Written answers
Tuesday, 5 March 2019
- Labour Court Recommendations
253. To ask the Minister for Health if retired nurses are included in the pay deal offered to nurses recently; if they will be impacted by the proposed deal; and if he will make a statement on... - Hospital Appointments Administration
254. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for an angiogram for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10216/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
255. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10217/19] - Hospital Appointments Administration
256. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10229/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
257. 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. [10242/19] - Hospital Car Parks
258. To ask the Minister for Health if the Regional Hospital Mullingar will be directed to provide disabled parking spots for the warfarin clinic (details supplied). [10246/19] - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
259. To ask the Minister for Health when Spinraza will be made available for children with spinal muscular atrophy. [10257/19] - Health Services
260. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is proposed to merge services (details supplied) with the offices being relocated in Tallaght. [10258/19] - Research Funding
261. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated for research (details supplied); the status of the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10272/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
262. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [10279/19] - Medicinal Products Reimbursement
263. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 6 November 2018, the status of the reimbursement of Translarna from a company (details supplied); and if he will... - Pension Provisions
264. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 19 January 2011 if a person (details supplied) is on a pension; the reason there is a difference of €10,000... - Ambulance Service
265. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2018 health sector national staff survey carried out by a company (details supplied) in relation to the National Ambulance Service will be released to... - Hospital Appointments Administration
266. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment in the case of a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10310/19] - Services for People with Disabilities
267. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide adult intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder speech and language therapist posts to cover an area (details supplied); and if... - Cross-Border Health Initiatives
268. To ask the Minister for Health if a cross-border directive refund will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10315/19] - National Dementia Strategy
269. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a mapping project (details supplied) that was produced in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10316/19] - Health Services Provision
270. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10317/19] - HSE Legal Cases
271. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the expert group established to consider alternative mechanisms to the court process for resolving clinical negligence claims; the position... - Pharmacy Regulations
272. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding restrictions on the role of pharmaceutical assistants who have contributed to the smooth running of pharmacies here; and if he will make... - Ambulance Service
273. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 2018 survey carried out by a company (details supplied) on the National Ambulance Service has not been... - Hospital Appointments Status
274. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [10333/19] - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
275. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter in regard to the fair deal scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10335/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
276. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10337/19] - Hospitals Building Programme
277. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a new-build emergency department and surgical block with 147 single rooms at Sligo University Hospital. [10338/19] - Abortion Services Provision
278. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who have signed contracts to provide termination-of-pregnancy services; the number who are accepting referrals from a... - HSE Staff Data
279. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees on administrative leave; the duration of the leave; and the cost of covering the leave, in tabular form. [10340/19] - HSE Planning
280. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on the winter plan; the amount spent on advertisement and public relations, in tabular form; the achievements of the plan; and if he will make... - Autism Support Services
281. To ask the Minister for Health the counties in which applied behavioural analysis, ABA, programmes are being made available to families of children with autism, in tabular form; the number... - Hospital Appointments Status
282. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10346/19] - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
283. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the CEO recruitment process in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; if he has been briefed on the departure of the previous interim CEO and... - Medical Card Applications
285. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a new application for a medical card by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10369/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
286. To ask the Minister for Health the changes to the rules for phased dispensing of medications by pharmacists to qualifying patients made in recent months; and if he will make a statement on... - Medical Card Reviews
288. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of a medical card for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10379/19] - Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
289. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug and alcohol task forces that have had a HSE review; the amount the reviews have cost to date including a task force (details supplied); and... - Pharmaceutical Sector
290. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the role of pharmaceutical assistants in the operations of pharmacies throughout Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the threat that their... - Hospital Appointments Status
291. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a scan will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10410/19] - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
293. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a publicly funded youth mental health organisation (details supplied) plans to amalgamate its services which... - Hospital Appointments Status
294. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10418/19] - Home Care Packages Provision
295. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10420/19] - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
296. To ask the Minister for Health the number of counsellors at grade code 391T employed in each CAMHS unit, in tabular form. [10427/19] - Primary Care Centres Provision
297. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fast track the delivery of primary healthcare centres that are needed in communities but appear to be delayed in various stages of the... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
299. To ask the Minister for Health if a fair deal application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10441/19] - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
300. To ask the Minister for Health when a psychological report will be carried out on a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10442/19] - Departmental Contracts
302. To ask the Minister for Health if the contractor awarded a HSE contract (details supplied) is paid fully and up to date and millions of euro are not outstanding for the supply of product... - Public Procurement Contracts
306. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE could allow a procurement tender in which a carton to be delivered for the HSE under previous versions of a HSE contract (details supplied)... - Departmental Contracts
307. To ask the Minister for Health the rating in terms of service performance in relation to a HSE contract (details supplied); the way in which it compares to other contracts; and if he will... - Vaccination Programme
308. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will roll out the HPV vaccine programme for boys; if there will be a catch-up programme for all school age boys over the age prescribed by the... - Services for People with Disabilities
309. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new emergency places provided to persons with a disability in CHO area 9 in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form;... - Hospital Appointments Status
310. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive urgently required surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10469/19] - Services for People with Disabilities
311. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who has been diagnosed with ASD and has no access to transport will be facilitated in their home town rather than in Listowel,... - Hospitals Data
312. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries and procedures cancelled in each hospital nationally for each month in 2017 and 2018, by specialty; the reason for the... - Pharmaceutical Sector
315. To ask the Minister for Health if proposed regulations to reduce the use of pharmaceutical assistants nationally will be clarified; the expected number of job losses nationally among the... - Hospitals Data
316. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries and procedures cancelled at Louth County Hospital; and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda by specialty by month in each of... - Hospital Appointments Status
318. 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. [10544/19] - Services for People with Disabilities
319. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a speech therapist in a location (details supplied); if not, the reason therefore; when a speech therapist will be put in place; and if he will... - Hospitals Data
321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries and procedures cancelled by specialty at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise and the Midlands Regional Hospital,... - Hospital Appointments Status
322. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [10582/19] - Medicinal Products
323. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the statement by the HSE regarding Spinraza, which contains figures that are at least six months out of date (details... - Hospital Services
325. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a request to provide an outreach x-ray service for West Kerry Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10608/19] - Medical Card Administration
326. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make herbal products available to those on medical cards (details supplied). [10609/19] - Services for People with Disabilities
327. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017; when he envisages the Bill will progress through Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement... - Hospital Waiting Lists
328. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a hospital appointment. [10649/19] - Proposed Legislation
329. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the legislation to give effect to the proposed changes in the fair deal scheme will come before the Houses of the Oireachtas; the full extent... - Hospitals Funding
330. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 428 of 26 February 2019, if the tender documents for the diabetic centre at Sligo University Hospital have issued to the... - Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
331. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the revision of the task force handbook; and when the new handbook will be ready. [10730/19] - Health Services
335. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with a pair of new shoes as per the request of the person's general practitioner. [10735/19] - Ambulance Service
336. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the contents of the 2018 survey carried out by a company (details supplied) in relation to the national... - Cross-Border Health Initiatives
337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have availed of the cross-border initiative; the procedures they underwent; if they have been reimbursed; the overall cost of each... - Ministerial Hospital Visits
338. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm a date to visit Kerry University Hospital as agreed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10756/19] - Hospital Accommodation Provision
339. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of a ward at a hospital (details supplied); the recruitment that has taken place to date in regard to same; and if he will make a... - Home Care Packages
340. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who was granted four additional hours of homecare assistance per week in October 2018 is still waiting for the... - Traveller Community
341. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 437 of 29 January 2019, the status of the work undertaken in recommendation 73 of the National Traveller and Roma... - Animal Welfare
347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of animals and the species that will be used in a large animal test facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Tender Process
355. To ask the Minister for Health the expected cost of a project (details supplied); the expected cost of the feasibility report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10779/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
356. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10788/19] - Mental Health Services Data
357. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 706 of 7 September 2018, the number of adult services without seven over seven mental health supports; the locations... - Health Services Funding
358. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reduced funding to Cork Kerry Community Healthcare from €2.2 million in 2018 to €1.6 million in 2019 for the management of... - Personal Injury Claims
359. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person (details supplied) can pursue compensation and justice from his Department in relation to complications regarding an operation... - Medical Records
360. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a hospital is refusing to supply medical records to a person (details supplied) that requested them over 14 months ago; and if he will make a... - General Practitioner Services
361. To ask the Minister for Health the base fees and payments from public funds made to persons (details supplied). [10811/19] - Hospital Services
362. To ask the Minister for Health when services will be rolled out at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10817/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
363. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to the parents of a child (details supplied) with dyspraxia that has been referred for physiotherapy on two occasions only but none since... - Hospitals Data
366. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion surgeries that have been carried out in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10826/19] - Health Screening Programmes
367. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate a national scoliosis screening programme similar to that which existed prior to 2011 in order to allow for the effective detection,... - Legislative Measures
368. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work to draft new legislation which would replace the Dentists Act 1985; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10829/19] - Hospital Services
369. To ask the Minister for Health if hospitals are to be reimbursed for the payment of transitional care or convalescent respite within the nursing home setting in view of the perceived delay... - Cross-Border Health Services Provision
370. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a cross-border scheme refund by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [10833/19] - Medicinal Products Availability
371. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects PrEP to be made available here; the actions that must be completed to allow it to be made available here; the action he plans to take to tackle... - Health Reports
373. To ask the Minister for Health if a review (details supplied) has taken place; the plans of the HSE to publish the review; if so, when same will be published; and if he will make a statement... - Healthcare Policy
374. To ask the Minister for Health the role of his Department in the implementation of Sláintecare. [9460/19] - Cross-Border Health Services Provision
375. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for inclusion on the cross-border scheme by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [10884/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
376. 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. [10900/19] - Home Care Packages Provision
377. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a homecare package application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10905/19]
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