schools Provision
    368. To ask the Minister for Health if he has liaised with the Minister for Education and Skills on the findings due in 2018 of the national steering group on out of hospital cardiac arrest in...
  • Hospital Car Parks
    369. To ask the Minister for Health if the review of hospital car parking charges has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31782/18]
  • Ministerial Meetings
    370. To ask the Minister for Health if he has recently met with an organisation (details supplied); if so, the outcome of this meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31783/18]
  • Schools Site Acquisitions
    371. To ask the Minister for Health if a site has been identified for a new school build (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31785/18]
  • General Practitioner Services Provision
    372. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a general practitioner out of hours service in north County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31788/18]
  • Medical Card Eligibility
    373. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make changes to the income disregard for persons with a disability who hold a medical card. [31789/18]
  • Medical Card Applications
    374. To ask the Minister for Health the reason self-employment information is requested in respect of a medical card application submitted by a person (details supplied) when no such income...
  • Home Care Packages Provision
    375. To ask the Minister for Health the immediate plans in place to deal with the backlog in delivery of approved home care packages in CHO 7 (details supplied); if there is adequate funding in...
  • General Practitioner Services
    377. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that a general practitioner service operated through a community health centre (details supplied) is not supplying regular appointments...
  • Ambulance Service
    378. To ask the Minister for Health if concerns regarding the ambulance service raised by persons (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31812/18]
  • Emergency Departments Data
    379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented at the emergency department of Mayo University Hospital from 1 January 2018 to date compared to 2017; and if he will make a...
  • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
    380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy services in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31814/18]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
    381. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for hospital appointments in the CHO 2 area by county and wait time in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • National Cervical Screening Programme Administration
    382. To ask the Minister for Health if follow-up appointments have been granted to the women affected by the CervicalCheck scandal; the number of women seen in these appointments; and if he will...
  • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
    383. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Mayo University Hospital spent €5.3 million on agency staff in 2017; the funds spent on agency staff in...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
    384. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for surgical procedures in the CHO 2 area by number for each of counties Mayo, Galway and Roscommon; the length of time...
  • Home Care Packages Data
    385. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the home care package waiting list in County Mayo; the length of time each is on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    386. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug pembrolizumab is available for some and not for others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31826/18]
  • Home Help Service Data
    387. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting home help hours in County Mayo; the length of time they been on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Health Services Funding
    388. To ask the Minister for Health the supplementary budget he expects will be needed in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31830/18]
  • Hospital Appointments Status
    389. 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. [31855/18]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
    390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for cataract procedures on national public waiting lists in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the average waiting time to undergo...
  • Home Care Packages Data
    391. To ask the Minister for Health the number of houses that are in receipt of an intensive home care package in tabular form. [31861/18]
  • Respite Care Services Provision
    392. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of respite care in County Louth following the recent announcement of €10 million in funding in the area; and if he will make...
  • Hospital Car Parks
    393. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the recently announced review of hospital car park charges; the estimated date of completion; the details that relate to same; and if he will...
  • Primary Care Centres
    394. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the primary care centre for east County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31871/18]
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
    395. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals received by CAMHS to date in 2018, for each CHO area in tabular form; and the number of referrals seen by CAMHS over the same period....
  • Health Services Provision
    396. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment for and development of three multidisciplinary ADHD clinics. [31873/18]
  • Eating Disorders
    397. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Mental Health National Clinical Programme developing integrated care pathways for eating disorders. [31874/18]
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    399. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which Jigsaw and other early intervention services specific to persons 18 to 25 years of age identified as requiring particular community-based...
  • Mental Health Services Staff
    404. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of adult and child mental health intellectual disability teams in 2018; and the number of additional new staff appointments....
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    407. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Versatis pain relief plasters under the long-term illness scheme; his plans to reintroduce the plasters on the scheme considering the...
  • Mental Health Policy
    408. To ask the Minister for Health the improvements made in mental health engagement in the design and delivery of services through the further development of forums in each CHO in conjunction...
  • Mental Health Services Staff
    412. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of the mental health workforce to ensure the right staff with the right skills are allocated to the right services: if he...
  • Mental Health Services Funding
    413. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the roll-out of agreed minor capital fund to enhance mental health facilities and infrastructure; and the specific facilities and capital...
  • Hospital Services
    414. To ask the Minister for Health the services to be provided by the modular cath lab at University Hospital Waterford; the timeline for this service to be in place; the hours in which this lab...
  • Health Services Provision
    415. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out electricity subsidies nationally to all chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, patients that are available in certain CHO areas for...
  • Hospital Consultant Contracts
    416. To ask the Minister for Health if shortfalls in urology consultant hours have been addressed in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31908/18]
  • Medicinal Products Supply
    417. To ask the Minister for Health the position on access for all type 1 diabetes patients to the FreeStyle Libre device under the reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Ambulance Service Provision
    418. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the proposed new ambulance base announced in Project Ireland 2040 for Ardee, County Louth; the areas it will cover; the expected number of units...
  • Patient Data
    419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of UHL referrals who receive radical prostatectomies at University Hospital Galway and a clinic (details supplied), respectively. [31915/18]
  • Hospital Services
    420. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is considering reviewing its policy on UHL that is disallowing it from carrying out radical prostatectomies in view of the major advancements in...
  • Disability Services Provision
    421. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with disabilities who are under 18 years of age will be included in the personalised budget demonstration project as recommended by the task force...
  • Health Services Funding
    422. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which an organisation (details supplied) was awarded funding and another similar organisation was not offered equivalent funding although it...
  • Proposed Legislation
    423. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health (Transport Support) Bill will be published; the progress made in replacing the mobility allowance and the motorised transport schemes with new...
  • Counselling Services Provision
    424. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the provision of youth counselling is not uniform across the State; the reason some areas such as County Galway receive little funding for this...
  • Primary Care Centres
    425. To ask the Minister for Health when a new health centre will be provided in Inishbofin county Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31939/18]
  • Hospital Facilities
    426. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the opening of the minor injuries unit in the Louth County Hospital, Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31951/18]
  • Disability Services Provision
    427. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of residential places for persons with disabilities in Dundalk whose parents are elderly; when such provision will be available;...
  • Ambulance Service Response Times
    428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase ambulances, EMTs and paramedics each year with regard to the programme for partnership Government commitment to improve response times; the...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    429. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the way in which the commitment to develop low-secure, high-dependency rehabilitation services for those with severe mental illness and...
  • Mental Health Services Report
    431. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the delivery of an agreed stepped model of care for those who are homeless and with mental illness as per the commitment in the...
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    432. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which service responses to improve the physical health of mental health service users have been enhanced to date in 2018, as per the commitment in...
  • Mental Health Services Report
    433. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the implementation of the recommendations of the national recovery framework in mental health. [31969/18]
  • Mental Health Services Administration
    434. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the way in which the improvement of compliance through monitoring services in collaboration with the Mental Health Commission to...
  • HSE Governance
    436. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the implementation of a revised HSE incident management framework. [31972/18]
  • HSE Reports
    437. To ask the Minister for Health when the report carried out by the HSE on Lifford Community Hospital will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31979/18]
  • Hospital Services
    438. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the consultant paediatrician, senior dietitian and diabetes nurse at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, issued a letter to the parents of those...
  • Capital Expenditure Programme
    439. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided towards capital projects in counties Meath and Louth in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by project name, location and cost in tabular...
  • Proposed Legislation
    441. To ask the Minister for Health the planned timeline for implementation of the patient safety Bill; the disclosure policies that will be in effect until the new legislation comes into force;...
  • National Cervical Screening Programme Administration
    442. To ask the Minister for Health if the 12 additional women that it has been disclosed have been affected by the CervicalCheck scandal have been told they are affected; the way in which they...
  • National Cervical Screening Programme Inquiry
    443. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed timeline for the audit of the 3,000 tests that was due to be completed; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Mental Health Services Provision
    444. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the north Dublin mental health services for older persons inpatient accommodation unit which was temporarily relocated in 2011 from St....
  • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
    446. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved hospital consultant posts by specialty and hospital group; and the basis on which these posts are allocated [32021/18]
  • Hospital Staff
    448. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the adequacy of the hospital consultant training schemes; the body responsible for the design and operation of these schemes; and if he...
  • Hospital Consultant Remuneration
    449. To ask the Minister for Health the policy in respect of type A full-time public service hospital consultants whereby salary for new recruits is €134.272 compared to €211,000...
  • General Practitioner Services Provision
    450. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the urgent problem of the shortage of general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32025/18]
  • General Practitioner Contracts
    451. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in negotiating a new general practitioner contract; and the timeline for completion of this process [32026/18]
  • Health Services Reports
    452. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has missed the promised deadlines for the publication of his response to Sláintecare; and when he now plans to do so [32027/18]
  • Nursing Staff Provision
    453. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant nursing posts; and his plans to address the matter [32028/18]
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment
    454. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which allied health professional posts are allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32029/18]
  • Health Services Reports
    455. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department is drawing up an implementation plan for Sláintecare when the Oireachtas Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare...
  • Health Services Reform
    456. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the recruitment of a lead executive for the Sláintecare implementation office; if the recruitment process is now complete; if the...
  • General Practitioner Contracts
    457. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on progress on the promise to recruit salaried general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32032/18]
  • Health Services Funding
    458. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to reverse the FEMPI cuts for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32033/18]
  • Home Help Service Provision
    459. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are 6,000 persons waiting for home help and home care services; and his plans to ensure that funding is...
  • Cancer Screening Programmes
    460. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Scally Inquiry has not yet been given access to the laboratory data in respect of the accuracy rates of smear testing; the steps he will to...
  • Maternity Services
    461. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of the 20-week anomaly scan for all expectant mothers at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar; and if he will make a statement...
  • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
    462. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 28 June 2018, the locations in which the vacant consultant posts are located by CHO and LHO, by community and by...
  • Physiotherapy Provision
    463. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy in primary care by CHO, age category, and time waiting. [32044/18]
  • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
    464. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting. [32045/18]
  • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
    465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting. [32046/18]
  • Psychological Services
    466. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by CHO, age category and time waiting. [32047/18]
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
    467. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, by CHO, age category and time waiting. [32048/18]
  • Counselling Services Provision
    468. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for counselling services by CHO, age category and time waiting. [32049/18]
  • HSE Staff Data
    469. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all existing management grade HSE staff per CHO and other division by grade in each case; and the corresponding figures for the end of 2016 and...
  • Health Care Infrastructure Provision
    472. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the securing of a site for a primary care centre in Finglas, Dublin 11. [32055/18]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    473. To ask the Minister for Health the reason services are not being provided at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32064/18]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    475. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for the dermatology service in the Mater Hospital; his views on whether this is being exacerbated by the closure of the service in MRH...
  • Hospital Facilities
    476. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development plans for a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32096/18]
  • General Medical Services Scheme
    477. To ask the Minister for Health when further discussions will take place with representatives of general practitioners in relation to the GMS contracts; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Hospital Facilities
    478. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for the development of a new endoscopy unit at Naas Hospital. [32146/18]
  • Fire Service
    479. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 5 July 2018, the reason there was no response from either the HSE or Dublin Fire Brigade to a 999 call placed on...
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    480. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns expressed by surgeons (details supplied) in the north west (details supplied); if requests for dedicated surgical elective beds, enhanced...
  • Living Wage
    481. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.90 for all employees directly employed and-or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will make a...
  • Medicinal Products Availability
    482. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reimbursement of the drug Translarna; if he has received a submission regarding same from a group (details supplied); the timeframe...
  • Home Care Packages Data
    483. To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare packages delivered in County Kildare to date in 2018; if they are still being approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • National Cervical Screening Programme
    485. To ask the Minister for Health if women who are concerned in regard to the possibility that a cervical smear test may have returned a false negative, and who wish to see a consultant in...
  • Mental Health Services
    486. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for there being no mental health roles on primary care teams. [32247/18]
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    489. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32263/18]
  • Mental Health Services
    490. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding out-of-hours acute emergency mental health admissions to a centre (details supplied); if acute emergency admissions can attend directly in...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
    491. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons waiting for a first appointment with CAMHS at the end of December 2017, March 2018 and June 2018, in tabular form; and if he will...
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
    492. To ask the Minister for Health if CAMHS services in any CHO area had demands that exceeded capacity in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32267/18]
  • Mental Health Services Funding
    493. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE funding provided to the Jigsaw mental health service in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32268/18]
  • Mental Health Services Data
    494. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health outpatient and day beds for children in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Mental Health Services Expenditure
    497. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of early intervention and prevention counselling services nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32272/18]
  • Mental Health Services Data
    499. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for Jigsaw per service in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32274/18]
  • Respite Care Services Data
    500. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for and delivered in community healthcare organisation, CHO, 2 by county in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018. [32279/18]
  • Patient Transfers
    502. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to put a protocol in place to transfer patients from University Hospital Galway to Merlin Park University Hospital in order to maximise available...
  • Hospital Services
    503. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the opening times of the urgent care centre at Roscommon County Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32282/18]
  • Ambulance Service
    504. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance service available in County Roscommon. [32283/18]
  • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
    505. To ask the Minister for Health the number waiting for speech and language therapy at Roscommon County Hospital; and the waiting times. [32284/18]
  • Ambulance Service Response Times
    506. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for an ambulance in County Roscommon. [32285/18]
  • Hospital Services
    507. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for South Tipperary General Hospital, Clonmel; his views on the impending hospital group transfer which may take place; and if he will make a...
  • Health Services Funding
    508. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure approval of crucial funding for an organisation (details supplied) to ensure that those living in urban and rural areas of...
  • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
    509. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of funding for additional paediatric rheumatology consultant posts in order to alleviate waiting lists for children...
  • Disabilities Assessments
    510. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the concerns of representative bodies (details supplied) regarding the new standard operating procedure for assessments of...
  • Home Help Service
    511. To ask the Minister for Health if proposed changes being planned for home care services in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal due to new rostering arrangements will be...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    512. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has not engaged with an organisation (details supplied) in view of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health recommendation on 16 June 2018 that...
  • Home Care Packages
    513. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which a home care package remains available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32352/18]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists
    514. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can access knee surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32353/18]
  • Health Services
    515. To ask the Minister for Health if a diagnosis has been arrived at in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32357/18]
  • Medical Card Delays
    516. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32360/18]
  • Hospital Services
    517. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade Monaghan hospital and reintroduce its accident and emergency department; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the public due...
  • Ambulance Service Provision
    518. To ask the Minister for Health if ambulances, emergency medical technicians, EMTs, and paramedics will be increased each year to improve response times with regard to the commitment in A...
  • National Cervical Screening Programme
    519. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that have been made to provide a mediated settlement in view of the Taoiseach's commitment that women affected by the CervicalCheck issue...
  • National Cervical Screening Programme Data
    521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women affected by the CervicalCheck issue that have requested the release of their files; the number that have had their files released to them;...
  • Occupational Therapy Data
    522. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent occupational therapists employed in primary care occupational therapy in County Louth; and the locations in which they...
  • Home Care Packages Data
    523. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home care packages for the terminally ill are no longer funded separately and are being included in the funding for all home care packages; the...
  • National Drugs Strategy
    524. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the widespread dealing of cocaine in the Dublin city area; the treatment services available; the location of same; and if he will make a...

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