Written answers
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
- Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
107. To ask the Minister for Health if acceptance of the free travel pass on all LocalLink services will be granted in view of HSE charges of €4 a day being introduced on elderly and... - Health Services Staff Data
108. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health doctors recruited each year since 2014; and the number recruited to date in 2019. [16766/19] - Orthodontic Services Provision
109. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an orthodontic appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16768/19] - General Practitioner Services
110. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing an automatic entitlement to a general practitioner visit card for those in receipt of a full-time carer's payment;... - Dental Services
111. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2019 of implementing the new national oral health policy; the estimated full year cost of the complete implementation of same; and if he... - Nursing Homes Support Scheme
113. To ask the Minister for Health if there are funding issues with regard to the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16792/19] - HSE Properties
114. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed use for a site (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16793/19] - Speech and Language Therapy Data
115. 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 2017 and 2018, in tabular form. [16800/19] - Occupational Therapy Data
116. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed in each CHO; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2017 and 2018, in tabular form. [16801/19] - Long-Term Illness Scheme
117. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the FreeStyle Libre device available to diabetic patients over 21 years of age for free; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16808/19] - Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure
119. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per patient per year of the FreeStyle Libre diabetes monitoring system. [16810/19] - Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
121. To ask the Minister for Health the correct pathway for diabetic patients to access a device (details supplied). [16812/19] - Hospital Appointments Status
122. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16834/19] - Cancer Screening Programmes
123. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 12 March 2019, if the phone records between his Department and the national screening service for 28 April 2018... - Palliative Care Services Provision
128. To ask the Minister for Health if a palliative care bed will be made available at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Carlow for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
129. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 40,000 first outpatient appointments and treatments under the NTPF arranged to date in 2019; the hospitals that have been allocated... - Health Services Reports
130. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be allowed to give evidence to the vaginal mesh review team in the interest of transparency and fairness in view of the... - Health Services Charges
131. To ask the Minister for Health the reason charges have been implemented in the case of a person (details supplied) when the service user has a free travel pass; if he will instruct the HSE... - Hospital Charges
132. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the removal of the venesection inpatient day case charge of €80 for patients with hereditary haemochromatosis; if a decision has... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
133. To ask the Minister for Health when construction will commence on the new Sheil Community Hospital in Ballyshannon, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16875/19] - Home Help Service Provision
134. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the family of a person (details supplied) was not provided with home help following the discharge of a parent from hospital on the second occasion;... - Mental Health Services Provision
135. To ask the Minister for Health if he will contact mental health services within the HSE locally to link in with the family of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Primary Care Centres Provision
136. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of primary care centres in Greystones and Arklow, County Wicklow further to the announcement of a developer (details... - Health Services Provision
137. To ask the Minister for Health if a special bed can be assigned in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16879/19] - Hospital Groups
138. To ask the Minister for Health the building and other capital spend on each site in the Saolta Hospital Group in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - General Medical Services Scheme
139. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address the problem of holders of medical cards receiving charges for blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Psychological Services Waiting Lists
140. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children or persons under 18 years of age awaiting assessment of need by county and year of referral for assessment in tabular form; and if he... - Primary Care Centres Provision
142. To ask the Minister for Health when a project for a primary care centre (details supplied) will go to tender; the timeframe for construction to commence and the centre to be operational; and... - Hospital Waiting Lists Data
143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons removed from hospital waiting lists in County Cork for orthopaedic, ophthalmological and gynaecological services for failing to respond... - Nursing Staff Recruitment
144. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment process for a multiple sclerosis clinical nurse specialist in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on... - Ambulance Service Data
145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of National Ambulance Service bases nationally; the number that have ambulance dispatch 24 hours a day 365 days a year; the ambulance stations that... - Hospitals Capital Programme
146. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 380 and 396 of 26 February 2019, if the HSE has finalised its capital plan for 2019 and submitted it for approval; if... - Alcohol Pricing
147. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol; and the timescale to which he is working. [16937/19] - National Drugs Strategy
148. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria on which the allocation of the funding will be based in respect of the additional funding of €1 million for the national drugs strategy,... - Primary Care Centres
149. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent decision by a company (details supplied) to pull out of Ireland; the number of primary care centres affected by the decision; the... - National Maternity Hospital
150. To ask the Minister for Health the status of negotiations with St. Vincent's Healthcare Group in respect of the proposed development of the new national maternity hospital at Elm Park; and... - Health Service Capacity Review
151. To ask the Minister for Health the capacity in primary care in whole-time equivalent terms for the positions outlined on page 9 of the Executive Report of the Health Service Capacity Review...
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