Written answers
Thursday, 4 October 2018
- General Medical Services Scheme Review
112. To ask the Minister for Health if changes to the rent-a-room scheme that would remove the barriers for uptake by which persons with spare bedrooms do not wish to rent them out, as the income... - Nursing Staff Provision
113. To ask the Minister for Health when a public health nurse will be reinstated in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40344/18] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
114. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; the number of persons awaiting placement under the scheme in... - Nursing Home Services
115. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State-owned nursing homes in each county; the bed capacity in each; and the number of beds currently occupied in tabular form. [40362/18] - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
116. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under and over 16 years of age waiting for orthodontic treatment for one year or less, one to two, two to three, three to four and more... - General Practitioner Data
117. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner vacancies in each local health area. [40364/18] - Community Intervention Teams
118. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE community intervention teams nationwide; if there is one in each LHO; if not, the LHOs that do not have a community intervention team... - Hospital Appointments Status
119. 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. [40368/18] - Health Services Provision
120. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); if a local placement in Castleblayney within the care pathway for this person will be arranged; and if... - Hospital Accommodation Provision
121. To ask the Minister for Health when a funding submission made to the HSE over a year and a half ago will be approved in view of the ongoing number facing long delays in accessing the local... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
122. To ask the Minister for Health when funding for Spinraza to treat spinal muscular atrophy will be approved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40379/18] - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
123. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for orthodontic treatment in each county; and the length of time these children are on the waiting lists [40384/18] - Disabilities Assessments
124. To ask the Minister for Health if, since the new standard operating guidelines for the assessment of need have been developed by the HSE, these guidelines have been relied on for children's... - Defibrillators in Clubs Provision
125. To ask the Minister for Health if a club (details supplied) qualifies for the installation of a defibrillator; and if there is funding available for same. [40395/18] - Autism Incidence
126. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults, respectively, in the Dublin 8, 10 and 12 areas that have been diagnosed on the autism spectrum disorder. [40398/18] - Emergency Departments Data
127. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that attended the accident and emergency department at Mayo University Hospital from 1 January 2018 to date; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
128. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40404/18] - Hospital Accommodation Provision
130. To ask the Minister for Health when the modular unit that was promised two years ago for Mayo University Hospital's emergency department will be built; and if he will make a statement on the... - Home Care Packages Data
131. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the home care waiting list in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40407/18] - Emergency Departments Data
132. To ask the Minister for Health if the emergency department at Mayo University Hospital is operating over capacity to date in 2018; if so, the figure by which it is over capacity; and if he... - Hospital Staff Data
134. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in Mayo University Hospital; the list of vacant posts; the reason for the vacant posts; the length of time they have been vacant; when... - Primary Care Centres Staff
135. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in the primary care centre in Ballinrobe; when these posts will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40411/18] - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
136. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents in County Mayo receiving counselling and services from the child and adolescent mental health services; the number of... - Mental Health Services Staff
137. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant mental health staff posts in County Mayo and the western region in child mental health services and adult mental health services,... - Disability Services Funding
138. To ask the Minister for Health if provisions have been made in his budget submission for additional resources in the Dublin north city and county area for the school aged disability teams... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
139. To ask the Minister for Health when the agreement with a company (details supplied) will be completed regarding the treatment of 19 Alpha 1 clinical trial patients; if there are plans to... - HSE Staff
140. To ask the Minister for Health when new contracts will be offered to carers employed by the HSE in County Kerry in view of the fact that their hours are going to a private company; and if he... - Orthodontic Services Provision
141. 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. [40433/18] - Home Care Packages Data
142. To ask the Minister for Health the number on the home care application waiting list; the length of time the average application is on the waiting list; the details of recent reductions in... - Crisis Pregnancy Services
143. To ask the Minister for Health the preparations being put in place by his Department and the HSE for the introduction of pregnancy termination services. [40458/18] - Hospital Beds Data
148. To ask the Minister for Health the number of existing beds closed in each hospital and step-down facility, including rehabilitation units, palliative care units and nursing homes. [40467/18] - Vaccination Programme
149. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the shortage of the BCG vaccine here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40468/18] - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
150. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40470/18] - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
151. To ask the Minister for Health when medicinal cannabis will be more accessible and legal here for children who have been diagnosed with severe epilepsy; and if he will make a statement on... - Medical Card Eligibility
153. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 9 May 2017, the position regarding considerations on the issue raised; the steps taken to address this anomaly;... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
154. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue in respect of an application by a person (details supplied) to the HSE for the approval and reimbursement of a drug to treat a... - Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
155. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a managed clinical rehabilitation network, MCRN, demonstrator project to test proof of context for the MCRN model in... - HIQA Reports
157. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a HIQA report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40509/18] - Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
158. To ask the Minister for Health if haemochromatosis will be added to the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40516/18] - Autism Support Services
159. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the use of autism assistance dogs; if his Department or the HSE will engage with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the possibility of... - Medical Card Reviews
160. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40537/18] - Nursing Staff Recruitment
161. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses newly recruited to date in 2017 across all sectors of the health service; and the net increase in nursing numbers resulting from this... - Speech and Language Therapy Staff
162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists recruited to date in 2018; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is,... - Occupational Therapy Staff
163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists newly recruited to date in 2018; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is primary... - HSE Staff Recruitment
164. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists newly recruited to date in 2018; the sectors of the health service under which they have been recruited, that is, primary care,... - Speech and Language Therapy Data
165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists employed in each CHO; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2016 and 2017, in tabular form. [40568/18] - Occupational Therapy Data
166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed in each CHO; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2016 and 2017, in tabular form. [40569/18] - Physiotherapy Provision
167. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists employed in each CHO; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2016 and 2017, in tabular form. [40570/18] - Hospital Consultant Data
168. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant positions in each public and voluntary hospital; the number of those filled on a whole-time equivalent basis; the number of... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
169. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medi-plasters are no longer reimbursable on the medical card in view of the effectiveness of these in dealing with chronic pain and the €100... - Speech and Language Therapy
171. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in forwarding the information in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40581/18]
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