Written answers
Wednesday, 3 October 2018
- Action Plan for Online Safety
158. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take under the Action Plan for Online Safety to remove harmful material relating to bogus cures for autism and in order to prevent further... - Departmental Funding
159. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a charity (details supplied). [40256/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists
160. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time expected for a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40127/18] - HSE Properties
161. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE estates division will agree to sell the old hospital building in Mohill, County Leitrim, to the owners of the local primary healthcare centre that... - Ambulance Service Response Times
162. To ask the Minister for Health the average response times taken by ambulance crews to respond to all emergency call-outs in County Donegal during August and September 2018; the number of... - Blood Donations
163. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the MSM one-year deferral period on blood donation; if further examination has or will be sought by his Department or the IBTS on the... - Commencement of Legislation
164. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to commence Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40134/18] - National Sexual Health Strategy
165. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the National Sexual Health Strategy 2015-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40135/18] - Budget 2019
166. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding budget 2019 requests by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40137/18] - Health Services Reports
167. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a HSE working group report on the development of a model of care for lymphoedema and lipoedema; when he expects this report to be completed; and... - Hospital Appointments Status
168. 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. [40143/18] - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
169. To ask the Minister for Health if there is no working child psychologist in an organisation (details supplied) or child and adolescent mental health, CAMHS, service serving County Mayo; and... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant child psychologist posts in County Mayo and in CHO 2, respectively; and the length of time these posts have been vacant for [40146/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
172. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment with a consultant cardiologist at the Mater... - Medicinal Products Regulation
173. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he plans to take to deal with the promotion of the illegal and dangerous so-called MMS as a purported cure for autism in view of the fact that... - Hospital Appointments Status
174. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery. [40164/18] - HSE Staff
175. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a trip was funded for HSE personnel who recently accepted an award (details supplied) in Chicago; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
176. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Spinraza will be made available to persons who need it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40171/18] - Ministerial Correspondence
177. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40191/18] - Pharmacy Regulations
178. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the group representing pharmacy assistants arising from new rules drafted under section 30 of the Pharmacy... - Patient Safety
180. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a serious incident of self-harm that occurred in Clontarf Hospital on 9 May 2017; and if his attention has been further... - Hospital Appointments Delays
183. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an audiology assessment and tympanostomy procedure for a person (details supplied), which the medical team has deemed necessary to take... - Physiotherapy Provision
184. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to withdraw physiotherapy services from a school (details supplied) will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40206/18] - Qualifications Recognition
185. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request an organisation to expedite the degree recognition process in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Speech and Language Therapy Staff
187. To ask the Minister for Health when a speech therapist vacancy in County Meath will be filled. [40209/18] - Nursing Staff Contracts
188. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken in advance of budget 2019 to improve nursing and midwifery recruitment and retention; the steps being taken to improve annual starting... - Departmental Funding
189. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent request will be made to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to secure funding for an organisation (details supplied) through budget... - General Practitioner Services Provision
190. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures whereby a family in an area has no family general practitioner, as the general practices in the area are not taking on additional patients; the... - Blood Transfusion Service Provision
191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 28 February 2018, the status of the pilot programme; if there are results available from the programme; and if he... - Medical Card Eligibility
192. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to approve automatically a medical card to persons who suffer from spinal injuries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40224/18] - Health Services Staff Remuneration
193. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the restoration of pay in section 39 agencies in advance of budget 2019; his further plans to consider applying the new pay levels... - Disability Services Provision
194. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to develop a service (details supplied); his further plans for investment in disability services at this site; and if he will make a... - Mental Health Services Provision
195. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions that have taken place with an organisation (details supplied) in respect of setting up a centre in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will... - Disability Support Services
196. To ask the Minister for Health when a group home for persons with disabilities will open in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40233/18] - Physiotherapy Provision
197. To ask the Minister for Health the reason physiotherapy services have been removed from a school (details supplied); if this decision will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
198. To ask the Minister for Health when the new arrangements will be introduced and if legislation is required to change the rules for the fair deal scheme to introduce a three-year cap on the... - HSE Waiting Lists
199. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the HSE's waiting times for assessments of need for children; the steps he is taking to provide occupational therapy, psychology... - Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for occupational therapy in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the length of time each has been waiting; if measures are... - Psychological Services Waiting Lists
201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for psychology appointments in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the length of time each has been waiting; if measures... - Services for People with Disabilities
202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential care places in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of persons on the waiting list for residential care in the counties; the... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
203. To ask the Minister for Health if extra professionals will be provided to clear the backlog left following the vacancy of a person (details supplied) in counties Cavan and Monaghan up until... - Pharmacy Regulations
204. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposed changes in respect of the draft rules on temporary absence by pharmaceutical assistants in view of the fact that he has received a... - Emergency Departments
205. To ask the Minister for Health the status of works planned for a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40255/18] - Health Services Provision
206. To ask the Minister for Health the community services being provided to a person (details supplied) by the HSE to assist with medical issues as outlined by the person's general practitioner;... - Hospital Appointments Status
207. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment at University Hospital Waterford urology department for a person (details supplied) will be provided. [40262/18] - HSE Properties
208. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's plans for a site (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40278/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists
209. 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. [40279/18] - Pharmacy Regulations
210. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding new rules that will affect a group of health workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40284/18] - Proposed Legislation
211. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the publication of the medical guidelines for the termination of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40288/18] - Hospital Beds Data
213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 28 September 2018 or the latest date on which data for validated... - Hospitals Discharges
214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost through delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital to date in 2018, in tabular form. [40332/18] - Ambulance Service Response Times
215. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by a first responder in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less; and the percentage of clinical... - Ambulance Service Data
216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide statistical information (details supplied) regarding vehicles associated with the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a... - Emergency Departments Waiting Times
219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 75 years of age or over who experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours to date in 2018; and the hospitals in... - Home Care Packages Data
220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages being provided in each local health office, LHO, area. [40338/18] - Ambulance Service Data
222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in April 2018; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20, 40, 60,... - Hospitals Data
223. 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...
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