Written answers
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
- Medicinal Products Licensing
314. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to legislate for the production of a crop (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7814/19] - HSE Staff
315. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the four year lookback rule in respect of HSE employees seeking to avail of sick pay; if the maximum number of sick days availed of in the... - Mental Health Services Provision
316. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not had a response from CAMHS and consultants when contacted; the steps the person should take; and if he will make... - Respite Care Services Provision
317. To ask the Minister for Health the status of respite care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7664/19] - Patient Files
318. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will be requested to amend the file of a person (details supplied) to reflect an illness diagnosed in 1994 and 1995 in view of the fact that his or... - Youth Services
319. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 of 15 January 2019, if the changes referred to will not impact on the range of services provided or the access... - National Children's Hospital Expenditure
320. To ask the Minister for Health the role played by a company (details supplied) in evaluating the tenders for the national children's hospital; if conflicts of interest exist with the main... - Medicinal Products Regulation
321. To ask the Minister for Health the findings of research undertaken by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics into the potential effect of broadening the health technology criteria for... - Brexit Issues
322. To ask the Minister for Health if he has reviewed the possible impact of Brexit on patients accessing healthcare in the UK under the cross-border directive; and his plans to deal with all... - HSE Expenditure
323. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review a matter (details supplied) in regard to HSE spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7695/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
324. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7696/19] - Disability Support Services
325. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative local supports being put in place due to the crisis situation at a centre (details supplied); the status of the matter; and if he will make a... - General Practitioner Services
326. To ask the Minister for Health the hours of service each day of Caredoc in south County Tipperary and Shannondoc in north County Tipperary; the location of the service in each area; and if... - Medicinal Products Availability
328. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the approval of the drug Spinraza for availability under the general medical services system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7727/19] - Hospitals Building Programme
329. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the next phase in the development of the Sheil Hospital to provide an 80 bed community hospital within the campus in Ballyshannon, County... - Eating Disorders
332. To ask the Minister for Health if the national framework for eating disorder care has been launched to date in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7741/19] - Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
334. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment for occupational therapy in County Kildare for three, six and over 12 months, respectively, in tabular form; and... - Paediatric Services
336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for outpatient appointments in each hospital; and the number waiting over 12 and 18 months, respectively. [7745/19] - Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
337. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a child is waiting for speech and language in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, area; and the number waiting longer than 12... - Hospital Waiting Lists
338. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) who has been referred for an appointment to St. Columcille's Hospital will be reviewed; the steps he will take to... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration
339. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to introduce a device (details supplied) under the long-term illness scheme cover for type 1 diabetes; if his attention has been drawn... - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
340. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the commencement of the compassionate access programme for patients that require treatment with medicinal cannabis; and if he will make a... - Hospitals Data
344. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 29 January 2019, the number of patient discharges from hospitals in which patients were discharged to no fixed... - Psychological Services
345. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a psychology appointment for a child (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7808/19] - Services for People with Disabilities
346. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on an application for funding by an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry to provide full-time residential care for a... - National Children's Hospital Expenditure
347. To ask the Minister for Health the involvement he has had with the National Treasury Management Agency and the National Development Finance Agency relating to the children’s hospital... - Medical Card Applications
348. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue for a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7815/19] - Addiction Treatment Services
349. To ask the Minister for Health the services and funding provided by the Health Service Executive for persons that suffer from addiction to gambling; and the amount of funding allocated to... - Nursing Staff Provision
350. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will be instructed to sanction three public health nursing posts in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry following the... - Cancer Services Provision
351. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made by the National Cancer Control Programme to allocate funding for a pigmented lesion clinic outreach in service in a hospital... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
353. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the appointment of a consultant psychiatrist for weekdays and weekends at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Mental Health Services Data
354. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE collects data relating to persons presenting to emergency departments with mental health associated incidences; if so, if the relevant data for each... - Mental Health Services Staff
355. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to bring an area (details supplied) in line with A Vision for Change staffing recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the... - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
356. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to improve locum cover for CAMHS services particularly in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7839/19] - Health Services Staff
357. To ask the Minister for Health if a general nurse will be appointed within a service (details supplied) to administer blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7840/19] - Cancer Screening Programmes
358. To ask the Minister for Health the status of delays being experienced by women in relation to smear test results; his plans to ensure that smear test results are made available sooner; and... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
359. To ask the Minister for Health when the relevant stakeholders regarding a drug (details supplied) will be informed regarding the recent HSE leadership team meeting; and if he will make a... - Disability Services Provision
360. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE disability services will provide a placement for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7869/19] - Patient Transfers
362. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred from Mullingar General Hospital to University Hospital Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will... - General Practitioner Services Provision
363. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has not engaged with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the crisis in general practitioner healthcare; and if he will make a... - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
364. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is being refused versatis patches in view of the fact their general practitioner has appealed the decision; and if he... - Addiction Treatment Services
365. To ask the Minister for Health when additional funding will be made available to task forces through an emerging needs fund; his strategy in terms of targeting those resources in favour of... - Primary Care Centres Provision
366. To ask the Minister for Health when building will commence for the proposed new primary care centre at Ballyboden, Dublin 16 in view of the fact that the site was purchased a number of years... - Health Services Funding
367. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE projects in an area (details supplied) will be affected by the cost overrun in the building of the national children's hospital, such as a new renal... - Ambulance Service Data
368. To ask the Minister for Health the procurement process entered into by the HSE before the engagement of an organisation (details supplied); the requirements for qualification, duration of... - National Children's Hospital Expenditure
370. To ask the Minister for Health the payments made to date under the main contract in relation to the construction of the national children’s hospital; the amount expected to be paid in... - Hospital Waiting Lists
371. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) must wait for an ENT appointment in University Hospital Limerick [7918/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
372. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) [7922/19] - Respite Care Services Provision
373. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for respite care will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7924/19] - Hospital Groups
374. To ask the Minister for Health if there are discussions within the HSE to remove Our Lady's Hospital, Navan and the Mullingar Regional Hospital from the Ireland East hospital group; the... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
375. To ask the Minister for Health if the satellite children’s hospital at Tallaght University Hospital will be delayed; and if so, the timeline for same. [7950/19] - Drug Treatment Programmes Places
376. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7953/19] - Domestic Violence Services Funding
377. To ask the Minister for Health the funding channels available to an organisation (details supplied) including the next round of the National Lottery funding programme; and if he will make a... - Counselling Services Provision
378. To ask the Minister for Health the reporting mechanisms to monitor the successes and shortcomings of the telecounselling service being piloted in south County Wicklow; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
380. 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. [7971/19] - Disabilities Data
381. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons diagnosed on an annual basis with ASD and AAH in each CHO in tabular form; the number by age ranges (details supplied) in each of... - Disability Services Funding
382. To ask the Minister for Health if approval for funding for a facility (details supplied) will be provided; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8000/19] - Mental Health Services Provision
384. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary question No. 375 of 19 December 2018, the outcome of the meeting between the HSE and a service (details supplied) to identify and... - Brexit Preparations
385. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for patients receiving treatment and that will need treatment for eating disorders within UK health facilities in view of Brexit; and if he will make... - Eating Disorders
386. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Centre for Eating Disorders will be included in the national children's hospital development as recommended in A Vision For Change; and if he... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
387. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for processing applications under the nursing home support scheme in CHO area 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8026/19] - Blood Transfusion Service Provision
389. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 28 February 2018, the status of a pilot programme; if results are available from the programme; and if he will... - Hospital Appointments Status
391. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [8075/19] - Disability Support Services Funding
392. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a letter sent recently to the three umbrella disability bodies seeking savings of up to €500,000; the rationale for... - Ambulance Service Data
394. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances and ambulance crews stationed within County Donegal in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019; his future plans for... - Primary Care Centres Provision
396. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 31 January 2019, the status of same. [8120/19] - International Agreements
397. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland's full participation in the four pillars of the BeNeLuxA collaboration, including information sharing, horizon scanning, joint assessment and joint... - HSE Reports
401. To ask the Minister for Health when the report of the national out of hospital cardiac arrest steering group will be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - National Children's Hospital Expenditure
402. To ask the Minister for Health if he sought a report or update on the project and procurement process, including the negotiation of the guaranteed maximum price, before reappointing the... - Capital Expenditure Programme
403. To ask the Minister for Health the impact the announced reprofiling of €100 million in capital expenditure will have on the new 27-bed inpatient mental health unit to serve counties... - National Children's Hospital Expenditure
404. To ask the Minister for Health the provision on construction tender inflation in the contract regarding the guaranteed maximum price of €1.433 billion for the construction of the... - General Practitioner Services
409. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some general practitioners in County Limerick charge for the taking of blood; the steps he will take to... - National Children's Hospital Expenditure
410. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will remain available for the upgrade of the Sheil Community Hospital in Ballyshannon, County Donegal in view of savings required due to the overrun... - Services for People with Disabilities
413. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8201/19] - Cancer Screening Programmes
414. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of the advice given to him recommending the move to offer additional out of cycle smear tests following the CervicalCheck scandal by the chief... - Treatment Abroad Scheme
416. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on an application under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Services for People with Disabilities
417. To ask the Minister for Health if a children's disability respite house (details supplied) services children in County Meath. [8209/19] - Capital Expenditure Programme
418. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for funding the necessary upgrade works at three community hospitals (details supplied) in County Donegal; if his attention has been drawn to the... - Vaccination Programme
419. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide access to the purchase of the meningitis B vaccine for children born before 2016, in particular to those with a medical card; his plans to... - Alcohol Pricing
420. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe in which he will seek a revised decision to implement minimum unit pricing here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8263/19] - Medical Card Applications
423. To ask the Minister for Health the grounds upon which a person (details supplied) was refused a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8269/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
424. To ask the Minister for Health when a cataract operation will take place in the Mater Hospital for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8270/19] - Cross-Border Health Services Provision
426. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding treatment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8284/19] - Cancer Screening Programmes
427. To ask the Minister for Health the timescale for the results of repeat cervical smears; the number of women in each county waiting, in tabular form; the length of time they are waiting; and... - Disabilities Assessments
428. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an assessment of needs for a child (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8298/19] - Health Services Staff Data
429. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in the cross-border directive unit; the number of these who are HSE staff; the number of these who are agency staff; and if he will make a... - Health Services Staff Recruitment
430. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a submission seeking additional resources for the cross-border directive unit; the number of staff that have been requested; when the... - Cross-Border Health Services Provision
431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received by the cross-border directive unit in each of the past five years; the number of these which were approved for... - Hospital Appointments Status
432. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8314/19] - Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
433. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address an anomaly in the drugs payment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8318/19] - Respite Care Services Provision
435. To ask the Minister for Health when respite care will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8325/19] - Home Help Service Provision
436. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help hours which were allocated to a person (details supplied) will be put in place as soon as possible. [8329/19] - Healthcare Policy
437. To ask the Minister for Health when an action plan to implement Sláintecare will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8335/19] - Organ Donation
438. To ask the Minister for Health when the opt-out organ donation legislation will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8364/19] - Abortion Services Provision
439. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the introduction of legislation to ensure safe access to premises in which termination of pregnancy services may be provided; and if he will... - Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
440. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 24 January 2019, the number of persons waiting for orthodontic treatment by time periods (details supplied); and... - Primary Care Services Provision
441. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 24 January 2019, if comparable data can be supplied for each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Protected Disclosures
442. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has yet to provide a response other than to confirm its receipt to a protected disclosure of information it received on 16 February 2018... - HSE Staff Recruitment
443. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which two formally vacant HSE posts were filled (details supplied); if the recruitment processes and execution of same were identical with respect... - Pharmaceutical Sector
444. To ask the Minister for Health the status of pharmaceutical assistants following recommendations by a society (details supplied). [8382/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
445. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [8392/19] - Nursing Home Services
447. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in providing an alternative nursing facility to both St. Annes Nursing Home and Clifden Hospital in Clifden, County Galway; the... - Departmental Contracts Data
448. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to cost overruns on contracts within his Department with a value in excess of €10 million that came in more than 10%... - Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
449. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recognition of fibromylagia as a debilitating disease; the research the HSE or his Department have undertaken to better understand... - Health Screening Programmes
450. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cervical results for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8447/19] - Rare Diseases Strategy
451. To ask the Minister for Health if a grant for treatment that has been approved by the Rare Disease Technical Review Committee can be denied. [8449/19] - Hospital Appointments Administration
452. 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. [8491/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
454. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment for cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8493/19] - Public Procurement Contracts Data
455. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State contracts that were not awarded to the lowest tender or bid in each year since 2011 to date in his Department or bodies under the aegis of...
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