Written answers
Tuesday, 23 October 2018
- Hospital Appointments Status
350. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with the ear, nose and throat department in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Beds Data
351. To ask the Minister for Health if the 37 surge beds at University Hospital Kerry will be in place for winter 2018-2019 in line with the recommendations of the health service capacity review;... - Health Services
352. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43167/18] - Services for People with Disabilities
353. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43173/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
354. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a gastroenterologist at UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43178/18] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
355. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available towards the purchase and maintenance of arterial assist devices; the HSE's position on the use of such devices; and if he will make a... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
356. To ask the Minister for Health the details of each building project contained in the current capital plan at each development stage including new builds, extensions and improvements; the... - Cross-Border Health Initiatives
357. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress being made on the North-South agreement on children's cardiac surgery being carried out in Dublin in order to prevent children from... - Health Services Expenditure
358. To ask the Minister for Health if he has sought changes to the timing of allocations to the health service under the National Development Plan 2018-2027 to bring forward spending of over... - HSE Expenditure
359. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which section 10(b) of the Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Act 2014 is being honoured in the health budget for 2019; and if the deficit... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
360. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects in the health service which have been delayed for three months or more in 2018; and the reason for the delay in tabular form. [43202/18] - Hospitals Building Programme
361. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the project to provide a modular build at South Tipperary General Hospital; when the project will be completed; and the number of extra beds to... - Cancer Screening Programmes
362. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the 2010 contract agreed between a company (details supplied) and the national cervical screening programme, CervicalCheck; and if... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
363. To ask the Minister for Health when the new guidelines for the fair deal scheme will come into effect; and the detail of the changes to the financial assessment for the scheme and changes to... - Hospital Waiting Lists
364. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for scoliosis surgery in UCHG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43229/18] - Mental Health Services Funding
368. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied); his plans to invest in this unit in County Cavan; the timeframe involved; and if he will make a statement on the... - Services for People with Disabilities
369. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for an escort for a bus in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43240/18] - Respite Care Services Provision
370. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for respite care for their child by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43241/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists
371. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment from Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement... - HSE Expenditure
373. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated and-or expected HSE overspend for the full year to 31 December 2018; if he will provide the breakdown as opposed to the budget of the areas in... - Cancer Services Provision
374. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a new cancer centre in County Cork in view of An Bord Pleanála's refusal to grant Mercy University Hospital permission for same; the... - Ministerial Meetings
375. To ask the Minister for Health the meetings and dates on which he met with stakeholder organisations and professional bodies (details supplied) in relation to the implementation of... - Vaccination Programme
376. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the timeline for rolling out the HPV test by October 2018 was missed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43256/18] - Hospital Services
377. To ask the Minister for Health if a long-term stay bed will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [43268/18] - Cancer Screening Programmes
378. To ask the Minister for Health the contract situation between the HSE, his Department and a laboratory (details supplied); if a new laboratory will be chosen to test smear test slides... - Hospital Transfers
382. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, in view of the fact that the planned transfer... - Rural Practice Allowance Scheme
383. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a rural practice allowance; if consideration is being given to grant half the allowance; and if... - Diabetes Strategy
384. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to create a centre of excellence in diabetes care in the north west in view of the fact that there is no centre of excellence in diabetes care above... - Respite Care Services Provision
385. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered allocating additional resources in order to provide residential respite care spaces in the community; and if he will make a statement on... - Services for People with Disabilities
386. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for maintenance works in a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43336/18] - Emergency Departments
387. To ask the Minister for Health the outlay of funding dedicated specifically for the upgrading of Beaumont Hospital emergency department with regard to the budgetary provision; when the... - Medical Card Eligibility
388. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43346/18] - Health Reports
389. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of Sláintecare. [43347/18] - Diabetes Strategy
390. To ask the Minister for Health if access under the long term illness scheme will be expanded to include all persons with type 1 diabetes on that scheme for a monitoring system and associated... - Services for People with Disabilities
391. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a child (details supplied) that has received no supports to date will be examined. [43366/18] - Medical Card Eligibility
392. To ask the Minister for Health if a person over 70 years of age is entitled to a medical card once they reach the age of 70 regardless of income; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services Provision
393. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 675 of 7 September 2018, when the new mental health unit will commence in Naas Hospital; the expected completion date of... - Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
394. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the long waiting times experienced by children in counties Laois and Offaly that are in need of an assessment for occupational therapy.... - Mental Health Services Expenditure
396. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of spending on mental health initiatives or services for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43381/18] - Ministerial Meetings
397. To ask the Minister for Health the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that he has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
398. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [43407/18] - Disability Services Funding
399. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43408/18] - HSE Staff Data
400. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 822 of 12 June 2018, the number of midwives listed in the response that are student midwives and fully qualified... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
401. To ask the Minister for Health if a full-time consultant in pain medicine will be appointed in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork; if his attention has been drawn to the... - Hospital Facilities
402. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE has spent... - Clinical Indemnity Scheme
403. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to re-examine the conditions by which consultants can prescribe medicinal cannabis for persons with Dravet syndrome in such a way as to not make them... - Treatment Abroad Scheme
404. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding providing medical treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43447/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists
405. 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. [43464/18] - Home Care Packages Provision
406. To ask the Minister for Health when a homecare package will be approved for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that an application for an increase in homecare hours has been... - Hospital Appointments Status
407. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for an MRI scan for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43478/18] - Primary Care Centres Provision
408. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the PPP for Donegal town health centre; the further progress made since the confirmation of the intention to proceed with a PPP in March... - National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
409. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Treatment Purchase Fund will approve funding for a procedure to be carried out for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a... - National Maternity Hospital
410. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to sign contracts with the new national maternity hospital; the guarantees he has secured to ensure that reproductive services including abortion... - Hospital Consultant Remuneration
411. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to restore junior consultants' salaries to bring salaries in line with their colleagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
412. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant doctor vacancies here; the actions he is taking to fill these vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43521/18] - Hospital Accommodation Provision
414. To ask the Minister for Health when the additional 2,600 hospital beds promised in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
415. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE drug assessment committee will consider the application of Translarna which is of benefit for muscular dystrophy; and if he will make a statement... - Tax Reliefs Eligibility
416. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the Minister for Finance regarding the VAT liable on counselling and psychotherapy services; and his views on whether there should be an... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
417. To ask the Minister for Health if the difficulties faced by hospitals in getting consultants to fill vacancies will be addressed in view of the significant number of vacancies; if the... - Maternity Services
419. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of the 20 week anomaly scan at a hospital (details supplied); if it is now available to all women; if not, if it will be... - Addiction Treatment Services
420. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to HSE addiction services in CHO area 9 in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Staff Data
421. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff and grade employed in CHO area 9 addiction services; the number of positions vacant; the length of time each has been vacant; and if he... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
422. To ask the Minister for Health if all four assistant psychologist positions for County Wexford have been filled as per the south-east community healthcare operation plan 2018. [43628/18] - Services for People with Disabilities
423. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the HSE reviews the decision to reduce funding to a voluntary organisation (details supplied) that is providing essential services for... - General Practitioner Data
425. To ask the Minister for Health the research or data he has commissioned or his attention has been drawn to regarding the number and location of general practitioner surgeries that are no... - National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
426. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the NTPF should be extended to cover children with special needs who are waiting for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the... - Ministerial Meetings
427. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings he has had with general practitioner representative organisations including organisations (details supplied) in relation to talks on the... - General Practitioner Contracts
428. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new general practitioner contract negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43640/18] - Hospital Beds Data
429. To ask the Minister for Health if previously closed acute beds in Letterkenny University Hospital will be reopened in 2019; if so, the number of beds which will be reopened; when this will... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
432. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include funding to upgrade the Rotunda Hospital in the capital plan in view of ongoing multi-year delays in a new campus being built; and if he... - Hospital Accommodation Provision
433. To ask the Minister for Health the preparations being made to increase acute hospital capacity in winter 2018-2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43646/18] - HSE National Service Plan
434. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2019 HSE service plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43647/18] - Health Services Staff Remuneration
435. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the provision of health care is being undermined by reduced salaries for those recruited since 2012; and if he will make a statement on... - Disability Services Data
436. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time to assessment and to access therapies for children with special needs by county or by the smallest available geographic breakdown if county... - General Practitioner Services
437. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in relation to general practitioner recruitment and retention over the next five years (details supplied). [43308/18] - Health Services Reports
438. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Central Island Healthcare review has still not been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43574/18] - Autism Support Services
439. To ask the Minister for Health if appropriate funding will be provided for autism assistance dogs in view of the fact that at present they receive no HSE funding; and if he will make a... - Mobility Allowance
440. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to replace the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant withdrawn in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38836/18] - Health Services Expenditure
441. To ask the Minister for Health the full extent of the health expenditure overrun in 2018 and in each of the previous years back to when annual overruns became a feature of costs in the... - Medicinal Products Supply
442. To ask the Minister for Health if a required medical product will be supplied to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43664/18] - Hospital Beds Data
443. To ask the Minister for Health when the short stay ward in Letterkenny University Hospital will be open; the number of beds which will be opened in 2018; the plans in budget 2019 that... - Ambulance Service
444. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43681/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists
445. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be called for a surgery. [43683/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
446. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding scoliosis surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43686/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists
448. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43689/18] - Treatment Abroad Scheme
449. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding scoliosis surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43691/18] - Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
452. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to carry out an independent clinical review of scoliosis services for children here; and if he will make a statement on the... - Ombudsman for Children Reports
454. To ask the Minister for Health the reason recommendations made by the Ombudsman for Children contained in the report on scoliosis, Waiting For Scoliosis Treatment... - Hospital Services
455. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the safeguarding of children in the HSE in regard to their elective spinal surgeries; the way in which he plans to... - Counselling Services Provision
456. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied) with a view to extending the hours and finance being made available; and if he will make a statement on the... - Local Authority Funding
457. To ask the Minister for Health the categories of funding available to local authorities through his Department; the amount of funding provided for each scheme in 2016 and 2017; and if he... - Services for People with Disabilities
458. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will roll out the recommendations in the national policy and strategy for the provision of neurorehabilitation services in Ireland 2011-2015.... - Health Services Data
459. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting to see a community ophthalmic physician in County Kildare; the number waiting longer than one year; and if he will make a... - Services for People with Disabilities
461. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person is waiting for an assessment with the NDT team in south County Kildare; the number of children waiting; the number waiting over one... - General Practitioner Services Provision
462. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures by which a family in an area has no family general practitioner in view of the fact the general practices in the area are not taking on... - Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
463. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for reducing outpatient waiting times in Naas General Hospital in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43765/18] - Speech and Language Therapy Provision
465. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding speech and language therapy at a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43768/18] - Primary Care Centres Provision
466. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned primary care centre for Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon; if a site has been chosen for this development; and if he will make a... - Medical Card Applications
467. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue in relation to an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Appointments Status
468. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment in Croom Hospital, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Cancer Screening Programmes
469. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43792/18] - Hospital Appointments Status
470. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43795/18] - Cancer Research
471. To ask the Minister for Health the amount and type of investment in pancreatic cancer research here; his plans to co-operate with other countries fighting the disease; and if he will make a... - Hospital Facilities
472. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reopen the short-stay unit at Letterkenny University Hospital; the timeline for the reopening of the unit; the number of beds planned for same;... - Hospital Waiting Lists
474. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which a chain of command exists within the health service in respect of each discipline with particular reference to the need to ensure the... - Cancer Screening Programmes
475. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the elimination of the backlog and waiting lists for women awaiting the results of cervical smear tests; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
476. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it has been found possible to identify the precise issues within the health services that continue to cause delays and long waiting lists;... - Medical Card Eligibility
477. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it remains consistently difficult to obtain discretionary full medical cards for cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Emergency Departments Waiting Times
478. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which adequate provision is being made at various hospitals nationally to ensure that patients waiting on trolleys are reduced to the minimum;... - School Medical Examinations
479. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which school medical examinations continue to identify health issues; the extent to which a satisfactory follow-up including treatment takes... - Health Services Data
480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures undertaken in the wake of school medical examinations in each of the past three years to date; the degree to which this corresponds... - Nursing Staff Data
481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses employed throughout the health services; the extent to which numbers have fluctuated over the past three years; the degree to which... - Hospital Consultant Recruitment
482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants employed throughout the health sector; the number of vacancies remaining to be filled; the extent to which it has been found possible... - General Practitioner Data
483. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the number of general practitioners available nationally in both urban and rural settings;... - Home Care Packages
484. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which home care packages have been developed in the course of the past three years to date; the way in which the costs compare with hospital or... - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
485. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in each category awaiting orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43935/18] - Hospital Staff Data
486. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which an adequate number of junior hospital doctors remain available and on call with particular reference to meeting the challenges of the... - Health Services Staff Data
487. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of doctors, nurses, consultants and other staff within the public health sector has increased in each of the past three years to... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
488. To ask the Minister for Health when approval will issue for the next phase of development of Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43938/18] - Primary Care Centres
489. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he remains satisfied regarding the extent to which the public health sector is catered for in primary care centres already in operation;...
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