Written answers
Thursday, 24 January 2019
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
143. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the overspend on the national children’s hospital; if there will be a cost limit imposed in terms of the eventual... - National Children's Hospital
144. To ask the Minister for Health if the professional indemnity insurance providers of the quantity surveyors and design engineers associated with the national children’s hospital will... - Medical Card Applications
145. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medical card section requested self-employment details from persons (details supplied); if the matter will be investigated; and if he will make... - Hospitals Discharges
146. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost through delayed discharges in 2018 for each public voluntary hospital in tabular form. [3433/19] - Hospital Beds Data
147. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 17 January 2019 or the latest date for which data for validated... - Emergency Services Data
148. 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... - Emergency Departments Data
149. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years of age or over that experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours in 2018; and the hospitals in which... - Home Care Packages Data
150. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO area. [3437/19] - Emergency Departments Waiting Times
152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency departments nationwide in December 2018; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients currently waiting less than four months for treatment; the number waiting four to eight months; the number waiting more... - Primary Care Services Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care; and the number waiting for time periods (details supplied). [3442/19] - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
158. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in each relevant hospital that have been waiting for an outpatient appointment since before 1 January 2017; and the number of patients... - Health Strategies
159. To ask the Minister for Health when a detailed action plan to implement Sláintecare will be published. [3446/19] - Primary Care Services Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care; and the number waiting by time periods (details supplied). [3447/19] - Home Help Service Data
162. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide figures in relation to a service (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3460/19] - Primary Care Centres
163. To ask the Minister for Health the future plans for the health centre on Church Road, East Wall, Dublin 3. [3461/19] - Home Care Packages Provision
165. To ask the Minister for Health if a homecare package will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); the reason one carer has been dropped from house calls to the person who... - Alcohol Pricing
166. To ask the Minister for Health if he gave a commitment that minimum unit pricing of alcohol would not be introduced here until it was also being introduced in Northern Ireland with regard to... - Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
167. To ask the Minister for Health the funding options available to persons who wish to purchase an electric wheelchair. [3497/19] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
168. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that residents of private nursing homes who continue to hold full general medical services cards do not in practice... - Nursing Home Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health if incontinence products supplied on a client-specific basis to residents of private nursing homes who hold full general medical services cards are exclusively... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
170. To ask the Minister for Health if senior managers in the social care division of the HSE actively engage with and provide oversight to private nursing homes to ensure that exceptional... - Hospital Appointments Status
171. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3503/19] - Services for People with Disabilities
172. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for funding by a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3506/19] - EU Directives
173. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact the falsified medicines directive is due to come into operation on 9 February 2019 and it is perceived that the... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
174. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for a hysterectomy for public patients at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3522/19] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the 60-bed interim unit at University Hospital Limerick; when works will commence; the expected cost of the project; the... - General Medical Services Scheme
178. To ask the Minister for Health the entitlements general practitioners have under the general practitioner contract to payment of compassionate leave; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Card Administration
179. To ask the Minister for Health if perceived misleading information will be removed from correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3540/19] - Hospital Waiting Lists
180. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3544/19] - Nursing Staff Data
182. To ask the Minister for Health the number of graduate nurses and midwives in 2018 who have been provided employment contracts; the number recruited; the type of contract provided in each... - Brexit Issues
183. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the group examining the risk of medicine shortages and continuity of supply resulting from Brexit have met over the past two years to date;... - Medicinal Products
184. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a national biosimilar policy has not been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3548/19] - Medicinal Products Expenditure
185. To ask the Minister for Health the full spend by his Department and the HSE on biologic medicines and biosimilar medicines respectively in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make... - Pharmaceutical Sector
186. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposal by the HPRA to increase its fees to Irish pharmaceutical companies by 8% in 2019; his plans to grant this increase; the work he has... - Hospital Transfers
187. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 385 of 4 December 2018, the reason a reply to same has not issued; when a reply will issue (details supplied); and if he... - Health Services Provision
188. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a delay in the delivery of items to a person (details supplied); when the matter will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the... - General Practitioner Services
189. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the retirement age of general practitioners after 72 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3567/19] - Driver Licence Renewals
190. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the issue of medical certificates for persons over 70 years of age renewing driver licences not being covered by the medical card in order... - Abortion Legislation
191. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 as a matter of urgency in view of the recent case in which a woman was denied... - Maternity Services
192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the operations at maternity hospitals to ensure hospitals afford the same service to pregnant women suffering from severe foetal... - National Children's Hospital Expenditure
193. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to hold members of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board accountable for the significant cost increases associated with... - Hospitals Capital Programme
194. To ask the Minister for Health if the delivery and operation of the modular unit at South Tipperary General Hospital is being affected due to the escalating costs of the national... - Brexit Issues
195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings he has attended since the beginning of September 2018 with his officials to discuss and prepare for Brexit; and if he will make a... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
196. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of an allowance in payment to a person (details supplied) will be arranged with a view to increasing the weekly amount. [3608/19] - Industrial Relations
197. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to intervene in the ongoing industrial dispute between members of an organisation (details supplied) and the HSE; the efforts he is making to ensure... - Home Help Service Data
198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been granted home help hours; and the number still on the waiting list that have not received hours to date. [3610/19] - Medical Card Applications
199. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3611/19] - Pharmacy Regulations
200. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse a decision (details supplied) and allow pharmacists who are training to be paid during placement; and if he will make a statement on the... - Medical Records
201. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the only route for a patient seeking a copy of X-rays is to submit a freedom of information request; the reason there is not a less costly method to... - Mental Health Services
202. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the open dialogue programme that started in Bantry, County Cork in September 2015; the way in which the programme works; if it has been... - HSE Expenditure
204. To ask the Minister for Health the expenses claimed by HSE staff in connection with the advancing recovery Ireland initiative since its inception by county; and if he will make a statement... - Primary Care Centres Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre at a location (details supplied); if the provision of the centre remains a high priority for the HSE; the... - General Practitioner Services Provision
206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision an out-of-hours general practitioner service for an area (details supplied); when the service will begin; and if he will make a... - Vaccination Programme
207. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the HSE national immunisation office will update its delivery and communication strategies for the HPV vaccine programme... - Disability Services Funding
208. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his officials have received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) regarding the lack of funding for the organisation; and if he will... - General Practitioner Contracts
209. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed new general practitioner contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3645/19] - Hospital Waiting Lists
210. To ask the Minister for Health when a hip operation will take place for a person (details supplied). [3647/19] - General Practitioner Training
211. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3648/19] - Medical Card Applications
212. To ask the Minister for Health if immediate steps will be taken to issue an emergency medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Hospital Waiting Lists
213. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a knee replacement. [3683/19] - Medicinal Products Availability
214. To ask the Minister for Health the status of measures to expand access to Pembrolizumab to all clinically suitable women with cervical cancer. [3688/19] - Services for People with Disabilities
215. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that can be put in place to help a person (details supplied) following on from their discharge from hospital; and if he will make a statement on... - Home Care Packages Provision
216. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) residing in hospital after a recent illness has been awarded 21 hours of care but remains unapproved on a financial basis; the...
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